4 results match your criteria: "From the Heart Rhythm Management Centre[Affiliation]"

Background: The second-generation cryoballoon is effective in achieving acute pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and favorable clinical outcome. To date, no data are available on factors affecting late PV reconnection after second-generation cryoballoon ablation.

Methods And Results: A total of 29 consecutive patients (25 male, 86.

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Asymptomatic Brugada Syndrome: Clinical Characterization and Long-Term Prognosis.

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol

October 2015

From the Heart Rhythm Management Centre (J.S., G. Ciconte, G. Conte, G.-B.C., C.d.A., G.B., G.D.G., Y.S., G.I., J.J., K.W., G.P., P.B.) and Cardiac Surgery Department (M.L.M., F.W.), UZ Brussel-VUB, Brussels, Belgium; and Department of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium (R.C.-A.).

Background: Among Brugada syndrome patients, asymptomatic individuals are considered to be at the lowest risk. Nevertheless, arrhythmic events and sudden cardiac death are not negligible. Literature focused on this specific group of patients is sparse.

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Prognostic value of programmed electrical stimulation in Brugada syndrome: 20 years experience.

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol

August 2015

From the Heart Rhythm Management Centre (J.S., G. Conte, G. Ciconte, C.d.A., G.-B.C., G.B., G.D.G., Y.S., G.I., J.J., K.W., S.V.M., G.P., P.B.) and Cardiac Surgery Department (M.L.M., F.W.), UZ Brussel-VUB, Brussels, Belgium; and Department of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital-ULB, Brussels, Belgium (R.C.-A.).

Background: The prognostic value of electrophysiological investigations in individuals with Brugada syndrome remains controversial. Different groups have published contradictory data. Long-term follow-up is needed to clarify this issue.

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