Most people do not survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and those who do may have
substantial long-term cognitive and motor impairment. ICDs may avert such events. This …

AF in Congestive Heart Failure. Atrial fibrillation (AF) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are
two increasingly common cardiac disorders with a growing prevalence in the overall …

Background—Atrial fibrillation (AF) at times recurs immediately after termination of the
arrhythmia. The mechanism (s) responsible for the extrasystole that reinduces AF is largely …

Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and often involves
reentrant electrical activation (eg spiral waves). Drug therapy for AF can have serious side …

The authors hypothesized that frequency domain analysis of an interatrial atrial fibrillation
(AF) electrogram would show a correlation of the variance of the signal and the amplitude of …

Cardiac troponin T, measured by second-generation assay, is a highly sensitive and specific
marker of minor myocardial damage. Cardiac troponin T was elevated in patients with …

Early (EAD) and delayed (DAD) afterdepolarizations‐induced triggered activity is capable of
initiating and maintaining cardiac arrhythmias. EAD‐induced triggered responses are …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have evolved from the treatment of last resort to
the gold standard therapy for patients at high risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias. High-risk …

Background—To distinguish prolonged episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF) that require
cardioversion from self-terminating episodes that do not, an atrial implantable cardioverter …

Because of suboptimal therapeutic strategies, restoration of sinus rhythm in symptomatic
atrial fibrillation (AF) often requires in-hospital delivery of high-voltage shocks, thereby …