2015
Outcomes of patients with definite and suspected isolated cardiac sarcoidosis treated with an implantable cardiac defibrillator
Kron J, Sauer W, Mueller G, Schuller J, Bogun F, Sarsam S, Rosenfeld L, Mitiku TY, Cooper JM, Mehta D, Greenspon AJ, Ortman M, Delurgio DB, Valadri R, Narasimhan C, Swapna N, Singh JP, Danik S, Markowitz SM, Almquist AK, Krahn AD, Wolfe LG, Feinstein S, Ellenbogen KA, Crawford T. Outcomes of patients with definite and suspected isolated cardiac sarcoidosis treated with an implantable cardiac defibrillator. Journal Of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2015, 43: 55-64. PMID: 25676929, DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-9978-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac magnetic resonanceImplantable cardiac defibrillatorPositron emission tomographyAppropriate ICD therapyAnti-tachycardia pacingICD therapyCardiac defibrillatorLeft ventricular ejection fractionAppropriate ICD interventionsSecondary prevention indicationTrue natural historyOutcomes of patientsMulticenter retrospective reviewVentricular ejection fractionEnhanced cardiac CTExtracardiac sarcoidosisICD interventionsCardiac sarcoidosisPrevention indicationConsecutive patientsEjection fractionHeart transplantRetrospective reviewSarcoidosis patientsVentricular arrhythmias
2005
Ejection fraction is a poor predictor of recurrent arrhythmia in patients receiving ICDs for primary prophylaxis
Mahoney T, Clancy J, McPherson C, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W, Lampert R. Ejection fraction is a poor predictor of recurrent arrhythmia in patients receiving ICDs for primary prophylaxis. Heart Rhythm 2005, 2: s244-s245. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.02.765.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Determinants of the hemodynamic consequence to sustained ventricular arrhythmias after a single myocardial infarction
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W. Determinants of the hemodynamic consequence to sustained ventricular arrhythmias after a single myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 1992, 124: 1484-1491. PMID: 1462903, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90061-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportion of patientsSustained ventricular tachycardiaStable sustained ventricular tachycardiaSustained ventricular arrhythmiasMyocardial infarctionCardiac arrestSingle myocardial infarctionVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachycardiaHemodynamic consequencesCA groupGlobal left ventricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCongestive heart failureVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseasePrevious myocardial infarctionAnterior wall infarctionBundle branch blockInferior wall infarctionArrhythmic cardiac arrestArtery diseaseEjection fractionHeart failureElectrophysiologic studyAntiarrhythmic drug exacerbation of ventricular tachycardia inducibility during electrophysiologic study
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W. Antiarrhythmic drug exacerbation of ventricular tachycardia inducibility during electrophysiologic study. American Heart Journal 1992, 123: 926-933. PMID: 1550002, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90698-u.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTest-negative groupInducible ventricular tachycardiaTest positive groupVentricular tachycardiaElectrophysiologic studyVentricular arrhythmiasClinical characteristicsSignificant organic heart diseaseInducible sustained ventricular tachycardiaDrug-induced exacerbationGroups' clinical characteristicsInducible ventricular arrhythmiasDrug testsVentricular ejection fractionVentricular tachycardia inductionOrganic heart diseaseSustained ventricular tachycardiaBundle branch blockDrug-free stateVentricular tachycardia inducibilityTachycardia inductionAntiarrhythmic therapyInducible arrhythmiasEjection fractionVentricular aneurysm
1989
Rapid self-terminating ventricular tachycardia induced during electrophysiologic study: A prospective evaluation
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Batsford W. Rapid self-terminating ventricular tachycardia induced during electrophysiologic study: A prospective evaluation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1989, 13: 385-390. PMID: 2913116, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(89)90516-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup B patientsSelf-terminating ventricular tachycardiaGroup A patientsB patientsGroup C patientsVentricular tachycardiaA patientsC patientsElectrophysiologic studyGroup ALeft ventricular ejection fractionClinical ventricular arrhythmiasVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseStructural heart diseaseSustained ventricular tachycardiaInduced ventricular tachycardiaClinical characteristicsArtery diseaseEjection fractionVentricular arrhythmiasPatient groupProspective evaluationElectrophysiologic characteristicsHeart disease