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Do we need MR conditional pacemakers?

Author(s) : Luechinger, R , Duru, F
Description : Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a widely accepted tool for the diagnosis of a variety of disease states. However, due to safety concerns the presence of an implanted cardiac pacemaker is considered to be a contraindication to MRI in most medical centres. The increasing number of implanted pacema...
Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : English

Management of patients with atrial fibrillation: specific considerations for the old age

Author(s) : Haegeli, L , Duru, F
Description : Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest of all sustained arrhythmias, and most of the patients seeking medical therapy are in the elderly age group. The management of these patients is particularly difficult due to associated comorbidities. Hypertension, congestive heart failure, left ventricular ...
Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : English

Leisure-time activities of patients with ICDs: findings of a survey with respect to sports activity, high altitude stays, and driving patterns

Author(s) : Kobza, R , Duru, F , Erne, P
Description : BACKGROUND: Physicians who are caring for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are regularly confronted with questions concerning daily activities. This study evaluates the habits of ICD patients with respect to sports activities, stays at high-altitude, and driving patterns....
Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : English

Heart obeys the brain: ictal asystole

Author(s) : Wolber, T , Namdar, M , Duru, F
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Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : English

Moderne Technologien in der Ablation des Vorhofflimmerns

Author(s) : Haegeli, L , Duru, F , Lüscher, T F
Description : Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation has become an accepted therapy. The arrhythmia affects around 6% of the population over the age of 65 years. Electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins from the left atrium is the central strategy in catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. How...
Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : German

Long-term predictors of mortality in ICD patients with non-ischaemic cardiac disease: impact of renal function

Description : BACKGROUND: Randomized trials have demonstrated that implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy may reduce the risk of death in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (CMP). In this study, we aimed at determining the long-term benefit of ICD therapy among patients with dilated CMP (DCM...
Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : English

Electrocardiographic characteristics at initial diagnosis in patients with isolated left ventricular noncompaction

Description : Isolated ventricular noncompaction (IVNC) is a primary cardiomyopathy characterized by a specific morphologic pattern. Patients with IVNC may suffer from various arrhythmic complications such as life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, as well as heart failure or systemic embolic events. The presen...
Repository : Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA)
Language(s) : English

Images in cardiovascular medicine. The blue man: amiodarone-induced skin discoloration

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