Paulus Kirchhof

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a comprehensive clinical and genetic risk score to predict which patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are likely to respond to rhythm control approach, which can be used to translate genetic data to the bedside care of AF patients.

TL;DR: Clinical cardiological practice aims to take into account differences between individual patients into therapeutic decisions, and the development and implementation of a more personalized management offer potential to improve outcome.

TL;DR: In this paper, the reproducibility of the index-beat and conventional consecutive-beat methods was compared to calculate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), global longitudinal strain (GLS), and E/e' (mitral E wave max/average diastolic tissue Doppler velocity), and assessed intraoperator/interoperator variability, time efficiency and validity against natriuretic peptides.

TL;DR: The aim of this study was to describe the contemporary prevalence of HF in a representative, completely phenotyped sample from the general population.

TL;DR: All physicians and cardiologists in particular should be acquainted with the most common diseases in ACHD, their complications and management regime, especially with regards to heart failure as this is a common reason for acute presentation in the emergency department.