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62, 95% CI 0.51to 0.76, p less then 0.001). There was no significant difference in the early incidence of major bleeding or stroke between the 2 cohorts. In 6 studies involving 2,919 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, there was no significant differences between the 2 cohorts. The increase in TVR risk with bypass graft PCI was associated with MACE. In conclusion, in observational studies involving patients with prior CABG, native artery PCI was associated with lower MACE, all-cause death, myocardial infarction, and TVR compared with bypass graft PCI at a median follow-up of 2 years. Native artery PCI might be considered the preferred treatment for bypass graft failure.Patients with the Turner syndrome (TS) often have longer QT intervals compared with age-matched peers although the significance of this remains unknown. We sought to determine the degree, frequency and impact of QTc prolongation in patients with TS. A chart review of all patients with an electrocardiogram (ECG) and genetically proven TS was performed. Medications at the time of the ECG were reviewed and QTc calculated. Medications were classified according to QTc risk using www.crediblemeds.com. ECG parameters were compared with an age, gender, and cardiac lesion-matched control group. Over the 10-year period of review, 112 TS patients with a mean age of 34 ± 25 years underwent 226 ECGs. At least 1 QTc prolonging medication was prescribed in 81 (74%) patients. Longer QTc interval correlated with absence of y chromosomal material (p = 0.01), older age (p 460 msec (2.8% vs 2.6%, p = 0.9). In conclusion, despite frequent use of QT-prolonging medications, ventricular arrhythmias are rare in TS.Cardiac output (CO) is routinely assessed by pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography, yet reference values in adults are lacking. We aim to establish normative values of CO and cardiac index (CI) by pulsed-wave Doppler-echocardiography and to analyze their relation with gender and age in nonobese and obese adults. We included 4,040 adults (mean age 55 years, 53% women, 950 obese [body mass index ≥30 kg/m²]) with normal blood pressure, no history of cardiovascular disease, and normal transthoracic echocardiography. Normative reference CO and CI values for were calculated in 3,090 nonobese patients by quantile regression. CO normal limits were lower in females than in males (lower limit 3.3 vs 3.5 L/min, upper limit 7.3 vs 8.2 L/min). selleck inhibitor CI normal limits were identical for both genders (lower limit 1.9 L/min/m², upper limit 4.3 L/min/m²). Although the relation of CO to age was weak and observed only in women, CI of both genders was not influenced by age. CO of obese patients was significantly greater than that of their nonobese counterparts. CI of obese patients was not influenced by age and gender and was not significantly different than that of nonobese patients (lower limit 1.8 L/min/m², upper limit 4.1 L/min/m² for both genders). In conclusion, in a large adult population we establish normative reference values for CO and CI measured by Doppler-echocardiography. CI is a remarkably stable parameter that is not influenced by age, gender, and body size and should be used to define low- and high-output states.The relation between discharge location and outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is largely unknown. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the impact of discharge location on clinical outcomes after TAVI. Between August 2007 and December 2018, consecutive patients who underwent transfemoral TAVI at Bern University Hospital were grouped according to discharge location. Clinical adverse events were adjudicated according to VARC-2 end point definitions. Of 1,902 eligible patients, 520 (27.3%) were discharged home, 945 (49.7%) were discharged to a rehabilitation clinic and 437 (23.0%) were transferred to another institution. Compared with patients discharged to a rehabilitation facility or another institution, patients discharged home were younger (80.8 ± 6.5 vs 82.9 ± 5.4 and 82.8 ± 6.4 years), less likely female (37.3% vs 59.7% and 54.2%), and at lower risk according to STS-PROM (4.5 ± 3.0% vs 5.5 ± 3.8% and 6.6 ± 4.4%). At 1 year follow-up, patients discharged home had similar rates of all-cause mortality (HRadj 0.82; 95% CI 0.54 to 1.24), cerebrovascular events (HRadj 1.04; 95% CI 0.52 to 2.08) and bleeding complications (HRadj 0.93; 95% CI 0.61 to 1.41) compared with patients discharged to a rehabilitation facility. Patients discharged home or to rehabilitation were at lower risk for death (HRadj 0.37; 95% CI 0.24 to 0.56 and HRadj 0.44; 95% CI 0.32 to 0.60) and bleeding (HRadj 0.48; 95% CI 0.30 to 0.76 and HRadj 0.66; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.96) during the first year after hospital discharge compared with patients transferred to another institution. In conclusion, discharge location is associated with outcomes after TAVI with patients discharged home or to a rehabilitation facility having better clinical outcomes than patients transferred to another institution. Clinical Trial Registration https//www.clinicaltrials.gov. NCT01368250.The therapy of atrial fibrillation often involves the use of a rhythm control strategy, in which 1 or more antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD), ablative procedures, and/or hybrid approaches involving both of these options are utilized in an attempt to restore and maintain sinus rhythm. For chronic therapy, an AAD is taken daily. However, for patients with symptomatic but infrequent, acute, but nondestabilizing episodes, the use of an AAD only at the time of an episode that can quickly restore sinus rhythm, generally as an out-patient, without the burden of a daily drug regimen, may be better. This is called "pill-in-the-pocket" therapy. This manuscript reviews the "pill-in-the-pocket" concept, traces its development from its origins using quinidine, to its expansion using class IC AADs, to the more recent investigation of ranolazine for this purpose. Who should get it, what it involves, its efficacy rates and concerns are all discussed.Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) has a detrimental impact on cardiovascular outcomes, with implications for prognosis following ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).The aim was to evaluate the impact of DM and myocardial perfusion on the long-term risk of heart failure (HF) and/or all-cause mortality following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) for STEMI. A total of 406 STEMI patients (104 with DM) treated with pPCI were enrolled in this observational study. Myocardial perfusion was reassessed with the Quantitative Myocardial Blush Evaluator. Follow-up data on HF (ICD10 [International Statistical Classification of Diseases] codes I50.0 - I50.9) and all-cause mortality were obtained from the National Health Fund. During a 6-year follow-up, 36 (35%) patients with DM died compared with 45 (15%) patients without DM (p less then 0.001). Also, 24 (23%) patients with DM developed HF compared with 51 (17%) patients without DM (p = 0.20). Patients with DM and HF had the highest mortality rate (75%), and those with DM and a QuBE score below the median value (9.
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