13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

Progres in Cardiac Pacing

Significant reduction of atrial floating pacing capture thresholds using a conventional monophasic impulse and a novel pacing electrode configuration. First results
W.M. Hartung, D. Hartung, A. Auricchio, C. Geller, A. Goette, H.-D. Esperer, S. Hobrack, H. Klein.
University Hospital Magdeburg, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Magdeburg, Germany
Atrial stimulation by means of floating electrodes: evaluation of different pacing configurations
Matteo Di Biase, Giovanni Luzzi, Matteo Anaclerio, Daniela Casella, Maria Vittoria Pitzalis, Paolo Rizzon.
Istituto di Cardiologia, Universita degli Studi, Bari, Italy
Effects of changing pacing pulse polarity, magnitude, and morphology on driven beats
Morton M. Mower.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
New insight on pacing induced effects on the myocardium through in ovo pacing of chick-embryo heart
Lukas Kappenberger, Michel Grobéty, Christophe Reymond, David Sedmera, Pavel Kucera.
Division of Cardiology, CHUV and Institute of Physiology of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Critical evaluation of risk factor stratification and treatment for the prevention of sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
William J. McKenna, Perry M. Elliott.
Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The implantable defibrillator
Martin Borggrefe, Michael Block, Günter Breithardt.
Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Department of Cardiology and Angiology and Institute for Research in Arteriosclerosis, Münster, Germany
New noninvasive electrocardiographic markers of sudden death risk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Mustafa A. Murda'h, Gang Yi, Perry Elliott, William J. McKenna.
Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital
Medical School, London, UK

Progress in Management of Syncope

Syncope in aortic stenosis
Peter Rakovec, Matjaz Šinkovec, Primoz Rode.
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sensitivity and specificity of head-up tilt testing with orciprenaline
Sven Reek, Daniela Polywka, Helmut U. Klein.
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
The clinical spectrum of adenosine-sensitive syncope
Carlo Menozzi, Michele Brignole, Germano Gaggioli, Lorella Gianfranchi, Angelo Bartoletti, Nicola Bottoni, Gino Lolli, Daniele Oddone, Attilio Del Rosso, Giuseppe Pellinghelli.
Sections of Arrhythmology, Ospedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Ospedali Riuniti, Lavagna, Italy
Role of serial head-up tilt testing for assessing therapy in patients with neurally mediated syncope
Maria Stella Fera, Alessandro Carunchio, Andrea Mazza, Maurizio Burattini, Maria Margherita Martinelli, Vincenzo Ceci.
Division of Cardiology, S. Spirito Hospital, Rome, Italy
Tilt training: a new treatment for recurrent neurocardiogenic syncope and severe orthostatic intolerance
Hugo Ector, Tony Reybrouck*°, Hein Heidbüchel, Marc Gewillig*, Frans Van de Werf.
Departments of Cardiology, *Pediatric Cardiology and
°Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Increased salt intake prevents vasovagal syncope during head-up tilt test
Cinzia Forleo, Andrea Passantino, Luana Ligurgo*, Francesco Massari, Paolo Totaro, Filippo Mastropasqua, Maria Vittoria Pitzalis*, Paolo Rizzon*.
Cardiology "S. Maugeri" Foundation, IRCCS, Cassano,
*Institute of Cardiology, University of Bari, Italy

Pacing Assessment and Follow-up (part I)

Long term clinical evaluation of VDD pacing with a single pass lead
L. Pavia, G. Cannava, C. Silipigni, F. Casella, A. Cordiani, F.N. Longo.
Cardiac Pacing Section, Department of Cardiology, "Azienda Piemonte Hospital", Messina, Italy
Fourier analysis for hemodynamic study in new indications of pacemakers
Maurizio Santomauro, Sandro Betocchi, Michele Damiano*, Fernando Coltorti, Francesco Solimene, Natale Marrazzo, Massimo Chiariello.
Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical School, Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Peak endocardial accelerometer in critical settings
Andrea Colella, Giuseppe Vaccari*, Enrico Dovellini*, Gian Carlo Calamai*, Gianni Plicchi**, Massimo Bonacchi*, Marino Vaccari*, Antonio Michelucci, Maria Cristina Porciani, Luigi Padeletti, Gian Franco Gensini.
Dept. of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Florence, Dept. of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Florence, Dept. of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy

QT Interval, Repolarization and T-wave Alternance

Analysis of the non-linear relationship between cycle length and QT interval in healthy subjects
Gabriella Malfatto, Antonio Zaza*, Gastone Leonetti, Mario Facchini.
Divisione di Cardiologia, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, *Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Universita di Milano, Milano, Italy
QT interval duration and dispersion during exercise in obese patients
Mario Facchini, Gabriella Malfatto, Francesca Ciambellotti, Gastone Leonetti.
Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Universita di Milano, Milan, Italy
A new computer programme for Holter ECG (3 orthogonal leads) to evaluate dynamically the QT dispersion, as well as its correlation to RR intervals
Antonio Conti, Antonio Michelucci*, Simone Mininni*, Mauro Lenuzza*, Andrea A. Conti*, Chiara Lazzeri**, Giuseppe Petrogalli***, Giuseppe Catto***, Franco Franchi**, Gian Franco Gensini*.
Dept. of Clinical Physiopathology, *Dept. of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, **Dept. of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Florence, ***ELA Medical, Italy.
Assessment of behaviour QT dispersion after acute myocardial infarction
Walter Colazzo, Sergio De Blasi, Giovanni Cassati, Rolando Mangia, Michele Accogli, Pasquale Palma, Giancarlo Piccinni, Luigi Sansone, Ferdinando De Nuccio, Pierangelo Morciano, Antonio Galati.
Division of Cardiology, Hospital "Card. G. Panico", Tricase (LE), Italy
Transmural dispersion assessed from Holter recording: a new approach to detect repolarization abnormalities in patients with inducible ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction
A. Lubinski, M. Kempa, E. Lewicka-Nowak, A.M. Baczynska, G. Swiatecka.
II Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Ventricular repolarization abnormalities during and after paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
Nelly Paparella, Giuseppe Fuca, Riccardo Cappato*, Feifan Ouyang*, Paolo Alboni.
Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Civile, Cento, Italy,
*II Med ABT - AK St. George, Hamburg, Germany
Increased QT dispersion and other repolarization abnormalities as a possible cause of electrical instability in isolated aortic stenosis. Increased QT dispersion in isolated aortic stenosis
Valentino Ducceschi, Berardo Sarubbi, Antonello D'Andrea, Biagio Liccardo, Nicola Briglia, Antonio Carozza, Joseph Marmo, Lucio Santangelo, Aldo Iacono, Maurizio Cotrufo.
Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Istituto Medico-Chirurgico di Cardiologia, Naples, Italy
Specificity of T-wave alternans in individuals without organic heart disease who are not inducible during ventricular programmed stimulation
Hans D. Esperer, Antonis A. Armoundas, David S. Rosenbaum*, Helmut U. Klein**, Richard J. Cohen.
Harvard University, MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, *Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA, **University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Advances in Experimental Arrhythmology (part I)

Predictors of atrial fibrillation during rapid atrial pacing in dogs
Andreas Goette, J. Christoph Geller, Joerg Mittag, Wolfgang M. Hartung, Jonathan J. Langberg*, Helmut U. Klein.
University Hospital Magdeburg, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Magdeburg, Germany, *Emory University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Atlanta, USA
Predictability of postischemic recovery in isolated rat hearts by non-linear dynamics analysis
Giampiero Merati, Sonia Allibardi, Vittoria Margonato, Arsenio Veicsteinas, Michele Samaja, Bruno Caru.
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Brescia, and CNR, Italy
Arrhythmogenic actions of norepinephrine and acetylcholine in sheep cardiac purkinje fibers
Ennio Aceto, Mario Vassalle.
Department of Physiology, State University of New York, New York, USA

Atrial Fibrillation. Pharmacological Treatment

Efficacy of a single dose of oral propafenone on atrial fibrillation prophylaxis in hemodialysis patients
Flavio Doni, Margherita Manfredi, Carlo Piemonti, Elio Staffiere, Andrea Rimondini, Cesare Fiorentini*.
Department of Cardiology, Policlinico San Pietro, Ponte San Pietro, *University of Milan, Italy
How to convert recent-onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm? Efficacy and safety of different drug protocols
Giuseppe Boriani, Mauro Biffi, Alessandro Capucci*, Gianluca Botto**, Tiziana Broffoni**, Maurizio Ongari°, Giuseppe Trisolino°°°, Ida Rubino°°, Mario Sanguinetti°°, Angelo Branzi, Bruno Magnani.
Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna; *Civil Hospitals Piacenza, **Como, °Porretta, °°Lugo, °°°Dept. of Emergency, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Repeated IV boluses of class 1C drugs for acute atrial fibrillation termination: a study about 135 patients
Saverio Lavanga, Alessandro Colombo*, Riccardo Bana, Roberto Fornerone, Franco Ferrari, Gianni Rovelli.
*Cardiology Department of Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Cardiology Department of Rho Hospital, Rho, Italy

Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation by Pacing

Consistent atrial pacing: can this new algorithm suppress recurrent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
Renato Ricci, Paolo Azzolini, Andrea Puglisi, Carlo Pignalberi*, Andrea Spampinato*, Fulvio Bellocci*, Giuseppe Boriani**, Alessandro Capucci***, Sergio Cavaglia°, Maria Teresa Laudadio°, Francesco De Seta°.
Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, *Villa Tiberia Hospital, Rome, **Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, ***Civile Hospital, Piacenza, °Medtronic Italia spa, Rome, Italy
Efficacy of atrial pacing in the prevention of atrial fibrillation: role of intra-atrial conduction
Giuseppe Stabile, Antonio De Simone, Pietro Turco, Fabio Capasso, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Carmine De Matteis*, Pasquale Golino°, Raffaele Rotunno#, Tommaso Di Napoli#.
Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia, Casa di Cura San Michele, Maddaloni (CE), *Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile, San Felice a Cancello (CE), °Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile, Caserta, #Reparto di Cardiologia, Polla (SA), Italy
Does dual chamber pacing prevent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in brady-tachy patients?
G. Boriani1, G.L. Botto2, L. Frabetti1, M. Biffi1, F. Bellocci3,
D. Bernabo4, A. Capucci5, P. Dini3, G. Leoni6, F. Lisi7, A. Marchini8, P.V. Moracchini9, G. Nicotra10, P. Nigro7, A. Puglisi3, R. Ricci3, A. Spampinato3, S. Cavaglia11, F. De Seta11, and the ISSAF Group.

1Bologna, 2Como, 3Roma, 4La Spezia, 5Piacenza, 6Seriate, 7Catania, 8Brescia, 9Modena, 10Gorizia, 11Medtronic Italia, Italy

 

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