Artificial cardiac pacemaker

Known as: heart pacer, Cardiac pacemakers, Artificial Pacemakers 
An electronic device that is implanted in the body to monitor heart rate and rhythm. It gives the heart electrical stimulation when it does not beat… (More)
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2018
Review
2018
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of exercise training in pulmonary hypertension (ExTra_PH)
BACKGROUND Exercise training is an integral component of evidence-based management programs for many chronic cardiac and… (More)
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2017
Review
2017
Cardiac Channelopathies and Sudden Death: Recent Clinical and Genetic Advances
Sudden cardiac death poses a unique challenge to clinicians because it may be the only symptom of an inherited heart condition… (More)
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Perioperative statin therapy in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
BACKGROUND Several studies suggest beneficial effects of perioperative statin therapy on postoperative outcome after cardiac… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities.
2008;51;e1-e62; originally published online May 15, 2008; J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Michael O. Sweeney L. Page, Mark H. Schoenfeld… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure.
BACKGROUND We tested the hypothesis that prophylactic cardiac-resynchronization therapy in the form of biventricular stimulation… (More)
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2002
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2002
Standardized myocardial segmentation and nomenclature for tomographic imaging of the heart. A statement for healthcare professionals from the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical…
Sanjiv Kaul, Warren K. Laskey, Dudley J. Pennell, John A. Rumberger, Thomas Ryan and Cardiac Imaging:, Manuel D. Cerqueira, Neil… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task…
The current update of the ACC/AHA/NASPE Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices includes… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cardiac resynchronization in chronic heart failure.
BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that cardiac resynchronization achieved through atrial-synchronized biventricular… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA).
In this study, a novel partially parallel acquisition (PPA) method is presented which can be used to accelerate image acquisition… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Derivation and prospective validation of a simple index for prediction of cardiac risk of major noncardiac surgery.
BACKGROUND Cardiac complications are important causes of morbidity after noncardiac surgery. The purpose of this prospective… (More)
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