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• 2014 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing  Academic Article
• 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing  Academic Article
• 2018 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• A Randomized-Controlled Pilot Study Comparing ICD Implantation with and Without Intraoperative Defibrillation Testing in Patients with Heart Failure and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Substudy of the RAFT Trial  Academic Article
• A comparison between monophasic and biphasic defibrillation for the cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with and without heart failure  Academic Article
• A prospective evaluation of edoxaban compared to warfarin in subjects undergoing cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: The EdoxabaN vs. warfarin in subjectS UndeRgoing cardiovErsion of Atrial Fibrillation (ENSURE-AF) study  Academic Article
• A wearable cardioverter–defibrillator did not reduce arrhythmic death in MI with reduced ejection fraction  Academic Article
• Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest  Academic Article
• Antiarrhythmic therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death.  Academic Article
• Antithrombotic Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Apical versus Non-Apical Lead: Is ICD Lead Position Important for Successful Defibrillation?  Academic Article
• Asclepius' second chance.  Academic Article
• Atrioventricular Block as the Initial Manifestation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in Middle-Aged Adults  Academic Article
• Biomarkers associated with rhythm status after cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation  Academic Article
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines 2010: Management of Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in the Emergency Department  Academic Article
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines 2010: Prevention of Stroke and Systemic Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter  Academic Article
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Joint Position Statement on the Perioperative Management of Patients With Implanted Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Neurostimulating Devices  Academic Article
• Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Task Force Report on Physician Training and Maintenance of Competency for Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Therapies: Executive Summary  Academic Article
• Canakinumab After Electrical Cardioversion in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Cardiac resynchronization is pro-arrhythmic in the absence of reverse ventricular remodelling: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation in ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48  Academic Article
• Cardioverter defibrillator implantation without induction of ventricular fibrillation: a single-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial (SIMPLE)  Academic Article
• Choosing a particular oral anticoagulant and dose for stroke prevention in individual patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: part 1  Academic Article
• Clinical outcome of patients with malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias and a multiprogrammable implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implanted with or without thoracotomy: An international multicenter study  Academic Article
• Clinical trials, the renin angiotensin system and atrial fibrillation  Academic Article
• Comprehensive upstream treatment for atrial fibrillation, when and how?  Academic Article
• Cost-Effectiveness of Rhythm versus Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Dabigatran Versus Warfarin in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Defibrillation Testing at the Time of ICD Insertion: An Analysis From the Ontario ICD Registry  Academic Article
• Development and feasibility testing of decision support for patients who are candidates for a prophylactic implantable defibrillator: a study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial  Academic Article
• Differential prehospital benefit from paramedic care  Academic Article
• Differentiating Ventricular From Supraventricular Arrhythmias Using the Postpacing Interval After Failed Antitachycardia Pacing  Academic Article
• Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients Undergoing Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Edoxaban versus enoxaparin–warfarin in patients undergoing cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (ENSURE-AF): a randomised, open-label, phase 3b trial  Academic Article
• Effective communication and ethical consent in decisions related to ICDs  Academic Article
• Effectiveness of single‐ vs dual‐coil implantable defibrillator leads: An observational analysis from the SIMPLE study  Academic Article
• Effects of Prehospital Care on Outcome in Patients With Cardiac Illness  Academic Article
• Effects of Sinus Rhythm Maintenance on Left Heart Function After Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy  Academic Article
• Ethnic Differences in Atrial Fibrillation Identified Using Implanted Cardiac Devices  Academic Article
• Evaluation of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in survivors of cardiac arrest: The need for randomized trials  Academic Article
• Frequency and Outcomes of Postrandomization Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in the Resynchronization/Defibrillation in Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial  Academic Article
• Hemodynamically stable wide-complex tachycardia in a young patient  Academic Article
• Imaging for Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Impact of electrical cardioversion on quality of life for patients with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation: Is there a treatment expectation effect?  Academic Article
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shock: Appropriate or Inappropriate?  Academic Article
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients with CKD  Academic Article
• Incidence, Predictors, and Procedural Results of Upgrade to Resynchronization Therapy  Academic Article
• Is Defibrillation Testing Necessary for Implantable Transvenous Defibrillators?  Academic Article
• Left atrial volume and function in patients with atrial fibrillation  Academic Article
• Letter by Ibrahim et al Regarding Article, “Anterior–Lateral Versus Anterior–Posterior Electrode Position for Cardioverting Atrial Fibrillation”  Academic Article
• Life expectancy gains and cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter/defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  Academic Article
• Long term management of the survivor of ventricular fibrillation or sustained ventricular tachycardia.  Academic Article
• Nonphysiologic noise early after defibrillator implantation in Canada: Incidence and implications  Academic Article
• Nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Risk of stroke and role of antithrombotic therapy.  Academic Article
• Outcome of advisory implantable cardioverter-defibrillator replacement: One-year follow-up  Academic Article
• Outcomes after catheter ablation and cardioversion in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: results from the prospective, observational XANTUS study  Academic Article
• Part 1: Executive Summary  Academic Article
• Patients with aortic stenosis: Cardiac complications in non-cardiac surgery  Academic Article
• Practical use of dabigatran etexilate for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation  Academic Article
• Pre- and post-treatment with amiodarone for elective electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Pre-treatment with antiarrhythmic drugs for elective electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Prediction of mortality benefit based on periodic repolarisation dynamics in patients undergoing prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator: a prospective, controlled, multicentre cohort study  Academic Article
• Predictors of Short-Term Complications After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Replacement  Academic Article
• Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation With Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers  Academic Article
• Progress toward the prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation: A summary of the Heart Rhythm Society Research Forum on the Treatment and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation, Washington, DC, December 9–10, 2013  Academic Article
• Propensity score matched comparison of subcutaneous and transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in the SIMPLE and EFFORTLESS studies  Academic Article
• RAFF-3 Trial: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial to Improve Care of Acute Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in the Emergency Department  Academic Article
• Rationale and design of RE-LY: Randomized evaluation of long-term anticoagulant therapy, warfarin, compared with dabigatran  Academic Article
• Rationale and design of a study assessing treatment strategies of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: The Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure (AF-CHF) trial  Academic Article
• Reverse atrial electrical remodelling following atrial defibrillation as determined by signal-averaged ECG.  Academic Article
• Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure  Academic Article
• Rhythm- and Rate-Controlling Effects of Dronedarone in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (from the ATHENA Trial)  Academic Article
• Right Ventricular Tachycardia  Academic Article
• Safety first — sedate and shock  Academic Article
• Safety of Urgent Cardioversion for Patients With Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter  Academic Article
• Sex differences in outcomes of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: combined registry data from eleven European countries  Academic Article
• Should we abandon the common practice of withholding oral anticoagulation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?  Academic Article
• Significant differences in the expected versus observed longevity of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)  Academic Article
• Single-dose oral anti-arrhythmic drugs for cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials  Academic Article
• Techniques improving electrical cardioversion success for patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Temporal Patterns and Predictors of Rate vs Rhythm Control in Patients Attending a Multidisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation Clinic  Academic Article
• The Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Trial  Academic Article
• The RACE to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department  Academic Article
• The Role of Defibrillation Testing  Academic Article
• The rationale and design of the Shockless IMPLant Evaluation (SIMPLE) trial: A randomized, controlled trial of defibrillation testing at the time of defibrillator implantation  Academic Article
• Thromboembolic events around the time of cardioversion for atrial fibrillation in patients receiving antiplatelet treatment in the ACTIVE trials  Academic Article
• Transesophageal Echocardiography to Guide Cardioversion in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Transesophageal echocardiography to guide cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation.  Academic Article
• Troponin levels after ICD implantation with and without defibrillation testing and their predictive value for outcomes: Insights from the SIMPLE trial  Academic Article
• Ventricular fibrillation due to passage of a Swan-Ganz catheter  Academic Article
• Whole Blood Gene Expression Differentiates between Atrial Fibrillation and Sinus Rhythm after Cardioversion  Academic Article
• Wound haematoma following defibrillator implantation: incidence and predictors in the Shockless Implant Evaluation (SIMPLE) trial  Academic Article