February 4, 2004 — Is it time to redefine the role of QRS duration as a predictor of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)? According to 2 recent studies published in the Journal of the ...
Given today's short hospital stays after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), there may be a role for selective long-term monitoring to flag delayed conduction abnormalities, studies showed.
Delayed cases of total atrioventricular block (AVB) or complete heart block can occur more than 2 days after TAVI, two new studies affirm, highlighting the utility of extended ECG monitoring after ...
August 4, 2004 — In an era when the number of candidates for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy continues to grow, identifying specific patients at risk for arrhythmic death -- the ...
A new consensus document released this week, complete with treatment algorithms, hopes to reduce the number of potentially deadly conduction disturbances following TAVR, including new-onset left ...
A 62-year-old female with a history of hypertension, diabetes and end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis presents to the emergency department with increasing shortness of breath and dizziness.