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

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

Pacing Assessment and Follow-up (part II)

Echo-doppler determination of the interatrial electromechanical conduction time. Comparison with the interatrial conduction time
Lanfranco Antonini, Salvatore Greco, Salvatore Toscano, Dennis Konopacki, Massimo Santini.
Department of Heart Diseases, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
Multiparametric echocardiographic stress testing with oesophageal electrical stimulation and trans-oesophageal cardiac pacing
Paolo Rossi, Corrado Pozzi, Stefano Ticozzi, Pierfranco Dellavesa.
Clinica "I Cedri", Fara Novarese (NO), Italy
"Optimal" atrioventricular delay in physiological pacing: assessment by echo-doppler study of common carotid artery flow and ergospirometric evaluation
Gherardo Gherarducci, Stefano Viani, Paolo Caravelli, Flavio Buttitta, Alberto Balbarini, Mario Mariani.
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Department, University of Pisa, Italy
Interatrial septum pacing: an echocardiographic evaluation
Giuseppe Barletta, Maria Cristina Porciani, Riccarda Del Bene, Antonio Michelucci, Andrea Colella, Luigi Padeletti.
Istituto di Clinica Medica e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Italy

Molecular Biology. Structural Anatomy and Pathology

Electrophysiological and pathological correlations in transcatheter ablation of the atrioventricular junction
Domenico Corrado, Renato Ometto, Andrea Corrado, Cristina Basso, Mario Vincenzi, Gaetano Thiene.
Departments of Cardiology and Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Division of Cardiology, Civil Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
The variations in the AV junctional morphology and its significance in ablative procedures
Saroja Bharati.
Maurice Lev Congenital Heart and Conduction System Center, The Heart Institute for Children, Hope Children's Hospital, Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Rush Medical College, Rush University, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Finch University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Myocardial structure: its contribution to arrhythmogenesis
D.H. Cox, R.W.F. Campbell.
Academic Cardiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Advances in cardiac arrhythmias. From molecular biology to clinical management
Nabil El-Sherif.
Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, USA
Molecular diagnosis of inherited cardiac diseases: impact on clinical practice
Silvia G. Priori, Carlo Napolitano.
Laboratori di Cardiologia Molecolare ed Elettrofisiologia, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Cattedra di Cardiologia, Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Policlinico San Matteo IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
Apoptosis, cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias
Marialuisa Valente, Fiorella Calabrese, Cristina Basso, Annalisa Angelini, Gaetano Thiene.
Department of Pathology University of Padua, Medical School, Padua, Italy

Pharmacological Management of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias

Beta-blocker therapy for prevention of sudden death in patients with sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias
G. Steinbeck, E. Hoffmann, R. Haberl.
Klinikum Großhadern, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Munich, Germany
Effect of combination of beta-blockers and amiodarone in preventing malignant ventricular arrhythmias
Fulvio Bellocci, Giuseppe De Martino, Fabrizio Clementi, Vincenzo Affinito, Roberto Bock, Annibale Sandro Montenero, Paolo Zecchi.
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto di Cardiologia, Rome, Italy
Survival after sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia: a role of aetiology of heart disease, left ventricular function, morphology of QRS-tachycardia, clinical presentation: a follow-up up to 12 years
N. Baldi, V. Morrone, V.A. Russo, G. Polimeni.
Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedale S.S. Annunziata, Taranto, Italy

News on Clinical Arrhythmogenesis

VF threshold: old and new concepts
D.H. Cox, R. Anilkumar, R.W.F. Campbell.
Academic Cardiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Role of thrombus formation in arrhythmogenesis during acute ischaemia
Michiel J. Janse, Ruben Coronel, Francien J.G. Wilms-Schopman.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, The Netherlands (ICIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Triggers, mechanisms and circadian variations in silent myocardial ischemia
Shlomo Stern.
Cardiology Department, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
From genotype to phenotype. The case of the long QT syndrome
Peter J. Schwartz.
Cattedra di Cardiologia, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Policlinico S. Matteo IRCCS, Pavia, Italy

Transthoracic Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation

Effects of defibrillator paddle position on technical efficacy and energy requirements of transthoracic electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
Giovanni Luca Botto, Alessandro Politi, Walter Bonini, Tiziana Broffoni, Roberto Bonatti, Giovanni Ferrari.
Department of Cardiology, S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy
External electrical cardioversion: the first choice procedure not only in chronic atrial fibrillation
G. Molon, G. Canali, P. Girardi, F. Castagna, G.L. Ferri, F. Stefanini*, G.C. Salazzari.
Department of Cardiology, *Department of Emergency, "S. Cuore" Hospital, Negrar, Italy
Predictors of technical and clinical failure of transthoracic electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
Giovanni Luca Botto, Alessandro Politi, Walter Bonini, Tiziana Broffoni, Roberto Bonatti, Giovanni Ferrari.
Department of Cardiology, S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy
Atrial contractility recovery after transthoracic cardioversion (TC) of atrial fibrillation: possible role of permanent atrial pacing
Pietro Broglia, Maddalena Lettino, Stefano Perlini, Marco Ferrario, Andrea Finzi, Salvatore Romano.
Division of Cardiology, Maggiore Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Prevention of Thromboembolic Event in Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation and intra-atrial thrombi: clinical and echocardiographic correlations
Alberto Menotti, Ferdinando Imperadore, Giuseppe Vergara, Marcello Disertori*.
Department of Cardiology, Rovereto Hospital, Rovereto,
*Department of Cardiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
Effects of anticoagulation on atrial thrombi: a transesophageal echocardiographic study
Giovanni Corrado, Giorgio Tadeo, Sandro Beretta*, Giovanni Foglia Manzillo, Manuela Spata, Luca Mario Tagliagambe, Mauro Santarone.
Servizio di Cardiologia, *Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Valduce, Como, Italy
Electric cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: anticoagulant prophylaxis with calcic and sodic heparin and dicoumarolics
Mauro Giuliani, Ruggero Cabri, Francesco Marzani, Mariano Capitelli, Roberto Salati.
Unita Operativa di Medicina Interna, Modulo di Cardiologia, Ospedale di Pavullo, Modena, Italy
Effects of anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and intra-atrial thrombosis
Alberto Menotti, Ferdinando Imperadore, Giuseppe Vergara, Marcello Disertori*.
Department of Cardiology, Rovereto Hospital, Rovereto,
*Department of Cardiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy

Atrial Fibrillation. RF Catheter Ablation of AV Junction

Dual chamber pacemaker in patients with atrial fibrillation submitted for ablation of the atrio-ventricular junction
Diran Igidbashian*, Patrizio Mazzone, Mariano Rillo, Maria Luisa Loricchio, Carlo Pappone.
Department of Cardiology, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan,
*Department of Cardiology, Civil Hospital, Legnago, Italy
Ablate and pace for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: epidemiology, short and long term results
Michele Brignole, Carlo Menozzi, Lorella Gianfranchi, Gino Lolli.
Arrhythmologic Center, Ospedali Riuniti, Lavagna, Department of Cardiology and Arrhythmologic Center, Ospedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
The clinical outcome of patients with atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency ablation of the atrioventricular junction
Dubravko Petrac, Berislav Radic, Duško Hamel, Duro Vukosavic, Vjeran Nikolic.
Department of Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Long-term clinical effects of A-V junctional ablation in patients with supraventricular arrhythmias
Gaetano Barbato, Rocco Fernando Guaragna, Elena Negrini, Giampiero Nobile, Maria Gabriella Camplese, Daniele Bracchetti.
Sezione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
Are paroxysmal atrial flutter or fibrillation at the time of implantation absolute contraindications for implantation of a dual chamber pacemaker?
Domenico Zanuttini, Fabio Zardo, Marco Brieda, Nereo Meneguzzo, Enzo Hrovatin, Delia Zadnik.
Department of Cardiology-ARC, Azienda Sanitaria "S.M. degli Angeli", Pordenone, Italy

RF Catheter Ablation of Right Ventricular Arrhythmias

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of "right ventricular tachycardias"
Maurizio Lunati, Maurizio Gasparini*, Giovanni Magenta, Giuseppe Cattafi, Rita Vecchi, Giuseppe Gadaleta.
Servizio di Elettrofisiologia ed Elettrostimolazione, Dipartimento Cardiotoracico "A. De Gasperis", Ospedale Maggiore Cá Granda, Milano-Niguarda, *Unita Operativa di Cardiologia, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy
Ablation of symptomatic ventricular ectopic beats of the right outflow tract
Matthias Manz, Dietmar Burkhardt, Gerhard Lauck.
Department of Cardiology, Marienhof Hospital, Koblenz, Germany
Catheter ablation of ventricular ectopic beats in patients with subtle right ventricle abnormalities revealed by magnetic resonance imaging
Giuseppe Oreto*, Carlo Pappone, Maria Luisa Loricchio, Renata Mellone**, Mariano Rillo, Filippo Lamberti, Maria Pia Calabro*, Alessandro Del Maschio**, Sergio Chierchia.
**S. Raffaele Hospital, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Radiology, Milan,
*University of Messina, Department of Cardiology, Messina, Italy

Pharmacological Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Transesophageal atrial pacing combined with flecainide in treatment of atrial flutter in elderly patients
Grzegorz Raczak, Dorota Jackowiak, Andrzej Lubinski, Robert Krasowski, Dariusz Zacharek, Grazyna Swiatecka.
II Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Sotalol efficacy in supraventricular paroxysmal tachyarrhythmias and ventricular heart rhythm disturbances
Gulnara Abuladze, Bondo Kobulia, Merab Mamatsashvili, Zaza Chapichadze, Natalia Gonjilashvili.
Scientific-Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Tbilisi, Georgia
Myocardial remodeling in hypertensive patients. The role of converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in reducing ventricular arrhythmia
Pablo I. Altieri, Robert González, Nelson Escobales, María Crespo, Héctor Banch.
Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, USA
Use of flecainide before, during and after electrical cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation
Marcello Chimienti, Giampaolo Guazzotti*, Serena Barbieri*.
Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, *Policlinic of Monza, Monza, Italy

Pathophysiology and Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias and Atrial Flutter

Slow pathway in the treatment of junctional reciprocating tachycardia
Domenico Potenza, Ennio Pisano, Raimondo Massaro, Nicola Cianfrone, Raffaele Fanelli.
Department of Cardiology, I.R.C.C.S. "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Inappropriate sinus tachycardia: mechanism and therapy
Carlo Pappone, Giuseppe Oreto*, Adriano Salvati, Francesco Lullo, Filippo Gullotta, Stefano Bianchi, Patrizio Mazzone, Maria Luisa Loricchio, Francesco Furlanello, Sergio Chierchia.
Cardiology Department, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan,
*Department of Medicine and Cardiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Mechanism of induction of typical atrial flutter by programmed stimulation
Francisco G. Cosío, María López-Gil*, Fernando Arribas*, Agustín Pastor, Ambrosio Núnez.
Cardiology Service, University Hospital of Getafe, Madrid,
*Arrhythmia Unit, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Long-term results in radiofrequency catheter ablation of type I atrial flutter
Giuseppe Inama, Lorena Gramegna, Paolo Pessano, Marcello Disertori.
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Chiara, Trento, Italy
Atrial flutter radiofrequency catheter ablation modifies the recurrence of atrial fibrillation?
A. Bonso, G. Gasparini, S. Temistoclakis, P. Delise*, L. Coro*, L. Targa, L. Patrassi, A. Raviele.
Cardiologic Operative Units, Hospitals of Mestre and *Feltre, Italy

 

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