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Home orthostatic self-training was ineffective in reducing the positive response rate of head-up tilt test in patients with recurrent neurally mediated syncope.

Serum resistin may prove to be a useful biological marker for CAD and restenosis in patients with type 2 DM.

Køber L, Thune JJ, Nielsen JC, Haarbo J, Videbæk L, Korup E, Jensen G, Hildebrandt P, Steffensen FH, Bruun NE, Eiskjær H, Brandes A, Thøgersen AM, Gustafsson F, Egstrup K, Videbæk R, Hassager C, Svendsen JH, Høfsten DE, Torp-Pedersen C, Pehrson S; DANISH Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2016;375:1221–1230.

Vitamin C (acutely) and amlodipine (chronically) improved endothelial function in hypertensive patients. These results suggest that increased oxidative stress, at least in part, may be involved in the decreased endothelial function in hypertension.

Volume overload in chronic severe mitral regurgitation may influence left ventricular remodeling and reverse remodeling, as well as left atrial remodeling and reverse remodeling. Preoperative lower LAVI, younger age, absence of hypertension, and absence of atrial fibrillation may predict LAVIR, and preoperative lower LVMI, lower NT-proBNP levels, and absence of hypertension may predict LVMIR after surgery for chronic severe mitral regurgitation.

In patients with CIED, prior history of heart failure, sinus node dysfunction, and LA volume index ≥38.5 mL/m were independent predictors of new AF cases. Newly developed AF was significantly associated with increased risk of HF and stroke readmission, according to long-term follow up.

In the present study, patients who had been diagnosed as cardiac syndrome X demonstrated increased systemic oxidative and enhanced inflammatory status.

The treatment effect of the hybrid procedure, consisting of a thoracoscopic ablation followed by an endocardial radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA), is unclear. A total of 117 ablation-naïve patients who underwent either the staged hybrid procedure (n = 72) or RFCA alone (n = 105) for drug-refractory, non-valvular persistent or long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) were enrolled. The primary outcome is occurrence of total atrial arrhythmia, defined as a composite of AF, sustained

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiac disease associated with a high incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF). Recent studies have suggested that interventricular septum thickness may influence the risk stratification of patients with AF. We evaluated the effects of septal hypertrophy on morbidity and mortality in patients with HCM. Patients were followed for a median of 6.1 years and were divided into two groups according to the extent of septal hypertrophy. A total of 1,360 HCM patients

Our study demonstrates that HPSD CTI ablation is safe and can shorten procedure time.

Patients with IVF had higher prevalence of f-QRS or J waves. And patients with f-QRS or J waves were at higher risk of recurrent ventricular fibrillation.