Objectives. We sought to determine the yield of in-hospital monitoring for detection of significant
arrhythmia complications in patients starting sotalol therapy for atrial arrhythmias and to …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are increasingly being implanted without the
need for thoracotomy. Long‐term lead performance and stability were evaluated in 150 …

Of 125 patients prepared to receive Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) with the
patch-patch configuration of the defibrillating electrodes, 23 (18%) had high (≥ 25 joules) …

BACKGROUND Nonthoracotomy-implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) systems may
represent a significant advance in the treatment of patients with life-threatening ventricular …

Standard implantation procedure for the implantable Cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has
traditionary required a thoracotomy approach. A newly revised nonthoracotomy defibrillator lead …

Since their introduction into clinical practice by Mirowski^ just 10 years ago, implantable
cardioverter defibrillators have assumed a progressively more important role in the …

The Use of Beepâ•’Oâ•’Grams in the Assessment of Automatic Implantahle Cardioverter
Defibrillator Sensing Function Page 1 The Use of Beep-0-Grams in the Assessment of Automatic …

The long‐term performance of epimyocardiaJ pacing leads in children is well established,
but few studies have analyzed the performance in adults. This issue has clinical relevance in …

Concerns about the safety and efficacy of class IC antiarrhythmic agents have arisen as a
result of the recent CAST data. We reviewed records of 175 consecutive patients treated with …

Mechanisms responsible for inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) may include an intrinsic
defect in the sinus node, autonomic imbalances, or both. To disclose the existence of …