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
Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device
Enriquez AD, Calenda B, Gandhi PU, Nair AP, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP. Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 64: 1883-1890. PMID: 25444141, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxysmal atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationHF hospitalizationThromboembolic eventsVentricular assist deviceHeartMate IIHMII LVADAssist deviceImpact of AFCox proportional hazards regressionEffect of AFKaplan-Meier survival analysisHigh INR levelsHeart failure hospitalizationMajor bleeding eventsPersistent atrial fibrillationProportional hazards regressionBleeding eventsHMII implantationINR levelsFailure hospitalizationPatient yearsComposite endpointIndependent predictorsClinical outcomes