List of works - Cristian Martignani

A changing scenario in the clinical use of implantable defibrillators: the need for long-term data on lead performance

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Actual pacemaker longevity: the benefit of stimulation by automatic capture verification

scientific article published on 6 March 2010

Acute and chronic haemodynamic effects of biventricular pacing and of switching to different pacing modalities in heart failure patients.

scientific article published on 19 October 2005

Arrhythmia discrimination by physician and defibrillator: importance of atrial channel.

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

Atrial fibrillation ablation: beyond electro-mechanical matters.

scientific article published on 14 September 2008

Atrial fibrillation in patients with a dual defibrillator: characteristics of spontaneous and induced episodes and effect of ventricular tachyarrhythmia induction

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Atrial fibrillation: adverse effects of "pill-in-the-pocket" treatment and propafenone-carvedilol interaction

scientific article published on 5 December 2008

BLOCK HF: how far does it extend indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy?

scientific article

Balancing the risk of hemorrhage vs thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: how to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis?

scientific article

Battery drain in daily practice and medium-term projections on longevity of cardioverter-defibrillators: an analysis from a remote monitoring database.

scientific article published on 03 February 2016

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and cardiac sympathetic function

scientific article

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in clinical practice: need for electrical, mechanical, clinical and logistic synchronization

scientific article published on December 2006

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: effects on left and right ventricular ejection fraction during exercise

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: the conundrum of predicting response in the individual patient

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: variations in echo-guided optimized atrioventricular and interventricular delays during follow-up

scientific article published in October 2007

Clinical implications of left superior vena cava persistence in candidates for pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator implantation

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Clinical management of atrial fibrillation: need for a comprehensive patient-centered approach

Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronisation therapy

scientific article published on December 2012

Cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in today's world.

scientific article

Delayed asymptomatic migration of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead to the costophrenic angle

Effects of cardiac resynchronisation therapy on dilated cardiomyopathy with isolated ventricular non-compaction

Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on diastolic function: evaluation by radionuclide angiography

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on right ventricular function during rest and exercise, as assessed by radionuclide angiography, and on NT-proBNP levels.

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

Efficacy of internal cardioversion for chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction.

scientific article

Electrocardiographic remodeling during cardiac resynchronization therapy.

scientific article published on 31 May 2005

Excimer laser lead extraction by femoral approach

scientific article

Exercise stress echocardiography is superior to rest echocardiography in predicting left ventricular reverse remodelling and functional improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy

article by Guido Rocchi et al published January 2009 in European Heart Journal

From lead management to implanted patient management: indications to lead extraction in pacemaker and cardioverter-defibrillator systems

scientific article published on March 2011

Heart failure after myocardial revascularization: risk markers

Holter ECG for pacemaker/defibrillator carriers: what is its role in the era of remote monitoring?

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

How to assess the efficacy of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation?

scientific article

How to truly value implantable cardioverter-defibrillators technology: up-front cost or daily cost?

scientific article published on July 2011

How, why, and when may atrial defibrillation find a specific role in implantable devices? A clinical viewpoint.

scientific article published on March 2007

Implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator: effects on shoulder function.

scientific article published on 7 October 2012

Inappropriate shock for myopotential over-sensing in a patient with subcutaneous ICD.

scientific article published on January 2015

Increase in QT/QTc dispersion after low energy cardioversion of chronic persistent atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published in June 2004

Interventricular delay interval optimization in cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by echocardiography versus guided by electrocardiographic QRS interval width.

scientific article

Interventricular delay optimization: a comparison among three different echocardiographic methods.

scientific article published on 31 August 2009

Left ventricular lead stabilization to retain cardiac resynchronization therapy at long term: when is it advisable?

scientific article published on 26 September 2013

Left ventricular versus biventricular pacing: a randomized comparative study evaluating mid-term electromechanical and clinical effects.

scientific article published in February 2008

Long-term follow-up of patients with syncope evaluated by head-up tilt test.

scientific article published in April 2010

Longevity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: implications for clinical practice and health care systems

scientific article published on 3 September 2008

Management of phrenic stimulation in CRT patients over the long term: still an unmet need ?

scientific article published on 08 June 2011

Mechanisms of pain associated with internal defibrillation shocks: results of a randomized study of shock waveform.

scientific article published in July 2005

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating left ventricular vs. biventricular pacing in heart failure: effect on all-cause mortality and hospitalizations.

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Neurohormones and inflammatory mediators in patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: time courses and prediction of response

scientific article

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Outcome of cardioverter-defibrillator implant in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

P wave dispersion and short-term vs. late atrial fibrillation recurrences after cardioversion.

scientific article published in June 2005

Pacing with capture verification in candidates for resynchronisation therapy: a feasibility study

scientific article published in May 2005

Pharmacological cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: current management and treatment options

scientific article

Phrenic stimulation: a challenge for cardiac resynchronization therapy.

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

Plateau waveform shape allows a much higher patient shock energy tolerance in AF patients

scientific article published on 14 May 2007

Potential of non-antiarrhythmic drugs to provide an innovative upstream approach to the pharmacological prevention of sudden cardiac death

scientific article published on May 2007

Predictors of nonsimultaneous interventricular delay at cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization

scientific article published on 2 December 2014

Prevention of infections in cardiovascular implantable electronic devices beyond the antibiotic agent

scientific article published on July 2014

QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study.

scientific article

Radionuclide angiographic determination of regional left ventricular systolic function during rest and exercise in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy.

scientific article published in August 2010

Rate control in atrial fibrillation: choice of treatment and assessment of efficacy

scientific article

Remote Monitoring of Patients with an Implanted Device and Patients’ Outcomes: The Potential for “Win-Win” Dynamics

article

Reply to Reader's Comment: “Electrocardiographic Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Devices: Simple, but Not So Simple!” by Mont et al

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Repolarization effects of multiple-cycle chemotherapy and predictors of QTc prolongation: a prospective female cohort study on >2000 ECGs

scientific article

Role of drugs and devices in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.

scientific article published on October 2010

Role of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in patients with an implanted cardiac device: a prospective study

scientific article published on 07 May 2014

Telecardiology and remote monitoring of implanted electrical devices: the potential for fresh clinical care perspectives

scientific article

The QRS interval in patients treated with resynchronization therapy: which value?

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

The challenge of preventing stroke in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

The epidemiological burden of atrial fibrillation: a challenge for clinicians and health care systemsThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiolog

scientific article published on 16 March 2006

The “rope and stick” and the “safety snare”: Two new techniques for tricky lead extractions

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Troponin I rise after pacemaker implantation at the time of "universal definition of myocardial infarction".

scientific article published on 4 March 2009

List of works by Cristian Martignani

A changing scenario in the clinical use of implantable defibrillators: the need for long-term data on lead performance

Actual pacemaker longevity: the benefit of stimulation by automatic capture verification

Acute and chronic haemodynamic effects of biventricular pacing and of switching to different pacing modalities in heart failure patients.

Arrhythmia discrimination by physician and defibrillator: importance of atrial channel.

Atrial fibrillation ablation: beyond electro-mechanical matters.

Atrial fibrillation in patients with a dual defibrillator: characteristics of spontaneous and induced episodes and effect of ventricular tachyarrhythmia induction

Atrial fibrillation: adverse effects of "pill-in-the-pocket" treatment and propafenone-carvedilol interaction

BLOCK HF: how far does it extend indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy?

Balancing the risk of hemorrhage vs thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: how to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis?

Battery drain in daily practice and medium-term projections on longevity of cardioverter-defibrillators: an analysis from a remote monitoring database.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and cardiac sympathetic function

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in clinical practice: need for electrical, mechanical, clinical and logistic synchronization

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: effects on left and right ventricular ejection fraction during exercise

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: the conundrum of predicting response in the individual patient

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: variations in echo-guided optimized atrioventricular and interventricular delays during follow-up

Clinical implications of left superior vena cava persistence in candidates for pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator implantation

Clinical management of atrial fibrillation: need for a comprehensive patient-centered approach

Cost-effectiveness of cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in today's world.

Delayed asymptomatic migration of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead to the costophrenic angle

Effects of cardiac resynchronisation therapy on dilated cardiomyopathy with isolated ventricular non-compaction

Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on diastolic function: evaluation by radionuclide angiography

Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on right ventricular function during rest and exercise, as assessed by radionuclide angiography, and on NT-proBNP levels.

Efficacy of internal cardioversion for chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with and without left ventricular dysfunction.

Electrocardiographic remodeling during cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Excimer laser lead extraction by femoral approach

Exercise stress echocardiography is superior to rest echocardiography in predicting left ventricular reverse remodelling and functional improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy

From lead management to implanted patient management: indications to lead extraction in pacemaker and cardioverter-defibrillator systems

Heart failure after myocardial revascularization: risk markers

Holter ECG for pacemaker/defibrillator carriers: what is its role in the era of remote monitoring?

How to assess the efficacy of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation?

How to truly value implantable cardioverter-defibrillators technology: up-front cost or daily cost?

How, why, and when may atrial defibrillation find a specific role in implantable devices? A clinical viewpoint.

Implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator: effects on shoulder function.

Inappropriate shock for myopotential over-sensing in a patient with subcutaneous ICD.

Increase in QT/QTc dispersion after low energy cardioversion of chronic persistent atrial fibrillation.

Interventricular delay interval optimization in cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by echocardiography versus guided by electrocardiographic QRS interval width.

Interventricular delay optimization: a comparison among three different echocardiographic methods.

Left ventricular lead stabilization to retain cardiac resynchronization therapy at long term: when is it advisable?

Left ventricular versus biventricular pacing: a randomized comparative study evaluating mid-term electromechanical and clinical effects.

Long-term follow-up of patients with syncope evaluated by head-up tilt test.

Longevity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: implications for clinical practice and health care systems

Management of phrenic stimulation in CRT patients over the long term: still an unmet need ?

Mechanisms of pain associated with internal defibrillation shocks: results of a randomized study of shock waveform.

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating left ventricular vs. biventricular pacing in heart failure: effect on all-cause mortality and hospitalizations.

Neurohormones and inflammatory mediators in patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: time courses and prediction of response

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Outcome of cardioverter-defibrillator implant in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

P wave dispersion and short-term vs. late atrial fibrillation recurrences after cardioversion.

Pacing with capture verification in candidates for resynchronisation therapy: a feasibility study

Pharmacological cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: current management and treatment options

Phrenic stimulation: a challenge for cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Plateau waveform shape allows a much higher patient shock energy tolerance in AF patients

Potential of non-antiarrhythmic drugs to provide an innovative upstream approach to the pharmacological prevention of sudden cardiac death

Predictors of nonsimultaneous interventricular delay at cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization

Prevention of infections in cardiovascular implantable electronic devices beyond the antibiotic agent

QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study.

Radionuclide angiographic determination of regional left ventricular systolic function during rest and exercise in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Rate control in atrial fibrillation: choice of treatment and assessment of efficacy

Remote Monitoring of Patients with an Implanted Device and Patients’ Outcomes: The Potential for “Win-Win” Dynamics

Reply to Reader's Comment: “Electrocardiographic Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Devices: Simple, but Not So Simple!” by Mont et al

Repolarization effects of multiple-cycle chemotherapy and predictors of QTc prolongation: a prospective female cohort study on >2000 ECGs

Role of drugs and devices in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.

Role of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in patients with an implanted cardiac device: a prospective study

Telecardiology and remote monitoring of implanted electrical devices: the potential for fresh clinical care perspectives

The QRS interval in patients treated with resynchronization therapy: which value?

The challenge of preventing stroke in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

The epidemiological burden of atrial fibrillation: a challenge for clinicians and health care systemsThe opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiolog

The “rope and stick” and the “safety snare”: Two new techniques for tricky lead extractions

Troponin I rise after pacemaker implantation at the time of "universal definition of myocardial infarction".