Stroke in paced patients with sick sinus sindrome: influence of left atrial function and size.

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Il ripristino della funzione meccanica atriale dopo cardioversione della fibrillazione atriale: fattori predittivi clinici ed ecocardiografici.

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Aritmie emboligene

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Stroke in paced patients with sick sinus syndrome: relevance of atrial mechanical function, of pacing mode and clinical characteristics

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Embolic Events in Patients with Atrial Septal Aneurysm and Patent Foramen Ovale: Long-term Follow-up.

Background. The ASAMI Study included 606 pts, enrolled between November 1990 and December 1996: 245 pts with a previous cerebral embolic attack and normal carotid study (Group A) and acontrol group (B) of 316 pts. They all underwent transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.TEE showed Atrial Septal Aneurysm (ASA) in 104 pts; 68 pts (27.7%) were from group A and 36 (9.9%) from group B (p<0.001). The prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) was 22.8% in group A and 9.8% in group B (p0.001). PFO was found in 72 pts (69.2) with ASA. Methods. We performed a long-ter

Persistenza di anticorpi-anti eparina in pazienti con trombocitopenia eparino-indotta

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Coffe consumption and atrial fibrillation

Background. Coffee is one of the most popular beverages consumed in a large amount in Western Countries. Coffee contains several hundred different substances but its effects oncardiovascular system have been mainly related to caffeine. Caffeine is the most widely consumed behaviorally active substance in the world. The study evaluated the influence ofhabitual high espresso coffee consumption, nutritional factors and acute stress events on the development and conversion of acute lone atrial fibrillation (LAF). Methods. The study group included 220 patients (pts) with LAF. The coffee consumption, alcool and smoking, and body mass index BMI were investigated. Pts underwent a series of cognitive tests to evaluate acute psycological stress (mean life acute stress score LCU). A control group age- and sex-matched was selected and compared

Efficacy and tolerability of a very low molecular weight heparin compared with standard heparin in patients with unstable angina: a pilot study

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