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• Antiarrhythmic effect of reverse ventricular remodeling induced by cardiac resynchronization therapy: the InSync ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator) Italian Registry.

  OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether the reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) might reduce the occurrence of ventricular ar…

  Authors: Luigi Di Biase, Maurizio Gasparini, Maurizio Lunati, Massimo Santini, Maurizio Landolina, Giuseppe Boriani, Antonio Curnis, Mario Bocchiardo, Antonio Vincenti, Alessandra Denaro,…

  Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008 Oct 28

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• Trans-septal catheterization in the electrophysiology laboratory: data from a multicenter survey spanning 12 years.

  OBJECTIVES: We report the data from the Italian Survey on trans-septal catheterization (TSP-C) for catheter ablation of arrhythmias in the left heart …

  Authors: Roberto De Ponti, Riccardo Cappato, Antonio Curnis, Paolo Della Bella, Luigi Padeletti, Antonio Raviele, Massimo Santini, Jorge A Salerno-Uriarte

  Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2006 Mar 7

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• Long-term survival in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of performing atrio-ventricular junction ablation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation.

  AIMS: To investigate the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on survival in heart failure (HF) patients with permanent atrial fibrillat…

  Authors: Maurizio Gasparini, Angelo Auricchio, Marco Metra, François Regoli, Cecilia Fantoni, Barbara Lamp, Antonio Curnis, Juergen Vogt, Catherine Klersy, Multicentre Longitudinal Observational Study (MILOS) Group

  Source: European heart journal. 2008 Jul

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• Randomized, double blind study of non-excitatory, cardiac contractility modulation electrical impulses for symptomatic heart failure.

  AIMS: We performed a randomized, double blind, crossover study of cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) signals in heart failure patients. METHODS AN…

  Authors: Martin M Borggrefe, Thomas Lawo, Christian Butter, Herwig Schmidinger, Maurizio Lunati, Burkert Pieske, Anand Ramdat Misier, Antonio Curnis, Dirk Böcker, Andrew Remppis,…

  Source: European heart journal. 2008 Apr

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• Prognostic value of T-wave alternans in patients with heart failure due to nonischemic cardiomyopathy: results of the ALPHA Study.

  OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of T-wave alternans (TWA) in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I…

  Authors: Jorge A Salerno-Uriarte, Gaetano M De Ferrari, Catherine Klersy, Roberto F E Pedretti, Massimo Tritto, Luciano Sallusti, Luigi Libero, Giacinto Pettinati, Giulio Molon, Antonio Curnis,…

  Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2007 Nov 6

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• Prospective assessment of integrating the existing emergency medical system with automated external defibrillators fully operated by volunteers and laypersons for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Brescia Early Defibrillation Study (BEDS).

  AIMS: There are few data on the outcomes of cardiac arrest (CA) victims when the defibrillation capability of broad rural and urban territories is ful…

  Authors: Riccardo Cappato, Antonio Curnis, Paolo Marzollo, Giosuè Mascioli, Tania Bordonali, Sonia Beretti, Fausto Scalfi, Luca Bontempi, Adriana Carolei, Gust Bardy,…

  Source: European heart journal. 2006 Mar

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• Efficacy of LOw-dose DObutamine stress-echocardiography to predict cardiac resynchronization therapy response (LODO-CRT) multicenter prospective study: design and rationale.

  BACKGROUND: Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has a well-demonstrated therapeutic effect in selected patients with advanced heart failu…

  Authors: Carmine Muto, Maurizio Gasparini, Saverio Iacopino, Carlo Peraldo, Antonio Curnis, Biagio Sassone, Paolo Diotallevi, Mario Davinelli, Sergio Valsecchi, Bernardino Tuccillo

  Source: American heart journal. 2008 Oct

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• Electrical storm in patients with biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator: incidence, predictors, and prognostic implications.

  BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the incidence, predictors, and related outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF) treated w…

  Authors: Maurizio Gasparini, Maurizio Lunati, Maurizio Landolina, Massimo Santini, Luigi Padeletti, Gianni Perego, Antonio Vincenti, Antonio Curnis, Angelo Carboni, Alessandra Denaro,…

  Source: American heart journal. 2008 Nov

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• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for prevention of sudden death in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia.

  BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a condition associated with the risk of sudden death (SD). METHODS A…

  Authors: Domenico Corrado, Loira Leoni, Mark S Link, Paolo Della Bella, Fiorenzo Gaita, Antonio Curnis, Jorge Uriarte Salerno, Diran Igidbashian, Antonio Raviele, Marcello Disertori,…

  Source: Circulation. 2003 Dec 23

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• Characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias occurring in ischemic versus nonischemic patients implanted with a biventricular cardioverter-defibrillator for primary or secondary prevention of sudden death.

  OBJECTIVES: The InSync ICD Registry evaluated patients indicated for cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation. BACKGROUND: Cardiac resync…

  Authors: Giuseppe Boriani, Maurizio Gasparini, Maurizio Lunati, Massimo Santini, Maurizio Landolina, Antonio Vincenti, Antonio Curnis, Mario Bocchiardo, Luigi Padeletti, Mauro Biffi,…

  Source: American heart journal. 2006 Sep

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