2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: executive summary.

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2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: executive summary.

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Infection Rate and Outcomes of Watchman Devices: Results from a Single-Center 14-Year Experience

The Watchman device (WD) is a commonly used alternative strategy to oral anticoagulation for stroke risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation who have an increased bleeding risk. There are rare case reports of WD-related infection. Currently, there is no formal study that has systematically evaluated the incidence and outcomes WD-related infections. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for WD-associated infections in a single-center cohort over a 14-year period. All patients who underwent WD implantation over a 14-year study period (July 2004 through December 2018) comprised our cohort. Baseline characteristics, procedural data, and postimplantation events were identified through a retrospective chart review. Primary study outcomes included WD-related infection, other cardiovascular device-related infection, bacteremia, and mortality. A total of 181 patients (119 males; 65.7%) with a mean age of 75 years at implantation were included in the analysis. A total of 534.7 patient years of follow-up was accrued, with an average of 2.9 years per patient. The most common indications for implantation included gastrointestinal bleeding (56 patients; 30.9%) and intracerebral bleeding (51 patients; 28.2%). During the follow-up period, 37 (20.4%) patients died. Six developed evidence of bacteremia. Only 1 developed an implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection that required a complete system extraction. None of the cohort developed a WD-related device infection during the study period. We concluded that there is a low risk of WD-related infection even in the setting of a blood stream infection

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Long-term Benefits of Risk Factor Reduction in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.—A Comment on Khalighi et al. Entitled “Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Long Term Follow-up Shows Benefit with Risk Factor Reduction”, J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis., 2015, 2, 273–281.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is also popularly referred to as “broken heart syndrome” or “apical ballooning syndrome”. [...

MpD: A Multiprocessor C Debugger

MpD is a multiprocessor C debugger designed for multithreaded applications running under the Mach operating system. MpD is built on top of gdb, an existing sequential debugger. The MpD layer utilizes the modeling languages Data Path Expressions developed by Hseush and Kaiser to provide a rich set of commands to trace sequential and parallel execution of a program. Associated with each DPE are actions that allow access to useful trace variables and I/O facilities. DPEs are useful for describing sequential and concurrent patterns of events to be verified during execution. The patterns include conditions such as synchronizations, race conditions, and wrongly classified sequential/concurrent behavior. We show in this thesis Data Path Expressions are a viable language for multiprocessor debuggers

Long-term Benefits of Risk Factor Reduction in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.—A Comment on Khalighi et al. Entitled “Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Long Term Follow-up Shows Benefit with Risk Factor Reduction”, J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis., 2015, 2, 273–281.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is also popularly referred to as “broken heart syndrome” or “apical ballooning syndrome”. [...