Search Results - "Waks, Jonathan W."
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Intermittent anticoagulation guided by continuous atrial fibrillation burden monitoring using dual-chamber pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Results from the Tailored Anticoagulation for Non-Continuous Atrial Fibrillation (TACTIC-AF) pilot study
Published in Heart rhythm (01-11-2018)“…Chronic anticoagulation is recommended for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with thromboembolic risk factors regardless of AF duration/frequency. Continuous…”
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A fully-automated paper ECG digitisation algorithm using deep learning
Published in Scientific reports (05-12-2022)“…There is increasing focus on applying deep learning methods to electrocardiograms (ECGs), with recent studies showing that neural networks (NNs) can predict…”
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Global Electrical Heterogeneity: A Review of the Spatial Ventricular Gradient
Published in Journal of electrocardiology (01-11-2016)“…Abstract The ventricular gradient, an electrocardiographic concept calculated by integrating the area under the QRS complex and T-wave, represents the degree…”
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The spatial ventricular gradient is associated with adverse outcomes in acute pulmonary embolism
Published in Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology (01-05-2023)“…Background The spatial ventricular gradient (SVG) is a vectorcardiographic measurement that reflects cardiac loading conditions via electromechanical coupling…”
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Electrocardiographic Predictors of Mortality and Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis
Published in Journal of electrocardiology (01-11-2016)“…Abstract Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis experience a high incidence of cardiovascular mortality, and sudden cardiac death (SCD)…”
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Influence of Gender on the Tolerability, Safety, and Efficacy of Quinidine Used for Treatment of Supraventricular and Ventricular Arrhythmias
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-12-2015)“…Quinidine, a class IA antiarrhythmic drug (AAD), has been used for the treatment of arrhythmias since the early 1900s. Use has decreased recently because of…”
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Predictors of first-pass isolation in patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation: A retrospective cohort study
Published in Heart rhythm O2 (01-10-2024)“…Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is superior to antiarrhythmics for the management of atrial fibrillation, but repeat ablation is often required for durable…”
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Post-pacemaker T-wave Inversions: Cardiac Memory
Published in The American journal of medicine (01-02-2016)“…In a certain circumstances, new T-wave inversions are not pathological. A 72-year-old woman with hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter,…”
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure to Reduce the Risk of Thromboembolic Complications in Atrial Fibrillation
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (23-06-2015)“…[...]LAA surgical ligation or mechanical occlusion has emerged as a potential alternative to oral anticoagulation to reduce the risk of AF-related stroke…”
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Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death in North America - Current Perspectives
Published in Journal of electrocardiology (01-11-2016)“…Abstract Sudden cardiac death (SCD) accounts for approximately 360,000 deaths annually in the United States, and is the cause of half of all cardiovascular…”
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Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation - Reentry, Rotors and Reality
Published in Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review (01-08-2014)“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, yet our understanding of the mechanisms that initiate and…”
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Artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography derived body mass index as a predictor of future cardiometabolic disease
Published in NPJ digital medicine (25-06-2024)“…The electrocardiogram (ECG) can capture obesity-related cardiac changes. Artificial intelligence-enhanced ECG (AI-ECG) can identify subclinical disease. We…”
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Effect of Smaller Left Ventricular Capture Threshold Safety Margins to Improve Device Longevity in Recipients of Cardiac Resynchronization-Defibrillation Therapy
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-07-2015)“…Device longevity in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is affected by the pacing capture threshold (PCT) and programmed pacing amplitude of the left…”
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Genome‐Wide Associations of Global Electrical Heterogeneity ECG Phenotype: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study and CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study)
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (17-04-2018)“…Background ECG global electrical heterogeneity (GEH) is associated with sudden cardiac death. We hypothesized that a genome‐wide association study would…”
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Quantitative Assessment of Vectorcardiographic Loop Morphology
Published in Journal of electrocardiology (01-03-2016)“…Abstract Vectorcardiography (VCG), developed 100 years ago, characterizes clinically important electrophysiological properties of the heart. In this study, VCG…”
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Incidence and risk factors for symptomatic heart failure after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter
Published in Europace (London, England) (01-04-2016)“…To determine the incidence and risk factors for development of symptomatic heart failure (HF) following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) and…”
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Hemodynamic intolerance and pericardial effusion associated with high-frequency jet ventilation during pulmonary vein isolation
Published in Heart rhythm O2 (01-08-2021)“…High-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) is used during pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) to increase catheter stability and improve outcomes. In prior studies,…”
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Magnitude of increase in QTc interval after initiation of dofetilide in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation is associated with increased rates of pharmacological cardioversion and long-term freedom from recurrent atrial fibrillation
Published in Heart rhythm (01-07-2016)“…Background Dofetilide is a class III antiarrhythmic drug approved for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). Dofetilide-induced corrected QT (QTc) interval…”
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BRAVEHEART: Open-source software for automated electrocardiographic and vectorcardiographic analysis
Published in Computer methods and programs in biomedicine (01-12-2023)“…Electrocardiographic (ECG) and vectorcardiographic (VCG) analyses are used to diagnose current cardiovascular disease and for risk stratification for future…”
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Improving substrate mapping for ventricular tachycardia with a novel peak frequency annotation algorithm: Deconstructing the abnormal electrogram
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