S S Barold

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Second-degree atrioventricular block revisited
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:296-304. 2012
  2. ncbi Paradoxical atrial undersensing by a dual chamber pacemaker during atrial fibrillation
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Cardiol J 19:207-9. 2012
  3. ncbi Functional atrial undersensing associated with switching to a tracking mode of pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 35:1188-93. 2012
  4. ncbi Conventional and biventricular pacing in patients with first-degree atrioventricular block
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Europace 14:1414-9. 2012
  5. ncbi P-wave locking in the postventricular atrial refractory period of cardiac resynchronization devices. Management with the Biotronik system
    S S Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa General Circle, 33606, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:116-20. 2012
  6. ncbi Unusual cause of desynchronization in a cardiac resynchronization device
    S S Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa General Circle, 33606, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:135-40. 2012
  7. ncbi Sensing of 2 atrial rhythms by a pacemaker in a transplanted heart
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:426-7. 2012
  8. ncbi Pacemaker repetitive nonreentrant ventriculoatrial synchrony. Why did automatic mode switching occur?
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:420-5. 2012
  9. ncbi Atrial lead malfunction presenting as new onset pacemaker-mediated tachycardia
    S Serge Barold
    The Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Europace 14:1060-1. 2012
  10. ncbi Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia initiated by an atrioventricular search algorithm to minimize right ventricular pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:336-9. 2012

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Publications111 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Second-degree atrioventricular block revisited
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:296-304. 2012
    ..All correctly defined type II blocks are infranodal. Infranodal block presenting with either type I or II manifestations requires pacing regardless of QRS duration or symptoms...
  2. ncbi Paradoxical atrial undersensing by a dual chamber pacemaker during atrial fibrillation
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Cardiol J 19:207-9. 2012
    ..This unusual response should be differentiated from the recently documented lock-in behavior of pacemakers delivering managed ventricular pacing...
  3. ncbi Functional atrial undersensing associated with switching to a tracking mode of pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 35:1188-93. 2012
    ..The observed functional atrial undersensing is a normal manifestation of device function and must not be misinterpreted as a true atrial undersensing problem...
  4. ncbi Conventional and biventricular pacing in patients with first-degree atrioventricular block
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Europace 14:1414-9. 2012
    ....
  5. ncbi P-wave locking in the postventricular atrial refractory period of cardiac resynchronization devices. Management with the Biotronik system
    S S Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa General Circle, 33606, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:116-20. 2012
    ..A ventricular sensed event occurring within the AV control interval does not start a PVARP so that P wave locking cannot occur when the AV conduction time is shorter than the AV control interval...
  6. ncbi Unusual cause of desynchronization in a cardiac resynchronization device
    S S Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa General Circle, 33606, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:135-40. 2012
    ..With these devices, it is important to program the LV maximum trigger interval (essentially equivalent to a LV upper interval) to a value equal or faster than the sensor-driven upper rate...
  7. ncbi Sensing of 2 atrial rhythms by a pacemaker in a transplanted heart
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:426-7. 2012
    ..The atrial lead must be implanted in the donor atrium: a double atrial electrogram requires a different atrial site unless programmable atrial sensitivity can establish preferential sensing of donor P waves...
  8. ncbi Pacemaker repetitive nonreentrant ventriculoatrial synchrony. Why did automatic mode switching occur?
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:420-5. 2012
    ..The explanation is presented in the form of questions and answers to facilitate the understanding of pacemaker function and complex timing cycles...
  9. ncbi Atrial lead malfunction presenting as new onset pacemaker-mediated tachycardia
    S Serge Barold
    The Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Europace 14:1060-1. 2012
    ..Oversensing of atrial false signals from a defective lead shortened the PVARP with consequent sensing of retrograde conduction...
  10. ncbi Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia initiated by an atrioventricular search algorithm to minimize right ventricular pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:336-9. 2012
    ....
  11. ncbi Significance of missing telemetered markers in implanted cardioverter-defibrillators
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 35:409-15. 2012
    ..We report three patients with St Jude ICDs (St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, CA, USA) where some aspect of the marker channel was missing...
  12. ncbi Using devices with a variable postventricular atrial refractory period for cardiac resynchronization
    S S Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa General Circle, 33606, Tampa, FL, USA
    Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol 23:52-5. 2012
    ..Auto-PVARP makes little sense (especially in the presence of first-degree AV block) in CRT patients considering that PMT is rare in this situation. In CRT patients, one should program a short and fixed PVARP of ≤ 250 ms...
  13. ncbi Escape-echo bigeminy
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 45:167-9. 2012
    ..The clinical significance of escape-echo bigeminy appears similar to that of classic escape-capture bigeminy...
  14. ncbi Reappraisal of the traditional Wenckebach phenomenon with a modified ladder diagram
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 17:3-7. 2012
    ..The modified Wenckebach diagram should help students understand the mysterious clustering of QRS complexes or "paradoxical" increase of the ventricular rate that occurs during a Wenckebach sequence...
  15. ncbi Diagnosis of inferior myocardial infarction based on the paced QRS complex
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 40:161-3. 2007
  16. ncbi Right ventricular outflow tract pacing: not ready for prime-time
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33615, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 13:39-46. 2005
  17. ncbi Mysterious loss of resynchronization during biventricular pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida College of Medicine, 5806 Mariner's Watch Drive, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:571-2. 2005
  18. ncbi Pulsus alternans caused by 2:1 left bundle branch block
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 12:221-2. 2005
    ..The observations documented the profound depressant hemodynamic effect of complete left bundle branch block in the setting of minimal systolic left ventricular function...
  19. ncbi Characterization of the 16 blanking periods of the Medtronic GEM DR dual chamber defibrillators
    S S Barold
    Electrophysiology Institute, Broward General Hospital and Medtronic Inc, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 5:319-25. 2001
    ..Our findings complement the incomplete or unclear specifications published by the manufacturer. Accurate knowledge of blanking periods is essential for the interpretation of device function...
  20. ncbi Electrocardiographic follow-up of biventricular pacemakers
    S Serge Barold
    Cardiology Division, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
    Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 10:231-55. 2005
    ..Algorithms are available to restore resynchronization by automatic temporary abbreviation of the postventricular atrial refractory period...
  21. ncbi Phantom crosstalk
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida College of Medicine, 5806 Mariner's Watch Drive, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:334-5. 2005
  22. ncbi Minimizing right ventricular pacing
    S Serge Barold
    University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, USA
    Am J Cardiol 95:966-9. 2005
  23. ncbi Multisite cardiac pacing. A code proposal revisited
    S Serge Barold
    University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Acta Cardiol 60:13-4. 2005
  24. ncbi Upper rate response of biventricular pacing devices
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 12:129-36. 2005
  25. ncbi Far-field R wave sensing causing prolongation of the atrial escape interval of DDD pacemakers with atrial-based lower rate timing
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:2188-91. 2003
    ..This manifestation of far-field sensing should not be interpreted as malfunction of dual chamber pacemakers with atrial-based lower rate timing...
  26. ncbi Ventricular rate stabilization algorithm of ICD causing dual chamber pacing during ventricular tachycardia
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 9:397-400. 2003
    ..This response occurs when there is an appropriate relationship between the timing cycles of the ICD and a relatively slow VT...
  27. ncbi Mode switching of dual chamber pacemakers from activation of a blanked flutter search algorithm by a single atrial event
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida College of Medicine, 5806 Mariner s Watch Drive, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:917-20. 2005
    ....
  28. ncbi Alternating preventricular and postventricular atrial far-field sensing by a dual chamber cardioverter defibrillator
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:1320-1. 2005
  29. ncbi Harmful effects of long-term right ventricular pacing
    S Serge Barold
    University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Acta Cardiol 61:103-10. 2006
  30. ncbi Usefulness of the 12-lead electrocardiogram in the follow-up of patients with cardiac resynchronization devices. Part I
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    Cardiol J 18:476-86. 2011
    ....
  31. ncbi Echocardiographic optimization of the atrioventricular and interventricular intervals during cardiac resynchronization
    S Serge Barold
    Cardiology Division, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
    Europace 10:iii88-95. 2008
    ..VV timing is generally programmed using the aortic velocity-time integral, and long-term variations of the optimal value necessitate periodic re-evaluation...
  32. ncbi Pacemaker tachycardia: is it pacemaker-mediated tachycardia or sinus tachycardia?
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 30:256-7. 2007
  33. ncbi First-degree atrioventricular block. Clinical manifestations, indications for pacing, pacemaker management & consequences during cardiac resynchronization
    S Serge Barold
    Cardiology Division, University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 17:139-52. 2006
    ..The resultant hemodynamic response may be superior because the detrimental effects of right ventricular stimulation (required in the setting of a longer PR interval) are avoided...
  34. ncbi Complex manifestations of an automatic mode switching algorithm
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 30:112-4. 2007
  35. ncbi ICD shock triggered by atrial bigeminy
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:991-5. 2006
  36. ncbi Diagnostic value of the 12-lead electrocardiogram during conventional and biventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    Cardiol Clin 24:471-90, x. 2006
    ..Such an arrangement would improve the care of pacemaker patients...
  37. ncbi Electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial infarction and ischemia during cardiac pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
    Cardiol Clin 24:387-99, ix. 2006
    ..A recent investigation suggests that T wave abnormalities from ischemia can be differentiated from those caused by cardiac memory related to pacing...
  38. ncbi Electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial infarction during left bundle branch block
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33606, USA
    Cardiol Clin 24:377-85, viii. 2006
    ..Criteria for old MI (based on QRS changes) have not been reevaluated for almost 20 years and continue to exhibit low sensitivity, but high specificity...
  39. ncbi Electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial infarction and ischemia during right ventricular pacing
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    J Electrocardiol 40:164-7. 2007
  40. ncbi Seymour Furman
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:451-2. 2006
  41. ncbi Usefulness of the 12-lead electrocardiogram in the follow-up of patients with cardiac resynchronization devices. Part II
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Cardiol J 18:610-24. 2011
    ..Programming the V-V interval (LV before RV) in the setting of RV anodal stimulation cancels the V-V timing to zero...
  42. ncbi Alternating duration of ventricular paced cycles during automatic mode switching of a DDDR pacemaker
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Cardiovascular Institute and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 7:185-7. 2002
    ..Such unusual behavior must not be interpreted as pacemaker malfunction...
  43. ncbi Pacemaker repetitive nonreentrant ventriculoatrial synchronous rhythm. A review
    S S Barold
    The Electrophysiology Institute, Broward General Hospital, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33496, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 5:45-58. 2001
    ..Management requires modification of the programmed settings of the pacemaker and utilization of certain algorithms designed for other functions but nevertheless effective in this situation...
  44. ncbi Termination of pacemaker endless loop tachycardia by an atrial extrasystole
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24:250-1. 2001
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  45. ncbi 2:1 Atrioventricular block: order from chaos
    S S Barold
    Electrophysiology Institute, Broward General Hospital, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
    Am J Emerg Med 19:214-7. 2001
    ..Administration of atropine in patients with His-Purkinje disease may increase the degree of AV block...
  46. ncbi Paradoxical induction of cross-talk in a dual chamber pacemaker by increasing the ventricular output
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24:906-7. 2001
    ..Oversensing by the ventricular channel was probably due to the detection of a relatively large summation signal consisting of the afterpotential and the superimposed activity from the atrial stimulus...
  47. ncbi Second-degree atrioventricular block: a reappraisal
    S S Barold
    Electrophysiology Institute, Broward General Hospital, Ft Lauderdale, Fla, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 76:44-57. 2001
    ..Adherence to the correct definitions provides a logical and simple framework for clinical evaluation...
  48. ncbi Hyperkalemia induced pacemaker far-field endless loop tachycardia
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24:1425-6. 2001
    ..Ventricular activation was so prolonged that the atrial channel sensed the far-field ventricular deflection within the atrial electrogram beyond the 300 ms postventricular atrial refractory period...
  49. ncbi Cross-ventricular endless loop tachycardia during biventricular pacing
    S S Barold
    Florida Cardiovascular Institute and Tampa General Hospital, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24:1821-3. 2001
    ..quot; This "cross-ventricular" endless loop tachycardia is a reentrant pacemaker tachycardia like classic endless loop tachycardia and can be prevented by appropriate programming of the pacemaker...
  50. ncbi Far-field P-wave sensing by the right ventricular lead of conventional dual chamber pacemakers
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Cardiovascular Institute and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 6:77-80. 2002
    ..One case was caused by displacement of a bipolar ventricular lead towards the right ventricular inflow tract. The other case occurred only in relation to an atrial extrasystole in the absence of ventricular lead displacement...
  51. ncbi Advances in cardiac pacing. New indications and technology
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Acta Cardiol 58:101-17. 2003
  52. ncbi Willem Einthoven and the birth of clinical electrocardiography a hundred years ago
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Card Electrophysiol Rev 7:99-104. 2003
    ..He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1924 (2 years after Waller's death) in physiology and medicine, "for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram."..
  53. ncbi Case report: type I second-degree AV block masquerading as Type II block
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 4:599-603. 2000
    ..The electrocardiograms illustrate the importance of deductive reasoning and the clinical context in the diagnostic evaluation of perplexing forms of second-degree AV block...
  54. ncbi Shortening of the sensed AV delay of a dual chamber pacemaker during normal sinus rhythm
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, 5806 Mariner s Watch Drive, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 9:29-34. 2003
    ....
  55. ncbi Non-paroxysmal junctional tachycardia with type I exit block
    S S Barold
    Heart 88:288. 2002
  56. ncbi Diagnosis of myocardial ischemia during ventricular pacing
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 23:1060-1. 2000
    ..This report shows that the same sign may occur transiently during myocardial ischemia and also serve as a diagnostic marker...
  57. ncbi Wenckebach upper rate response in single chamber pacemaker
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 23:1087-8. 2000
    ..This behavior occurred only when the upper rate interval was longer than the pacemaker refractory period. In a single chamber device this response may simulate pacemaker malfunction...
  58. ncbi Eccentricities of dual chamber implantable pacemakers
    S S Barold
    Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 23:1290-4. 2000
    ..Knowledge of these eccentricities should facilitate the interpretation of complex pacemakers responses to interference...
  59. ncbi Demonstration of a His-Purkinje fatigue phenomenon with programmed stimulation of the right ventricular outflow tract
    S S Barold
    The Electrophysiology Institute, Broward General Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 4:489-91. 2000
    ..The observations were consistent with the fatigue phenomenon of the His-Purkinje system and illustrate the importance of an appropriate stimulation protocol in the electrophysiological evaluation of syncope...
  60. ncbi Paradoxical AV delay shortening of a pacemaker
    S S Barold
    Electrophysiology Institute, Broward General Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 23:1527-31. 2000
    ....
  61. ncbi Abrupt and sustained shortening of the AV delay of a DDDR pacemaker during stable sinus rhythm
    S Serge Barold
    Florida Cardiovascular Institute and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Electrocardiol 35:139-41. 2002
    ..This behavior is caused by a pacemaker Wenckebach upper rate response related to the slow prevailing upper rate at rest provided by sensor input to the SmarTracking function of the pulse generator...
  62. ncbi Case report: complex arrhythmia induced by noncompetitive atrial pacing algorithm of DDDR pacemaker
    S S Barold
    Florida Cardiovascular Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 5:431-4. 2001
    ..This situation produced a repetitive nonreentrant VAl synchronous rhythm in the setting of retrograde VA conduction...
  63. ncbi Right ventricular outflow tract placement of defibrillation leads: five year experience
    Michael C Giudici
    Division of Cardiology, Genesis Heart Institute, Davenport, Iowa 52803, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 27:443-6. 2004
    ....
  64. ncbi Coexistence of intracardiac atrial flutter and extracardiac fibrillation
    Bengt Herweg
    Arrhythmia Service and Division of Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital and University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 13:71-2. 2005
    ....
  65. ncbi Anodal capture with second-generation biventricular cardioverter-defibrillator
    Bengt Herweg
    USF Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tamp, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Acta Cardiol 58:435-6. 2003
  66. ncbi Esophageal contour changes during cryoablation of atrial fibrillation
    Bengt Herweg
    Division of Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital and University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 32:711-6. 2009
    ..We have observed contour changes of the barium-filled esophagus during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation with cryo-energy delivered in direct proximity to the esophagus...
  67. ncbi Transvenous left atrial and left ventricular pacing in Ebstein's anomaly with severe interatrial conduction block
    S Garrigue
    Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Leveque, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux Pessac, France
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 24:1032-5. 2001
    ..This case illustrates the promising possibility to circumvent the interatrial conduction block with single left atrial pacing instead of biatrial pacing which was not suitable here...
  68. ncbi Is there a synergic effect of propafenone associated with atrial overdrive pacing for atrial arrhythmia prevention? A randomised crossover study
    S Garrigue
    Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Leveque, University of Bordeaux, 19 avenue de Magellan, 33600 Pessac, France
    Heart 83:172-7. 2000
    ..To assess the effect of adding propafenone to atrial overdrive for the prevention of atrial arrhythmia episodes in patients with DDD pacemakers...
  69. ncbi Significance of syncope in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with cholinesterase inhibitors
    P Bordier
    Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Leveque, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
    Europace 5:429-31. 2003
    ..Pacemaker implantation seemed justified rather than donepezil cessation. More over, it permitted an increase in donepezil dosage...
  70. ncbi Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage inotrope-dependent class IV heart failure
    Bengt Herweg
    Division of Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Am J Cardiol 100:90-3. 2007
    ..In conclusion, patients with end-stage inotrope-dependent NYHA class IV HF and LV dyssynchrony may respond favorably to CRT with long-term clinical benefit and improved LV function...
  71. ncbi A case of pacemaker and pacemaker-like syndrome
    Amir Kashani
    Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY 14621, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 9:361-4. 2003
    ..Surprisingly, the occurrence of the pacemaker-like syndrome during junctional rhythm in patients with normal left ventricular function has rarely been described...
  72. ncbi AV junctional ablation allowing more effective delivery of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with intra- and interatrial conduction delay
    Bengt Herweg
    Arrhythmia Service and Division of Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 31:685-90. 2008
    ..In both patients AV junctional ablation and echocardiography-guided device optimization significantly improved heart failure...
  73. ncbi Influence of native conduction status on clinical results with right ventricular outflow tract pacing
    Michael C Giudici
    Division of Cardiology, Genesis Heart Institute, Davenport, Iowa 52803, USA
    Am J Cardiol 91:240-2. 2003
  74. ncbi Ablation of left ventricular tachycardia via transeptal approach and crossing of a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis
    Bengt Herweg
    Division of Cardiology, Florida Heart Rhythm Institute and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 33:900-3. 2010
    ..The patient has since been free of implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks for 2 months since the second procedure...
  75. ncbi Ventricular asystole during atrial antitachycardia pacing by implanted cardioverter-defibrillator
    Bengt Herweg
    Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 28:432-3. 2005
  76. ncbi Aortic perforation by active-fixation atrial pacing lead
    Amir Kashani
    St John s Mercy Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 27:417-8. 2004
    ..Perforation of the aorta should be part of the differential diagnosis of cardiac tamponade after pacemaker implantation...
  77. ncbi Einthoven's first electrocardiogram 100 years ago
    S Serge Barold
    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 25:1792-3. 2002
  78. ncbi What is cardiac resynchronization therapy?
    S S Barold
    Broward General Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
    Am J Med 111:224-32. 2001
    ..The high incidence of sudden death among these patients has encouraged ongoing clinical trials to evaluate the benefit of a system that combines biventricular pacing and cardioversion-defibrillation into a single implantable device...
  79. ncbi Coronary vein angioplasty with noncompliant balloon for resistant coronary vein stenosis during left ventricular lead implantation
    Ketul Chauhan
    Department of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, JA Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 31:251-2. 2008
    ..Venoplasty with noncompliant balloon should be considered for resistant coronary vein stenosis encountered during CRT device implantation...
  80. ncbi Simple access to the coronary venous system for left ventricular pacing
    Dany E Sayad
    Florida Cardiovascular Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:1856-8. 2003
    ..Coronary sinus cannulation was achieved in all 15 patients with a mean fluoroscopy time of 3.34 +/- 1.9 minutes. Subsequent implantation of a biventricular pacemaker was successful and free of complications in all the 15 patients...
  81. ncbi Latency during left ventricular pacing from the lateral cardiac veins: a cause of ineffectual biventricular pacing
    Bengt Herweg
    Arrhythmia Service and Division of Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital and University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:574-81. 2006
    ..Hemodynamic parameters improved immediately after advancing LV stimulation (in one patient) or pacing the LV only (in two patients) coupled with dramatic improvement of heart failure symptoms...
  82. ncbi Left-sided implantation of a biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in dextrocardia
    Kalpesh H Solanki
    James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa General Hospital, and the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Heart Rhythm 4:247. 2007
  83. ncbi Mechanical esophageal deflection during ablation of atrial fibrillation
    Bengt Herweg
    Arrhythmia Service and Division of Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital and University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:957-61. 2006
    ..This technique was successfully employed in three patients where critical sites of the posterior left atrial wall were very close to the esophagus...
  84. ncbi Atrioventricular block revisited
    S Serge Barold
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
    Compr Ther 28:74-8. 2002
    ..Type II, second-degree AV block is infranodal, whereas 2/3 of Type I with BBB are infranodal, 2:1 AV block is neither Type I nor II block. Infranodal blocks require pacing regardless of symptoms...
  85. ncbi Association of noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium with Ebstein's anomaly
    Arzu Ilercil
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Echocardiography 23:432-3. 2006
  86. ncbi Abolition of diaphragmatic pacing by nonsurgical retraction of a left ventricular lead
    Bengt Herweg
    Arrhythmia Service, Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 32:1105-6. 2009
    ..At the 3-month follow-up, the absence of diaphragmatic stimulation was associated with a satisfactory LV pacing threshold and dramatic clinical improvement from effectual biventricular pacing...
  87. ncbi Norman J. "Jeff" Holter-"Father" of ambulatory ECG monitoring
    S Serge Barold
    Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33615, USA
    J Interv Card Electrophysiol 14:117-8. 2005
  88. ncbi Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation without reversal of warfarin therapy
    Michael C Giudici
    Division of Cardiology, Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa 52803, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 27:358-60. 2004
    ..6 +/- 1.0, range 1.5-7.5). The complication rate in the anticoagulated group was similar to those in patients with a normal INR. Routine normalization of coagulation factors prior to pacemaker/ICD placement may not be necessary...
  89. ncbi Treatment of pacemaker induced severe mitral regurgitation with biventricular pacing in two patients with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction
    James M Irwin
    St Joseph s Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:2333-5. 2003
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  90. ncbi The DVI mode of cardiac pacing: a second coming?
    S Serge Barold
    Am J Cardiol 90:521-3. 2002
  91. ncbi Double counting of the ventricular electrogram in biventricular pacemakers and ICDs
    S Serge Barold
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:1645-8. 2003
  92. ncbi Underutilization of the DDIR mode in ICD patients
    S Serge Barold
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:803-4. 2003
  93. ncbi Acquired atrioventricular block: the 2002 ACC/AHA/NASPE guidelines for pacemaker implantation should be revised
    S Serge Barold
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:531-3. 2003
  94. ncbi Double jeopardy in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator patient
    Stephane Garrigue
    Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Leveque, Avenue de Magellan, Bordeaux Pessac 33604, France
    J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 14:784. 2003
  95. ncbi Automatic mode switching of implantable pacemakers: II. Clinical performance of current algorithms and their programming
    Chu Pak Lau
    Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, and the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 25:1094-113. 2002
    ..Appropriate programming of atrial sensitivity, and the avoidance of ventriculoatrial cross-talk are essential for optimal AMS performance...
  96. ncbi Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Part 2--issues during and after device implantation and unresolved questions
    Jeroen J Bax
    Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    J Am Coll Cardiol 46:2168-82. 2005
    ..Finally, open questions concerning when to combine CRT with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy and the cost-effectiveness of CRT are discussed...
  97. ncbi Failure of atrial flutter detection by a pacemaker with a dedicated atrial flutter detection algorithm
    Carsten W Israel
    J W Goethe University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Frankfurt, Germany
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 25:1274-7. 2002
    ..This observation underscores the need for further refinement of pacemaker algorithms for the detection of atrial tachyarrhythmias...
  98. ncbi Automatic mode switching of implantable pacemakers: I. Principles of instrumentation, clinical, and hemodynamic considerations
    Chu Pak Lau
    Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 25:967-83. 2002
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  99. ncbi Two-to-one bundle branch block during atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: what is the mechanism?
    Helen S Barold
    Division of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Heart Rhythm 4:371-3. 2007
  100. ncbi Implantation of left ventricular leads using a telescopic catheter system
    Francesco Zanon
    Division of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:1266-72. 2006
    ..Technologic advances in catheter design may facilitate CS cannulation and LV lead placement...
  101. ncbi A real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic validation of an intracardiac electrogram-based method for optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy
    Maria Cristina Porciani
    Clinica Medica Careggi, Florence, Italy
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 31:56-63. 2008
    ..We evaluated the effectiveness of this method in improving left ventricular (LV) asynchrony and performance using real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE)...