Search Results - "SKANES, Allan"

Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by Andrade, Jason G, Wells, George A, Deyell, Marc W, Bennett, Matthew, Essebag, Vidal, Champagne, Jean, Roux, Jean-Francois, Yung, Derek, Skanes, Allan, Khaykin, Yaariv, Morillo, Carlos, Jolly, Umjeet, Novak, Paul, Lockwood, Evan, Amit, Guy, Angaran, Paul, Sapp, John, Wardell, Stephan, Lauck, Sandra, Macle, Laurent, Verma, Atul

“…Patients with symptomatic, paroxysmal, untreated atrial fibrillation were randomly assigned to antiarrhythmic drug therapy or cryoablation. At 1 year, there…”
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Focused 2012 Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines: Recommendations for Stroke Prevention and Rate/Rhythm Control by Skanes, Allan C., MD, FRCPC, Healey, Jeff S., MD, MSc, FRCPC, Cairns, John A., MD, FRCPC, Dorian, Paul, MD, FRCPC, Gillis, Anne M., MD, FRCPC, McMurtry, M. Sean, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Mitchell, L. Brent, MD, FRCPC, Verma, Atul, MD, FRCPC, Nattel, Stanley, MD, FRCPC

“…Abstract The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) published the complete set of 2010 Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Guidelines in the January, 2011 issue of the…”
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Modeling and Estimation of Tip Contact Force for Steerable Ablation Catheters by Khoshnam, Mahta, Skanes, Allan C., Patel, Rajni V.

“…Objective: The efficacy of catheter-based cardiac ablation procedures can be significantly improved if real-time information is available concerning contact…”
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Narrow complex tachycardia with alternating atrial activation: What is the mechanism? by Mokhtar, Ahmed T, Klein, George J, Skanes, Allan C

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Can We Anticipate Nonadherence to Anticoagulation? : Elegant Modeling, But No Clear Predictions by Skanes, Allan C., Gula, Lorne J.

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Prevalence and Causes of Fatal Outcome in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation by Cappato, Riccardo, MD, Calkins, Hugh, MD, Chen, Shih-Ann, MD, Davies, Wyn, MD, Iesaka, Yoshito, MD, Kalman, Jonathan, MD, Kim, You-Ho, MD, Klein, George, MD, Natale, Andrea, MD, Packer, Douglas, MD, Skanes, Allan, MD

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic multicenter survey on the incidence and causes of death occurring in the setting of or as a…”
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2016 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation by Macle, Laurent, MD, Cairns, John, MD, Leblanc, Kori, PharmD, Tsang, Teresa, MD, Skanes, Allan, MD, Cox, Jafna L., MD, Healey, Jeff S., MD, Bell, Alan, MD, Pilote, Louise, MD, Andrade, Jason G., MD, Mitchell, L. Brent, MD, Atzema, Clare, MD, Gladstone, David, MD, Sharma, Mike, MD, Verma, Subodh, MD, Connolly, Stuart, MD, Dorian, Paul, MD, Parkash, Ratika, MD, Talajic, Mario, MD, Nattel, Stanley, MD, Verma, Atul, MD

“…Abstract The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Guidelines Committee provides periodic reviews of new data to produce focused…”
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Assessment of left atrial fibrosis progression in canines following rapid ventricular pacing using 3D late gadolinium enhanced CMR images by Farrag, Nadia A, Thornhill, Rebecca E, Prato, Frank S, Skanes, Allan C, Sullivan, Rebecca, Sebben, David, Butler, John, Sykes, Jane, Wilk, Benjamin, Ukwatta, Eranga

“…Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling and often coexists with myocardial fibrosis (MF); however, the…”
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Values and Preferences of Physicians and Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Who Receive Oral Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention by Andrade, Jason G., MD, Krahn, Andrew D., MD, Skanes, Allan C., MD, Purdham, Daniel, PhD, Ciaccia, Antonio, MSc, Connors, Sean, MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background Real-world data on patients' and physicians' values related to the use of oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy for stroke prevention in…”
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Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Octogenarians: An Appeal for a Randomized Clinical Trial by Gula, Lorne J., Khan, Habib R., Skanes, Allan C.

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Updated Worldwide Survey on the Methods, Efficacy, and Safety of Catheter Ablation for Human Atrial Fibrillation by Cappato, Riccardo, Calkins, Hugh, Chen, Shih-Ann, Davies, Wyn, Iesaka, Yoshito, Kalman, Jonathan, Kim, You-Ho, Klein, George, Natale, Andrea, Packer, Douglas, Skanes, Allan, Ambrogi, Federico, Biganzoli, Elia

“…BACKGROUND—The purpose of this study was to provide an updated worldwide report on the methods, efficacy, and safety of catheter ablation of atrial…”
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Insufficient Use of Anticoagulation for Frail Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Still Stuck in the "Early Majority" Phase by Gula, Lorne J., Skanes, Allan C.

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Effect of Left Atrial Wall Thickness on Radiofrequency Ablation Success by INOUE, JIRO, SKANES, ALLAN C., GULA, LORNE J., DRANGOVA, MARIA

“…Effect of LA Wall Thickness on RF Ablation Introduction Radiofrequency (RF) ablation in thicker regions of the left atrium (LA) may require increased ablation…”
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PACES/HRS expert consensus statement on the use of catheter ablation in children and patients with congenital heart disease: Developed in partnership with the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of PACES, HRS, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) by Philip Saul, J, Kanter, Ronald J, Abrams, Dominic, Asirvatham, Sam, Bar-Cohen, Yaniv, Blaufox, Andrew D, Cannon, Bryan, Clark, John, Dick, Macdonald, Freter, Anne, Kertesz, Naomi J, Kirsh, Joel A, Kugler, John, LaPage, Martin, McGowan, Francis X, Miyake, Christina Y, Nathan, Aruna, Papagiannis, John, Paul, Thomas, Pflaumer, Andreas, Skanes, Allan C, Stevenson, William G, Von Bergen, Nicholas, Zimmerman, Frank

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Arrhythmia characterization and long-term outcomes in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia by Sy, Raymond W., MBBS, Gollob, Michael H., MD, Klein, George J., MD, Yee, Raymond, MD, Skanes, Allan C., MD, Gula, Lorne J., MD, Leong-Sit, Peter, MD, Gow, Robert M., MBBS, Green, Martin S., MD, Birnie, David H., MD, Krahn, Andrew D., MD

“…Background Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is characterized by adrenergically induced ventricular tachycardia (VT) associated with…”
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Epigenetic Age and the Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation by Roberts, Jason D., Vittinghoff, Eric, Lu, Ake T., Alonso, Alvaro, Wang, Biqi, Sitlani, Colleen M., Mohammadi-Shemirani, Pedrum, Fornage, Myriam, Kornej, Jelena, Brody, Jennifer A., Arking, Dan E., Lin, Honghuang, Heckbert, Susan R., Prokic, Ivana, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Skanes, Allan C., Bartz, Traci M., Perez, Marco V., Taylor, Kent D., Lubitz, Steven A., Ellinor, Patrick T., Lunetta, Kathryn L., Pankow, James S., Paré, Guillaume, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Benjamin, Emelia J., Horvath, Steve, Marcus, Gregory M.

“…The most prominent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF) is chronological age; however, underlying mechanisms are unexplained. Algorithms using epigenetic…”
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Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: Untangling a Modern Gordian Knot by Skanes, Allan C., Tang, Anthony S.L.

“…Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) share common risk factors and frequently coexist. Both are highly prevalent in our aging population, and…”
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Derivation and Validation of a Simple Exercise-Based Algorithm for Prediction of Genetic Testing in Relatives of LQTS Probands by SY, Raymond W, VAN DER WERF, Christian, GULA, Lorne J, LEONG-SIT, Peter, VISKIN, Sami, KLEIN, George J, WILDE, Arthur A, KRAHN, Andrew D, CHATTHA, Ishvinder S, CHOCKALINGAM, Priya, ADLER, Arnon, HEALEY, Jeffrey S, PERRIN, Mark, GOLLOB, Michael H, SKANES, Allan C, YEE, Raymond

“…Genetic testing can diagnose long-QT syndrome (LQTS) in asymptomatic relatives of patients with an identified mutation; however, it is costly and subject to…”
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Cryoablation Versus RF Ablation for AVNRT: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by HANNINEN, MIKAEL, YEUNG-LAI-WAH, NICOLE, MASSEL, DAVID, GULA, LORNE J., SKANES, ALLAN C., YEE, RAYMOND, KLEIN, GEORGE J., MANLUCU, JAIMIE, LEONG-SIT, PETER

“…Meta‐Analysis of Cryoablation for AVNRT Introduction Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common supraventricular tachycardia…”
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Design and Evaluation of a Catheter Contact-Force Controller for Cardiac Ablation Therapy by Gelman, Daniel, Skanes, Allan C., Tavallaei, Mohammad A., Drangova, Maria

“…Goal: Maintaining a constant contact force (CF) of an ablation catheter during cardiac catheter ablation therapy is clinically challenging due to inherent…”
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