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Amiodarone and the risk of bradyarrhythmia requiring permanent pacemaker in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation and prior myocardial infarctionVidal Essebag
Department of Cardiology and Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
J Am Coll Cardiol 41:249-54. 2003..The aim of this study was to determine whether the use of amiodarone in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of bradyarrhythmia requiring a permanent pacemaker...- Air medical transport of cardiac patientsVidal Essebag
Department of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Chest 124:1937-45. 2003..Further research using larger prospective studies is needed to better define criteria for safe long-distance air medical transport of cardiac patients... 
Discerning the incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic episodes of atrial fibrillation before and after catheter ablation (DISCERN AF): a prospective, multicenter studyAtul Verma
Department of Cardiology, Southlake Regional Health Centre, 105 712 Davis Dr, Newmarket, ON L3Y 8C3, Canada
JAMA Intern Med 173:149-56. 2013....- Anticoagulation management pre- and post atrial fibrillation ablation: a survey of canadian centresVartan Mardigyan
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Can J Cardiol 29:219-23. 2013..The purpose of this study was to determine the anticoagulation strategies currently in use in patients peri- and post AF ablation in Canada... 
Sex differences in the relationship between amiodarone use and the need for permanent pacing in patients with atrial fibrillationVidal Essebag
Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arch Intern Med 167:1648-53. 2007..The aims of this study were to determine prospectively whether amiodarone increases the need for pacemakers in a general population of patients with AF and whether this effect is modified by sex...- Nonphysiologic noise early after defibrillator implantation in Canada: incidence and implications: a report from the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device CommitteeVidal Essebag
McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Heart Rhythm 9:378-82. 2012..Following recent cases of nonphysiologic noise noted early after defibrillator implantation, the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device Committee decided to evaluate the implications of this problem... - Amiodarone-induced thyroid dysfunction: brand-name versus generic formulationsMeytal A Tsadok
Division of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Que
CMAJ 183:E817-23. 2011..We evaluated and compared the risk of thyroid dysfunction between patients using brand-name versus generic formulations of amiodarone and identified risk factors for thyroid dysfunction... - Routine advance directive and organ donation questioning on admission to hospitalVidal Essebag
McGill University Health Centre, 3600 Parc Ave 1203, Montreal QC H2X 3R2, Canada
Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can 35:225-231. 2002..We also determined whether routine questioning can identify patients interested in organ donation. Finally, we determined whether routine questioning helps train housestaff to discuss end-of-life issues with patients... - Canadian Cardiovascular Society atrial fibrillation guidelines 2010: surgical therapyPierre Page
Research Center, Hopital du Sacre Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Can J Cardiol 27:67-73. 2011..Thus, surgery should be used primarily as a concomitant procedure during cardiac surgery for other diseased states or as a stand-alone procedure after failure of prior attempts of catheter ablation and antiarrhythmic drugs... - In-hospital management of atrial fibrillation: the CHADS₂ score predicts increased costMark A Kotowycz
Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Can J Cardiol 27:506-13. 2011..The objectives of this study were to determine the cost of hospitalization for AF and to identify the main determinants of this cost in a Canadian setting... - Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia 25 years post surgical ablation for Wolff-Parkinson-WhiteJacqueline Joza
Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Can J Cardiol 29:130.e7-9. 2013..This is first reported case of ventricular tachycardia following an epicardial surgical cryoablation technique for WPW... - Anticoagulation of patients on chronic warfarin undergoing arrhythmia device surgery: wide variability of perioperative bridging in CanadaAndrew D Krahn
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton Health Sciences Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Heart Rhythm 6:1276-9. 2009..In patients undergoing cardiac rhythm device surgery, it is common practice to discontinue oral anticoagulation and to perform heparin bridging in order to reduce the risk of bleeding and minimize the risk of thromboembolic events... - Biventricular pacing for end-stage heart failure: early experience in surgical vs. transvenous left ventricular lead placementRony Atoui
Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 7:839-44. 2008..Our results suggest that even when performed on high-risk patients, epicardial lead placement through a mini-thoracotomy is beneficial and feasible as a 'rescue' procedure after a failed transvenous approach... - Psychological impact of surveillance in patients with a defibrillator lead under advisory: a prospective evaluationBianca D'antono
Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 36:221-30. 2013..Minneapolis, MN, USA) and followed either by self-surveillance for alarm or home monitoring with CareLink was evaluated prospectively and compared to patients with ICDs not under advisory... - The nested case-control study in cardiologyVidal Essebag
Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am Heart J 146:581-90. 2003.... - Expanding indications for defibrillators after myocardial infarction: risk stratification and cost effectivenessVidal Essebag
Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Card Electrophysiol Rev 7:43-8. 2003..Predictors of subsets of MADIT II patients most likely to benefit from ICD therapy are urgently needed in order to prioritize allocation of healthcare resources... - Comparison of nested case-control and survival analysis methodologies for analysis of time-dependent exposureVidal Essebag
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 5:5. 2005..This study compares a nested case-control approach for the study of time-dependent exposure with cohort analysis using Cox regression including time-dependent covariates... - Effect of amiodarone dose on the risk of permanent pacemaker insertionVidal Essebag
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 27:1519-25. 2004..This study suggests that there is a dose dependent increased risk of permanent pacemaker insertion associated with amiodarone use that appears to be greatest during the initial months of treatment... - Left atrial function and scar after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillationJohn V Wylie
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Heart Rhythm 5:656-62. 2008..Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) involves extensive radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the left atrium (LA) around the pulmonary veins. The effect of this therapy on LA function is not fully characterized... - Detection of pulmonary vein and left atrial scar after catheter ablation with three-dimensional navigator-gated delayed enhancement MR imaging: initial experienceDana C Peters
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, RW 453, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Radiology 243:690-5. 2007..To prospectively evaluate whether scar caused by radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the left atrium (LA) in patients with atrial fibrillation can be depicted with high-spatial-resolution delayed enhancement magnetic resonance (MR) imaging... - Healthcare resource utilization and costs associated with recurrent episodes of atrial fibrillation: the FRACTAL registryMatthew R Reynolds
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 18:628-33. 2007..We sought to characterize the resource utilization and costs of treating new-onset AF, with emphasis on the incremental costs associated with recurrent episodes of AF over time... - Bi-directional electrical pulmonary vein isolation as an endpoint for ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillationVidal Essebag
Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 17:111-7. 2006..Avoidance of routine additional left atrial ablation lines may decrease the risk of atrial tachycardia and esophageal fistula... - Influence of age, sex, and atrial fibrillation recurrence on quality of life outcomes in a population of patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation: the Fibrillation Registry Assessing Costs, Therapies, Adverse events and Lifestyle (FRACTAL) studyMatthew R Reynolds
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 185 Pilgrim Road Baker 4, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am Heart J 152:1097-103. 2006..We sought to characterize symptoms and QoL in a large inception cohort of unselected patients with AF and explore the impact of age, sex, and AF clinical course on QoL measures over time... - Patterns and predictors of warfarin use in patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation from the FRACTAL RegistryMatthew R Reynolds
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 97:538-43. 2006..The discontinuation of warfarin in a large number of patients with AF over time is a cause for concern in light of data from recent clinical trials... - Effectiveness of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillationVidal Essebag
Eur Heart J 27:130-1. 2006 - Non-inducibility post-pulmonary vein isolation achieving exit block predicts freedom from atrial fibrillationVidal Essebag
Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 185 Pilgrim Road, Baker 4, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Eur Heart J 26:2550-5. 2005..012) predicted freedom from AF at 12 months. CONCLUSION: Non-inducibility of AF after bi-directional PV isolation predicts maintenance of sinus rhythm. This finding suggests that routine extensive left atrial ablation may be unnecessary... - Safety of air travel following acute myocardial infarctionVidal Essebag
Aviat Space Environ Med 73:938; author reply 938-9. 2002