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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2022 May 18. Epub 2022 May 18.

Institut Clínic Cardiovascular (ICCV), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Background: It is unknown whether His-Purkinje conduction system pacing (HPCSP), as either His bundle or left bundle branch pacing, could be an alternative to cardiac resynchronization therapy (BiVCRT) for patients with left ventricular dysfunction needing ventricular pacing due to atrioventricular block. The aim of the study is to compare the echocardiographic response and clinical improvement between HPCSP and BiVCRT.

Methods: Consecutive patients who successfully received HPCSP were compared with a historical cohort of BiVCRT patients. Read More

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2022 Apr 28. Epub 2022 Apr 28.

Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether lower values of feature-tracking cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived left atrial (LA) reservoir strain (LARS) and impaired left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) were associated with the presence of symptoms and long-term prognosis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Methods: A total of 100 patients (54[IQR 46-64] years, 42% male) with SSc who underwent CMR imaging at two tertiary referral centres were included. All patients underwent analysis of LARS and LV GLS using feature-tracking on CMR and were followed-up for the occurrence of all-cause mortality. Read More

J Assoc Physicians India 2022 Apr;70(4):11-12

Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Silchar, Assam.

Renal dysfunction often accompanies heart failure which leads to an increase in hospitalization and mortality. The pathophysiological features have demonstrated that heart failure may cause reduction in cardiac output and decrease in renal perfusion, which leads to development of chronic renal disease. Thus, more attention should be paid to the associated risk factors with the aim to reduce the prevalence, hospitalization and mortality. Read More

Indian J Med Res 2021 Apr;154(4):559-570

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a relatively newer class of drugs approved for the treatment of malignancies such as melanoma, renal, bladder and lung cancer. Immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) involving the endocrine system are a common side effect of these drugs. The spectrum of endocrine adverse events varies by the drug class. Read More

J Electrocardiol 2022 Mar 18;72:102-108. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Background: The Meta-analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure (MAGGIC) is a scoring system that is easy to use in outpatient or inpatient settings and was developed to predict the survival of heart failure (HF) patients after hospitalization.

Aim: This study aims to determine the prognostic significance of MAGGIC risk score combined with electrocardiography (ECG) parameters in decompensated patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF) who were hospitalized for worsening HF.

Methods: A total of 562 HF patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) II-IV functional class who were discharged after hospitalization for decompensated HF between 2013 and 2018 in a single center were included. Read More