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The DAVID (Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator) II Trial by Wilkoff, Bruce L., MD, FACC, Kudenchuk, Peter J., MD, FACC, Buxton, Alfred E., MD, FACC, Sharma, Arjun, MD, Cook, James R., MD, FACC, Bhandari, Anil K., MD, FACC, Biehl, Michael, MD, FACC, Tomassoni, Gery, MD, Leonen, Anna, MS, Klevan, Linette R., RN, Hallstrom, Alfred P., PhD

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine whether atrial pacing is a safe alternative to minimal (backup-only) ventricular pacing in defibrillator…”
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Analysis of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Trial by KLEIN, RICHARD C., RAITT, MERRITT H., WILKOFF, BRUCE L., BECKMAN, KAREN J., COROMILAS, JAMES, WYSE, D. GEORGE, FRIEDMAN, PETER L., MARTINS, JAMES B., EPSTEIN, ANDREW E., HALLSTROM, ALFRED P., LEDINGHAM, ROBERT B., BELCO, KAREN M., GREENE, H. LEON

“…Introduction: The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is commonly used to treat patients with documented sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or…”
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Predicting survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a graphic model by Larsen, M P, Eisenberg, M S, Cummins, R O, Hallstrom, A P

“…To develop a graphic model that describes survival from sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest as a function of time intervals to critical prehospital…”
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Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias due to transient or correctable causes: high risk for death in follow-up by Wyse, D.George, Friedman, Peter L, Brodsky, Michael A, Beckman, Karen J, Carlson, Mark D, Curtis, Anne B, Hallstrom, Alfred P, Raitt, Merritt H, Wilkoff, Bruce L, Greene, H.Leon

“…OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the prognosis of patients resuscitated from ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) with a transient or…”
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Dispatcher assisted CPR: implementation and potential benefit. A 12-year study by Hallstrom, Alfred P., Cobb, Leonard A., Johnson, Elise, Copass, Michael K.

“…Objectives: Our objectives are to describe details of the dispatcher assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction program we implemented during a…”
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A modified Wilcoxon test for non-negative distributions with a clump of zeros by Hallstrom, Alfred P.

“…Comparing two samples with a continuous non‐negative score, e.g. a utility score over [0, 1], with a substantial proportion, say 50 per cent, scoring 0…”
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Heart rate, pacing, and outcome in the Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) trials by Kudenchuk, Peter J., MD, FHRS, Hallstrom, Alfred P., PhD, Herre, John M., MD, Wilkoff, Bruce L., MD, FHRS

“…Background Slower heart rates are believed to confer a better prognosis in heart disease. The Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) Trial…”
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American Heart Association Report on the Second Public access Defibrillation Conference, april 17-19,1997 by NICHOL, G, HALLSTROM, A. P, KERBER, R, MOSS, A. J, ORNATO, J. P, PALMER, D, RIEGEL, B, SMITH, S. JR, WEISFELDT, M. L

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Percent right ventricular pacing predicts outcomes in the DAVID trial by Sharma, Arjun D, Rizo-Patron, Carlos, Hallstrom, Alfred P, O'Neill, Gearoid P, Rothbart, Stephen, Martins, James B, Roelke, Marc, Steinberg, Jonathan S, Greene, H Leon

“…The Dual-Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) trial demonstrated a worse outcome in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)…”
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Two simple questions to assess neurologic outcomes at 3 months after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Experience from the Public Access Defibrillation Trial by Longstreth, W.T, Nichol, Graham, Van Ottingham, Lois, Hallstrom, Alfred P

“…Abstract Background Two simple questions have been used to classify neurologic outcome in patients with stroke. Could they be similarly applied to patients…”
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Pearls and perils of an implantable defibrillator trial using a common control: implications for the design of future studies by Kudenchuk, Peter J, Hallstrom, Alfred P

“…Implantable defibrillators are considered life-saving therapy in heart failure (CHF) patients. Surprisingly, the recent Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure…”
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Are lipid-lowering drugs also antiarrhythmic drugs?: An analysis of the antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) trial by MITCHELL, L. Brent, POWELL, Judy L, GILLIS, Anne M, KEHL, Victoria, HALLSTROM, Alfred P, ANDERSON, Kelley P

“…This study sought to evaluate the antiarrhythmic effects of lipid-lowering drug therapy as assessed by ventricular tachyarrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia…”
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Amiodarone for Resuscitation after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Ventricular Fibrillation by Kudenchuk, Peter J, Cobb, Leonard A, Copass, Michael K, Cummins, Richard O, Doherty, Alidene M, Fahrenbruch, Carol E, Hallstrom, Alfred P, Murray, William A, Olsufka, Michele, Walsh, Thomas

“…Sudden death from cardiac causes, often due to ventricular fibrillation, claims at least 250,000 persons annually in the United States. 1 , 2 The American…”
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Influence of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Prior to Defibrillation in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation by Cobb, Leonard A, Fahrenbruch, Carol E, Walsh, Thomas R, Copass, Michael K, Olsufka, Michele, Breskin, Maryann, Hallstrom, Alfred P

“…CONTEXT Use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by first arriving emergency medical technicians (EMTs) is advocated to improve the outcome for…”
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Use of the automatic external defibrillator in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Weaver, W D, Hill, D, Fahrenbruch, C E, Copass, M K, Martin, J S, Cobb, L A, Hallstrom, A P

“…The automatic external defibrillator is a simple device that can be used by nonprofessional rescuers to treat cardiac arrest. In 1287 consecutive patients with…”
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Electrical storm presages nonsudden death : The Antiarrhythmics versus implantable Defibrillators (AVID) trial by EXNER, Derek V, PINSKI, Sergio L, WYSE, D. George, RENFROE, Ellen Graham, FOLLMANN, Dean, GOLD, Michael, BECKMAN, Karen J, COROMILAS, James, LANCASTER, Scott, HALLSTROM, Alfred P

“…Electrical storm, multiple temporally related episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF), is a frequent problem among recipients…”
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What is the appropriate outcome for studies of treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? by Hallstrom, Alfred P.

“…A good outcome following out-of-hospital medical care for cardiac arrest is survival to hospital discharge. Because a large number of patients are required to…”
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Relative effectiveness of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with varying degrees of left ventricular dysfunction who have survived malignant ventricular arrhythmias by Domanski, Michael J, Sakseena, Sanjeev, Epstein, Andrew E, Hallstrom, Alfred P, Brodsky, Michael A, Kim, Soo, Lancaster, Scott, Schron, Eleanor

“…OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the effect of baseline ejection fraction on survival difference between patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias…”
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Prehospital-Initiated vs Hospital-Initiated Thrombolytic Therapy: The Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Trial by Weaver, W. Douglas, Cerqueira, Manuel, Hallstrom, Alfred P, Litwin, Paul E, Martin, Jenny S, Kudenchuk, Peter J, Eisenberg, Mickey

“…Objective.—To determine the effect of prehospital-initiated vs hospital-initiated treatment of myocardial infarction on clinical outcome.Design.—Randomized,…”
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Effect of Pacing for Soft Indications on Mortality and Heart Failure in the Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) Trial by KUTALEK, STEVEN P., SHARMA, ARJUN D., McWILLIAMS, MICHAEL J., WILKOFF, BRUCE L., LEONEN, ANNA, HALLSTROM, ALFRED P., KUDENCHUK, PETER J.

“…Background: The dual chamber and VVI implantable defibrillator (DAVID) trial demonstrated that dual chamber (DDDR) pacing in defibrillator candidates with…”
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