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Kalyanam Shivkumar

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1 Treatment of atrial fibrillation by the ablation of localized sources: CONFIRM (Conventional Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation With or Without Focal Impulse and Rotor Modulation) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 5.46
2 Direct or coincidental elimination of stable rotors or focal sources may explain successful atrial fibrillation ablation: on-treatment analysis of the CONFIRM trial (Conventional ablation for AF with or without focal impulse and rotor modulation). J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 2.58
3 Neuraxial modulation for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: value of thoracic epidural anesthesia and surgical left cardiac sympathetic denervation. Circulation 2010 2.26
4 Value of high-density endocardial and epicardial mapping for catheter ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2006 2.18
5 Impact of local ablation on interconnected channels within ventricular scar: mechanistic implications for substrate modification. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013 2.15
6 The role of the autonomic nervous system in sudden cardiac death. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2008 2.09
7 Use of thoracic epidural anesthesia for management of electrical storm: a case report. Heart Rhythm 2005 2.07
8 Sympathetic innervation of the anterior left ventricular wall by the right and left stellate ganglia. Heart Rhythm 2012 1.93
9 Functional pace-mapping responses for identification of targets for catheter ablation of scar-mediated ventricular tachycardia. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2012 1.89
10 Functional characterization of atrial electrograms in sinus rhythm delineates sites of parasympathetic innervation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 1.83
11 Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia: an institutional experience of safety and efficacy. Heart Rhythm 2012 1.77
12 Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices in ventricular tachycardia ablation: multicenter experience. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2014 1.64
13 Comparative safety of periablation anticoagulation strategies for atrial fibrillation: data from a large multicenter study. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2014 1.60
14 Mode and mechanisms of death after orthotopic heart transplantation. Heart Rhythm 2009 1.60
15 Percutaneous intrapericardial echocardiography during catheter ablation: a feasibility study. Heart Rhythm 2006 1.57
16 Catheter ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: value of defining coronary anatomy. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006 1.57
17 Initial independent outcomes from focal impulse and rotor modulation ablation for atrial fibrillation: multicenter FIRM registry. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2014 1.53
18 Impedance monitoring during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2005 1.49
19 Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2012 1.47
20 Catheter ablation of typical atrial flutter in severe pulmonary hypertension. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2012 1.45
21 The Cardiac Atlas Project--an imaging database for computational modeling and statistical atlases of the heart. Bioinformatics 2011 1.44
22 Unipolar and bipolar electrogram characteristics predict exit block during pulmonary vein antral isolation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2012 1.43
23 Panoramic electrophysiological mapping but not electrogram morphology identifies stable sources for human atrial fibrillation: stable atrial fibrillation rotors and focal sources relate poorly to fractionated electrograms. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013 1.40
24 Supraventricular tachycardia after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 1.35
25 Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: arrhythmia-free survival after endo-epicardial substrate based mapping and ablation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2011 1.35
26 Characterization of the arrhythmogenic substrate in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy implications for catheter ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 1.35
27 Bilateral cardiac sympathetic denervation for the management of electrical storm. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 1.32
28 Distinguishing epicardial fat from scar: analysis of electrograms using high-density electroanatomic mapping in a novel porcine infarct model. Heart Rhythm 2009 1.24
29 A novel method for preventing phrenic nerve injury during catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2006 1.17
30 Percutaneous epicardial mapping during ablation of difficult accessory pathways as an alternative to cardiac surgery. Heart Rhythm 2004 1.15
31 Distribution of late potentials within infarct scars assessed by ultra high-density mapping. Heart Rhythm 2010 1.15
32 Radiofrequency current delivery via transseptal needle to facilitate septal puncture. Heart Rhythm 2007 1.15
33 Irreversible intrapulmonary vascular changes after pulmonary vein stenosis complicating catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Cardiovasc Pathol 2007 1.13
34 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: infarct size is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. Magn Reson Imaging 2010 1.09
35 Ultra high-density multipolar mapping with double ventricular access: a novel technique for ablation of ventricular tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2011 1.09
36 Pleuropericardial fistula formation after prior epicardial catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2012 1.08
37 EHRA/HRS/APHRS expert consensus on ventricular arrhythmias. Heart Rhythm 2014 1.08
38 Sympathetic stimulation increases dispersion of repolarization in humans with myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012 1.06
39 Focal myocardial infarction induces global remodeling of cardiac sympathetic innervation: neural remodeling in a spatial context. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013 1.05
40 Signal-averaged electrocardiogram in Ebstein's anomaly. Am J Cardiol 2004 1.04
41 Intracardiac echocardiography during interventional and electrophysiological cardiac catheterization. Circulation 2009 1.04
42 Extracardiac neural remodeling in humans with cardiomyopathy. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2012 1.02
43 Characterization of myocardial scars: electrophysiological imaging correlates in a porcine infarct model. Heart Rhythm 2011 1.01
44 Autonomic Regulation Therapy in Heart Failure. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2015 1.01
45 Catheter ablation utilizing remote magnetic navigation: a review of applications and outcomes. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2012 1.01
46 Venice Chart International Consensus document on ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010 1.00
47 Epicardial interventions in electrophysiology. Circulation 2012 1.00
48 Transient left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2005 0.97
49 Hybrid procedures for epicardial catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia: value of surgical access. Heart Rhythm 2010 0.97
50 Improved late gadolinium enhancement MR imaging for patients with implanted cardiac devices. Radiology 2013 0.96
51 Forward-looking intracardiac ultrasound imaging using a 1-D CMUT array integrated with custom front-end electronics. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2008 0.94
52 A new electrocardiographic marker for sympathetic nerve stimulation: modulation of repolarization by stimulation of stellate ganglia. J Electrocardiol 2011 0.94
53 Neural remodeling and myocardial infarction: the stellate ganglion as a double agent. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 0.94
54 Cardiomyopathy is associated with structural remodelling of heart valve extracellular matrix. Eur Heart J 2009 0.92
55 Modulation of regional dispersion of repolarization and T-peak to T-end interval by the right and left stellate ganglia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013 0.92
56 Idiopathic massive myocardial calcification: a case report and review of the literature. Cardiovasc Pathol 2010 0.91
57 Optimal combination of discriminators for differentiating ventricular from supraventricular tachycardia by dual-chamber defibrillators. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2005 0.91
58 Functional differences between junctional and extrajunctional adrenergic receptor activation in mammalian ventricle. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012 0.90
59 Azygos vein lead implantation: a novel adjunctive technique for implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2004 0.90
60 EHRA/HRS/APHRS expert consensus on ventricular arrhythmias. Europace 2014 0.90
61 Safety and outcomes of cryoablation for ventricular tachyarrhythmias: results from a multicenter experience. Heart Rhythm 2011 0.88
62 Left ventricular lead stabilization utilizing a coronary stent. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2006 0.88
63 Alterations in ion channel physiology in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2006 0.87
64 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: safety and feasibility. Heart Rhythm 2010 0.87
65 Transconduit puncture for catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia in a patient with extracardiac Fontan palliation. Heart Rhythm 2009 0.87
66 Changes and predictive value of dispersion of repolarization parameters for appropriate therapy in patients with biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Heart Rhythm 2007 0.86
67 Left ventricular endocardial lead placement using a modified transseptal approach. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2004 0.85
68 Accuracy of combined endocardial and epicardial electroanatomic mapping of a reperfused porcine infarct model: a comparison of electrofield and magnetic systems with histopathologic correlation. Heart Rhythm 2010 0.85
69 Quantitative localization of premature ventricular contractions using myocardial activation ECGI from the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram. J Electrocardiol 2013 0.85
70 The feasibility of using thermal strain imaging to regulate energy delivery during intracardiac radio-frequency ablation. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2011 0.85
71 Bilateral cardiac sympathetic denervation: why, who and when? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2012 0.84
72 Diagnostic maneuver during narrow-complex tachycardia: what is the arrhythmia mechanism? Heart Rhythm 2008 0.84
73 Our approach to minimize risk of epicardial access: standard techniques with the addition of electroanatomic mapping guidance. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2012 0.84
74 Percutaneous interventricular septal access in a patient with aortic and mitral mechanical valves: a novel technique for catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2013 0.84
75 The acoustic lens design and in vivo use of a multifunctional catheter combining intracardiac ultrasound imaging and electrophysiology sensing. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2008 0.83
76 Effect of stellate ganglia stimulation on global and regional left ventricular function as assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013 0.83
77 Relationship between mechanical and electrical remodelling in patients with cardiac resynchronization implanted defibrillators. Europace 2011 0.83
78 Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. Circulation 2011 0.83
79 Quinidine, a life-saving medication for Brugada syndrome, is inaccessible in many countries. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 0.82
80 Cardiac resynchronization therapy response is associated with shorter duration of atrial fibrillation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2007 0.82
81 Miniaturized ultrasound imaging probes enabled by CMUT arrays with integrated frontend electronic circuits. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2010 0.82
82 In vivo detection of myocardial ischemia in pigs using visible light spectroscopy. Anesth Analg 2009 0.82
83 Experimental studies with a 9F forward-looking intracardiac imaging and ablation catheter. J Ultrasound Med 2009 0.82
84 Intrapericardial balloon placement for prevention of collateral injury during catheter ablation of the left atrium in a porcine model. Heart Rhythm 2009 0.82
85 Defibrillation threshold testing fails to show clinical benefit during long-term follow-up of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation. Europace 2011 0.82
86 Left ventricular apical wall motion abnormality is associated with lack of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm 2007 0.82
87 Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography. Heart Rhythm 2004 0.81
88 Intra-pericardial balloon retraction of the left atrium: a novel method to prevent esophageal injury during catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2008 0.81
89 Usefulness of preimplantation B-type natriuretic peptide level for predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Am J Cardiol 2006 0.81
90 Device extraction in adults with congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2009 0.80
91 Development of an electrophysiology (EP)-enabled intracardiac ultrasound catheter integrated with NavX 3-dimensional electrofield mapping for guiding cardiac EP interventions: experimental studies. J Ultrasound Med 2007 0.80
92 Lesion-forming technologies for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2006 0.79
93 Electrical homogenization of ventricular scar by application of collagenase: a novel strategy for arrhythmia therapy. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013 0.79
94 Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia using intracoronary wire mapping and coil embolization: description of a new technique. Heart Rhythm 2012 0.79
95 First in vivo use of a capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer array-based imaging and ablation catheter. J Ultrasound Med 2012 0.79
96 The slippery slope of human ventricular arrhythmias. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2004 0.79
97 Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2010 0.78
98 A 10-Fr ultrasound catheter with integrated micromotor for 4-D intracardiac echocardiography. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2011 0.78
99 Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. Circulation 2010 0.78
100 The autonomic innervation of the ligament of Marshall. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006 0.78
101 Neuraxial modulation for ventricular arrhythmias: a new hope. Heart Rhythm 2012 0.78
102 Ventricular tachycardia from remote blunt chest trauma: combined epicardial-endocardial right ventricular substrate characterization. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2012 0.78
103 Atrial fibrillation in congestive heart failure: current management. Cardiol Clin 2009 0.78
104 Arrhythmia recurrence in adult patients with single ventricle physiology following surgical Fontan conversion. Congenit Heart Dis 2010 0.78
105 Tissue voltage discordance during tachycardia versus sinus rhythm: implications for catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2013 0.77
106 Use of potassium channel openers for pharmacologic modulation of cardiac excitability. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2004 0.77
107 A family of intracardiac ultrasound imaging devices designed for guidance of electrophysiology ablation procedures. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2009 0.77
108 Electrophysiological differences between the epicardium and the endocardium of the left atrium. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2010 0.77
109 Device-based autonomic modulation in arrhythmia patients: the role of vagal nerve stimulation. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2015 0.77
110 The molecular basis of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with cardiomyopathy. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2004 0.77
111 Electrophysiological characterization of cardiac veins in humans. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2004 0.77
112 Beyond coronary sinus angiography: the value of coronary arteriography and identification of the pericardiophrenic vein during left ventricular lead placement. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2005 0.77
113 Successful ablation of an epicardial ventricular tachycardia using a surgical ablation tool. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2011 0.76
114 Integrated care for management of ventricular arrhythmias: can a specialized unit and catheter ablation improve mortality? Circulation 2013 0.76
115 Exploring the potential of pulmonary vein recordings: can they help elucidate mechanisms of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation? Europace 2008 0.75
116 Carvedilol reduced mortality and morbidity caused by myocardial infarction in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. ACP J Club 2002 0.75
117 Calming the storm by sympatholysis. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J 2011 0.75
118 Ablation of Post Transplant Atrial Flutter and Pseudo-fibrillation Using Magnetic Navigation via a Superior Approach. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J 2012 0.75
119 The autonomic stress of sleep: Sleeping the sleep of death. Heart Rhythm 2010 0.75
120 Narrow QRS complex tachycardia: what is the mechanism? Heart Rhythm 2012 0.75
121 How to target postablation perimitral flutter: valve isthmus or PV triggers? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2011 0.75
122 Alternating cycle length during supraventricular tachycardia: what is the mechanism? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2009 0.75
123 The value of image integration for epicardial catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 0.75
124 Live three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic imaging of novel multielectrode ablation catheters. Heart Rhythm 2009 0.75
125 ACP Journal Club. Review: Early treatment of a cardiovascular event with nitrates or ACE inhibitors reduces short-term mortality. Ann Intern Med 2010 0.75
126 Sepsis from insidious pacemaker infection and unsuspected tricuspid valve endocarditis: the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in guiding explantation strategy. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2005 0.75
127 Mechanisms of arrhythmias: are we still "learning while burning"? (editorial). J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2002 0.75
128 Ripple mapping: making electroanatomic mapping user-friendly. Heart Rhythm 2009 0.75
129 Latent atrial fibrillation triggers originating in accessory pathways. Heart Rhythm 2008 0.75
130 In silico to in vivo: mutation-specific modeling of arrhythmia risk. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 0.75
131 Response to letter regarding "Impact of local ablation on inter-connected channels within ventricular scar: mechanistic implications for substrate modification". Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2014 0.75
132 Arrhythmia diagnosis: simple and elegant. Heart Rhythm 2006 0.75
133 Managing patients with ICD shocks and programming tachycardia therapies during acute heart failure syndromes. Heart Fail Rev 2011 0.75
134 Advances in ablation of ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Curr Cardiol Rep 2012 0.75
135 Biophysical parameters during radiofrequency catheter ablation of scar-mediated ventricular tachycardia: epicardial and endocardial applications via manual and magnetic navigation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2014 0.75
136 Radiofrequency ablation of drug refractory ventricular tachycardia related to cocaine use: a feasibility, safety, and efficacy study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2014 0.75
137 Improving our understanding of epicardial ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 0.75
138 Wide complex tachycardia with a unique mode of termination: what is the mechanism? Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2011 0.75
139 Counterclockwise atrial flutter in dextrocardia. Heart Rhythm 2005 0.75
140 Incessant tachycardia following catheter ablation of an accessory pathway: what is the mechanism? Heart Rhythm 2005 0.75
141 Three dissociated rhythms after ablation of an atypical right atrial flutter. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010 0.75
142 Imaging the ascending aorta and aortic arch using transesophageal echocardiography: the expanded aortic view. Echocardiography 2008 0.75
143 Reentry around the heart. Heart Rhythm 2006 0.75
144 Recurrent irregular tachycardia that consistently terminates on a P wave: what is the mechanism? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010 0.75
145 Determination of the upper limit of vulnerability using implantable cardioverter-defibrillator electrograms. Circulation 2003 0.75
146 Atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2008 0.75
147 Interventions to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks. Curr Opin Crit Care 2012 0.75
148 Coronary sinus fistula: a reason not to implant a transvenous left ventricular lead. Heart Rhythm 2010 0.75
149 Unusual response to atrial extrastimulus testing. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2002 0.75
150 Histopathologic characterization of the atrioventricular conduction axis following catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2005 0.75
151 Assessment of His-Purkinje reserve: what is the mechanism of block? Heart Rhythm 2010 0.75
152 The emerging role of cardiac resynchronization therapy in milder heart failure: are we implanting too late for response? Curr Heart Fail Rep 2012 0.75
153 Hybrid techniques and neuraxial modulation for treatment of ventricular tachycardia. Future Cardiol 2011 0.75