2023
Variation in hospital use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator among eligible patients and association with clinical outcomes
Chui P, Lan Z, Freeman J, Enriquez A, Khera R, Akar J, Masoudi F, Ong E, Curtis J. Variation in hospital use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator among eligible patients and association with clinical outcomes. Heart Rhythm 2023, 20: 1000-1008. PMID: 36963741, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEligible patientsICD RegistryCardiac resynchronizationNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryCRT-D implantationCRT-D useHospital-level outcomesStrong guideline recommendationsHospital-level variationPatient-level outcomesIntraclass correlation coefficientQuality improvement effortsHospital mortalityGuideline indicationsReadmission ratesSelect patientsClinical outcomesGuideline recommendationsHospital variationHospital ratesUse of CRTHospital levelHospital usePatientsCase mix
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 outcomesBetter outcome of ablation for sustained outflow-tract ventricular tachycardia when tachycardia is inducible
Choi EK, Kumar S, Nagashima K, Lin KY, Barbhaiya CR, Chinitz JS, Enriquez AD, Helmbold AF, Baldinger SH, Tedrow UB, Koplan BA, Michaud GF, John RM, Epstein LM, Stevenson WG. Better outcome of ablation for sustained outflow-tract ventricular tachycardia when tachycardia is inducible. EP Europace 2015, 17: 1571-1579. PMID: 25840288, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPremature ventricular contractionsOvert structural heart diseaseOutflow tract ventricular tachycardiaMultiple VT morphologiesInducible ventricular tachycardiaStructural heart diseaseSustained ventricular tachycardiaVentricular tachycardiaInducible groupHeart diseaseVT morphologiesBetter outcomesInducibility of VTSpontaneous sustained ventricular tachycardiaCatheter ablationOutflow tract regionAblation outcomesMM groupVentricular contractionsGreat vesselsPatientsSM groupTachycardiaPVC morphologyOutcomes
2014
THE CLINICAL IMPACT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Enriquez A, Calenda B, Gandhi P, Nair A, Anyanwu A, Pinney S. THE CLINICAL IMPACT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 63: a888. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(14)60888-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
The Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Enriquez AD, Calenda B, Miller MA, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP. The Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2013, 6: 668-674. PMID: 23873139, DOI: 10.1161/circep.113.000457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedArrhythmias, CardiacChi-Square DistributionDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleHeart FailureHeart TransplantationHeart-Assist DevicesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNew York CityProportional Hazards ModelsProsthesis DesignRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVentricular Function, LeftWaiting ListsYoung AdultConceptsVentricular arrhythmiasActive ICDPost-LVAD ventricular arrhythmiasVentricular assist device supportAssist device supportContinuous-flow LVADHeartMate II LVADEnd of studyImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorVentricular assist deviceAppropriate shocksConsecutive patientsImproved survivalIschemic cardiomyopathySingle centerWorse prognosisMedian lengthMean agePatient populationCardioverter defibrillatorPatientsDevice supportAssist deviceICDLVAD