Current News in Cardiology

Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter.- Anti-arrhythmic Drugs in Atrial Fibrillation: Historical Perspectives and New Developments.- “Pill-in-the-Pocket” Approach.- Lone Atrial Fibrillation: Prophylactic Anti-arrhythmic Treatment.- Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter: Who and When?.- Cryocatheter Ablation for Atrial Flutter.- Clinical Profile, Electrophysiological Characteristics, and Outcome after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atypical Atrial Flutter.- The Impact of New Imaging, Mapping and Energy Delivery Technology on the Current Approach to Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.- Trigger vs Substrate Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.- Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: How To Prevent Them.- Pacing in Atrial Fibrillation: Is It Still Viable?.- Traditional or Device Approach for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure.- Conversion of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation to Sinus Rhythm by DC Shock: IsIt Still in Use Two Years After AFFIRM?.- Lone Atrial Fibrillation and Sports Activities.- Heart Failure.- Heart-Failure Management: Focus on Heart-Failure Practice Guidelines.- Determination of Left Ventricular Contractile Reserve by Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography To Predict the Response to CRT.- Focus on Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Techniques.- Evaluation of the Clinical State of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Patients by Continuous Heart-Failure Monitoring.- Predicting Heart Failure Events in CRT Patients: Future Challenges.- Use of Fluid Accumulation Monitoring in HF Patients.- Syncope.- Performing Carotid Sinus Massage.- Performing Tilt Testing and Physical Countermaneuvers Training.- Implanting a Loop Recorder.- Sudden Death.- Noninvasive Sudden Death Risk Stratification: Heart Rate Variability and Turbulence, and QT Dynamicity.- Noninvasive Risk Stratification of Sudden Death: T-Wave Alternans.- Risk Stratification for Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.- Managing Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Screening in Young Subjects.- The Prevention of Sudden Death: New Perspectives.- Which Patient and when Should Receive an ICD? Evolving New Indications on the Horizon.- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Is Defibrillation Threshold Testing Still Necessary in all Patients?.- Current Practice in Italy of VF Testing at Implant: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?.- How To Choose Between Single-Chamber and Dual-Chamber ICD.- Which Patients Should Receive Dual Defibrillators? Results of DATAS.- Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Genetic Arrhythmias.- Cost-Effectiveness of ICD Therapy in the Prevention of Sudden Death in CAD and/or HF Patients.- Cardiac Pacing.- Hemodynamic Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing.- Hemodynamics in Standard Cardiac Pacing.- Hemodynamic Assessment with an Implanted Pacing Device.- Hemodynamic Optimization of Pacing Configuration in Bradyarrhythmias.- Applications of TVI Sensing in Cardiac Stimulation.- The Ideal Pacemaker for Complete AV Block.- The Ideal Pacemaker for Elderly Patients.- Electrocardiography.- Update on ACC/ESC Criteria for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.- ECG-MRI based Localization of Myocardial Infarction.- Electrocardiographic Predictors of Arrhythmias In CCU Patients.- The Routine ECG as a Marker of Sudden Cardiac Death.- Acute Coronary Syndromes.- International Guidelines on Acute Coronary Syndrome: Practical Application and Current News in Cardiology.- Is There a Limit to PTCA in Elderly Patients?.- When Should Patients with Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Undergo Cardiac Surgery?.- Minimally Invasive Techniques in Cardiac Surgery: An Opportunity for All Patients?.- Global Cardiovascular Risk Prevention.- Cardiovascular Risk Management: An Overview.- Is Arterial Pressure Self-Measurement Better Than Ambulatory 24-Hour Pressure Monitoring?.- Role of Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Risk: Clinical Guidelines.- NewEvidence about the Beneficial Effects of Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers on the Heart and the Kidney.- Lercanidipine, Enalapril, and Their Combination in the Treatment of Elderly Hypertensive Patients.