The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease: recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the …

P Lancellotti, PA Pellikka, W Budts… - European Heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly
recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for …

Therapeutic approaches to genetic ion channelopathies and perspectives in drug discovery

P Imbrici, A Liantonio, GM Camerino… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In the human genome more than 400 genes encode ion channels, which are
transmembrane proteins mediating ion fluxes across membranes. Being expressed in all …

[PDF][PDF] 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

P Kirchhof, S Benussi, D Kotecha… - Polish Heart …, 2016 - journals.viamedica.pl
Komisję ESC ds. Wytycznych Postępowania nadzoruje i koordynuje przygotowywanie
nowych wytycznych i stanowisk przez grupy robocze i inne grupy ekspertów. Komitet jest …

[PDF][PDF] 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

F Casselman, A Coca, R De Caterina… - European heart …, 2016 - academia.edu
Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

Pharmacological treatment of acquired QT prolongation and torsades de pointes

SHL Thomas, ER Behr - British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Torsades de pointes (TdP) is a characteristic polymorphic ventricular arrhythmia associated
with delayed ventricular repolarization as evidenced on the surface electrocardiogram by QT …

A new electrocardiographic marker of sudden death in Brugada syndrome: the S-wave in lead I

L Calò, C Giustetto, A Martino, L Sciarra… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: Risk stratification in asymptomatic patients remains by far the most important
yet unresolved clinical problem in the Brugada syndrome (BrS). Objectives: This study …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of Brugada syndrome

JMJ Juang, M Horie - Journal of arrhythmia, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1992, the Brugada syndrome (BrS) was recognized as a disease responsible for
sudden cardiac death, characterized by a right bundle-branch block with ST segment …

[HTML][HTML] Current topics in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

N Sumitomo - Journal of arrhythmia, 2016 - Elsevier
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is induced by emotions or
exercise in patients without organic heart disease and may be polymorphic or bidirectional …

Sudden cardiac arrest in sports–need for uniform registration: A Position Paper from the Sport Cardiology Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular …

EE Solberg, M Borjesson, S Sharma… - European journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
There are large variations in the incidence, registration methods and reported causes of
sudden cardiac arrest/sudden cardiac death (SCA/SCD) in competitive and recreational …

Brugada syndrome: clinical, genetic, molecular, cellular, and ionic aspects

C Antzelevitch, B Patocskai - Current problems in cardiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndrome first described as a
new clinical entity in 1992. Electrocardiographically characterized by distinct coved type ST …