Fred Kueffer

TL;DR: Significant structural and functional differences were found between patients with SHF and those with DHF; however, elevated diastolic pressures play a pivotal role in the underlying pathophysiology of chronic compensated and acute decompensated HF in both SHf and DHF.

TL;DR: Patients treated with cryoballoon as opposed to RFC ablation had significantly fewer repeat ablations, direct-current cardioversions, all-cause re Hospitalizations, and cardiovascular rehospitalizations during follow-up and both patient groups improved in quality-of-life scores after AF ablation.

TL;DR: Despite current management, many patients with advanced HF live on a plateau of high filling pressures from which later events occur, and this risk is progressively higher with higher chronic ambulatory pressures.

TL;DR: Patients originally treated with the cryoballoon had significantly fewer reconnected PVs, which may reflect RFC catheter instability in certain left atrial regions, and thus required fewer lesions for reablation success, which resulted in similar acute success, duration of hospitalization, and antiarrhythmic drug prescription between the study cohorts.

TL;DR: The present study does not provide evidence to support a meaningful change in clinical outcomes for HF patients receiving SCS, and the primary objective of the study was to evaluate the reduction in LVESVi after 6 months of SCS therapy in the treatment arm compared to the control arm.