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A Machine Learning Approach for Detection and Quantification of QRS Fragmentation

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

A marker of mayhem: macrovolt T-wave alternans preceding polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

scientific article published on 30 June 2011

A prolonged QTc-interval at the emergency department: Should we always be prepared for the worst?

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

A smart algorithm for the prevention and risk management of QTc prolongation based on the optimized RISQ-PATH model

scientific article published on 06 October 2018

Ablation of focally induced atrial fibrillation: selective or extensive?

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Accuracy of Echocardiography to Evaluate Pulmonary Vascular and RV Function During Exercise

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Altered adrenergic response in myocytes bordering a chronic myocardial infarction underlies in vivo triggered activity and repolarization instability

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Alternative strategies in arrhythmia therapy: Evaluation of Na/Ca exchange as an anti-arrhythmic target ⬇️

scientific article published on December 14, 2011

Apparent delay in tachycardia detection due to ventricular pacing: what is the mechanism?

scientific article published on 10 August 2013

Appearance of QRS fragmentation late after Mustard/Senning repair is associated with adverse outcome.

scientific article published on 9 February 2017

Appropriate and inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator interventions during secondary prevention.

scientific article published in February 2008

Arrhythmogenicity of fibro-fatty infiltrations

scientific article published in February 2018

Artefact detection and quality assessment of ambulatory ECG signals

scientific article published on 24 August 2019

Assessment of apical rocking: a new, integrative approach for selection of candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 07 July 2010

Assessment of mechanical dyssynchrony can improve the prognostic value of guideline-based patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy.

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Atrial fibrillation is associated with the fibrotic remodelling of adipose tissue in the subepicardium of human and sheep atria.

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Authors reply to 'strategies for overcoming T-wave oversensing'.

scientific article published in November 2014

Autonomic Dysfunction Increases Cardiovascular Risk in the Presence of Sleep Apnea

scientific article published on 17 May 2019

Azithromycin during Acute Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization (BACE). A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Behavior of leadless AV synchronous pacing during atrial arrhythmias and stability of the atrial signals over time-Results of the MARVEL Evolve subanalysis

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Benchmarking Belgian CRT practice against the rest of Europe: insights from the ESC-CRT survey II

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in fulminant myocarditis

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Biophysical and electrical aspects of radiofrequency catheter ablation

scientific article published on January 1, 1995

Can body surface microvolt T-wave alternans distinguish concordant and discordant intracardiac alternans?

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Cases of drug-induced Torsade de Pointes: a review of Belgian cases in the EudraVigilance database.

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Changes in Implantation Patterns and Therapy Rates of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators over Time in Ischemic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients.

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Clinical and ECG variables to predict the outcome of genetic testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Clinical characterization of the first Belgian SCN5A founder mutation cohort

scientific article published on 22 November 2020

Combined reconstruction of atrial morphology and paracardial fat depositions to study remodeling in atrial fibrillation.

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Combining noninvasive risk stratification parameters improves the prediction of mortality and appropriate ICD shocks

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Comparison of Impedance Minute Ventilation and Direct Measured Minute Ventilation in a Rate Adaptive Pacemaker ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Competitive Athletes with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators - How to Program? Data from the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Sports Registry

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Contralateral pneumothorax after endocardial dual-chamber pacemaker implantation resulting from atrial lead perforation.

scientific article published on April 2009

Controversies in pacing: indications and programming.

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Data on differential multivariable risk prediction of appropriate shock vs. competing mortality

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Determinants of the difficulty of leadless pacemaker implantation

scientific article published on 03 May 2020

Development and external validation of prediction models to predict implantable cardioverter-defibrillator efficacy in primary prevention of sudden cardiac death

scientific article published on 01 June 2021

Development of a risk score for QTc-prolongation: the RISQ-PATH study

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Diagnosis and treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: a case report illustrating clinical management and ablation strategy

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Different patterns of angiotensin II and atrial natriuretic peptide secretion in a sheep model of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Differential multivariable risk prediction of appropriate shock versus competing mortality - A prospective cohort study to estimate benefits from ICD therapy

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Differential presentation of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia in athletes and non-athletes

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Do population studies confirm the benefit of oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation demonstrated in clinical trials?

scientific article published on January 2004

Dual-chamber pacemaker implantation through a persistent left superior vena cava with remaining connection to the right superior vena cava.

scientific article published in April 2014

Dynamic relationship of left-ventricular dyssynchrony and contractile reserve in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 04 August 2013

Early and late effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on force-frequency relation and contractility regulating gene expression in heart failure patients

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Effect of different pacing protocols on the induction of atrial fibrillation in a transvenously paced sheep model.

scientific article published in June 2001

Efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation in athletes with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 05 June 2011

Endurance sports is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation after ablation for atrial flutter

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Evaluation of Index of Cardio-Electrophysiological Balance (iCEB) as a New Biomarker for the Identification of Patients at Increased Arrhythmic Risk.

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

External prolonged electrocardiogram monitoring in unexplained syncope and palpitations: results of the SYNARR-Flash study

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Failure of epicardial pacing leads in congenital heart disease: not uncommon and difficult to predict

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Frequency of use of QT-interval prolonging drugs in psychiatry in Belgium.

scientific article published on 8 May 2014

Further insights into blood pressure induced premature beats: Transient depolarizations are associated with fast myocardial deformation upon pressure decline

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Genotype-phenotype relationship and risk stratification in loss-of-function SCN5A mutation carriers

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Heart Rate Reserve in Fontan Patients: Chronotropic Incompetence or Hemodynamic Limitation?

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Heart rate turbulence predicts ICD-resistant mortality in ischaemic heart disease.

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

High prevalence of right ventricular involvement in endurance athletes with ventricular arrhythmias. Role of an electrophysiologic study in risk stratification

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

High-Detailed evaluation of the right atrial anatomy by three-dimensional rotational angiography during ablation procedures for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and atrial flutter

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

How to choose between a pacemaker or defibrillator for resynchronization therapy?

scientific article published on October 2014

Impaired Cardiac Reserve and Abnormal Vascular Load Limit Exercise Capacity in Chronic Thromboembolic Disease

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

Impella to Resist the Storm

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: patient outcomes, rate of appropriate and inappropriate interventions, and complications.

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator interventions in primary prevention: do current implantation criteria really predict ICD interventions?

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Inappropriate ICD shocks do not induce pro-arrhythmic electrocardiographic changes in men.

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Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in a public swimming pool.

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Incidence of Torsade de Pointes in a tertiary hospital population.

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Individualized corrected QT interval is superior to QT interval corrected using the Bazett formula in predicting mutation carriage in families with long QT syndrome.

scientific article published on March 2017

Inferior and anterior QRS fragmentation have different prognostic value in patients who received an implantable defibrillator in primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.

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Influence of food intake on the QT and QT/RR relation.

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Influence of percutaneous transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect on the atrioventricular conduction

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Intensive recreational athletes in the prospective multinational ICD Sports Safety Registry: Results from the European cohort

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Inter- and intra-observer variability of visual fragmented QRS scoring in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Introducing ICD-resistant mortality as an end point to evaluate the clinical efficacy of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in ischaemic cardiomyopathy.

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

Late recovery of atrioventricular conduction after postsurgical chronic atrioventricular block is not exceptional

scientific article published on 12 June 2012

Leadless cardiac pacemaker as alternative in case of congenital vascular abnormality and pocket infection

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Leadless pacing using the transcatheter pacing system (Micra TPS) in the real world: initial Swiss experience from the Romandie region

scientific article published in February 2019

Leadless pacing with Micra TPS: A comparison between right ventricular outflow tract, mid-septal, and apical implant sites

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Left and Right Ventricle Leads Switch as a Solution for TWave Oversensing - How a Good Idea Turned Out Bad.

scientific article published on 25 May 2014

Long-Term Outcome After CRT in the Presence of Mechanical Dyssynchrony Seen With Chronic RV Pacing or Intrinsic LBBB.

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Long-Term Outcome of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Young and the Elderly

scientific article published on March 2016

Long-term endurance sport is a risk factor for development of lone atrial flutter.

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Long-term outcome of conservative and invasive treatment in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 17 November 2018

Long-term outcomes after medical and invasive treatment in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Long-term symptomatic benefit after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial flutter despite a high incidence of post-procedural atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Lower than expected desmosomal gene mutation prevalence in endurance athletes with complex ventricular arrhythmias of right ventricular origin

scientific article published on 04 June 2010

Matrix metalloproteinases and atrial remodeling in patients with mitral valve disease and atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Microvolt T-wave alternans and beat-to-beat variability of repolarization during early postischemic remodeling in a pig heart

scientific article published on 19 February 2011

Mind the model: effect of instrumentation on inducibility of atrial fibrillation in a sheep model

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Monocentric experience of leadless pacing with focus on challenging cases for conventional pacemaker.

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Myocyte Remodeling Due to Fibro-Fatty Infiltrations Influences Arrhythmogenicity

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Nitric oxide delays atrial tachycardia-induced electrical remodelling in a sheep model

scientific article published on 04 February 2011

Nonexcitatory stimulation as a novel treatment for heart failure: cause for excitement?

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Nonpharmacologic treatment of atrial fibrillation in elderly persons.

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Obesity is a major determinant of radiation dose in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 29 June 2007

Paradoxical nonreentrant tachycardia induced by iatrogenic atrioventricular block

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Paradoxical undersensing at a high sensitivity in dual chamber pacemakers

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Pericardial effusion and right-sided pneumothorax resulting from an atrial active-fixation lead.

scientific article published on October 2003

Potential role of remote monitoring for scheduled and unscheduled evaluations of patients with an implantable defibrillator.

scientific article published in February 2008

Predictors of 30-day and 1-year mortality after transvenous lead extraction: a single-centre experience.

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Predictors of a high defibrillation threshold test during routine ICD implantation.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Present criteria for prophylactic ICD implantation: Insights from the EU-CERT-ICD (Comparative Effectiveness Research to Assess the Use of Primary ProphylacTic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in EUrope) project

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Prognostic significance of improvement in right ventricular systolic function during cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Prognostic value of electrocardiographic time intervals and QT rate dependence in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

QT correction across the heart rate spectrum, in atrial fibrillation and ventricular conduction defects

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

Quality assessment in Belgian arrhythmology: the Belgian heart rhythm association (BeHRA) databases.

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Rationale and design of the EU-CERT-ICD prospective study: comparative effectiveness of prophylactic ICD implantation

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Rationale, objectives, and design of the EUTrigTreat clinical study: a prospective observational study for arrhythmia risk stratification and assessment of interrelationships among repolarization markers and genotype

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

Re-implantation after extraction of a cardiac implantable electronic device

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Reduced Penetrance and Variable Expression of SCN5A Mutations and the Importance of Co-inherited Genetic Variants: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

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Reduced right ventricular ejection fraction in endurance athletes presenting with ventricular arrhythmias: a quantitative angiographic assessment.

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

Relationship of visually assessed apical rocking and septal flash to response and long-term survival following cardiac resynchronization therapy (PREDICT-CRT).

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Repeat genetic testing with targeted capture sequencing in primary arrhythmia syndrome and cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Repeated tilt testing in patients with tilt-positive neurally mediated syncope.

scientific article published on 8 September 2005

Repeating noninvasive risk stratification improves prediction of outcome in ICD patients

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Response of Robyns to the Tse's letter to editor.

scientific article published in November 2017

Response to atrial arrhythmias in an atrioventricular synchronous ventricular leadless pacemaker: A case report in a paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patient

scientific article published on 14 August 2018

Right atrial angiographic evaluation of the posterior isthmus: relevance for ablation of typical atrial flutter.

scientific article published in May 2000

Right ventricular strain rate during exercise accurately identifies male athletes with right ventricular arrhythmias

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Risk Management of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients Taking Multiple QTc-Prolonging Drugs.

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Risk factors for QTc-prolongation: systematic review of the evidence

scientific article published on 23 December 2016

Risk management of QTc-prolongation in patients receiving haloperidol: an epidemiological study in a University hospital in Belgium.

scientific article published on 9 January 2016

Role of nitric oxide and oxidative stress in a sheep model of persistent atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 17 February 2013

Ryanodine receptor cluster fragmentation and redistribution in persistent atrial fibrillation enhance calcium release.

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Safety of Sports for Athletes With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Long-Term Results of a Prospective Multinational Registry

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Self-terminating AF depends on electrical remodeling while persistent AF depends on additional structural changes in a rapid atrially paced sheep model

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Sex differences in outcomes of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: combined registry data from eleven European countries.

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Sex-specific difference in outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Significance of prolonged QTc in acute exacerbations of COPD requiring hospitalization.

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Simultaneous creation and evaluation of linear radiofrequency lesions

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Successful repositioning of leadless cardiac pacemaker during open heart surgery.

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T-Wave Alternans Is Linked to Microvascular Obstruction and to Recurrent Coronary Ischemia After Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

T-wave alternans and beat-to-beat variability of repolarization: pathophysiological backgrounds and clinical relevance.

scientific article published on December 2012

Targeted capture sequencing in a large LQTS family reveals a new pathogenic mutation c.2038delG in KCNH2 initially missed due to allelic dropout.

scientific article published on January 2015

Tensor-based detection of T wave alternans using ECG

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

The Impact of Function-Flow Interaction on Left Ventricular Efficiency in Patients with Conduction Abnormalities: A Particle Image Velocimetry and Tissue Doppler Study.

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The association of mechanical dyssynchrony and resynchronization therapy with survival in heart failure with a wide QRS complex: a two-world study

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

The association of volumetric response and long-term survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy.

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The evolution and benefit of device therapy in patients listed for heart transplant.

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

The impact of changes in LVEF and renal function on the prognosis of ICD patients after elective device replacement

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

The use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnostic workup and treatment of atrial fibrillation.

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Think outside the heart! Case report of Lyme disease

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Three-dimensional cardiac rotational angiography: effective radiation dose and image quality implications.

scientific article published on 17 December 2009

Tilt training and pacing: a report on 9 patients with neurally mediated syncope.

scientific article published in February 2010

Total atrioventricular nodal ablation increases atrial fibrillation burden in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation despite continuation of antiarrhythmic drug therapy

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Transvenous extraction of pacing and defibrillator leads--a single-centre experience.

scientific article published in December 2012

Twiddler syndrome causing an inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shock.

scientific article published on 4 August 2013

Undersensing of ventricular fibrillation due to interference between a pacemaker and defibrillator in the same patient

scientific article published on 04 August 2009

Validation of the 2014 European Society of Cardiology guidelines risk prediction model for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Which QT Correction Formulae to Use for QT Monitoring?

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Whole exome sequencing in a large pedigree with DCM identifies a novel mutation in RBM20

scientific article published on 04 October 2019

Why it is important to use the correct dose of the non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants

scientific article published on 31 December 2014

Wide complex tachycardia in a patient with a dual chamber pacemaker

scientific article published on 20 November 2008

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