N M Ammash

..We sought to evaluate safety, efficacy, and outcome of direct current cardioversion (DCCV) for atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD)...

..Early results of percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement are also promising...

..Operative intervention has markedly changed the prognosis of patients with MFS and can be safely performed on an elective basis. Identification of presymptomatic patients is critical to reduce the frequency of catastrophic aortic events...

..This study sought to demonstrate that with proper technique, identification of the normal and abnormal pulmonary venous connection can be made with confidence using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the morbidity and mortality associated with noncardiac surgery (NCS) in patients (pts) with Eisenmenger syndrome...

..Under such circumstances, other anomalies of the tricuspid valve or right ventricle were consistently identified. Recognition of the mimics of Ebstein's anomaly had important surgical implications...

..Appropriate treatment with CPAP in OSA patients is associated with lower recurrence of AF...

..We review the current standing of TEE-facilitated early cardioversion vis-à-vis the salient cardioversion issues and its potential future role amid evolving cardioversion paradigms...

..We tested the hypothesis that LAAEV can predict optimal energy required for DCCV in persistent AF (>48 hours)...

..Direct-current cardioversion (DCCV) of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter commonly causes post-DCCV left atrial (LA) stunning (LAS), which may potentiate thromboembolic complications. Data on LAS determinants are inconclusive...

..He presented with an aorto-left atrial fistula that was successfully closed percutaneously using an Amplatzer atrial septal defect device...

..Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) after electrocardioversion. OSA is highly prevalent in patients who are male, obese, and/or hypertensive, but its prevalence in patients with AF is unknown...

..To determine the frequency of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) detected in patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) with use of magnetic resonance angiography...

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..Intracardiac echocardiography was used to position a CS lead between the commissures of the tricuspid prosthesis resulting in trivial regurgitation acutely and at 1-year follow-up...

..In conclusion, smoking is an independent predictor of atrial arrhythmia recurrence after cardioversion in women; however, an increased mortality risk, but not arrhythmia recurrence risk, was seen in men...

..CONCLUSION: When used to cardiovert atrial arrhythmias, the rectilinear biphasic waveform was associated with higher success rates and lower cumulative energies than the monophasic damped sine waveform...

..Relapse of atrial arrhythmia after cardioversion is associated with increased mortality...

..These data also may have implications for the identification of patients who are most likely to experience substantial benefit from CV therapy for AF...

..008). CONCLUSION: Although overall survival after surgical treatment of isolated PVS remains excellent, many patients undergo late reintervention after 30 years of follow-up, emphasizing the need for lifelong cardiac follow-up...

..8 +/- 3.0 vs 5.5 +/- 2.7; P = 0.14). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that significant changes in atrial electrophysiology occur within the first hour after cardioversion of AF. These changes can be detected by measuring the FPD...

..Adverse maternal events, although rare, may be associated with left ventricular dysfunction, severe pulmonary hypertension, and severe pulmonic regurgitation with RV dysfunction...

..Systemic hypertension during pregnancy was common and related to the presence of a significant coarctation gradient...

..We describe the presentation and clinical course of a 40-year-old American man with Q fever endocarditis and briefly discuss the salient issues regarding this entity...

..We sought to review our experience with surgical ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure in adults...

..No significant difference in efficacy was observed between BR and BTE waveforms. Impedance was not an important determinant of success for either biphasic waveform...

..There are situations in which standard echocardiography does not adequately define the aortic arch. We sought to determine what additional information could be gained by analyzing abdominal aortic Doppler flows in coarctation...

..001). Thus, E' velocity can distinguish between constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy with a specific cut-off value in patients with clinical and echocardiographic evidence of diastolic heart failure...

..Patient sex should be taken into account with other clinical factors when making the decision about cardioversion for atrial fibrillation...

..2 microdeletion in adults with selected conotruncal anomalies and to assess the clinician's ability to predict the presence or absence of 22q11.2 microdeletion on the basis of clinical features...