Chern En Chiang

..This study aimed to describe patient characteristics, risk factors, comorbidities, symptoms, management strategy, and control of different types of AF in real-life practice...

..It is possible that genistein opens the channels directly or inhibits the dephosphorylation process of CFTR, which is not sensitive calyculin A...

..The inhibitory effect of cisapride on I(Ca,L) might play an important role in its cardiotoxicity under pathophysiological conditions, such as myocardial ischemia...

..Physicians not only need to be aware of the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic interactions of various important drugs, but also need to update their knowledge...

..Statins are effective in decreasing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The efficacy and safety of rosuvastatin, a newly launched statin, have not been determined in Taiwanese patients...

..Because the increase in NO production and the decrease of APD appear to be downstream late events in endotoxic shock, we hypothesized that a common signaling pathway might mediate these effects...

..We report a rare case of posterior wall myocardial infarction complicated with left ventricular rupture initially presenting with junctional escape rhythm...

..These studies suggest that ATO has a direct effect on cardiac repolarization. Patients who are receiving ATO should avoid concomitant administration of other QT-prolonging agents or conditions in favor of delaying cardiac repolarization...

..We suggest that genistein directly blocks the inward rectifying K(+) current in ventricular myocytes, and one should be cautious of its pro-arrhythmic effect in clinical use...

..Sudden death has occasionally been reported in patients taking sildenafil. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of sildenafil on cardiac repolarization...

..It seems likely that the approach of applying information from the genetics of uncommon congenital syndromes to the study of common acquired diseases will be an increasingly important one in the next millennium...

..Myocardial swelling occurs during endotoxic shock. The hypothesis that swelling-activated Cl- current (ICl,swell) activates during endotoxic shock was tested...

..These findings suggest the fascicle of left bundle branch may be not involved in the antegrade limb of reentry circuit in idiopathic left VT...

..Information about the impact of age on the electrophysiological characteristics of accessory pathways (APs) in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome remains limited...

..Few epidemiologic data on the gender differences among patients with accessory atrioventricular pathways have been reported...

..The presence of an R wave in lead V1 associated with a precordial transition zone at lead V3 suggest that some VTs may not arise from the RVOT...

..Double atrial potentials recorded in the coronary sinus are not an unusual phenomenon in patients with supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. They have been demonstrated to potentiate the occurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmias...

..This study aimed to investigate the impact of aging on electrophysiological characteristics in patients with atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT)...

..Pulmonary embolism is a common disease associated with a high mortality rate. The risk assessment and appropriate treatment selection of patients with acute pulmonary embolism remains a challenge...

..Among previous studies, controversy also existed about the site of the 2:1 AV block during AV nodal reentrant tachycardia...

..This study aimed to evaluate the association of statin exposure and incident diabetes, and subsequent outcomes in the general population...

..The peak occurrence of advanced AVB was in the spring. The occurrence of advanced AVB was associated with extreme temperature changes within 30 days, especially in the spring...

..To report a case in which the anticoagulation effect of warfarin appeared to have been potentiated by chitosan, probably due to interference with the absorption of vitamin K...

..The possible offenders causative of the arrhythmia (e.g., oculocardiac reflex induced by repeated surgical manipulation) and the principle of perioperative management were discussed in the text...

..However, the atrial activation pattern and conduction time from the His-bundle region to the atria recorded during JR in different types of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia have not been fully defined...

..In conclusion, canine pulmonary vein sleeves do not display arrhythmogenic activities under normal physiological conditions. The possible explanations for the controversy in pulmonary veins electrophysiology were discussed...

..Ba2+-induced automaticity was more easily induced in PV than in the left atrium. The same conditions might also favor the genesis of reentry in the in vivo condition...

..This study investigated the gender-related electrophysiological differences in a large series of patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation...

..Finally, these guidelines are not mandatory; the responsible physician's decision remains most important in hypertension management...

..CONCLUSIONS; Patient-activated event recorders provided a good diagnostic yield in patients with different presentations of cardiac arrhythmia, and women had lower diagnostic yield in atrial flutter-fibrillation...

..The mechanism of the AVNRT stimulated only with ventricular stimulation was supposed to be different in patients with the slow-fast and fast-slow forms of AVNRT...

..CONCLUSIONS: Delta wave polarity in lead V1 and precordial QRS transition may differentiate RMS and LMS APs...

..The specific electrophysiologic characteristics in such patients could be the reason that could be induced only by ventricular stimulation...

..CONCLUSIONS: Linear ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus is an effective therapy with low recurrence rate for patients with typical AFL. However, one-third patients had early or late occurrence of AF...

..041). This study demonstrated that the pediatric WPW syndrome patients with AF had different electrophysiological characteristics from those without AF...

..Intravenous diltiazem was effective in the management of complex atrial tachyarrhythmia in a patient with underlying cor pulmonale...

..In conclusion, this is the first study to systemically analyze the tremor-induced pseudo-VT. Our new electrocardiographic algorithm provides a useful tool for a rapid and accurate diagnosis...