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Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events by Moss, Arthur J, Hall, W. Jackson, Cannom, David S, Klein, Helmut, Brown, Mary W, Daubert, James P, Estes, N.A. Mark, Foster, Elyse, Greenberg, Henry, Higgins, Steven L, Pfeffer, Marc A, Solomon, Scott D, Wilber, David, Zareba, Wojciech

“…Cardiac-resynchronization therapy is recommended for patients with advanced, symptomatic heart failure. This clinical trial found benefit in asymptomatic…”
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Biventricular pacing diminishes the need for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy by Higgins, Steven L, Yong, Patrick, Scheck, Donald, McDaniel, Martin, Bollinger, Florence, Vadecha, Mona, Desai, Shoma, Meyer, David B

“…OBJECTIVES We sought to test the postulate that biventricular pacing diminishes the need for appropriate tachycardia therapy. We reviewed the frequency of…”
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Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT): Design and Clinical Protocol by Moss, Arthur J., Brown, Mary W., Cannom, David S., Daubert, James P., Estes, Mark, Foster, Elyse, Greenberg, Henry M., Hall, W. Jackson, Higgins, Steven L., Klein, Helmut, Pfeffer, Mark, Wilber, David, Zareba, Wojciech

“…The planned MADIT‐CRT trial is designed to determine if CRT‐D will reduce the risk of mortality and HF events by approximately 25% in subjects with ischemic…”
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Assessing the Risks Associated with MRI in Patients with a Pacemaker or Defibrillator by Russo, Robert J, Costa, Heather S, Silva, Patricia D, Anderson, Jeffrey L, Arshad, Aysha, Biederman, Robert W.W, Boyle, Noel G, Frabizzio, Jennifer V, Birgersdotter-Green, Ulrika, Higgins, Steven L, Lampert, Rachel, Machado, Christian E, Martin, Edward T, Rivard, Andrew L, Rubenstein, Jason C, Schaerf, Raymond H.M, Schwartz, Jennifer D, Shah, Dipan J, Tomassoni, Gery F, Tominaga, Gail T, Tonkin, Allison E, Uretsky, Seth, Wolff, Steven D

“…A total of 1500 nonthoracic MRI examinations were performed on patients with a non–MRI-conditional pacemaker or ICD, after programming of the devices in…”
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Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in MADIT II: frequency, mechanisms, predictors, and survival impact by Daubert, James P, Zareba, Wojciech, Cannom, David S, McNitt, Scott, Rosero, Spencer Z, Wang, Paul, Schuger, Claudio, Steinberg, Jonathan S, Higgins, Steven L, Wilber, David J, Klein, Helmut, Andrews, Mark L, Hall, W Jackson, Moss, Arthur J

“…This study sought to identify the incidence and outcome related to inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks, that is, those for…”
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Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks in MADIT II by Daubert, James P., MD, Zareba, Wojciech, MD, PhD, Cannom, David S., MD, McNitt, Scott, MS, Rosero, Spencer Z., MD, Wang, Paul, MD, Schuger, Claudio, MD, Steinberg, Jonathan S., MD, Higgins, Steven L., MD, Wilber, David J., MD, Klein, Helmut, MD, Andrews, Mark L., BBA, Hall, W. Jackson, PhD, Moss, Arthur J., MD

“…Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks in MADIT II: Frequency, Mechanisms, Predictors, and Survival Impact James P. Daubert, Wojciech…”
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Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction by Moss, Arthur J, Zareba, Wojciech, Hall, W. Jackson, Klein, Helmut, Wilber, David J, Cannom, David S, Daubert, James P, Higgins, Steven L, Brown, Mary W, Andrews, Mark L

“…Patients who have had a myocardial infarction resulting in a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction are at risk for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden…”
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A novel patch for heart rhythm monitoring: is the Holter monitor obsolete? by Higgins, Steven L

“…A number of substantial improvements to the 60-year-old concept of the Holter monitor have recently been developed. One promising advance is the Zio(®) Patch…”
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy for the treatment of heart failure in patients with intraventricular conduction delay and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias by Higgins, Steven L, Hummel, John D, Niazi, Imran K, Giudici, Michael C, Worley, Seth J, Saxon, Leslie A, Boehmer, John P, Higginbotham, Michael B, De Marco, Teresa, Foster, Elyse, Yong, Patrick G

“…This study was conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) when combined with an implantable cardioverter…”
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Improved Survival with an Implanted Defibrillator in Patients with Coronary Disease at High Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmia by Moss, Arthur J, Hall, W. Jackson, Cannom, David S, Daubert, James P, Higgins, Steven L, Klein, Helmut, Levine, Joseph H, Saksena, Sanjeev, Waldo, Albert L, Wilber, David, Brown, Mary W, Heo, Moonseong

“…Unsustained ventricular tachycardia in patients who have had a previous myocardial infarction and have left ventricular dysfunction has been associated with a…”
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The Dark Side of the New Era by HIGGINS, STEVEN L.

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Impact of the multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial on implantable cardioverter defibrillator indication trends by Higgins, Steven L

“…Since publication of the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT) in 1996, indications for implantation of implantable cardioverter…”
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Adjudication of mortality events in a heart failure–arrhythmia trial by a multiparameter descriptive method: Comparison with methods used in heart failure trials and methods used in arrhythmia trials by Boehmer, John P., Carlson, Mark D., De Marco, Teresa, Jaski, Brian E., Higgins, Steven L., Kennergren, Charles, Epstein, Andrew E.

“…Introduction Mortality events in studies of cardiovascular disease are currently adjudicated using different methodologies depending on the investigators’…”
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Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators by Higgins, Steven L.

“…Since its first human application in 1980, the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has undergone remarkable advances leading to expanded…”
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Efficacy of lower-energy biphasic shocks for transthoracic defibrillation:: A follow-up clinical study by Higgins, Steven L, O'Grady, Sharon G, Banville, Isabelle, Chapman, Fred W, Schmitt, Paul W, Lank, Paula, Walker, Robert G, Ilina, Marina

“…This clinical study prospectively evaluated the first-shock defibrillation efficacy of 150-joule impedance-compensated, 200-μF biphasic truncated exponential…”
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The Low Energy Safety Study (LESS): Rationale, design, patient characteristics, and device utilization by Mann, David E., Klein, Richard C., Higgins, Steven L., Freedman, Roger A., Hahn, Stephen J., Huang, Zak Z.

“…Background A 10-J energy safety margin has traditionally been used in programing implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). The Low Energy Safety Study…”
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Stability: an ICD detection criterion for discriminating atrial fibrillation from ventricular tachycardia by Higgins, S L, Lee, R S, Kramer, R L

“…The purpose of this study was to review a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) detection criterion, stability, to determine if it can effectively…”
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Biventricular ICD Placement Percutaneously Via the Iliac Vein: Case Reports and a Review by Higgins, Steven

“…Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been demonstrated to improve symptoms of heart failure. As a result, it has become the standard of care in selected…”
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Noninvasive Assessment of the Biventricular Pacing System by Steinberg, Jonathan S., Maniar, Parimal B., Higgins, Steven L., Whiting, Sherie L., Meyer, David B., Dubner, Sergio, Shah, Abrar H., Huang, David T., Saxon, Leslie A.

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Which device should “MADIT Protocol” patients receive? by Higgins, Steven L., Klein, Helmut, Nisam, Seah

“…An era of prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy has been ushered in by the remarkable superiority demonstrated by ICD therapy vs…”
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