Levosimendan enhances cardiac contractility by increasing myocyte sensitivity to calcium, and induces vasodilatation. Although studies have evaluated the efficacy of levosimendan in heart failure, it is not clear whether it…
Objective Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation episodes detected by pacemaker is known to increase the risk of systemic embolism and stroke by 2-3 times in patients with dual-chamber pacemaker. Atrial high-rate episodes…
Objectives Animal studies have demonstrated that rabbits immunized against M2- muscarinic receptors (M2- R) had longer intra-atrial activation times and shorter atrial effective refractory periods. Atrial electromechanical delay (AEMD) determined…
Objectives Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Epidemiologic studies have reported an increased prevalence of AF with increasing age and comorbidities such as renal…
Objective Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for mortality and morbidity after off-pump coronary bypass grafting (OPCAB), and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is the most convenient marker for monitoring glycemic control…
Objectives Left atrial (LA) interstitial fibrosis is known to have a role in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). Although the role of galectin-3 in the pathogenesis of…
Aim To find scintigraphic criterions of beginning of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in patients with ventricular extrasystoli (VE). Material-Methods 63 patients with ventricular extrasystoles was included in the study. 29 mean, 34…
Objective Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia after cardiac surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) with the use of blood…
Objective To compare continuous insulin infusion (CII) and intermittent subcutaneous insulin therapy for preventing supraventricular tachycardia. The authors propose that continuous insulin therapy is more effective to reduce supraventricular tachycardias….
Objective Conduction recovery characterizations after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using the first generation cryoballoon (CB) were already described. The aim of this study was to characterize the conduction recovery localization in…
