- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Among Patients With Cancer: Analyses From a Multicenter Electronic Health Care Records-Based Database. [Journal Article]J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Aug 20; :e045805. [Online ahead of print]JA
- CONCLUSIONS: OSA significantly increases the risk of CVD events in patients with cancer, especially heart failure in women, regardless of obesity status. These findings support routine OSA screening and potential early intervention in oncology populations to mitigate CVD risk.
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- Triple versus double antithrombotic therapy after PCI in atrial arrhythmia: a real-world comparative analysis based on initial antithrombotic strategy using TriNetx. [Journal Article]Future Cardiol. 2026 Aug 20; :1-13. [Online ahead of print]FC
- CONCLUSIONS: Among CAD patients undergoing PCI, TT was associated with worse clinical outcomes than DT, supporting the need for prospective randomized validation.
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- Symptom-Triggered 6-Lead ECG Monitoring Significantly Increases Arrhythmia Detection Beyond Traditional Ambulatory Monitoring. [Journal Article]JACC Adv. 2026 Aug 19; 5(9):103102. [Online ahead of print]JA
- CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that patient-initiated, symptom-triggered ECG monitoring substantially enhances arrhythmia detection compared with traditional short-duration monitoring.
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- Bradycardia in the emergency department: quality measures and opportunities for improvement. [Journal Article]Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Aug 14; 110:92-98. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Secondary bradycardias were more hypotensive and had higher mortality. In our centre, primary bradycardia can be improved for subtle AV blocks and atrial fibrillation with complete AV block, and secondary bradycardias can be improved for hyperkalemia, hypothermic sepsis, and cardiac ischemia. This quality improvement framework could be replicated.
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- [[Clinical and surgical profile of adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery at a Peruvian referral center]]. [Journal Article]Arch Peru Cardiol Cir Cardiovasc. 2026; 7(2):108-116.AP
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- Heart Failure Phenotypes Across Age Groups in the Danish Administrative Registers. [Journal Article]Clin Epidemiol. 2026; 18:622033.CE
- CONCLUSIONS: Patients with an incident hospital diagnosis of HF at two Danish university hospitals predominantly presented with HFrEF. This phenotype distribution may reflect that of patients diagnosed with HF in the Danish National Patient Register. Even among those aged ≥80 years, fewer than one in five patients presented with HFmrEF or HFpEF. These findings provide a necessary reference for interpreting Danish registry-based HF data and inform the design of future registry-based clinical trials.
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- [[One patient, three arrhythmias. Case report]]. [Case Reports]Arch Peru Cardiol Cir Cardiovasc. 2026; 7(2):142-146.AP
- Postoperative patients with congenital heart disease can develop more than one arrhythmia because of underlying anatomical abnormalities and postsurgical scarring. Atrial flutter is by far the most common arrhythmia in this population, and catheter ablation is the preferred treatment. After successful ablation, induction manoeuvres are important to identify additional macro-reentrant circuits. We…
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- Long-Term Electrophysiologic Comorbidities After Anatomically Repaired Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: Atrial Tachyarrhythmias. [Journal Article]JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2026 Aug 13. [Online ahead of print]JC
- CONCLUSIONS: Patients who underwent AR are at significant risk for developing AT, even within a short timeframe after the index surgery, with increasing incidence over time. The need for atrioventricular valve reintervention after AR increases the risk of AT.
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- Late Arrhythmia Burden in Adult Patients With Ebstein Anomaly. [Editorial]JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2026 Aug 08. [Online ahead of print]JC
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- Meta-analysis of the safety and efficacy between pulsed field ablation vs. traditional ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. [Systematic Review]
- CONCLUSIONS: PFA is effective and safe for PerAF treatment, featuring shorter procedure time and lower ATAs recurrence.
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- Analysis of the efficacy of transesophageal atrial pacing in the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia in newborns. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: TEAP is a relatively safe and effective acute treatment for reentrant SVT (AVRT, AFL) when medication cannot promptly and effectively terminate tachycardia, particularly for patients with heart failure.
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- Prediabetes and the risk of atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a propensity-matched analysis in a real-world cohort. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Prediabetes was associated with a modestly increased risk of new-onset AF, particularly persistent AF, and was associated with HF development among individuals without established arrhythmia.
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- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of incident cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and death: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Journal Article]
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, but with conflicting estimates. We aimed to quantify the association of COPD and incident cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and death.
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- Safety of Early Mobilisation in Critically Ill Patients Under Unusual High-Risk Conditions: A Latin American Case Series. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: EM can be safely implemented in critically ill patients, even under conditions traditionally considered high risk, provided that strict criteria for clinical stability and continuous monitoring are applied. These findings provide relevant preliminary evidence supporting the feasibility of active rehabilitation in the ICU and open new avenues for research aimed at defining specific safety criteria for EM in high-risk populations.
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- Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and Brugada syndrome: a systematic review. [Systematic Review]
- CONCLUSIONS: SVT represent a clinically relevant manifestation of ACM and BrS and carry prognostic implications for arrhythmic monitoring, ICD programming, and thromboembolic risk assessment. Prospective studies are needed to refine risk-stratification tools and to clarify the mechanistic overlap between these inherited arrhythmogenic syndromes.
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