Background Many patients requiring pacemaker or implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD)
surgery are taking warfarin. For patients at high risk for thromboembolic events, …

Background— Cardiac arrest without evident cardiac disease may be caused by subclinical
genetic conditions. Provocative testing to unmask a phenotype is often necessary to detect …

Objectives : This study examined the predictors of early complications after defibrillator
implantation. Background : Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are widely used, …

Objectives : We evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of early repolarization in
patients in CASPER (Cardiac Arrest Survivors With Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry). …

Background: Sex differences in the use and outcomes of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
(ICDs) have not been fully studied. Objective: To examine potential sex differences in ICD …

Background— Complications after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) replacement
are often clinically devastating, particularly when infection or reoperation occurs. Identifying …

Objective Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent and poorly understood disorder associated with
a significant amount of disability. Some clinical characteristics are common to both FM and …

Aims The term idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) describes survivors of unexplained
cardiac arrest (UCA) without a specific diagnosis after clinical and genetic testing. Previous …

Aims Genetic testing is recommended in specific inherited heart diseases but its role remains
unclear and it is not currently recommended in unexplained cardiac arrest (UCA). We …

Fig. 1: Scores from a general health status questionnaire (SF-36 survey6) administered to
medical students 4 times during their final year; results of those who completed all 4 surveys …