Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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Electroanatomic Activation Mapping of Koch Triangle in AVNRT Patients
Anno:
2025
Introduction Slow pathway ablation is currently the target for AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) with a high success rate of almost 100% and 0.5% to 2% risk of II- to III-degree AV block. Kock triangle (KT) mapping is helpful to define the fast and slow pathway separation, demonstrating the…
Anatomical Distribution of Vessels and Surrounding Structures in the Mohrenheim Fossa: Data from a Large Cohort of Patients Undergoing Ultrasound Axillary Vein Access for CIED Implantation
Anno:
2025
Background: Axillary vein access for CIED implantation is suggested by the guidelines as a safer approach. Ultrasound (US) guided axillary access may also help to define the relationships among axillary vein and artery and the pleural line within the Mohrenheim fossa. Methods From October 2021 to October 2024, 719…
Ultrasound (short-axis out of plane) axillary vein access during CIED implantation and fluoroscopy exposition
Anno:
2025
Background: Axillary vein access for CIED implantation is suggested by the guidelines as a safer approach. Ultrasound (US) guided axillary access may reduce the fluoroscopic (FL) exposition time as an alternative to other axillary accesses. We sought to compare FL times in a large cohort of patients.    Methods…
6-Minute Walking Test in a pacemaker-dependent patient with exertional dyspnea: a case report
Anno:
2025
Case presentation A 68-year-old-man was admitted to our outpatient clinic for his yearly pacemaker (PM) follow-up visit. A dual-chamber PM had been previously implanted in 2021 to control a complete atrio-ventricular (AV) block. His past medical history was otherwise unremarkable. While checking the device, a spontaneous atrial rhythm triggering…
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH AREA PACING VERSUS CORONARY VENOUS LEAD REIMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEFIBRILLATOR EXTRACTION
Anno:
2025
Introduction Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) via epicardial pacing (EP) is the standard treatment for heart failure (HF) patients with left ventricular dyssynchrony. However, reimplantation of EP following transvenous lead extraction (TLE) can be technically challenging due to venous occlusions and unfavorable coronary sinus anatomy. Left bundle branch area…
Hope in miniature: the first case of implantation of a tiny pacemaker in Italy as successful treatment for congenital atrioventricular block in a very-low-birth-weight child.
Anno:
2025
A 31-year-old woman (G3P2) was referred to our specialized center during her 29th week of gestation, for fetal high-grade atrioventricular block. Fetal ultrasound revealed persistent high-grade atrioventricular block, with an average heart rate of 35 bpm, to a nadir of 20 bpm; both ventricles appeared hypokinetic; vasodilatation of middle…
LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS: A RARE CASE OF IATROGENIC LEFT INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY PERFORATION AND SUCCESSFUL RESCUE PTA
Anno:
2025
Introduction: Nowadays, pacemaker (PM) therapy remains associated with considerable peri- and post-procedural complications. Blind puncture of the subclavian vein for PM lead insertion is a routine procedure, but it carries the risk of potentially life-threatening complications, including pneumothorax, arteriovenous fistula, and injury or perforation of the subclavian artery, vein, or…
Quality of life and psychological impact of implantable devices. A systematic review
Anno:
2025
Background: The wide prevalence in cardiac device implantation implies the need for a comprehensive evaluation of their impact on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and psychological outcomes. The aim of this systematic review was to provide a literature overview about this issue. Methods: A systematic review of the literature…
AN UNUSUAL TRIGGER FOR TAKOTSUBO SYNDROME
Anno:
2025
INTRODUCTION Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS) is a form of acute cardiomyopathy characterized by a transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction that pops out with clinical and electrocardiographic(ECG) features resembling myocardial infarction. While the exact mechanism remains unknown, it is hypothesized that TTS is caused by an excessive release of cardiac neuronal and systemic catecholamines in individuals exposed to physical or emotional stress. CASE REPORT A…
Leadless pacemaker implantation (AVEIR, Abbott ) in post-surgical superior vena cava stenosis.
Anno:
2025
We present the case of a patient with a history of valvulopathy. In 2016, she underwent aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve (MitroFlow 21mm). One year later, she required replacement of the previously implanted bioprosthetic valve due to prosthetic endocarditis, with an Edwards Magna 21mm aortic bioprosthesis. She…