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List of works by Merritt Raitt

"Stable" ventricular tachycardia is not a benign rhythm : insights from the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators (AVID) registry

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A prospective randomized comparison in humans of biphasic waveform 60-microF and 120-microF capacitance pulses using a unipolar defibrillation system.

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A prospective randomized evaluation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator size on unipolar defibrillation system efficacy

scientific article published in November 1995

Advances in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy.

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Analysis of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Trial.

scientific article published in September 2003

Appearance of abnormal Q waves early in the course of acute myocardial infarction: Implications for efficacy of thrombolytic therapy

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Are n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids antiarrhythmic in the absence of ischemia? Editorial to: "The role of n-3 PUFAs in preventing the arrhythmic risk in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy" by S. Nodari et al

scientific article published on 13 November 2008

Atrial fibrillation: a risk factor for increased mortality--an AVID registry analysis

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Beta-adrenergic receptor downregulation and recovery in heart and lung in the Fischer 344 rat: effects of aging and correlation with mRNA levels

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Clinical predictors of the defibrillation threshold with the unipolar implantable defibrillation system

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Combined historical and electrocardiographic timing of acute anterior and inferior myocardial infarcts for prediction of reperfusion achievable size limitation

scientific article published in March 1999

Comparison of arrhythmia recurrence in patients presenting with ventricular fibrillation versus ventricular tachycardia in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) trial

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Correlations among the frequencies of atrial activity on the surface electrocardiogram, intracardiac atrial electrograms, and the atrial effective refractory period in patients with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 26 January 2012

Development of an aortic valve mass after radiofrequency catheter ablation

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

ECG findings in acute myocardial infarction. Are there sex-related differences?

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Effect of fish oil on ventricular tachyarrhythmia in three studies in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

scientific article published on 04 February 2009

Electrophysiologic predictors of the recurrence of persistent atrial fibrillation within 30 days of cardioversion

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Fish oil supplementation and risk of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable defibrillators: a randomized controlled trial

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HRS Expert Consensus Statement on remote interrogation and monitoring for cardiovascular implantable electronic devices

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Have increasing rates of defibrillator implantation reduced the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

scientific article published in September 2004

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks: a double-edged sword?

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Inappropriate implantable defibrillator shocks: an adverse outcome that can be prevented

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Lead- and device-related complications in the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators trial

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Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias due to transient or correctable causes: high risk for death in follow-up

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

No benefit from defibrillation threshold testing in the SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial).

scientific article published in August 2008

Omega-3 fatty acids: antiarrhythmic, proarrhythmic or both?

scientific article published on May 2006

Patients at lower risk of arrhythmia recurrence: a subgroup in whom implantable defibrillators may not offer benefit. Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillator (AVID) Trial Investigators

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Predicting imminent episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia using heart rate

scientific article published in July 2007

Prediction of the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Prognostic importance of defibrillator shocks in patients with heart failure

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Prognostic value of baseline electrophysiology studies in patients with sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia: the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) trial

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Prospective randomized comparison of biphasic waveform tilt using a unipolar defibrillation system

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Recipient to donor conduction of atrial tachycardia following orthotopic heart transplantation

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

Reducing shocks and improving outcomes with implantable defibrillators

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Relation between symptom duration before thrombolytic therapy and final myocardial infarct size

scientific article published in January 1996

Reversal of electrical remodeling after cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Runaway pacemaker during high-energy neutron radiation therapy.

scientific article published on September 1994

Shocks burden and increased mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients

scientific article published on 02 August 2011

Signal-averaged P wave duration predicts early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Subacute ventricular free wall rupture complicating myocardial infarction

scientific article published in October 1993

Tachycardia with typical left bundle branch block morphology and VA block: what is the differential diagnosis?

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The effect of spironolactone on ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

scientific article published on 7 July 2012

Time-Dependent Predictors of Primary Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Ventricular arrhythmias detected after transvenous defibrillator implantation in patients with a clinical history of only ventricular fibrillation. Implications for use of implantable defibrillator

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Ventricular tachyarrhythmia prediction

scientific article published in January 2005