Laurent Macle

Apr 15, 2024 | heart.bmj.com | Jason Andrade |Marc W. Deyell |Richard Bennett |Laurent Macle

X @drJasonAndradeContributors Conception and first draft: JA. Critical revision: all authors. Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

Mar 22, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | Jason Andrade |Laurent Macle

Atrial flutter is a sustained cardiac dysrhythmia that usually involves a single macroreentrant atrial circuit rotating around a large central functional or anatomic obstacle , and similar to atrial fibrillation (AF), accounts for a significant proportion of arrhythmia-related emergency department consultations and hospital admissions.Atrial flutter is most commonly classified as “typical”, when dependent on a critical isthmus between the tricuspid annulus and the inferior vena cava...

Feb 10, 2024 | onlinecjc.ca | Jason Andrade |Laurent Macle

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Apr 18, 2023 | cfp.ca | Alan Bell |Jason Andrade |Laurent Macle |Kim A. Connelly

Main message Atrial fibrillation, the most common of all sustained arrhythmias, is a high-stakes disease.5 It substantially impairs quality of life (QOL), increases mortality up to 4-fold, and is a major cause of heart failure (HF) and stroke.5-7 In Canada the effects of AF lead to direct health care utilization costs of approximately $815 million annually in 2010 Canadian dollars.8 Up to 24% of all stroke and systemic embolism events are direct results of AF.9 Given that AF is estimated to...