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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Ventricular Tachycardia"”.

  1. A novel means of cardiac catheter guidance for ablation therapy of ventricular tachycardia

    Lv, WenerMassachusetts Institute of Technology2014

    … a system for identifying the site of origin of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and guiding a catheter to that site in order to deliver radio-frequency (RF) ablation therapy. Myocardial infarction (MI), also known as ischemic heart disease, is one of the most common pathophysiologic substrates for …

    mit Repository record

  2. Psychological Well-Being and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation, A Prospective Study

    Bilanovic, Ana2019

    Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a debilitating and potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmia. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are first-line therapy for treatment of VT. However, ICD shocks can have a profound impact on psychological well-being and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). …

    york Repository record

  3. New Paradigm of Defibrillation: Towards Painless Therapy

    Li, Wenwen2013

    … year in the United States. It usually starts as ventricular tachycardia: VT) and then degenerates into ventricular fibrillation: VF). Implantable cardioverter defibrillator: ICD) therapy is the only reliable treatment of VT/VF and has been shown to effectively reduce mortality by many clinical …

    wustl Repository record

  4. Synchronised capacitor discharge in the management of cardiac arrhythmias with particular reference to the haemodynamic significance of atrial systole

    Resnekov, Leon ZundelDepartment of Medicine1965

    … to the National Heart Hospital because of a ventricular tachycardia, which had proved resistant to treatment with procaine amide, quinidine, atropine, prostigmine, prednisone and digoxin. A second stage, total correction for tetralogy of Pallot had been successfully performed two years before …

    cape-town Repository record

  5. Study of the Kalman filter for arrhythmia detection with intracardiac electrograms

    Raphisak, Pisut2019

    Third generation implantable antitachycardia devices offer tiered-therapy to reverse ventricular fibrillation (VF) by defibrillation and ventricular tachycardia (VT) by low-energy cardioversion or antitachycardia pacing. The schemes for detecting cardiac arrhythmias often realize nonpathologic …

    wvu Repository record

  6. HeartLander Surgical Feasibility and Commercialization

    Gostout, Noah SmithCase Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies2013

    It is shown that ventricular tachycardia ablation via the HeartLander Surgical robot is a commercially feasible method for relieving patients from arrhythmia symptoms. HeartLander’s technology meets significant market needs presented by the 450,000 sudden cardiac deaths each year; many were …

    ohiolink Repository record

  7. Computer simulation of a novel technique for Radio-Frequency Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias

    Rosbury, Tamara SMassachusetts Institute of Technology2006

    Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) is a rapid arrhythmia, most commonly due to reentrant electrical activity in the heart. A common treatment for VT is Radio-Frequency Ablation (RFA), which is minimally invasive, but requires maintenance of VT until the target site for ablation is determined. Most …

    mit Repository record

  8. The Experiences of Women Who Live with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (lCD)

    Smith, Jenea MaryUNF Digital Commons2009

    … for terminating potentially life-threatening ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. The lCD detects and attempts to correct these arrhythmias by pacing, cardioversion, and defibrillation thereby providing lifesaving therapy to patients at risk for sudden cardiac death. …

    unf Repository record

  9. ΜΗ ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΛΙΑΚΗΣ ΤΑΧΥΚΑΡΔΙΑΣ: ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ ΜΕ ΥΠΕΝΔΟΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΣΗ (ΚΑΘΟΔΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΗ ΑΠΟ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΧΑΡΤΟΓΡΑΦΗΣΗ) ΚΑΙ ΕΜΦΥΤΕΥΣΗ ΑΥΤΟΜΑΤΟΥ ΑΠΙΝΙΔΩΤΗ

    Μανώλης, ΑντώνηςUniversity of Patras1989

    … FRACTION OF 32+11%, TO MANAGE DRUG- REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT) (N=33) OR FIBRILLATION (N=-15) MAINLY DUE TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (N=46). IN GROUP I, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC MAPPING WAS COMPLETE IN 21 PATIENTS. SER WAS COMPLEMENTED BY LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION (4) OR CRYOABLATION (26). …

    greece Repository record

  10. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Recovery After Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Kalra, Rajat2020

    … design to evaluate patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who were treated with the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium protocol. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), end-systolic diameter …

    umn Repository record

  11. Electrophysiologic Characterization of the Arrhythmogenic Substrate in Reentrant Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias Insights from the Clinical and Experimental Electrophysiology Laboratories

    Tschabrunn, Michael, CoryCity, University of London2016

    … in patients with structural heart disease and ventricular arrhythmias. Such advancements in elucidating the mechanisms and pathophysiology underlying scar-related ventricular tachycardia have yielded improved clinical outcomes for patients with drug-refractory ventricular arrhythmias. Chapter 1 …

    city-london Repository record

  12. Extended electrocardiographic monitoring in patients on chronic haemodialysis and after renal transplantation

    Lee-Jones, ScottDepartment of Medicine2023

    … median age was 38 years (IQR 27.5 – 45) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 62% (48 – 73). Clinically significant arrhythmias included atrioventricular (AV) block (n=24), atrial fibrillation (n=12) and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (n=2). Most (57.4%) arrhythmic events occurred …

    cape-town Repository record

  13. St. Jude Medical: Enhanced MICS (eMICS)

    Shah, Devanshi2010

    … world. The survival chances for patients with ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia reduces significantly as time passes without treatment and even after getting timely treatment recurring episode are common. These patients can benefit from an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator …

    calpoly Repository record

  14. Mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmogenesis in the age dependent Pgc-1β -/- model of mitochondrial dysfunction.

    Ahmad, ShirazUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … death is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Ventricular arrhythmias, both ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, are the primary arrhythmias that lead to sudden cardiac death. A large proportion of ventricular arrhythmias are ischaemic in origin. However, increasing clinical …

    cambridge Repository record

  15. Human Nav1.5 F1486 deletion associated with long-QT syndrome leads to deficiency in inactivation and reduces lidocaine sensitivity

    Song, Weihua2012

    … arrhythmia reflected as LQTs and subsequent ventricular tachycardia, which was refractory to antiarrhythmic drug lidocaine treatment. Therefore, it was hypothesized that the deletion of F1486 on Nav1.5 would substantially alter electrophysiological properties of the channel and reduce the …

    iupui Repository record

  16. Optimal Analytical Methods for High Accuracy Cardiac Disease Classification and Treatment Based on ECG Data

    Zheng, Jianwei2023

    … detection of the distinctions between idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia from right ventricular outflow tract to left ventricular outflow tract. In the third project, Principle Component Analysis (PCA) application in classification problem was studied. PCA is a commonly used technique to reduce …

    chapman Repository record

  17. The Pattern of Ventricular Repolarization during Therapeutic Hypothermia

    김, 선미2012

    … (QTc). QTc prolongation can cause polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF). The interval from the peak to the end of the T wave (TpTe) indicates myocardial transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR) and increased TDR may create electrophysiological …

    ajou Repository record

  18. Correlation of signal-averaged electrocardiogram and late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the detection of myocardial fibrosis in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and other myocardial disorders

    Mgidlana, Msimelelo MzwamadodaDepartment of Medicine2021

    … of fibrotic scar tissue in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and other cardiomyopathies is crucial as it forms the substrate for ventricular tachycardia (VT) and fibrillation (VT). Signal-averaged electrocardiography (SAECG) abnormalities are frequent in ARVC and in other …

    cape-town Repository record

  19. The utility of the 1994 versus the revised 2010 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) Task Force diagnostic criteria for identifying mutation-positive probands with ARVC

    Lukhna, KishalDepartment of Medicine2021

    Background: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited cardiac disorder characterised by structural and functional abnormalities of the right ventricle with or without left ventricular involvement. In 1994, Task Force criteria (TFC) were proposed for the diagnosis of …

    cape-town Repository record

  20. Cardiac sarcoidosis defined by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: patient characteristics and outcomes

    Emhemed, MohamedDepartment of Medicine2022

    … with complete heart block and a third (31%) had ventricular tachycardia (VT) as the initial presentation. Half (54%) of patients had a permanent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator implanted. A third (34%) of patients had evidence of acute myocardial oedema on T2-weighted imaging …

    cape-town Repository record

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