ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

or recommendations or

[1]  V. Fuster,et al.  ACC revised recommendations for training in adult cardiovascular medicine. Core Cardiology Training II (COCATS 2). (Revision of the 1995 COCATS training statement). , 2002, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[2]  J. Oss,et al.  PROPHYLACTIC IMPLANTATION OF A DEFIBRILLATOR IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION , 2002 .

[3]  S. Priori,et al.  Natural History of Brugada Syndrome: Insights for Risk Stratification and Management , 2002, Circulation.

[4]  E. Antman,et al.  ACC/AHA PRACTICE GUIDELINES ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary , 2002 .

[5]  R. Cappato,et al.  Role of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Dilated Cardiomyopathy , 2002, Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology.

[6]  S. Strickberger,et al.  Should an abnormal serum potassium concentration be considered a correctable cause of cardiac arrest? , 2001, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[7]  F. Morady,et al.  Relationship Between Serum Potassium Concentration and Risk of Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia or Ventricular Fibrillation , 2001, Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology.

[8]  M. Santini,et al.  Permanent Cardiac Pacing Versus Medical Treatment for the Prevention of Recurrent Vasovagal Syncope: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial , 2001, Circulation.

[9]  J. Daubert,et al.  Effects of multisite biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and intraventricular conduction delay. , 2001, The New England journal of medicine.

[10]  K. Eagle,et al.  Complete atrioventricular block after valvular heart surgery and the timing of pacemaker implantation. , 2001, The American journal of cardiology.

[11]  R. Friedman,et al.  Congenital heart block: development of late-onset cardiomyopathy, a previously underappreciated sequela. , 2001, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[12]  R. Cappato,et al.  Randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest : the Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg (CASH). , 2000, Circulation.

[13]  M. Brignole,et al.  Dual-chamber pacing in the treatment of neurally mediated tilt-positive cardioinhibitory syncope : pacemaker versus no therapy: a multicenter randomized study. The Vasovagal Syncope International Study (VASIS) Investigators. , 2000, Circulation.

[14]  R. Friedman,et al.  Recommendations for Extraction of Chronically Implanted Transvenous Pacing and Defibrillator Leads: Indications, Facilities, Training , 2000, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[15]  M Gent,et al.  Canadian implantable defibrillator study (CIDS) : a randomized trial of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator against amiodarone. , 2000, Circulation.

[16]  J. Brugada,et al.  Pharmacological and device approach to therapy of inherited cardiac diseases associated with cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. , 2000, Journal of electrocardiology.

[17]  K. Lee,et al.  A randomized study of the prevention of sudden death in patients with coronary artery disease. Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial Investigators. , 1999, The New England journal of medicine.

[18]  M. Josephson,et al.  Assessment of permanent dual-chamber pacing as a treatment for drug-refractory symptomatic patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A randomized, double-blind, crossover study (M-PATHY). , 1999, Circulation.

[19]  Y. Rosenberg,et al.  Design and results of the antiarrhythmics vs implantable defibrillators (AVID) registry. The AVID Investigators. , 1999, Circulation.

[20]  S. Connolly,et al.  The North American Vasovagal Pacemaker Study (VPS). A randomized trial of permanent cardiac pacing for the prevention of vasovagal syncope. , 1999, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[21]  S. Saksena,et al.  Multisite electrode pacing for prevention of atrial fibrillation. , 1998, Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology.

[22]  F. Suliman,et al.  Prophylactic use of implanted cardiac defibrillators in patients at high risk for ventricular arrhythmias after coronary-artery bypass graft surgery. , 1998, The New England journal of medicine.

[23]  M A Hlatky,et al.  ACC/AHA Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices: Executive Summary--a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Pacemaker Implantation). , 1998, Circulation.

[24]  T. Kieser,et al.  Effect of dual-chamber pacing with automatic rate-drop sensing on recurrent neurally mediated syncope. , 1998, The American journal of cardiology.

[25]  R. Gibbons,et al.  ACC/AHA guidelines for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Pacemaker Implantation). , 1998, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[26]  M. Keller,et al.  A comparison of antiarrhythmic-drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from near-fatal ventricular arrhythmias. , 1997, The New England journal of medicine.

[27]  H. Schaff,et al.  Indications, effectiveness, and long-term dependency in permanent pacing after cardiac surgery. , 1997, The American journal of cardiology.

[28]  P. Lavori,et al.  Quantitative overview of randomized trials of amiodarone to prevent sudden cardiac death. , 1997, Circulation.

[29]  K. Lurie,et al.  Termination of Implantable Pacemaker Therapy: Experience in Five Patients , 1997, Annals of Internal Medicine.

[30]  S. Connolly,et al.  Randomised trial of outcome after myocardial infarction in patients with frequent or repetitive ventricular premature depolarisations: CAMIAT , 1997, The Lancet.

[31]  A. Tajik,et al.  Dual-chamber pacing for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial. , 1997, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[32]  N Engl,et al.  Improved survival with an implanted defibrillator in patients with coronary disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia. , 1997, Circulation.

[33]  J. O. Oteo Domínguez,et al.  Influence of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator on sudden death and total mortality in patients evaluated for cardiac transplantation. , 1997, Circulation.

[34]  Epstein.  The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial. , 1997, Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics.

[35]  G. Sanders,et al.  Cost-Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Relative to Amiodarone for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death , 1997, Annals of Internal Medicine.

[36]  A. Tajik,et al.  Dual-chamber pacing for cardiomyopathies: a 1996 clinical perspective. , 1996, Mayo Clinic proceedings.

[37]  S. Viskin,et al.  Mode of onset of torsade de pointes in congenital long QT syndrome. , 1996, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[38]  Richard P. Lewis,et al.  ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). , 1996, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[39]  J. Mcanulty,et al.  Use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the congenital long QT syndrome. , 1996, The American journal of cardiology.

[40]  S. Saksena,et al.  Prevention of recurrent atrial fibrillation with chronic dual-site right atrial pacing. , 1996, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[41]  B L Wilkoff,et al.  Personal and public safety issues related to arrhythmias that may affect consciousness: implications for regulation and physician recommendations. A medical/scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. , 1996, Circulation.

[42]  R. Yee,et al.  Multicenter experience with a pectoral unipolar implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Active Can Investigators. , 1996, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[43]  G. Breithardt,et al.  Comparison of d,l-sotalol and implantable defibrillators for treatment of sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in patients with coronary artery disease. , 1996, Circulation.

[44]  B. Lüderitz,et al.  European Policy on Driving for Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators , 1996, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[45]  S. Barold.  Indications for Permanent Cardiac Pacing in First‐Degree AV Block: Class I, II, or III? , 1996, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[46]  M. Block,et al.  Nonpharmacological therapy for malignant ventricular arrhythmias: implantable defibrillator trials. , 1996, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

[47]  S. Saksena,et al.  Implanted cardioverter-defibrillators are preferable to drugs as primary therapy in sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias. , 1996, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

[48]  D. Wyse,et al.  A randomized clinical trial of the noninvasive and invasive approaches to drug therapy for ventricular tachycardia: long-term follow-up of the Calgary trial. , 1996, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

[49]  W. Williams,et al.  Five-year experience with implantable defibrillators in children. , 1996, The American journal of cardiology.

[50]  D. Steinhaus,et al.  Mobitz Type I Atrioventricular Block: An Indication for Permanent Pacing? , 1996, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[51]  A. Tajik,et al.  Effect of dual-chamber pacing on systolic and diastolic function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Acute Doppler echocardiographic and catheterization hemodynamic study. , 1996, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[52]  H. Crijns,et al.  Cost-effectiveness of implantable defibrillator as first-choice therapy versus electrophysiologically guided, tiered strategy in postinfarct sudden death survivors. A randomized study. , 1996, Circulation.

[53]  J. Oss,et al.  IMPROVED SURVIVAL WITH AN IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATOR IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY DISEASE AT HIGH RISK FOR VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA , 1996 .

[54]  Y. Nakaya,et al.  [Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation]. , 1996, Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu.

[55]  M. Rosenqvist,et al.  Diagnostic value of programmed ventricular stimulation in patients with bifascicular block: a prospective study of patients with and without syncope. , 1995, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[56]  P. Gillette,et al.  Infants with long-QT syndrome and 2:1 atrioventricular block. , 1995, American heart journal.

[57]  S. Pinski,et al.  The proarrhythmic potential of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. , 1995, Circulation.

[58]  F O Mueller,et al.  Blunt impact to the chest leading to sudden death from cardiac arrest during sports activities. , 1995, The New England journal of medicine.

[59]  G. Laufer,et al.  The impact of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators on mortality among patients on the waiting list for heart transplantation. , 1995, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[60]  A. Jonzon,et al.  Isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block in adult life. A prospective study. , 1995, Circulation.

[61]  M. Stanton,et al.  Transtelephonic Monitoring and Transmission of Stored Arrhythmia Detection and Therapy Data From an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator , 1995, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[62]  D. Zipes,et al.  Results of the international study of the implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator. A comparison of epicardial and endocardial lead systems. The Pacemaker-Cardioverter-Defibrillator Investigators. , 1995, Circulation.

[63]  J. Triedman,et al.  Benefits and Potential Risks of Atrial Antitachycardia Pacing After Repair of Congenital Heart Disease , 1995, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[64]  H. Crijns,et al.  Randomized study of implantable defibrillator as first-choice therapy versus conventional strategy in postinfarct sudden death survivors. , 1995, Circulation.

[65]  P. Kudenchuk,et al.  Ventricular arrhythmias detected after transvenous defibrillator implantation in patients with a clinical history of only ventricular fibrillation. Implications for use of implantable defibrillator. , 1995, Circulation.

[66]  M. Hull,et al.  AICD™ Automatic Cardioverier Defibrillator Clinical Update: 14 Years Experience in Over 34,000 Patients , 1995, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[67]  D Tripodi,et al.  Long‐term Results of Dual‐Chamber (DDD) Pacing in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Evidence for Progressive Symptomatic and Hemodynamic Improvement and Reduction of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy , 1994, Circulation.

[68]  K. Cao,et al.  Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in 136 patients with coronary artery disease: results and long-term follow-up. , 1994, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[69]  T. Ferguson.  The Future of Arrhythmia Surgery , 1994, Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology.

[70]  S. Saksena.  Clinical outcome of patients with malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias and a multiprogrammable implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implanted with or without thoracotomy: an international multicenter study , 1994 .

[71]  J. Mason.  A Comparison of Seven Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Patients with Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias , 1994 .

[72]  G. Steinbeck,et al.  Hemodynamic deterioration during ICD implant: predictors of high-risk patients. , 1994, American heart journal.

[73]  K. Kuck,et al.  Implantable cardioverter defibrillator compared with antiarrhythmic drug treatment in cardiac arrest survivors (the Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg). , 1994, American heart journal.

[74]  H. Scheld,et al.  Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome, or no structural heart disease. , 1994, American heart journal.

[75]  J. Reiffel,et al.  Electrophysiological Testing of Sinus Node Function: Diagnostic and Prognostic Application‐Including Updated Information From Sinus Node Electrograms , 1994, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[76]  M. Silka,et al.  Preliminary Experience with Nonthoracotomy Implantahle Cardioverter Defihrillators in Young Patients , 1994, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[77]  G. Hindricks.  The Multicentre European Radiofrequency Survey (MERFS): complications of radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias. The Multicentre European Radiofrequency Survey (MERFS) investigators of the Working Group on Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology. , 1993, European heart journal.

[78]  W. Stevenson,et al.  Sudden Death Prevention in Patients With Advanced Ventricular Dysfunction , 1993, Circulation.

[79]  C. Furberg,et al.  Effects of prophylactic antiarrhythmic drug therapy in acute myocardial infarction. An overview of results from randomized controlled trials. , 1993, JAMA.

[80]  Philip Sager,et al.  Identification of Reentry Circuit Sites During Catheter Mapping and Radiofrequency Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Late After Myocardial Infarction , 1993, Circulation.

[81]  B. Lüderitz,et al.  Patient Acceptance of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias , 1993, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[82]  J. Ruskin,et al.  Influence of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators on the long-term prognosis of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. , 1993, Circulation.

[83]  S. Kim.  Implantable defibrillator therapy: does it really prolong life? How can we prove it? , 1993, The American journal of cardiology.

[84]  R. Levine,et al.  Pseudo‐Pacemaker Syndrome Following Inadvertent Fast Pathway Ablation for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia , 1993, Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology.

[85]  P. Kudenchuk,et al.  Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in survivors of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death without inducible arrhythmias. , 1993, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[86]  G. V. Van Hare,et al.  The Long QT Syndrome in Children An International Study of 287 Patients , 1993, Circulation.

[87]  J. F. Keane,et al.  Second natural history study of congenital heart defects. Results of treatment of patients with aortic valvar stenosis. , 1993, Circulation.

[88]  J. Langberg,et al.  Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease , 1993, Circulation.

[89]  S. Saksena,et al.  Device Use Patterns and Clinical Outcome of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients with Moderate and Severe Impairment of Left Ventricular Function , 1993, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[90]  D. Manninen,et al.  The medical and surgical determinants of heart transplantation outcomes: the results of a consensus survey in the United States. , 1993, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation.

[91]  D. Gibson,et al.  Effects of dual-chamber pacing with short atrioventricular delay in dilated cardiomyopathy , 1992, The Lancet.

[92]  S. Yusuf,et al.  Effect of amiodarone on mortality after myocardial infarction: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot study. , 1992, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[93]  G. Steinbeck,et al.  A comparison of electrophysiologically guided antiarrhythmic drug therapy with beta-blocker therapy in patients with symptomatic, sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias. , 1992, The New England journal of medicine.

[94]  S. Saksena,et al.  Comparison of Clinical Benefits and Outcome in Patients with Programmable and Nonprogrammable Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators , 1992, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[95]  E. Bodor,et al.  Congenital complete heart block associated with QT prolongation. , 1992, European heart journal.

[96]  L. Rydén,et al.  A Double‐Blind Study of Submaximal Exercise Tolerance and Variation in Paced Rate in Atrial Synchronous Compared to Activity Sensor Modulated Ventricular Pacing , 1992, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[97]  G. Larsen,et al.  Cost-effectiveness of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: effect of improved battery life and comparison with amiodarone therapy. , 1992, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[98]  P. Kudenchuk,et al.  Clinical Experience With a Tiered‐Therapy, Multiprogrammable Antiarrhythmia Device , 1992, Circulation.

[99]  Hue-Teh Shih,et al.  Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients Without Structural Heart Disease , 1992, Circulation.

[100]  J. Langberg,et al.  Survival after implantation of the cardioverter defibrillator. , 1992, The American journal of cardiology.

[101]  J. Ruskin,et al.  Long-term multicenter experience with a second-generation implantable pacemaker-defibrillator in patients with malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The Guardian Multicenter Investigators Group. , 1992, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[102]  P. Brugada,et al.  Sudden arrhythmic death without overt heart disease. , 1992, Circulation.

[103]  M. Brignole,et al.  Neurally mediated syncope detected by carotid sinus massage and head-up tilt test in sick sinus syndrome. , 1991, The American journal of cardiology.

[104]  A. Moss,et al.  Efficacy of Permanent Pacing in the Management of High‐Risk Patients With Long QT Syndrome , 1991, Circulation.

[105]  P. Gillette,et al.  Atrial antitachycardia pacing in children and young adults. , 1991, American heart journal.

[106]  J. Ruskin,et al.  Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in cardiovascular practice: report of the policy conference of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. , 1991, Journal of interventional cardiology.

[107]  A. Garson.  Ventricular arrhythmias after repair of congenital heart disease: Who needs treatment? , 1991, Cardiology in the Young.

[108]  G. Guiraudon,et al.  Reduction in defibrillator shocks with an implantable device combining antitachycardia pacing and shock therapy. , 1991, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[109]  H L Greene,et al.  Mortality and morbidity in patients receiving encainide, flecainide, or placebo. The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial. , 1991, The New England journal of medicine.

[110]  H. Garan,et al.  Sudden cardiac death: management of high-risk patients. , 1991, Annals of internal medicine.

[111]  F. Marchlinski,et al.  Value of ventricular electrogram recordings in the diagnosis of arrhythmias precipitating electrical device shock therapy. , 1991, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[112]  J. Bigger,et al.  Prophylactic Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Medical, Technical, Economic Considerations , 1991, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[113]  S. Epstein,et al.  Hemodynamic and electrophysiologic evaluation of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy surviving cardiac arrest. , 1991, The American journal of cardiology.

[114]  P. Tchou,et al.  Survival in Patients with Depressed Left Ventricular Function Treated by Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator , 1991, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[115]  S Schofield,et al.  Benefit of Single Setting Rate Responsive Ventricular Pacing Compared with Fixed Rate Demand Pacing in Elderly Patients , 1991, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[116]  Recommendations for pacemaker prescription for symptomatic bradycardia. Report of a working party of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group. , 1991, British heart journal.

[117]  M. Josephson,et al.  ACC policy statement. Recommended guidelines for training in adult clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Electrophysiology/ Electrocardiography Subcommittee, American College of Cardiology. , 1991, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[118]  M. Pfisterer,et al.  Effect of antiarrhythmic therapy on mortality in survivors of myocardial infarction with asymptomatic complex ventricular arrhythmias: Basel Antiarrhythmic Study of Infarct Survival (BASIS) , 1990, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[119]  E. Platia,et al.  Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: is early implantation cost-effective? , 1990, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[120]  P. Gillette,et al.  Educational Guidelines for the Clinically Associated Professional in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology NASPE CAP Ad Hoc Committee on Educational Guidelines , 1990, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[121]  J. Mcanulty,et al.  Analysis of programmed stimulation methods in the evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients 20 years old and younger. , 1990, The American journal of cardiology.

[122]  R. Fogoros,et al.  Efficacy of the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in prolonging survival in patients with severe underlying cardiac disease. , 1990, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[123]  D. Wilber,et al.  Electrophysiological testing and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. Use and limitations in patients with coronary artery disease and impaired ventricular function. , 1990, Circulation.

[124]  R. Sterba,et al.  Cardiomyopathy and the Use of Implanted Cardio‐Defibrillators in Children , 1990, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[125]  W. Stevenson,et al.  Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: evidence for selective, genetic electrophysiologic cardiac involvement. , 1990, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[126]  J. Gallagher,et al.  Termination of ventricular tachycardia with epicardial laser photocoagulation: a clinical comparison with patients undergoing successful endocardial photocoagulation alone. , 1990, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[127]  J. Ruskin,et al.  An analysis of the cost effectiveness of the implantable defibrillator. , 1990, Circulation.

[128]  S. Saksena,et al.  Argon laser ablation of malignant ventricular tachycardia associated with coronary artery disease. , 1989, The American journal of cardiology.

[129]  E. Walsh,et al.  Congenital complete heart block in patients without anatomic cardiac defects. , 1989, American heart journal.

[130]  J. Langberg,et al.  Catheter ablation of the atrioventricular junction with radiofrequency energy. , 1989, Circulation.

[131]  A. Castellanos,et al.  Young adult survivors of sudden cardiac arrest: analysis of invasive evaluation of 22 subjects. , 1989, American heart journal.

[132]  R. Winkle,et al.  Long-term outcome with the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. , 1989, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[133]  M. Feld,et al.  Lyme carditis: an important cause of reversible heart block. , 1989, Annals of internal medicine.

[134]  G. Fricchione,et al.  Anxiety and Anger in Patients with Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias. Responses after Automatic Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation , 1989, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[135]  A. Tonkin,et al.  Clinical implications of electrophysiology study findings in patients with chronic bifascicular block and syncope. , 1988, Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine.

[136]  P. Coumel,et al.  DDD Pacing: An Effective Treatment Modality for Recurrent Atrial Arrhythmias , 1988, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[137]  P. Tchou,et al.  Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators and survival of patients with left ventricular dysfunction and malignant ventricular arrhythmias. , 1988, Annals of internal medicine.

[138]  C. Schuger,et al.  The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator as antiarrhythmic treatment modality of choice for survivors of cardiac arrest unrelated to acute myocardial infarction. , 1988, The American journal of cardiology.

[139]  P. Coumel,et al.  Results of electrical fulguration in arrhythmogenic right ventricular disease. , 1988, The American journal of cardiology.

[140]  P. Denes,et al.  Teaching Objectives for Fellowship Programs in Clinical Electrophysiology , 1988, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[141]  K. Peterson,et al.  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and sudden death. , 1988, The New England journal of medicine.

[142]  B. Lerman,et al.  Electrophysiological Evaluation of Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy , 1988, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[143]  A. Greenspon,et al.  Incidence of unwarranted implantation of permanent cardiac pacemakers in a large medical population. , 1988, The New England journal of medicine.

[144]  R. Franklin,et al.  Arrhythmia and prognosis in infants, children and adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. , 1988, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[145]  S. Syverud,et al.  Cardiac pacing. , 1988, Emergency medicine clinics of North America.

[146]  J. Fisher,et al.  Long-term efficacy of antitachycardia pacing for supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias. , 1987, The American journal of cardiology.

[147]  R. Fogoros,et al.  The automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in drug-refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias. , 1987, Annals of internal medicine.

[148]  M. Eldar,et al.  Permanent cardiac pacing in patients with the long QT syndrome. , 1987, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[149]  F. Morady,et al.  Electrophysiologic testing in patients with unexplained syncope: clinical and noninvasive predictors of outcome. , 1987, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[150]  S. Barold,et al.  Implanted atrial pacemakers for paroxysmal atrial flutter. Long-term efficacy. , 1987, Annals of internal medicine.

[151]  J. Kupersmith,et al.  Myotonic dystrophy: ambulatory electrocardiogram, electrophysiologic study, and echocardiographic evaluation. , 1987, American heart journal.

[152]  R. Dewey,et al.  Use of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring to identify high-risk patients with congenital complete heart block. , 1987, The New England journal of medicine.

[153]  B. Gersh,et al.  Role of invasive electrophysiologic testing in patients with symptomatic bundle branch block. , 1987, The American journal of cardiology.

[154]  J. Bigger.  Why patients with congestive heart failure die: arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. , 1987, Circulation.

[155]  G. Lamas,et al.  A simplified method to predict occurrence of complete heart block during acute myocardial infarction. , 1987, The American journal of cardiology.

[156]  J. Manfreda,et al.  The natural history of primary first-degree atrioventricular heart block. , 1986, The New England journal of medicine.

[157]  V. Parsonnet,et al.  Usefulness of an implantable antitachycardia pacemaker system for supraventricular or ventricular tachycardia. , 1986, The American journal of cardiology.

[158]  W. Edwards,et al.  Sudden unexpected death in children and adolescents. , 1985, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[159]  D. Veale,et al.  Survival in second degree atrioventricular block. , 1985, British heart journal.

[160]  P. Schwartz,et al.  Idiopathic long QT syndrome: progress and questions. , 1985, American heart journal.

[161]  R. Peters,et al.  Long‐term Management of Recurrent Paroxysmal Tachycardia by Cardiac Burst Pacing , 1985, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[162]  W. Stevenson,et al.  Cardiac involvement in myotonic muscular dystrophy (Steinert's disease): a prospective study of 25 patients. , 1984, The American journal of cardiology.

[163]  A. Camm,et al.  Clinical Experience with Implantable Scanning Tachycardia Reversion Pacemakers , 1984, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[164]  A Bhandari,et al.  Electrophysiologic testing in bundle branch block and unexplained syncope. , 1984, The American journal of cardiology.

[165]  P. Brugada,et al.  Clinical Experience with Implantable Devices for Control of Tachyarrhythmias , 1984, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[166]  M. Josephson,et al.  Prognostic factors in nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. , 1984, The American journal of cardiology.

[167]  J P Miller,et al.  The relationships among ventricular arrhythmias, left ventricular dysfunction, and mortality in the 2 years after myocardial infarction. , 1984, Circulation.

[168]  A. Hallstrom,et al.  Epidemiology of cardiac arrest and resuscitation in children. , 1983, Annals of emergency medicine.

[169]  M. Josephson,et al.  Electrophysiologic evaluation of syncope in patients with bifascicular block. , 1983, American heart journal.

[170]  H. Ector,et al.  Dynamic Electrocardiography and Ventricular Pauses of 3 Seconds and More: Etiology and Therapeutic Implications , 1983, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[171]  R. Winkle,et al.  Mortality in patients with implanted automatic defibrillators. , 1983, Annals of internal medicine.

[172]  M. Shenasa,et al.  Role of Cardiac Electrophysiologic Studies in Patients with Unexplained Recurrent Syncope , 1983, Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE.

[173]  E. Krongrad,et al.  Terminal cardiac electrical activity in pediatric patients. , 1983, The American journal of cardiology.

[174]  E. Michelson,et al.  Bradyarrhythmias: clinical significance and management. , 1983, Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

[175]  R. Peters,et al.  Value of the H-Q interval in patients with bundle branch block and the role of prophylactic permanent pacing. , 1982, The American journal of cardiology.

[176]  R. A. Johnson,et al.  Dilated cardiomyopathies of the adult (first of two parts). , 1982, The New England journal of medicine.

[177]  S. Rahimtoola,et al.  Natural history of "high-risk" bundle-branch block: final report of a prospective study. , 1982, The New England journal of medicine.

[178]  A. Garson,et al.  Diagnosis, management, and long-term results of patients with congenital complete atrioventricular block. , 1982, Pediatrics.

[179]  R. Kay,et al.  Primary sick sinus syndrome as an indication for chronic pacemaker therapy in young adults: incidence, clinical features, and long-term evaluation. , 1982, American heart journal.

[180]  R Frank,et al.  Right Ventricular Dysplasia: A Report of 24 Adult Cases , 1982, Circulation.

[181]  J J Gallagher,et al.  Catheter technique for closed-chest ablation of the atrioventricular conduction system. , 1982, The New England journal of medicine.

[182]  K. Rasmussen.  Chronic sinus node disease: natural course and indications for pacing. , 1981, European heart journal.

[183]  J. Ruskin,et al.  Intracardiac electrophysiologic techniques in recurrent syncope of unknown case. , 1981, Annals of internal medicine.

[184]  J. Fisher,et al.  Role of electrophysiologic testing in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known and suspected bradycardias and tachycardias. , 1981, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

[185]  S. Swiryn,et al.  Natural History of Chronic Second‐degree Atrioventricular Nodal Block , 1981, Circulation.

[186]  V. Fuster,et al.  The natural history of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. , 1981, The American journal of cardiology.

[187]  A. F. Mackintosh.  Sinuatrial disease in young people. , 1981, British heart journal.

[188]  E. Epstein,et al.  Myocardial ultrastructure and the development of atrioventricular block in Kearns-Sayre syndrome. , 1981, Circulation.

[189]  C. Fisch,et al.  Bundle branch block and sudden death. , 1980, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

[190]  V L Gott,et al.  Termination of malignant ventricular arrhythmias with an implanted automatic defibrillator in human beings. , 1980, The New England journal of medicine.

[191]  E. Michelson,et al.  Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in ambulatory patients: characteristics and association with sudden cardiac death. , 1980, Annals of internal medicine.

[192]  J. Gowers,et al.  Survival in sinoatrial disorder (sick-sinus syndrome). , 1980, British medical journal.

[193]  C. Perret,et al.  Intraventricular conduction disturbances in acute myocardial infarction: short- and long-term prognosis. , 1980, European journal of cardiology.

[194]  Mark E. Josephson,et al.  Clinical cardiac electrophysiology ; techniques and interpretations , 2001 .

[195]  J. Perloff,et al.  Cardiac conduction in the Kearns-Sayre syndrome (a neuromuscular disorder associated with progressive external ophthalmoplegia and pigmentary retinopathy). Report of 2 cases and review of 17 published cases. , 1979, The American journal of cardiology.

[196]  S. Swiryn,et al.  Significance of Block Distal to the His Bundle Induced by Atrial Pacing in Patients with Chronic Bifascicular Block , 1979, Circulation.

[197]  R. Peters,et al.  Prophylactic permanent pacemakers for patients with chronic bundle branch block. , 1979, The American journal of medicine.

[198]  P. Probst,et al.  The HQ time in congestive cardiomyopathies. , 1979, American heart journal.

[199]  M. Rubenfire,et al.  The clinical significance of bundle branch block complicating acute myocardial infarction. 2. Indications for temporary and permanent pacemaker insertion. , 1978, Circulation.

[200]  E. Krongrad.  Prognosis for Patients with Congenital Heart Disease and Postoperative Intraventricular Conduction Defects , 1978, Circulation.

[201]  S. Rahimtoola,et al.  Survival in patients with intraventricular conduction defects. , 1978, Archives of internal medicine.

[202]  P. Denes,et al.  Sudden death in patients with chronic bifascicular block. , 1977, Archives of internal medicine.

[203]  R. Peters,et al.  Prognostic Value of Infranodal Conduction Time in Patients with Chronic Bundle Branch Block , 1977, Circulation.

[204]  R. Sutton,et al.  Long-term prognosis after acute anterior infarction with atrioventricular block. , 1977, British heart journal.

[205]  Å. Swahn,et al.  Prognosis of patients with complete heart block or arrhythmic syncope who were not treated with artificial pacemakers. A long-term follow-up study of 101 patients. , 2009, Acta medica Scandinavica.

[206]  C. G. Blomqvist,et al.  Permanent pacing in patients with transient trifascicular block during acute myocardial infarction. , 1976, The American journal of cardiology.

[207]  J. Kastor.  Atrioventricular block (first of two parts). , 1975, The New England journal of medicine.

[208]  P. Denes,et al.  Syncope in patients with chronic bifascicular block. Significance, causative mechanisms, and clinical implications. , 1974, Annals of internal medicine.

[209]  P. Denes,et al.  The Significance of Second Degree Atrioventricular Block and Bundle Branch Block: Observations Regarding Site and Type of Block , 1974, Circulation.

[210]  D. Peretz,et al.  Permanent demand pacing for hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome. , 1973, Canadian Medical Association journal.

[211]  N. Depasquale,et al.  Natural history of combined right bundle branch block and left anterior hemiblock (bilateral bundle branch block). , 1973, The American journal of medicine.

[212]  R. Desanctis,et al.  Clinical Spectrum of the Sick Sinus Syndrome , 1972, Circulation.

[213]  S. Weinberg,et al.  The incidence and mortality of intraventricular conduction defects in acute myocardial infarction. , 1972, The American journal of cardiology.

[214]  E. Wigle,et al.  His Bundle Electrogram in Bundle‐Branch Block , 1972, Circulation.

[215]  M. A. Engle,et al.  Congenital complete heart block: an international study of the natural history. , 1972, Cardiovascular clinics.

[216]  T. Cheng.  Atrial pacing: its diagnostic and therapeutic applications. , 1971, Progress in cardiovascular diseases.

[217]  H. Kulbertus,et al.  Association of right bundle-branch block with left superior or inferior intraventricular block. Its relation to complete heart block and Adams-Stokes syndrome. , 1969, British heart journal.

[218]  W. Austen,et al.  Experience with implantable pacemakers using myocardial electrodes in the management of heart block. , 1967, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[219]  B. Johansson.  Complete heart block. A clinical, hemodynamic and pharmacological study in patients with and without an artificial pacemaker. , 1966, Acta medica Scandinavica. Supplementum.

[220]  R. Litwak,et al.  SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COMPLETE HEART BLOCK. AN ANALYSIS OF 36 CASES. , 1964, JAMA.

[221]  E. Donoso,et al.  UNUSUAL FORMS OF SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK, INCLUDING MOBITZ TYPE-II BLOCK, ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORGAGNI-ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME. , 1964, American heart journal.

[222]  E. Donoso,et al.  NONSURGICAL ACQUIRED HEART BLOCK * , 1963, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

[223]  R. S. Eliot,et al.  CHRONIC POSTSURGICAL COMPLETE HEART BLOCK. WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PROGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT, AND A NEW P-WAVE PACEMAKER. , 1963, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

[224]  C. Fisch,et al.  OBSERVATIONS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA. , 1963, American heart journal.

[225]  T. N. James,et al.  Observations on the cardiovascular involvement, including the cardiac conduction system, in progressive muscular dystrophy. , 1962, American heart journal.

[226]  S. A. Levine,et al.  Some Clinical Features of Complete Heart Block , 1956, Circulation.