Benchtop studies are often used to evaluate cardiac ablation techniques, and commonly utilize ex-vivo animal tissues. While widely available, tissues do not consistently replicate live atrial tissue physical properties, adding variability. Tissue mimicking phantoms have been in non-cardiac studies, but their mechanical electrical properties may mimic tissue. Furthermore, analysis of lesions has...

Patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) who require VT catheter ablation are a population at high risk for readmissions. The contemporary causes and outcomes of readmission after not well-established. This study aimed to identify the within 30 days procedure. Using all-payer, nationally representative Nationwide Readmissions Database, our included patients aged 18 years or older underwent be...

OBJECTIVE A familial predisposition to abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is present in approximately one-fifth of patients. Nevertheless, the clinical implications of a positive family history are not known. We investigated the risk of aneurysm-related complications after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for patients with and without a positive family history of AAA. METHODS Patients treat...

Methods Serum of three controls (CTRL) or PFAPA patients collected during (PFAPA-IN) and between (PFAPA-OUT) flares were incubated with monocytes isolated from healthy volunteers (n=3) and stimulated with ultra pure lipopolysaccharide (LPSup). IL-1b, TNF-a and IL-6 levels were measured by ELISA comparing serum stimulation alone and the impact of serum pre-incubation on LPSup induced cytokines.

Eleven patients who had taken overdoses of barbiturates, glutethimide, tricyclic antidepressants, and chloroquine were treated by resin haemoperfusion using an R-004 haemoperfusion cartridge containing XAD-4 resin. All but one patient showed rapid clinical recovery and the drugs were cleared rapidly from the plasma. There were few complications. Resin haemoperfusion is more effective than dialy...