Resynchronization/defibrillation for ambulatory heart failure trial: rationale and trial designAnthony S Tang
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Curr Opin Cardiol 24:1-8. 2009
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Cardiac-resynchronization therapy for mild-to-moderate heart failureAnthony S L Tang
Island Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
N Engl J Med 363:2385-95. 2010
..Most of these patients are candidates for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). We evaluated whether adding CRT to an ICD and optimal medical therapy might reduce mortality and morbidity among such patients...
Reduced septal glucose metabolism predicts response to cardiac resynchronization therapyDavid Birnie
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Road, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Nucl Cardiol 19:73-83. 2012
..Therefore, this study's objective was to assess whether greater septal R-MM pattern predicts response to CRT...
Three sisters, one pathwayLogan D Bittinger
Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, and Island Medical Program, University of British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Can J Cardiol 27:870.e5-6. 2011
..This rare familial clustering suggests a genetic contribution to pathway formation...
Successful ablation of a concealed parahisian accessory pathway using a remote magnetic navigation system following failure by conventional methodsDarryl R Davis
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Rm. H350 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 16:149-51. 2006
..Magnetic catheter stability during RF application likely contributed to the success of this procedure and may have minimized the risk of AV block...
Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society position paper on implantable cardioverter defibrillator use in CanadaAnthony S Tang
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Can J Cardiol 21:11A-18A. 2005
..Members of the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society participated in the discussion of these recommendations in open forum meetings and by electronic communication...
Appropriate result from an inappropriate ICD shockDarryl R Davis
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:1183-4. 2006
..The resultant ICD shock dislodged the patient from the electrical source, thus preventing injury or electrocution...
Effect of lateral wall scar on reverse remodeling with cardiac resynchronization therapyDavid Birnie
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Heart Rhythm 6:1721-6. 2009
..Some studies have shown that the global extent of LV scar is important, whereas others found the size of the septal or lateral wall scar to be key...