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Sudden death in recipients of transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems: terminal events, predictors, and potential mechanismsL A Pires
St John Hospital Cardiovascular Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 10:1049-56. 1999....
Clinical predictors and timing of New York Heart Association class improvement with cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with advanced chronic heart failure: results from the Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE) and MulticeLuis A Pires
The Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48236, USA
Am Heart J 151:837-43. 2006..The purpose of this analysis is to identify predictors and characterize the timing of response to CRT in patients with advanced heart failure...
Implantable devices for management of chronic heart failure: defibrillators and biventricular pacing therapyLuis A Pires
Department of Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center, and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 19:69-74. 2006..The purpose of this review, therefore, is to present recent data on the non-pharmacologic, device-based treatment of patients with chronic heart failure...
Intraoperative testing of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: how much is enough?Luis A Pires
Heart Rhythm Center and the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 17:140-5. 2006..Defibrillation testing of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is considered a standard and required practice at the time of implantation. How much testing, if any in some cases, should be performed, however, remains unknown...
Relationship between acute improvement in left ventricular function to 6-month outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronic heart failureLuis A Pires
Heart Rhythm Center, St John Hospital and Medical, Moross, Detroit, MI 48236, USA
Congest Heart Fail 17:65-70. 2011..That such findings occur in patients with smaller LV volumes, however, may provide additional insight into the mechanisms responsible for CRT-induced long-term improvement in LV function and clinical benefit...
Coronary sinus lead placement via the internal jugular vein in patients with advanced heart failure: a simplified percutaneous approachLuis A Pires
Heart Rhythm Center, The Department of Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48236, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 12:157-62. 2005..In some cases, however, such as lack of venous access a right side approach is required. Cannulation of the CS via the right CAS vein is often technically difficult, leaving the right IJ vein as a suitable alternative...
Prognostic significance of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia identified postoperatively after coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunctionLuis A Pires
Department of Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48302, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 13:757-63. 2002..The prognosis of NSVT in this setting in patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is unknown. This study was designed to assess its significance...
Diagnostic patterns and temporal trends in the evaluation of adult patients hospitalized with syncopeL A Pires
Department of Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center, 22101 Moross, Detroit, MI 48236, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:1889-95. 2001..Syncope is a common clinical problem that is often difficult and expensive to diagnose. We examined diagnostic patterns and trends and use of specialty consultations in the evaluation of syncope...
Outcome of women versus men with ventricular tachyarrhythmias treated with the implantable cardioverter defibrillatorLuis A Pires
Department of Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 13:563-8. 2002....
Differences in inducibility and prognosis of in-hospital versus out-of-hospital identified nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease: clinical and trial design implicationsL A Pires
St John Hospital and Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 38:1156-62. 2001....
Comparison of event rates and survival in patients with unexplained syncope without documented ventricular tachyarrhythmias versus patients with documented sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias both treated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorsL A Pires
St John Hospital and Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA
Am J Cardiol 85:725-8. 2000..These findings, plus the high association between recurrent syncope and ventricular arrhythmias, indicate that VT/VF are likely etiologies in selected patients with unexplained syncope and support ICD therapy in such cases...
Safety and potential cost savings of same-setting electrophysiologic testing and placement of transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorsL A Pires
St John Hospital Cardiovascular Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Clin Cardiol 24:592-6. 2001....
Limitations of ejection fraction for prediction of sudden death risk in patients with coronary artery disease: lessons from the MUSTT studyAlfred E Buxton
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Brown Medical School and Lifespan Academic Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:1150-7. 2007..We then constructed an algorithm to predict risk of mortality and sudden death...
Worsening heart failure and recurrent untreated ventricular tachycardia in a CRT-D treated patient: why?Dane Jefic
Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 30:1276-8. 2007
Conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm during treatment with intravenous esmolol or diltiazem: a prospective, randomized comparisonSohail Hassan
St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA soli786 yahoo com
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 12:227-31. 2007..0). Diltiazem does not decrease the likelihood of spontaneous conversion of AF to sinus rhythm in the ED setting...
Estimation of the optimal VV delay by an IEGM-based method in cardiac resynchronization therapyXiaoyi Min
St Jude Medical CRMD, Sylmar, California, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 30:S19-22. 2007..1 +/- 8.2 cm) was similar to that determined by the IEGM-based method (20.9 +/- 8.3 cm; concordance correlation coefficient = 0.98; 95% confidence, lower limit of 97%)...
T wave alternans and ventricular arrhythmia risk stratification: uses and limitationsLuis A Pires
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 13:776-7. 2002
Relation of ejection fraction and inducible ventricular tachycardia to mode of death in patients with coronary artery disease: an analysis of patients enrolled in the multicenter unsustained tachycardia trialAlfred E Buxton
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Circulation 106:2466-72. 2002..As such, optimum methods to determine patients most likely to benefit from implantable defibrillator therapy are unclear...
Left ventricular-based cardiac stimulation post AV nodal ablation evaluation (the PAVE study)Rahul N Doshi
Cardiovascular Consultants of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89074, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 16:1160-5. 2005..The PAVE trial prospectively compared chronic biventricular pacing to right ventricular pacing in patients undergoing ablation of the AV node for management of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rates...
Cardiac-resynchronization therapy in heart failure with narrow QRS complexesJohn F Beshai
University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
N Engl J Med 357:2461-71. 2007..Some patients with narrow QRS complexes have echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony and may also benefit from CRT...
