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Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Setting of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: State of art
Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the arrhythmia of greatest clinical impact and catheter ablation of AF (CAAF) has become the most effective strategy for rhythm control in selected patients. Therefore, appropriate anticoagulation strategies are of paramount importance for patients undergoing CAAF, especially those at high risk, such those with high CHA2DS2VASc scores. Optimal management of anticoagulation before, during, and after CAAF is crucial. Several studies have evaluated the use of different anticoagulation strategies in the periprocedural period. Randomized controlled trial seem to suggest that in patients undergoing CAAF, uninterrupted (or minimally interrupted) direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) provides an alternative to continuous vitamin K antagonists strategy, with low thromboembolic and bleeding risk
Long-term parameters of heart rate variability in patients with insulin-resistance
Heart rate variability (HRV) is defined as the oscillation
in both the interval between consecutive heartbeats
(considered RR intervals) and consecutives measures
of instantaneous heart rates.1 HRV measures the cardiac
autonomic function noninvasively1,2 and its reduction is
an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events.3
Insulin-resistance is a pathological condition, in which
the body’s cells become resistant to insulin effects.4 The
aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between
insulin-resistance and the reduction of HRV parameters