2019
Ideal cardiovascular health and resting heart rate in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Osibogun O, Ogunmoroti O, Spatz ES, Fashanu OE, Michos ED. Ideal cardiovascular health and resting heart rate in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Preventive Medicine 2019, 130: 105890. PMID: 31715219, PMCID: PMC6930349, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdeal cardiovascular healthFavorable cardiovascular healthOptimal cardiovascular healthSimple 7 (LS7) metricsCardiovascular healthRace/ethnicityMulti-Ethnic StudyElevated RHRHeart rateLife's Simple 7 (LS7) metricsIncreased cardiovascular disease riskAtrioventricular nodal blockersCardiovascular disease riskCross-sectional analysisClinical CVDLS7 metricsCVH scoreHigher RHRAtherosclerosis participantsMean ageRisk factorsOdds ratioStratified analysisLower oddsMultinomial logistic regression
2010
Just How Stable Are Escape Rhythms after Atrioventricular Junction Ablation?
ARORA R, SPATZ E, VIJAYARAMAN P, ROSENGARTEN M, GROSS J, KIM S, FISHER J, FERRICK K. Just How Stable Are Escape Rhythms after Atrioventricular Junction Ablation? Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 2010, 33: 939-944. PMID: 20487338, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02756.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAV node ablationEscape rhythmPacemaker implantationPacemaker dependencyStable escape rhythmAtrioventricular node ablationPercentage of patientsTime pointsAtrioventricular junction ablationMode of therapyNumber of patientsSerial time pointsSerial time intervalsBaseline demographicsJunction ablationComorbid conditionsAtrial fibrillationPermanent pacemakerPacemaker interrogationPossible sequelaeRisk factorsPatientsPacemaker failurePotential predictorsSignificant predictors