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Clinical Utility of Realtime Three-dimensional Echocardiography - A New and Emerging Standard
Author(s):
Tamar S Polonsky
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Victor Mor-Avi
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Roberto M Lang
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3 years ago
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Transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulation - A Novel Therapy for Central Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure
Author(s):
Sitaramesh Emani
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William T Abraham
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Pragnesh Parikh
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KL Venkatachalam
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common pathologic clinical arrhythmia lasting more than 30 seconds, and its incidence and prevalence continue to increase. It has been estimated that 5.9 % of patients aged >65 years suffer from AF.1 In the Rotterdam study, 17.8 % of patients over 85 had AF.2 The lifetime risk for developing AF in both men and women above age 40 is one in four.3 This…
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Author(s):
David S Rosenbaum
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3 years ago
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US with 700,000 deaths annually, of which 460,000 are attributable to sudden cardiac death (SCD).1,2 SCD is usually attributed to ventricular fibrillation (VF). Despite recent reductions in cardiac mortality from other causes, the incidence of SCD remains high with minimal decline in the last decade. The large majority of patients who suffer life…
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Author(s):
John S Rumsfeld
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Gregory J Dehmer
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Ralph G Brindis
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3 years ago
High-quality healthcare is that which increases “the likelihood of desired health outcomes and is consistent with standards of health care.”1 Inherent in such a definition is the critical role of measurement of patient outcomes and the ‘standards of healthcare,’ such as those reflected in evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.2 Unfortunately, when the quality of healthcare in the US is…
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The S-ICD: New Insights
Author(s):
Thomas A Turnage
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John A Kpaeyeh
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Michael R Gold
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3 years ago
Article
Author(s):
Charles J Love
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3 years ago
Lead extraction is now being recognized as but one lead management strategy. Lead management is a higher level of thinking in terms of how to manage patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) that utilize wires (leads) to sense, pace, and/or defibrillate the heart. Although new leadless systems are beginning to appear, they are still in the investigational stage. Nonetheless,…
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Author(s):
Yasmin S Hamirani
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Hussain Isma’eel
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Irfan Zeb
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et al
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3 years ago
The prevalence of heart failure and the resultant mortality has continued to rise despite increased understanding of the pathogenesis and improvement in management strategies.1 Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is the final stage of most primary cardiovascular diseases, and greater severity is directly correlated with worse prognosis. The principal manifestation of heart failure progression is a…
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Author(s):
Sabu Thomas
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Andrew J Boyle
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Gary S Francis
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3 years ago
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a syndrome defined by worsening fatigue, dyspnea, or edema that results from deteriorating heart function and usually leads to hospital admission or unscheduled medical intervention.1 Among patients over 65 years of age it remains the leading cause of hospital admission (>1 million admissions per year in the US alone), has an exceptionally high rate…
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Author(s):
Rachel Koch Warnock
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Roshan D Modi
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Stacy B Westerman
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6 months ago