ROCHESTER, NY — About a third of patients with nonischemic disease in a major cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) trial had cardiomyopathy related to premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) that ...
Preemptive alcohol septal ablation appears to lower the risk of life-threatening left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction in select patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement ...
Background Frequent idiopathic premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) have been associated with left ventricular cardiomyopathy. Idiopathic PVCs often originate from the right ventricular outflow ...
Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can achieve good long-term outcomes with alcohol septal ablation that rival those of surgical treatment in terms of symptom relief and survival, ...
Background A 44-year-old female presented with a long history of chest pain, palpitations and increasing dyspnea. Electrocardiography and 24 h Holter monitoring revealed multiple premature ventricular ...