Karl-Heinz Kuck

TL;DR: In patients with symptomatic persistent AF, the two treatment strategies of rate versus rhythm control are associated with similar improvements in QoL.

TL;DR: In patients with Ebstein's anomaly and reentrant atrioventricular tachycardias, factors likely to account for failure of RF catheter ablation include an AP located along the atrialized right ventricle and the abnormal morphology of endocardial activation potentials generated in this region.

TL;DR: The purpose of the present report is to review the current state-of-the-art of mitral valve intervention, and to identify the potential future scenarios, which might benefit most from the transcatheter repair and replacement devices under development.

TL;DR: Patients currently undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve therapy are mostly high risk, with a functional etiology and very severe central regurgitation, and do not have severely impaired RV function, suggest initial results suggest that transcat heterogeneous valve therapy is feasible with different techniques, but clinical efficacy requires further investigation.

TL;DR: LA deformation properties increased in patients with maintained sinus rhythm during FU in contrast to patients with recurrent AF, suggesting patients with higher atrial S and SR after catheter ablation appear to have a greater likelihood of maintenance of sinus Rhythm.