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Mechanically induced sudden death in chest wall impact (commotio cordis)Mark S Link
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Prog Biophys Mol Biol 82:175-86. 2003..Activation of the K(+)(ATP) channel is a likely cause of the ventricular fibrillation produced by chest wall blows. Successful resuscitation is attainable with early defibrillation...- Protecting our children from the consequences of chest blows on the playing field: a time for science over marketingMark S Link
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Pediatrics 122:437-9. 2008 - Equivalent arrhythmic risk in patients recently diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy compared with patients diagnosed for 9 months or moreKevin J Makati
Tufts University School of Medicine New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Heart Rhythm 3:397-403. 2006.... 
Sudden cardiac death in athletesMark S Link
Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 51:44-57. 2008..Recommendations for participation in competitive athletics generally follow the recently published 36th Bethesda Conference Eligibility Recommendations for Competitive Athletes with Cardiovascular Abnormalities...- High incidence of pacemaker syndrome in patients with sinus node dysfunction treated with ventricular-based pacing in the Mode Selection Trial (MOST)Mark S Link
Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 43:2066-71. 2004..We evaluated the incidence, predictors, and treatment of pacemaker syndrome in patients with sinus node dysfunction treated with ventricular-based (VVIR) pacing in the Mode Selection Trial (MOST)... - How to manage athletes with syncopeMark S Link
The New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Cardiol Clin 25:457-66, vii. 2007..This article addresses the topic of syncope and possible solutions for those athletes in whom it is diagnosed... - Automated external defibrillator arrhythmia detection in a model of cardiac arrest due to commotio cordisMark S Link
Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 14:83-7. 2003..In a swine model of commotio cordis designed to be most relevant to young children, we assessed the efficacy of a commercially available AED for recognition and termination of ventricular fibrillation... - Role of streptomycin-sensitive stretch-activated channel in chest wall impact induced sudden death (commotio cordis)Arthur R Garan
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 16:433-8. 2005..However, streptomycin did reduce ST elevation following impact suggesting that the stretch-activated channel may play a role in ST segment elevation following chest wall blows... 
Increased risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes associated with acute increases in ambient air pollutionDavid Q Rich
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:120-3. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Increased ambient O3 pollution was associated with increased risk of episodes of rapid ventricular response due to PAF, thereby suggesting that community air pollution may be a precipitant of these events...- Evidence that nonsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia causes syncope (data from implantable cardioverter defibrillators)D Michael Farmer
The New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 91:606-9. 2003 - Upper and lower limits of vulnerability to sudden arrhythmic death with chest-wall impact (commotio cordis)Mark S Link
Center for the Cardiovascular Evaluation of Athletes and the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 41:99-104. 2003..In an animal model of commotio cordis, sudden death with chest-wall impact, we sought to systematically evaluate the importance of impact velocity in the generation of ventricular fibrillation (VF) with baseball chest-wall impact... - Failure of commercially available chest wall protectors to prevent sudden cardiac death induced by chest wall blows in an experimental model of commotio cordisJonathan Weinstock
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 117:e656-62. 2006..Improvements in materials and design of chest wall barriers are necessary to reduce the occurrence of these tragic events and make the athletic field safer for youths... - Enalapril treatment and hospitalization with atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with left ventricular dysfunctionAlawi A Alsheikh-Ali
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiolgy, Boston, Mass, USA
Am Heart J 147:1061-5. 2004..4 per 1000 patient-years in the placebo group (RR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.48-0.85; P =.002). CONCLUSION: Enalapril is associated with a decreased incidence of hospitalization with atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with LV dysfunction... - Importance of the autonomic nervous system in an experimental model of commotio cordisC William Stout
The New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Med Sci Monit 13:BR11-5. 2007..In an experimental model of commotio cordis, the importance of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in the initiation of ventricular fibrillation was evaluated... - Significance of false negative electrocardiograms in preparticipation screening of athletes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathyEthan J Rowin
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 110:1027-32. 2012..In principle, this high false-negative rate of 10% represents an important limitation in applying 12-lead electrocardiography to large, apparently healthy athletic populations for the detection of HC... - Reduced risk of sudden death from chest wall blows (commotio cordis) with safety baseballsMark S Link
Center for the Cardiovascular Evaluation of Athletes, The Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Pediatrics 109:873-7. 2002..In an experimental model of sudden death from baseball chest wall impact (commotio cordis), we sought to determine if sudden death by baseball impact could be reduced with safety baseballs... - Inducible ventricular flutter and fibrillation predict for arrhythmia occurrence in coronary artery disease patients presenting with syncope of unknown originMark S Link
The New England Cardiac Arrhythmiqa Service, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 13:1103-8. 2002..However, there are limited data on the prognosis of these patients in long-term follow-up... - Frequent ICD shocks due to double sensing in patients with bi-ventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillatorsAmin Al-Ahmad
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Department of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Box 197, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 9:377-81. 2003..Appropriate programming of the ICD can prevent episodes of inappropriate shocks... - Advances in mechanisms of atrial fibrillation: structural remodeling, high-frequency fractionated electrograms, and reentrant AF driversKevin J Makati
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 23:45-9. 2008..This review addresses the complex relationship between remodeled atrial myocardium and reentry and explores the role of CFAEs in AF maintenance... - Time-dependence of appropriate implantable defibrillator therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathyAlawi A Alsheikh-Ali
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Department of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 19:784-9. 2008..We assessed the incidence and time-dependence of appropriate ICD therapy in a routine clinical practice primary prevention population with prior myocardial infarction (MI) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)... - Cryoablation of the pulmonary veins using a novel balloon catheterArthur Garan
New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 15:79-81. 2006..3 +/- 1.4 mm. CONCLUSIONS: A novel cryoablation balloon catheter is capable of achieving transmural freezing of the pulmonary vein. The catheter has promise for future clinical therapy of atrial fibrillation... - Cell membrane stretch and chest blow-induced ventricular fibrillation: commotio cordisChristopher Madias
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 19:1304-9. 2008..Disruption of cell cytoskeleton that anchors the cell membrane prior to precordial blows offers the opportunity to explore whether cell membrane deformation is critical to commotio cordis... - Commotio cordis--sudden cardiac death with chest wall impactChristopher Madias
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 18:115-22. 2007..The development of more effective chest protectors and more widespread use of automated external defibrillators at youth sporting events are needed... - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is predominantly a disease of left ventricular outflow tract obstructionMartin S Maron
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Circulation 114:2232-9. 2006..We sought to prospectively define the prevalence, clinical profile, and significance of left ventricular (LV) outflow tract obstruction under resting conditions and with physiological exercise in a large HCM cohort... - High risk of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy presenting with syncopeRobert S Phang
Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 97:416-20. 2006..In conclusion, patients with NIDC presenting with syncope are a high-risk group, with event rates similar to patients with NIDC presenting with sustained arrhythmias, and should be considered for ICD therapy... - Atrioventricular nodal reverse facilitation in connexin40-deficient miceWei Zhu
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Heart Rhythm 2:1231-7. 2005..Facilitation is an important physiologic property of the atrioventricular (AV) node. Previous studies demonstrated abnormal AV conduction in connexin (Cx)40-deficient mice... - Use of antiarrhythmics and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in congestive heart failureN A Mark Estes
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Am J Cardiol 91:45D-52D. 2003..However, these drugs have the potential to adversely affect defibrillator function, and knowledge of these effects is important when using this strategy... - Precordial thump for cardiac arrest is effective for asystole but not for ventricular fibrillationChristopher Madias
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Heart Rhythm 6:1495-500. 2009..e., commotio cordis), they paradoxically have been regarded as potential therapy for cardiac arrest. In commotio cordis, impact energy and resultant peak left ventricular (LV) pressure are important variables in VF initiation... - Clinical results with catheter ablation: AV junction, atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardiaJonathan Weinstock
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 9:275-88. 2003.... - Preparticipation athletic screening including an electrocardiogram: an unproven strategy for prevention of sudden cardiac death in the athleteN A Mark Estes
Department of Medicine, New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, The Tufts Cardiovascular Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 54:451-4. 2012..Currently, athletes are best protected by a strategy of secondary prevention with improvements in resuscitation and emergency action plans... - Reduced diameter spheres increases the risk of chest blow-induced ventricular fibrillation (commotio cordis)John Kalin
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Heart Rhythm 8:1578-81. 2011..However, the risk of ventricular fibrillation (VF) relative to the shape of the impact object is not known... - Mechanically induced ventricular fibrillation (commotio cordis)Mark S Link
Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Heart Rhythm 4:529-32. 2007 - Use of the AutoCapture Pacing System with implantable defibrillator leadsJohn P Marenco
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:471-3. 2003..Use of this system offers the potential for increasing ICD generator longevity and improving patient safety in response to late unexpected threshold increases... - Herbal medicine: beneficial effects, side effects, and promising new research in the treatment of arrhythmiasC William Stout
NEMC Box 197, Tufts New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 5:395-401. 2003..Finally, research that has been done in this field, focusing on those compounds that have been shown to be biologically active in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, are reviewed... - Athletes and arrhythmiasMark S Link
Division of Medicine, Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 21:1184-9. 2010..Treatment strategies for athletes are focused for the return to athletics. Guidelines for treatment will be derived from the 36th Bethesda Guidelines for athletes, and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for athletes... - New paradigms in the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest and heart failure treatmentMustafa Dohadwala
Division of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 13:377-86. 2011..Paradoxically, patients with less severe heart failure are at higher relative risk of sudden cardiac death. Defining which patients are best treated with implantable defibrillators and resynchronization is the purpose of this review... - Assessment of risk for sudden cardiac deathN A Mark Estes
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, New England Medical Center Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Probl Cardiol 27:246-66. 2002 - Air pollution and the triggering of cardiac arrhythmiasMark S Link
The Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 25:16-22. 2010..The data have been strongest with respect to ventricular arrhythmias but there is accumulating evidence that air pollution is also associated with supraventricular arrhythmias... - Syncope in the patient with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathySushil K Singh
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 27:97-100. 2004 - Cardiovascular toxicities of performance-enhancing substances in sportsRitesh Dhar
Department of Clinical Care Research, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts University New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 80:1307-15. 2005.... - Early repolarization associated with ventricular arrhythmias in patients with chronic coronary artery diseaseRavi B Patel
Division of Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 3:489-95. 2010..It is unknown whether there is an association between early repolarization and ventricular arrhythmias in the coronary artery disease (CAD) population... - Cardiac arrhythmias in the athlete: the evolving role of electrophysiologyMark S Link
New England Medical Center, Box 197, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Curr Sports Med Rep 1:75-85. 2002..Ventricular arrhythmias that occur in the athlete without structural heart disease are not thought to be life threatening. Athletes with structural heart disease and those with exertional syncope merit a complete evaluation... - Testing of a new T-wave subtraction algorithm as an aid to localizing ectopic atrial beatsJohn P Marenco
Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 8:55-9. 2003..Addition of this technique to existing methods may improve the diagnosis of atrial arrhythmias and aid in the localization and ablation of ectopic atrial foci... - Echocardiographic evidence of left atrial abnormality in young patients with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillationRobert S Phang
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 94:511-3. 2004.... - Incidence and significance of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead masses discovered during transesophageal echocardiographyBrian C Downey
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 34:679-83. 2011..The finding of a lead-associated mass on transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) raises concern for endocarditis. However, the incidence and clinical importance of lead masses is not currently known... - Marked variability in susceptibility to ventricular fibrillation in an experimental commotio cordis modelAlawi A Alsheikh-Ali
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St, Box 197, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Circulation 122:2499-504. 2010..Using our model of commotio cordis, we evaluated individual animal susceptibility to VF induction and assessed animal characteristics that might be involved... - Sudden cardiac death in athletesOlaf Hedrich
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology, 750 Washington Street, Box #197, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 8:316-22. 2006.... - Parasympathetic response in chick myocytes and mouse heart is controlled by SREBPHo Jin Park
Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Clin Invest 118:259-71. 2008..These results demonstrate a relationship between lipid metabolism and parasympathetic response that may play a role in arrhythmogenesis... - Durability of repaired sensing leads equivalent to that of new leads in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients with sensing abnormalitiesSrijoy Mahapatra
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston 02111, Massachusetts, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 26:2225-9. 2003..The strategy of lead repair, when technically feasible, should thus be considered in all patients with sensing abnormalities secondary to insulation breaks... - A primer on arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyKaty E Bockstall
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box 197, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 14:552-62. 2012..Emerging possible risk factors include atrial fibrillation, myocardial ischemia, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, genetic mutations, left ventricular apical aneurysms, myocardial fibrosis, and end stage disease... - A public access defibrillation programme in non-inpatient hospital areasFranklin D Friedman
Tufts University School of Medicine, Emergency Physician, Tufts New England Medical Center, Tufts New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Resuscitation 69:407-11. 2006..Their use in hospital arrests is less well documented, but they offer the opportunity to improve survival in the hospital setting also... - Comparison of survival and other complications after heart transplantation in patients taking amiodarone before surgery versus those not taking amiodaronePatrick J Blomberg
Division of Cardiology, Tufts University Medical School, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 93:379-81. 2004..These findings raise further concern about the use of amiodarone treatment in patients with heart failure before undergoing HT... - Advances in implantable cardioverter defibrillatorsCraig Swygman
New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 17:24-8. 2002..Future advances in devices will likely lead to improved arrhythmia classification, more advanced automated features, and additional features including more sophisticated sensors and biventricular pacing systems... - Significance and relation between magnitude of left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure symptoms in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyMartin S Maron
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Am J Cardiol 95:1329-33. 2005..In conclusion, no direct relation was evident between symptoms of heart failure and magnitude of LV wall thickness, with implications for the natural history of HC... - Sudden cardiac death in young athletes and nonathletesBrian J Cross
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 17:328-34. 2011..This article will review the incidence and most common causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in healthy young adults, including competitive athletes, as well as members of the general population... - Adverse cardiovascular events temporally associated with ma huang, an herbal source of ephedrineDavid Samenuk
Division of Cardiology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 77:12-6. 2002.... - Association of air pollution with increased incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias recorded by implanted cardioverter defibrillatorsDouglas W Dockery
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:670-4. 2005..The associations with sulfate suggest a link with stationary fossil fuel combustion sources... - Prediction and prevention of sudden death in young populations: the role of ECG screeningKevin R Dougherty
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, The Tufts Cardiovascular Center, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 36:167-75. 2013..From a health policy perspective, additional data are needed from robust registries and carefully designed trials before advancing ECG screening in youth... - Short-term effects of ketamine and isoflurane on left ventricular ejection fraction in an experimental Swine modelBenjamin Wessler
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
ISRN Cardiol 2011:582658. 2011..The addition of isoflurane to ketamine did not significantly change LV function. A significant number of animals had returned to preanesthesia LV function with sympathetic stimulation... - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyBarry J Maron
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407, USA
JAMA 298:405-12. 2007..However, the effectiveness and appropriate selection of patients for this therapy is incompletely resolved... - Inter-association task force recommendations on emergency preparedness and management of sudden cardiac arrest in high school and college athletic programs: a consensus statementJonathan A Drezner
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Heart Rhythm 4:549-65. 2007..This consensus statement summarizes our current understanding of SCA in young athletes, defines the necessary elements for emergency preparedness, and establishes uniform treatment protocols for the management of SCA... - Prevalence of sensing abnormalities in dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillatorsMohammad Saeed
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 0553, USA
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 8:219-26. 2003..The clinical efficacy of ICD therapy depends on accurate sensing of intracardiac signals and sensing algorithms. We investigated the occurrence of sensing abnormalities in patients with dual chamber ICDs... - Primary prevention of sudden death as a novel treatment strategy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyBarry J Maron
The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, 920 E 28th St, Suite 60, Minneapolis, Minn 55407, USA
Circulation 107:2872-5. 2003 - Historical observation on commotio cordisBarry J Maron
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407, USA
Heart Rhythm 3:605-6. 2006 - Evaluation of chest barriers for protection against sudden death due to commotio cordisJoseph J Doerer
The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Cardiol 99:857-9. 2007.... - Clinical profile and spectrum of commotio cordisBarry J Maron
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, 920 E 28th St, Suite 60, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA
JAMA 287:1142-6. 2002..Although blunt, nonpenetrating chest blows causing sudden cardiac death (commotio cordis) are often associated with competitive sports, dangers implicit in such blows can extend into many other life activities... - Treatment crossovers did not affect randomized treatment comparisons in the Mode Selection Trial (MOST)Anne S Hellkamp
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 47:2260-6. 2006..We evaluated the impact of treatment crossovers on study results in the Mode Selection Trial (MOST)... - Resuscitation in athletes: a sobering taleMark S Link
Heart Rhythm 3:760-1. 2006 - Inter-association task force recommendations on emergency preparedness and management of sudden cardiac arrest in high school and college athletic programs: a consensus statementJonathan A Drezner
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Clin J Sport Med 17:87-103. 2007..This consensus statement summarizes our current understanding of SCA in young athletes, defines the necessary elements for emergency preparedness, and establishes uniform treatment protocols for the management of SCA... - Unraveling the mystery of commotio cordisMark S Link
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 17:1018-9. 2006 - Death in a young athlete due to commotio cordis despite prompt external defibrillationBarry J Maron
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407, USA
Heart Rhythm 2:991-3. 2005 - Gender-related differences in the clinical presentation and outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyIacopo Olivotto
Regional Referral Center for Myocardial Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
J Am Coll Cardiol 46:480-7. 2005..The goal of this study was to assess gender-related differences in a multicenter population with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)... - Inter-association Task Force recommendations on emergency preparedness and management of sudden cardiac arrest in high school and college athletic programs: a consensus statementJonathan A Drezner
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
J Athl Train 42:143-58. 2007..This consensus statement summarizes our current understanding of SCA in young athletes, defines the necessary elements for emergency preparedness, and establishes uniform treatment protocols for the management of SCA... - Sudden cardiac death caused by innocent chest wall blowsMark S Link
Ital Heart J 6:281-3. 2005 - Task Force 11: commotio cordisBarry J Maron
J Am Coll Cardiol 45:1371-3. 2005 - Task Force 10: automated external defibrillatorsRobert J Myerburg
J Am Coll Cardiol 45:1369-71. 2005 - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for prevention of sudden death in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasiaDomenico Corrado
Divisione di Cardiologia e Patologia Cardiovascolare, , Padova, Italy
Circulation 108:3084-91. 2003..Patients who were prone to ventricular fibrillation/flutter could be identified on the basis of clinical presentation, irrespective of programmed ventricular stimulation outcome... - Cardiac safety of electrical stun guns: letting science and reason advance the debateMark S Link
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 31:395-7. 2008 - Inter Association Task Force recommendations on emergency preparedness and management of sudden cardiac arrest in high school and college athletic programs: a consensus statementJonathan A Drezner
University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:253-71. 2007..This consensus statement summarizes our current understanding of SCA in young athletes, defines the necessary elements for emergency preparedness, and establishes uniform treatment protocols for the management of SCA... - Accentuation of pacing induced electrical dyssynchrony by preexisting conduction system disease and left ventricular dysfunctionMark S Link
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 19:123-4. 2008 - Exercise and acute cardiovascular events placing the risks into perspective: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical CardiologyPaul D Thompson
Hartford Hospital, USA
Circulation 115:2358-68. 2007....