Heart Rhythm O2Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.075
Christian M. Massad, Abboud Hassan, Chanho Lim, Ghassan Bidaoui, Hadi Younes, Michel Abou Khalil, Mohammad Montaser Atasi, Mayana Bsoul, Yingshuo Liu, Yishi Jia, Ala Assaf, Abdel Hadi El Hajjar, Charbel Noujaim, Lilas Dagher, Mario Mekhael, Duo Yu, Xiang Li, Hongyu Miao, Swati N. Rao, Omar Kreidieh, Nassir F. Marrouche
{"title":"ID: 4348852 BEYOND THE CHA2DS2VASC SCORE: MACHINE LEARNING ENHANCES STROKE PREDICTION IN LOW-RISK ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS","authors":"Christian M. Massad, Abboud Hassan, Chanho Lim, Ghassan Bidaoui, Hadi Younes, Michel Abou Khalil, Mohammad Montaser Atasi, Mayana Bsoul, Yingshuo Liu, Yishi Jia, Ala Assaf, Abdel Hadi El Hajjar, Charbel Noujaim, Lilas Dagher, Mario Mekhael, Duo Yu, Xiang Li, Hongyu Miao, Swati N. Rao, Omar Kreidieh, Nassir F. Marrouche","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.075","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Page S29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144988125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart Rhythm O2Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.057
Yirao Tao, Xingpeng Liu, Deyun Zhang
{"title":"ID: 4349991 MULTI-MODAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHM FOR THE PREDICTION OF LEFT ATRIAL LOW-VOLTAGE AREAS IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENT BASED ON SINUS RHYTHM ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS: A RETROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER STUDY","authors":"Yirao Tao, Xingpeng Liu, Deyun Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Pages S18-S19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144989373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart Rhythm O2Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.067
Sadia Khan, Jasjit Syan, Keenan Saleh, Grant McQueen, Sarah Pearse, Jodian Barrett, James Bird, Michael Wright
{"title":"ID: 4342993 IS A VIRTUAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATHWAY USING A SMARTPHONE APPLICATION EFFECTIVE? A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE","authors":"Sadia Khan, Jasjit Syan, Keenan Saleh, Grant McQueen, Sarah Pearse, Jodian Barrett, James Bird, Michael Wright","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Page S25"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144989661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart Rhythm O2Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.037
Satish K. Misra, Brennan Torstrick, Douglas Kirsch, Rohit Mehta
{"title":"ID: 4348241 SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF SLEEP APNEA AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS IN AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY POPULATION USING A MULTI-DIAGNOSTIC PATCH","authors":"Satish K. Misra, Brennan Torstrick, Douglas Kirsch, Rohit Mehta","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Page S7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144988129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart Rhythm O2Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.049
Josep-Lluis Clua-Espuny, Stijn Evens, Alba Hernandez-Pinilla, Francisco M. Martin-Lujan, Delicia Gentille-Lorente, Eulàlia Muria-Subirats, Teresa Forcadell-Arenas
{"title":"ID: 4334830 EARLY DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN A PRIMARY CARE SETTING (PREFATE STUDY)","authors":"Josep-Lluis Clua-Espuny, Stijn Evens, Alba Hernandez-Pinilla, Francisco M. Martin-Lujan, Delicia Gentille-Lorente, Eulàlia Muria-Subirats, Teresa Forcadell-Arenas","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.07.049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Page S13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144989421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heart Rhythm O2Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.08.012
Hany Samir Assaad, Ahmed El-Rossassy, Kirellos Mikhail, Ahmed Samy Shabib, Sheref Elseidy, Mohamed El-Alfy, Samir Sorour, Ghada D. Mustafa, Rawan Ashraf, Mervat Aboulmaaty
{"title":"CLINICAL SPECTRUM AND MANAGEMENT OF ARRHYTHMIAS DURING PREGNANCY: A SINGLE CENTER RETROSPECTIVE EXPERIENCE FROM EGYPT","authors":"Hany Samir Assaad, Ahmed El-Rossassy, Kirellos Mikhail, Ahmed Samy Shabib, Sheref Elseidy, Mohamed El-Alfy, Samir Sorour, Ghada D. Mustafa, Rawan Ashraf, Mervat Aboulmaaty","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.08.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.08.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Pages 1477-1478"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145095094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatiotemporal tissue temperature during cryoablation using different balloons","authors":"Akio Chikata MD, PhD , Takeshi Kato MD, PhD , Hiroaki Ide MEng , Tatsuya Fukutani MEng , Shuhei Fujita MD, PhD , Kazuo Usuda MD, PhD , Michiro Maruyama MD, PhD , Kan-ichi Otowa MD, PhD , Takashi Kusayama MD, PhD , Kenshi Hayashi MD, PhD , Masayuki Takamura MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Differences in tissue temperature trends and distribution between two commercially available balloons during cryoablation remain unclear.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>We sought to evaluate spatiotemporal tissue temperatures during cryoablation using different cryoballoons.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>An in vitro pulmonary vein model was constructed from porcine myocardial tissue to simulate pulmonary vein anatomy and venous flow. A multitemperature sensor sheet was placed behind the muscles. After confirming pulmonary vein occlusion, cryoablation was performed using the Arctic Front Advance Pro (AFA-Pro) and POLARx FIT (28 and 31 mm) to evaluate the time course of spatial tissue temperatures.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>POLARx FIT 28 mm showed the lowest force for pulmonary vein (5.5 ± 1.0 N for AFA-Pro, 4.0 ± 0.8 N for POLARx FIT 28 mm, and 4.1 ± 0.7 N for POLARx FIT 31 mm, respectively (<em>P</em> < .05; POLARx FIT 28 mm vs AFA-Pro), and the lowest tissue temperature after 180 seconds of cryoablation (−44.7 ± 2.3°C for AFA-Pro, −50.1 ± 5.7°C for POLARx FIT 28 mm, and, −44.7 ± 2.4°C for POLARx FIT 31 mm, respectively (<em>P</em> < .05; POLARx FIT, 28 mm vs AFA-Pro and POLARx FIT, 31 mm). Multipoint sensor analysis revealed that only POLARx FIT 28 mm achieved a tissue temperature < −50°C, while the POLARx FIT 31 mm created a significantly larger area with a tissue temperature of −30°C or lower.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Among commercially available balloons, the POLARx FIT of 28 mm achieved the greatest tissue temperature drop, whereas the POLARx FIT of 31 mm created the broadest cooled tissue area.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Pages 1428-1434"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145098823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of physicians’ adherence to guideline-directed medical therapy among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2023","authors":"Sisay Sitotaw Anberbr MSc , Ousman Abubeker Abdela MSc , Alemneh Ayu Biyazin MSc , Gebremariam Wulie Geremew MSc , Adane Desta Getahun MSc , Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn MSc , Agegnehu Derbew Teshager MD , Masho Tigabe Tekle MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.06.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hroo.2025.06.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adhering well to guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is essential for improving treatment outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Despite its significance, studies on the status of GDMT adherence in patients with HF in Ethiopia are scarce.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to assess physicians’ adherence to GDMT and the associated factors in patients with HFrEF.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A retrospective follow-up study was conducted from September 1, 2018, to July 31, 2023. Quality of Adherence to Guideline Recommendations for Lifesaving Treatment in Heart Failure Survey scores were used to assess physicians’ adherence to GDMT. SPSS version 27.0 was used for analysis, and multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The Quality of Adherence to Guideline Recommendations for Lifesaving Treatment in Heart Failure Survey scores showed that the physicians’ adherence to GDMT was good in 40% (95% confidence interval [CI] 35.30–44.90), moderate in 33.8% (95% CI 29.3–38.6), and poor in 26.2% of the study participants (95% CI 22–30.7). Age of ≥65 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.14, 95% CI 0.07–0.29); causes of HF such as ischemic heart disease (AOR 16, 95% CI 6.75–37.90), valvular heart disease (AOR 5.3, 95% CI 2.58–10.92), dilated cardiomyopathy (AOR 8.24, 95% CI 3.97–17.09), and hypertension (AOR 6.62, 95% CI 2.98–14.69); and duration of HFrEF of ≥3 years (AOR 2.59, 95% CI 1.32–5.08) were factors significantly associated with good physicians’ adherence to GDMT.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The use of all indicated medications as per the guideline recommendation for HFrEF was low, and most patients received suboptimal doses of GDMT. Particularly, the beta-blocker dose was very suboptimal. Encouraging healthcare provider training, access to separate cardiac clinics and cardiologists, following guidelines, timely patient appointments, and medication availability are recommended for better clinical outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29772,"journal":{"name":"Heart Rhythm O2","volume":"6 9","pages":"Pages 1435-1447"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145098824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}