General attitude to defibrillation

Vít Mareček, Jiří Pokorný, Bronislav Klementa, Pavel Marcián

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):3-4  

The effect of successful catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia following myocardial infarction on parameters of late potentials

Kateřina Lefflerová, Josef Kautzner, Jan Bytešník, Robert Čihák, Petr Peichl, Vlastimil Vančura

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):10-13  

The aim of the study was to assess the effect of successful catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) following myocardial infarction on parameters of late potentials (LP). Patients and methods: Study population consisted of 15 men (mean age 64±9 years, ejection fraction of left ventricle 28±9 %) who underwent successful catheter ablation of clinical VT. Late potentials were analyzed by means of MAC 5000 (Marquette Electronics), 250 QRS complexes were avereged in time domain analysis, quantitative variables were processed at 40 to 250 Hz and included filtered QRS duration (f QRS), duration of low-amplitude signals (HFLA) and...

DOES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MAKE CORRECT STEPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES IN TREATING OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION?

Vít Mareček, Michal Wiesner

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):14-16  

Goal: To find out how are applied some of guidelines to the patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at prehospital emergency care. Method: An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the Czech Republic in March 2003. Results: The response rate was 81 % (109/88). 55 % of EMS use 12 leads ECG to patients with suspected AMI at a scene. Prehospital thrombolysis to indicated patients with AMI perform 3 % of EMS. Beta-blockers to indicated patients with AMI serve 55 % of EMS. Unfractionated heparin serve to all patients with AMI 22 % of EMS; 50 % to a patients who is transported for primary coronary intervention...

Cell therapy after myocardial infarction

MUDr. Jan Horák CSc, prof. MUDr. Michael Aschermann DrSc

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):17-21  

Despite modern achievements in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, in many patients it still leads to a significant loss of contractile elements, pathological remodeling of their left ventricle and subsequent development of heart failure. The natural process of myocardial regeneration, which occures after the insult, is very limited in extent and has little influence on this sequence of events. Stem cells transplantation has emerged as a novel possible treatment strategy for these patients in recent years. It aims to regenerate at least a part of irreversibly damaged muscle and vascular elements and restore contractile function of the heart....

New strategies in heart failure

MUDr. Radovan Jirmář

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):22-25  

Acute closure of ostium left coronary artery with anomalous origin of left circumuflex artery

Jan Pešek, Markéta Pešková

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):34-35  

Catheterization occlusion of open arterial duct with Amplatz’s duct occluder

Petr Tax, Oleg Reich, Jan Škovránek, Václav Chaloupecký, Helena Bartáková, Bohumil Hučín

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):36-37  

Dilated cardiomyopathy in sibs - acute complications in association with coronary atheroslerosis

Michal Čepelák, Richard Rokyta, Jan Opatrný, MUDr. Pavel Boček

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):27-28  

Dilated cardiomyopathy has been suspected as the cause of acute heart failure in two brothers admitted to the coronary care unit. Attention is given to the etiology of the disease as well as to the association with coronary atherosclerosis, which caused an extremely complicated course of the disease in one of the sibs.

KARDIO-KUTÁNNÍ PÍŠTĚL ZPŮSOBENÁ PONECHANÝMI EPIKARDIÁLNÍMI STIMULAČNÍMI ELEKTRODAMI PO REVASKULARIZAČNÍ OPERACI MYOKARDU

Miloš Dobiáš, Tomáš Štulc, MUDr. Richard Češka CSc, Michal Semrád

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):29-30  

Dočasné stimulační epikardiální elektrody jsou u většiny pacientů běžně odstraněny během několika dní po srdeční operaci. V případě obtížného vytažení zůstavají elekrody na původním místě. Ponechané elektrody jsou obvykle dobře tolerovány a komplikace jsou vzácné. V naší kazuistice popisujeme nemocného, u kterého byly ponechané elektrody komplikovány vznikem píštěle vedoucí podél elektrod do stěny pravé síně. Vznik píštěle byl předcházen mediastinitidou. Elektrody a píštěl byly odstraněny pomocí přístupu z videoasistované pravé anterolaterální minitorakotomie. Cílem naší kazuistiky je upozornit na zvýšené riziko infekce ponechaných epikardiálních stimulačních...

STRESS SPECT IMAGING AFTER REPEATED REVASCULARIZATION

Milan Kamínek, Miroslav Mysliveček, MUDr. Marcela Škvařilová, MUDr. Jiří Ostřanský, MUDr. Marek Richter

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):31-33  

A 71-year-old female was referred for stress SPECT study because of exertional chest pain 6 months after CABG. She had a left internal mammary graft to the left anterior descending artery (LAD), and vein graft to the right coronary artery (RCA). Stress 201Tl SPECT images: an extensive reversible defect was seen in the LAD artery territory. Repeated coronary angiography revealed the left internal mammary graft stenosis in distal anastomatic lesion and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed. Patient was restudied 4 months after PCI because of atypical chest pain and dyspnea. Repeated stress 201Tl SPECT study is normal, demonstrating significant...

What is and what is not primary coronary angioplasty?

Stanislav Janoušek, MUDr. Petr Janský

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):38  

Because of rapid progress in interventional treatment of acute myocardial infarction in Czech Republic and preparation of national register of this disease the authors discuss precise definition of primary percutaneous coronary angiography. They present several cases that could cause problems with interpretation and call for discussion of leading specialist on these terminological aspects.

Article no.15

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):44-52

2nd Czech-Slovak Symposium on arrhythias and cardiostimulation, Jeseník, January 15-17th, 2004

doc. MUDr. Josef Kautzner CSc

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):39-40  

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2nd Conference of Czech cardiologic society Acute cardiology working group (December 11-13th, 2003, Carlsband, Thermal Hotel)

MUDr. Karel Dvořák

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1):41-42  

History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Martin Riedel

Interv Akut Kardiol. 2004;3(1)