Angelo Branzi

TL;DR: The epidemiological, clinical and prognostic impact of introducing hs-cTnT in the everyday clinical practice of an Emergency Department did not observe overdiagnosis and overtreatment issues in presenters with suspected ACS, despite the increase in the number of patients presenting with abnormal troponin levels.

TL;DR: In patients with recent‐onset atrial fibrillation without signs of heart failure, propafenone as a single oral loading dose is effective, and it is also effective in selected elderly subjects with a favorable safety profile.

TL;DR: Replacement of amiodarone treatment with an alternate class III agent (D,L -sotalol or other agents, if available) can be considered as a possible option in case of high defibrillation threshold at the time of the implantation in a patient receiving continuous amiodrone treatment.

TL;DR: How in some cases sensing by epicardial wires may be a solution for QRS double counting occurring with endocardial leads during ventricular tachycardia is emphasized.

TL;DR: Agents with upstream effects may also be used in high-risk patients in association with a strictly downstream intervention, such as the implantable cardioverter defibrillator, in an attempt to obtain an additive/synergetic effect.