2015
Impact of general anesthesia on initiation and stability of VT during catheter ablation
Nof E, Reichlin T, Enriquez AD, Ng J, Nagashima K, Tokuda M, Barbhaiya C, John RM, Michaud GF, Tedrow U, Gross W, Stevenson WG. Impact of general anesthesia on initiation and stability of VT during catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2015, 12: 2213-2220. PMID: 26072026, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.06.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnesthesia, GeneralBody Surface Potential MappingBostonCatheter AblationCohort StudiesConscious SedationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospitals, UniversityHumansIsraelMalePostoperative ComplicationsRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics, NonparametricSwitzerlandTachycardia, VentricularTreatment OutcomeConceptsClinical ventricular tachycardiaGeneral anesthesiaInducible ventricular tachycardiaInduced ventricular tachycardiaVentricular tachycardiaHemodynamic supportVT inducibilityConscious sedationRadiofrequency ablationEffects of GANonclinical ventricular tachycardiaLow ejection fractionMajority of patientsIntravenous conscious sedationEjection fractionNonischemic cardiomyopathyCatheter ablationRetrospective studyVT inductionVT morphologiesProspective groupRetrospective comparisonGA groupPatientsProcedure outcomes
2014
Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Enriquez AD, Goldman ME. Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Annals Of Global Health 2014, 80: 35-45. PMID: 24751563, DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2013.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden cardiac deathHypertrophic cardiomyopathyHeart failureAtrial fibrillationHCM patientsManagement of HCMCommon genetic cardiovascular diseaseUnexplained myocardial hypertrophyAlcohol septal ablationOutflow tract obstructionRhythm control strategyPathophysiology of HCMRisk of thromboembolismMajority of patientsGeneral adult populationGenetic cardiovascular diseaseAutosomal dominant diseaseFamily membersSurgical myectomyRefractory symptomsRestrictive physiologySeptal ablationTract obstructionYounger patientsCardiac death