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• Is dual-chamber programming inferior to single-chamber programming in an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator? Results of the INTRINSIC RV (Inhibition of Unnecessary RV Pacing With AVSH in ICDs) study.

  BACKGROUND: The INTRINSIC RV (Inhibition of Unnecessary RV Pacing with AVSH in ICDs) study tested the hypothesis that dual-chamber rate-responsive (DD…

  Authors: Brian Olshansky, John D Day, Stephen Moore, Lawrence Gering, Murray Rosenbaum, Maureen McGuire, Scott Brown, Darin R Lerew

  Source: Circulation. 2007 Jan 2

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• Prognostic value of heart rate variability footprint and standard deviation of average 5-minute intrinsic R-R intervals for mortality in cardiac resynchronization therapy patients.

  BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization therapy devices provide effective therapy for heart failure. Heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in the devi…

  Authors: F Roosevelt Gilliam, Jagmeet P Singh, Christopher M Mullin, Maureen McGuire, Kellie J Chase

  Source: Journal of electrocardiology. 2007 Oct

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• Are fast food restaurants an environmental risk factor for obesity?

  OBJECTIVE: Eating at "fast food" restaurants has increased and is linked to obesity. This study examined whether living or working near "fast food" re…

  Authors: Robert W Jeffery, Judy Baxter, Maureen McGuire, Jennifer Linde

  Source: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. 2006

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• Reduction of right ventricular pacing in patients with dual-chamber ICDs.

  BACKGROUND: Unnecessary right ventricular (RV) pacing in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) may adversely affect heart failur…

  Authors: Brian Olshansky, John Day, Maureen McGuire, Stephen Hahn, Scott Brown, Darin R Lerew

  Source: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 2006 Mar

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• Inhibition of Unnecessary RV Pacing with AV Search Hysteresis in ICDs (INTRINSIC RV): design and clinical protocol.

  Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce sudden arrhythmic death risk but when these devices are programmed DDD and pace in the right ven…

  Authors: Brian Olshansky, John Day, Maureen McGuire, Tim Pratt

  Source: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 2005 Jan

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• At the table together: mission and ethics as partners. Dynamic and effective teamwork between ethicists and mission leaders at Ascension Health helps strengthen the system's ministry.

  Authors: Sr Maureen McGuire, Dan O'Brien

  Source: Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.). 2009 Mar-Apr

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• Retention: it's all about respect.

  Retention of employees is often overlooked in developing strategies to deal with worker shortages in health care. Managers mistake requests for more m…

  Authors: Maureen McGuire, Janet Houser, Thafer Jarrar, Wendy Moy, Michelle Wall

  Source: The health care manager. 2003 Jan-Mar

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• Toward workplace spirituality. St. Louis-based Ascension Health is attending to the "spirit in work".

  Authors: Sister Maureen McGuire

  Source: Health progress (Saint Louis, Mo.). 2004 Nov-Dec

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