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Acute amiodarone promotes drift and early termination of spiral wave re-entry.

Interventional management of atrial fibrillation.

Short-term disruption in regional left ventricular electrical conduction patterns increases interstitial matrix metalloproteinase activity.

The evaluation of pulmonary vein isolation and wide-area left atrial ablation to treat atrial fibrillation in patients with implanted permanent pacemakers: the Previously Paced Pulmonary Vein Isolation Study.

[Anesthesia for cardiac resynchronization therapy in a child after cardiac surgery with dilated cardiomyopathy]

Heart failure: the challenge of selecting patients for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy.

Dynamic control of maximal ventricular elastance via the baroreflex and force-frequency relation in awake dogs before and after pacing-induced heart failure.

Mechanical synchrony and survival in heart failure.

Electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony for prediction of cardiac events in patients with systolic heart failure.

A randomized double-blind comparison of biventricular versus left ventricular stimulation for cardiac resynchronization therapy: the Biventricular versus Left Univentricular Pacing with ICD Back-up in Heart Failure Patients (B-LEFT HF) trial.

Influence of external cardiac pacing on cerebral oxygenation measured by near-infrared spectroscopy in children after cardiac surgery.

BIVentricular versus right ventricular antitachycardia pacing to terminate ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy: the ADVANCE CRT-D Trial.

Cardiac cell therapy with mesenchymal stem cell induces cardiac nerve sprouting, angiogenesis, and reduced connexin43-positive gap junctions, but concomitant electrical pacing increases connexin43-positive gap junctions in canine heart.

Treatment of heart failure by a methanocarba derivative of adenosine monophosphate: implication for a role of cardiac purinergic P2X receptors.

Rapid right ventricular pacing with MR-compatible pacemaker lead for MR-guided aortic balloon valvuloplasty in swine.

Biventricular pacing in conjunction with epicardial atrial pacing adversely affects timing of intra-aortic balloon pump.

Controversies in the therapy of isolated congenital complete heart block.

Selection of ventricular pacing sites guided by echocardiography: an electrophysiologist's perspective.

Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of frequent optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: the Frequent Optimization Study Using the QuickOpt Method (FREEDOM) trial.

RV Electrical Activation in Heart Failure During Right, Left, and Biventricular Pacing