2004
Home continuous positive inotropic infusion as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in patients with end-stage heart failure
Upadya S, Lee FA, Saldarriaga C, Verma S, Sedrakyan A, Nystrom K, Katz SD. Home continuous positive inotropic infusion as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in patients with end-stage heart failure. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2004, 23: 466-472. PMID: 15063407, DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(03)00203-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive inotropic therapyInotropic therapyCardiac transplantationFunctional capacityDecreased health care costsEnd-stage heart failureImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator dischargeHome therapy patientsStatus 1B patientsInitiation of therapyStable clinical statusNumber of hospitalizationsPre-treatment baselineImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorHealth care costsActuarial survivalInotropic treatmentRenal functionConsecutive patientsHeart failureClinical statusHemodynamic monitoringHome infusionInotropic infusionUnited Network
1994
Circadian variation of sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Lampert R, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W, Lee F, McPherson C. Circadian variation of sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Circulation 1994, 90: 241-247. PMID: 8026004, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.90.1.241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseSustained ventricular tachycardiaVentricular tachycardiaArtery diseaseCircadian variationVT occurrenceSudden deathMechanism of VTLife-threatening ventricular tachycardiaEpisodes of VTAmbulatory ECG monitoringConsecutive patientsEjection fractionDrug therapyIndividual patientsEpidemiological dataPatientsTachycardiaECG monitoringCircadian patternDiseaseArrhythmiasDeathInfrequent eventEpisodes