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Wound Complications and Treatment of the Infected Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Generator
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1993-12)
Since 1980, the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has evolved as effective therapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death following documented sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. During ...
Adenosine's Effect on Myocardial Functional Recovery: Substrate or Signal?
(Elsevier, 1994-11)
During induced ischemia for cardiac surgery, nucleotides are degraded while being used to maintain myocyte integrity. The resulting nucleosides washout upon reperfusion, limiting nucleotide resynthesis resulting in poor ...
Incidence, presentation, diagnosis, and management of malfunctioning implantable cardioverter-defibrillator rate-sensing leads
(Elsevier, 1994-11)
Recognition of tachyarrhythmia by an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) requires an intact rate-sensing lead. We retrospectively examined 266 consecutive patients requiring an ICD to characterize the incidence, ...
Placement of electrode catheters into the coronary sinus during electrophysiology procedures using a femoral vein approach
(Elsevier, 1994-07-15)
The femoral vein approach used in this study has 2 limitations. First, it requires the use of a deflectable tip catheter, which typically is $200 to $300 more expensive than a standard electrode catheter. Second, with the ...
Optimal Management of the Patient with an Episode of Atrial Fibrillation In and Out of the Hospital
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1999-03)
Carbon dioxide gas as a venous contrast agent to guide upper-arm insertion of central venous catheters
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1995-05)
Evaluate in a prospective randomized study carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) gas compared to iodinated contrast agent for image-guided placement of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs).
Local release polymeric-controlled immunotherapy of cardiac transplants in rats
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1992-10)
Systemic immunosuppression frequently results in severe side effects. To evaluate a method of limiting the adverse effects of immunosuppression, we implanted controlled release matrices containing cyclosporine-A (Cy) ...
Hypercholesterolemia after cardiac transplantation in children
(Elsevier, 1990-12-01)
Since the 1980s a steadily increasing number of children have undergone cardiac transplantation. Although graft rejection and complications of immunosuppressive therapy are the leading causes of death in children and adults ...
Hemodynamic determinants of the peak systolic left ventricular-aortic pressure gradient in children with valvar aortic stenosis
(Elsevier, 1992-03-15)
The peak systolic pressure gradient (the difference between peak left ventricular [LV] and peak aortic systolic pressures) has been used for many years as a primary measure of severity in children with valvar aortic stenosis ...