DIFFERENCES OF PATIENTS’ PERCEPTIONS FOR ELECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE BETWEEN ELDERLY AND YOUNGER PATIENTS

Differences of patients’ perceptions for elective diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in stable coronary artery disease between elderly and younger patients

Harald Rittger,1 Barbara Frosch,1 Laura Vitali-Serdoz,1 Matthias Waliszewski2,3 1Medizinische Klinik 1, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Germany; 2Medical Scientific Affairs, B.Braun Melsungen AG, Berlin, Germany; 3Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany

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A case of variant angina treated with a pacemaker for cardiopulmonary arrest due to complete atrioventricular block and pulseless electrical activity

A 55-year-old woman with variant angina was hospitalized for cardiopulmonary arrest because of pulseless electrical activity (PEA).Despite intensive postresuscitation drug therapy, another episode of angina occurred, with complete atrioventricular block and PEA.There was no confirmed ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia.Coronary arte

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Modifiable risk factors for permanent pacemaker after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: CONDUCT registry

Objective The onset of new conduction abnormalities requiring permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is still a relevant adverse event.The main objective of this registry was to identify modifiable procedural risk factors for an improved outcome (lower rate of PPI) after TAVI in patients at high

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