Nilarun Chowdhuri

Cardiac Electrophysiology

rhythm IS life

[William H. Sauer, MD @True_EP]

Here is the video of PFA delivered near a LAA occlusion device

[Ahmed Teebi, MD MPH MSc🗝️ @Teebi_MD]

Nice example of [left-sided] AVNRT ablation from LA targeting left atrial slow pathway (SP)!

👉If no junctional rhythm induced with ablation at inferior ToK (targeting RIE) or CS roof (targeting LIE) ➡️ think left lateral SP. #EPeeps

[JMC @narrowQRS]

🚨🚨🚨 New educational video!!!
Temporary epicardial pacing wires after cardiac surgery - troubleshooting and other uses. Oversensing, undersensing, rising pacing threshold, proarrhythmia. Also SVT diagnosis and AT/AFL pace termination!

https://t.co/4PQ4kZYKkE

[JMC @narrowQRS]

By the way, as we learn about VT entrainment, we also discuss how understanding egm signals in scar helps us with substrate-based VT ablation strategies in sinus rhythm/pacing (!)

[Chi Zhang, MD @chizhangmd]

Young pt with refractory IST

🚫 RFA due to phrenic nerve proximity

✅ PFA of IST with the @Medtronic PulseSelect system

Immediate ⬇️ in heart rate with inversion of P wave axis, chronotropy intact on Isuprel, no diaphragm injury

No need for epi access or phrenic deviation!

[Roderick Tung @DrRoderickTung]

Atrial functional MR was not taught during my medical school or residency. We need to characterize and understand pathophys collectively.

[Qussay Marashly @QMarashly]

Hot off the press!🚨
Check out this important work on #VT_ablation post #LVAD: "Mortality in Recipients of Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices Undergoing Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation" https://t.co/7nB3JyGFsw @MihailChelu #EPeeps #AblateVT #MCS #HeartFailure

[Nilarun Chowdhuri @NilarunC]

@chizhangmd Whoa! Congratulations 🎉

[Westby Fisher, MD @doctorwes]

Doctors don’t believe in extortion. They don’t like being a victim of it either. ABMS MOC has never been proven (independently) to improve patient care or safety, yet its strongman financial tactics are imposed annually on US physician educators solely for the ACGME’s benefit.

[Nilarun Chowdhuri @NilarunC]

Boston murals for the occasion @bostonsci #HRS2024 #farapulse

[Roderick Tung @DrRoderickTung]

Is there any possibility that I could lose this Hyde Park soapbox session to #HRS2024 @EPrystowskyonEP, regardless of which side I take? 🤣

[Europace Editor-in-Chief @EuropaceEiC]

📢#Europace #CardioTwitter #Epeeps

Preventive substrate ablation in pts with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and coronary chronic total occlusion: a randomized trial

see the results 🆓👇📚 https://t.co/SbeIMcwG3K

@GiulioConte9 @FraSantoroMD @AndyZhangMD @marcovitoloMD @Dominik_Linz

[Luigi Di Biase @LuigiDiBiaseMD]

Should I do this debate or quit before it starts?
@EHRAPresident @SergeBoveda
Come tomorrow at the debate #EHRA 2024 @purerfellner @DavidDuncker

[William H. Sauer, MD @True_EP]

Contact force for the first few seconds at 90W is less important for lesion depth. Keep a light touch for posterior wall lesions when using these settings. @TheSteigasaurus @JorgeERomeroMD @paulzei @nauffal_victor

[Cardiotext @Cardiotext]

A new cardiac atlas from Cardiotext coming in May: Atlas of Interventional Electrophysiology. @shivkumarmd @DrRoderickTung

Look inside the book:
https://t.co/P4bh9hilPj

https://t.co/qMAsOwks2e

[John Mandrola, MD @drjohnm]

Nice work from the UC group led by @gauravaupadhyay on further defining LBB. Not just an exercise in academics. Imp for selection of CSP

Time to notch in Lead 1 > 75msec looks the best discriminator in a clever analysis

Wide QRS due to LBB not the same as wide due to IVCD

https://t.co/4r7NcJsQxu

[JAMA Cardiology @JAMACardio]

Gaurav A. Upadhyay @gauravaupadhyay and Jeremy S. Treger speak with Kristen K. Patton about their new JAMA Cardiology article "A Revised Definition of Left Bundle Branch Block Using Time to Notch in Lead I." https://t.co/52e1bARMEP

[Roderick Tung @DrRoderickTung]

10+ years and counting. .. Our vision went to the printer this morning @Cardiotext ! For EPs, by EPs.

Art x Science, Anatomy x Medicine @shivkumarmd

Volume 2 of the Amara Yad Project: Atlas of Interventional Electrophysiology
Release @HRSonline

@BIOTRONIK_US #EPFellows Anatomy Course
May 16 | 1-4PM | HRS | Boston

[Roderick Tung @DrRoderickTung]

There are many ways to fix the intraseptal lead during LBBAP implant to achieve physiological pacing. Many use two hands.

Tips and tricks for a single left-handed technique:

1) Sheath tents RV septum with contrast
2) Advance lead tip out slowly to the point of almost displacing the sheath
3) Right hand fixes the sheath torque using syringe of contrast
4) Rapid rotations to spin the lead between left thumb and index finger- palm up
5) Contrast injection to confirm breaking through the RV endo plane in LAO

[Roderick Tung @DrRoderickTung]

5th annual Advanced Mapping of Complex Arrhythmias this weekend in SF! #EPFellows @AbbottCardio @Zo_EP2 @Dr_Santangeli @MRobinsonEP @svasaiw @Davilandre