2016
Technician‐Supported Remote Interrogation of CIEDs: Initial Use in US Emergency Departments and Perioperative Areas
Ahmed I, Patel AS, Balgaard TJ, Rosenfeld LE. Technician‐Supported Remote Interrogation of CIEDs: Initial Use in US Emergency Departments and Perioperative Areas. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 2016, 39: 275-281. PMID: 26647906, DOI: 10.1111/pace.12798.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Outcomes of patients with definite and suspected isolated cardiac sarcoidosis treated with an implantable cardiac defibrillator
Kron J, Sauer W, Mueller G, Schuller J, Bogun F, Sarsam S, Rosenfeld L, Mitiku TY, Cooper JM, Mehta D, Greenspon AJ, Ortman M, Delurgio DB, Valadri R, Narasimhan C, Swapna N, Singh JP, Danik S, Markowitz SM, Almquist AK, Krahn AD, Wolfe LG, Feinstein S, Ellenbogen KA, Crawford T. Outcomes of patients with definite and suspected isolated cardiac sarcoidosis treated with an implantable cardiac defibrillator. Journal Of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2015, 43: 55-64. PMID: 25676929, DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-9978-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac magnetic resonanceImplantable cardiac defibrillatorPositron emission tomographyAppropriate ICD therapyAnti-tachycardia pacingICD therapyCardiac defibrillatorLeft ventricular ejection fractionAppropriate ICD interventionsSecondary prevention indicationTrue natural historyOutcomes of patientsMulticenter retrospective reviewVentricular ejection fractionEnhanced cardiac CTExtracardiac sarcoidosisICD interventionsCardiac sarcoidosisPrevention indicationConsecutive patientsEjection fractionHeart transplantRetrospective reviewSarcoidosis patientsVentricular arrhythmias
2004
The Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study Approaches to control rate in atrial fibrillation
Olshansky B, Rosenfeld LE, Warner AL, Solomon AJ, O'Neill G, Sharma A, Platia E, Feld GK, Akiyama T, Brodsky MA, Greene HL, Investigators A. The Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study Approaches to control rate in atrial fibrillation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2004, 43: 1201-1208. PMID: 15063430, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.11.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAtrial FibrillationCalcium Channel BlockersCatheter AblationDigoxinDrug Therapy, CombinationElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart RateHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPacemaker, ArtificialStroke VolumeTreatment OutcomeConceptsCalcium channel blockersAtrial Fibrillation FollowAtrial fibrillationChannel blockersAFFIRM studyDrug classesFirst drugAdequate rate controlFirst drug classFrequent medication changesRhythm Management (AFFIRM) studyMajority of patientsBeta-adrenergic blockersRate control drugsElectrocardiographic resultsMedication changesWalk testInitial treatmentClinical variablesEfficacy criteriaDrug combinationsHeart rateEffective drugsPatientsMultivariate analysis
1998
Inappropriate Sensing of Atrial Stimuli in Patients with Third‐Generation Defibrillators and DDD Pacemakers
LAMPERT R, McPHERSON C, LEWIS R, BATSFORD W, ROSENFELD L. Inappropriate Sensing of Atrial Stimuli in Patients with Third‐Generation Defibrillators and DDD Pacemakers. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 1998, 21: 1225-1229. PMID: 9633064, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00181.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial stimulusAtrial sensingVDD modeDDD pacemakerActive fixation leadsThird generation defibrillatorTV-ICDHeart blockInappropriate therapyTransvenous ICDVentricular stimuliIntraoperative testingPatientsAtrial locationCurrent ICDICDAtrial positionICD sensingPacemakerStimuliTherapyVVIDefibrillator
1996
Initial Single‐Center Experience with an Advanced Third‐Generation Investigational Defibrillator
LAMPERT R, ROSENFELD L, McPHERSON C, LEWIS R, VANZETTA A, BATSFORD W. Initial Single‐Center Experience with an Advanced Third‐Generation Investigational Defibrillator. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 1996, 19: 2072-2082. PMID: 8994946, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03281.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorDefibrillation thresholdInitial single-center experienceYale-New Haven HospitalShocking electrodesSingle-center experienceLow-energy biphasic shocksBiphasic defibrillation thresholdLower defibrillation thresholdInappropriate therapyVentricular arrhythmiasVT zoneNonthoracotomy implantationCardioverter defibrillatorEffective treatmentVF zoneAV dissociationTransvenous systemsPatientsAvailable electrogramsNoninvasive electrophysiologyRR intervalsEPS resultsTherapyBiphasic shocks
1993
Gender independence of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in predicting perioperative cardiac risk
Fleisher L, Rosenbaum S, Nelson A, Rosenfeld L. Gender independence of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in predicting perioperative cardiac risk. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1993, 71: 241-242. PMID: 8421990, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90745-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringCardiac riskElectrocardiographic monitoringMyocardial ischemiaMorbid cardiac eventsPerioperative cardiac morbidityPerioperative cardiac riskPostoperative myocardial ischemiaHigh-risk patientsCoronary artery diseaseCardiac morbidityNoncardiac surgerySilent ischemiaArtery diseaseCardiac eventsECG changesAmbulatory monitoringMale populationIschemiaWomenStrongest predictorRiskMorbidityPatientsSurgery
1992
Determinants of the hemodynamic consequence to sustained ventricular arrhythmias after a single myocardial infarction
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W. Determinants of the hemodynamic consequence to sustained ventricular arrhythmias after a single myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 1992, 124: 1484-1491. PMID: 1462903, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90061-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProportion of patientsSustained ventricular tachycardiaStable sustained ventricular tachycardiaSustained ventricular arrhythmiasMyocardial infarctionCardiac arrestSingle myocardial infarctionVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachycardiaHemodynamic consequencesCA groupGlobal left ventricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCongestive heart failureVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseasePrevious myocardial infarctionAnterior wall infarctionBundle branch blockInferior wall infarctionArrhythmic cardiac arrestArtery diseaseEjection fractionHeart failureElectrophysiologic studyStrategies in the Surgical Treatment of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias An 8-year Experience
GEHA A, ELEFTERIADES J, HSU J, BIBLO L, HOCH D, BATSFORD W, ROSENFELD L, CARLSON M, JOHNSON N, WALDO A. Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias An 8-year Experience. Annals Of Surgery 1992, 216: 309-317. PMID: 1417180, PMCID: PMC1242614, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199209000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorSubendocardial resectionVentricular tachycardiaSurgical treatmentLV aneurysmSudden deathThirty-day mortality rateSevere LV dysfunctionCongestive heart failureRecurrent ventricular tachycardiaSignificant myocardial ischemiaLong-term survivorsMalignant ventricular arrhythmiasMalignant ventricular tachyarrhythmiasCent of survivorsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorLong-term survivalActuarial survivalAntiarrhythmic medicationsLate deathsComparable patientsLV dysfunctionConsecutive patientsHeart failureVentricular arrhythmias
1991
Comparison of clinical and electrophysiologic features of preexcitation syndromes in patients presenting initially after age 50 years with those presenting at younger ages
Rosenfeld L, Van Zetta A, Batsford W. Comparison of clinical and electrophysiologic features of preexcitation syndromes in patients presenting initially after age 50 years with those presenting at younger ages. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1991, 67: 709-712. PMID: 2006621, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(91)90526-q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup 2 patientsGroup 1 patientsPreexcitation syndromeAtrial fibrillation/flutterAge 50 yearsChronic cardiac diseaseWide complex tachycardiaLate adulthoodInitial arrhythmiaElectrocardiographic evidenceOlder patientsElectrophysiologic featuresElectrophysiologic studyAtrial arrhythmiasQRS intervalSurgical diseaseOrthodromic tachycardiaCardiac diseaseGroup 1PatientsNormal rangeComplex tachycardiaYounger ageElectrocardiographic identificationPrenatal period
1990
Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Elefteriades J, Biblo L, Batsford W, Rosenfeld L, Henthorn R, Carlson M, Waldo A, Hsu J, Geha A. Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1990, 49: 94-100. PMID: 2297279, DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90362-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorResection groupThirty-day mortalityCoronary artery bypassMalignant ventricular tachyarrhythmiasIntractable ventricular arrhythmiasImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorAICD placementArtery bypassSurgical treatmentEndocardial resectionVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachyarrhythmiasAntiarrhythmic agentsSudden deathCardioverter defibrillatorResectionMortality figuresPatientsEffective interventionsGreatest overall benefitSurvivalGroupOverall benefitValuable alternative
1989
Potentially fatal interaction between erythromycin and disopyramide
Ragosta M, Weihl A, Rosenfeld L. Potentially fatal interaction between erythromycin and disopyramide. The American Journal Of Medicine 1989, 86: 465-466. PMID: 2467560, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(89)90346-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRapid self-terminating ventricular tachycardia induced during electrophysiologic study: A prospective evaluation
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Batsford W. Rapid self-terminating ventricular tachycardia induced during electrophysiologic study: A prospective evaluation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1989, 13: 385-390. PMID: 2913116, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(89)90516-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup B patientsSelf-terminating ventricular tachycardiaGroup A patientsB patientsGroup C patientsVentricular tachycardiaA patientsC patientsElectrophysiologic studyGroup ALeft ventricular ejection fractionClinical ventricular arrhythmiasVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseStructural heart diseaseSustained ventricular tachycardiaInduced ventricular tachycardiaClinical characteristicsArtery diseaseEjection fractionVentricular arrhythmiasPatient groupProspective evaluationElectrophysiologic characteristicsHeart disease
1988
Electrophysiologic effects of thrombolytic therapy in patients with a transmural anterior myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular aneurysm formation
Sager P, Perlmutter R, Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Wackers F, Batsford W. Electrophysiologic effects of thrombolytic therapy in patients with a transmural anterior myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular aneurysm formation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1988, 12: 19-24. PMID: 3379204, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90350-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup B patientsLeft ventricular aneurysm formationTransmural anterior myocardial infarctionGroup A patientsVentricular aneurysm formationAnterior myocardial infarctionThrombolytic therapyB patientsVentricular tachycardiaA patientsVentricular arrhythmiasMyocardial infarctionAneurysm formationNew bundle branch blockPeak creatine kinase-MB levelsLeft ventricular ejection fractionCreatine kinase-MB levelsClinical arrhythmic eventsEarly thrombolytic therapyCongestive heart failureVentricular ejection fractionSustained ventricular tachycardiaInduced ventricular arrhythmiasBundle branch blockPostmyocardial infarction patients
1987
Dissociation of electrophysiologic and pharmacologic stability during an abbreviated oral loading regimen of amiodarone
Rosenfeld L, Kennedy E, Perlmutter R, Bookbinder M, McPherson C, Batsford W. Dissociation of electrophysiologic and pharmacologic stability during an abbreviated oral loading regimen of amiodarone. American Heart Journal 1987, 114: 1367-1374. PMID: 3687689, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(87)90538-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular tachycardiaMicrograms/Sinus node recovery timeCycle lengthLoading regimenEarly outpatient managementOral loading regimenSinus cycle lengthSinoatrial conduction timeWenckebach cycle lengthVentricular refractory periodsDesethylamiodarone levelsElectrophysiologic testingHV intervalOutpatient managementElectrophysiologic studySerum levelsInpatient therapyElectrophysiologic changesTreatment periodConduction timeHigh-pressure liquid chromatographyRefractory periodDosing phaseRegimen
1986
Ventricular tachycardia induction: Comparison of triple extrastimuli with an abrupt change in ventricular drive cycle length
Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Kennedy E, Stark S, Batsford W. Ventricular tachycardia induction: Comparison of triple extrastimuli with an abrupt change in ventricular drive cycle length. American Heart Journal 1986, 111: 868-874. PMID: 3706105, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90635-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricular apexDouble extrastimuliTriple extrastimuliVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachycardiaVentricular apexCycle lengthSerial drug testingGroup III patientsDrive cycle lengthSustained ventricular tachycardiaIndwelling catheterIII patientsClinical arrhythmiaLow suspicionStimulation protocolTachycardiaExtrastimuliPatientsGroup IArrhythmiasDrug testingCatheterFibrillationSuspicionMechanisms and relevance of arrhythmias induced by high-current programmed ventricular stimulation
Kennedy E, Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Stark S, Batsford W. Mechanisms and relevance of arrhythmias induced by high-current programmed ventricular stimulation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1986, 57: 598-603. PMID: 3953446, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90842-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSustained ventricular tachycardiaVentricular fibrillationTriple extrastimuliVentricular stimulationVentricular tachycardiaDiastolic thresholdConduction timeCoupling intervalExtrastimulus coupling intervalLocal conduction timeIntraventricular conduction timeVentricular refractory periodsUncertain clinical significanceVentricular refractorinessSustained arrhythmiaClinical significanceRefractory periodStimulation modalitiesExtrastimuliStimulationTachycardiaPatientsArrhythmogenicityArrhythmiasGreater increment
1985
Evaluation by serial electrophysiologic studies of an abbreviated oral loading regimen of amiodarone
Kennedy E, Rosenfeld L, McPherson C, Batsford W. Evaluation by serial electrophysiologic studies of an abbreviated oral loading regimen of amiodarone. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1985, 56: 867-871. PMID: 3904386, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(85)90772-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular tachycardia cycle lengthOral loading regimenTachycardia cycle lengthVentricular refractory periodsVentricular tachycardia inducibilityTachycardia inducibilityAV nodal Wenckebach cycle lengthCycle lengthRefractory periodLoading regimenSerial electrophysiologic testingMonths of therapyWeeks of therapyLow maintenance doseSerial electrophysiologic studiesWenckebach cycle lengthMinority of casesMaintenance therapyOral amiodaroneElectrophysiologic testingMaintenance doseMaintenance regimensHV intervalElectrophysiologic studyAH intervalDay-to-day reproducibility of responses to right ventricular programmed electrical stimulation: Implications for serial drug testing
McPherson C, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W. Day-to-day reproducibility of responses to right ventricular programmed electrical stimulation: Implications for serial drug testing. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1985, 55: 689-695. PMID: 3976510, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(85)90138-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular tachycardiaVT inductionElectrical stimulationInduction of VTAntiarrhythmic drug therapySerial drug testingSecond control studySuch patientsPatient groupDrug therapyDay reproducibilityPatientsMore PEControl studyElectrical stimuliDrug testingStimulation modeBaseline stateStimulationTherapyInductionDaysFirst studyResponseTachycardia