Use of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure

Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction

2002 • 6,657 citations

Amiodarone or an Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator for Congestive Heart Failure

2005 • 6,320 citations

The Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on Morbidity and Mortality in Heart Failure

2005 • 6,028 citations

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy with or without an Implantable Defibrillator in Advanced Chronic Heart Failure

2004 • 5,710 citations

Models for Longitudinal Data: A Generalized Estimating Equation Approach

1988 • 4,384 citations

ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

2005 • 4,274 citations

Combined Cardiac Resynchronization and Implantable Cardioversion Defibrillation in Advanced Chronic Heart Failure

2003 • 1,614 citations

Representation of Elderly Persons and Women in Published Randomized Trials of Acute Coronary Syndromes

2001 • 845 citations

Left bundle-branch block is associated with increased 1-year sudden and total mortality rate in 5517 outpatients with congestive heart failure: A report from the Italian network on congestive heart failure

2002 • 795 citations

Left Ventricular‐Based Cardiac Stimulation Post AV Nodal Ablation Evaluation (The PAVE Study)

2005 • 582 citations

The Exclusion of the Elderly and Women From Clinical Trials in Acute Myocardial Infarction

1992 • 506 citations

The Adult With Congenital Heart Disease

2005 • 471 citations

Sex and Racial Differences in the Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure

2007 • 416 citations

Racial Differences in the Outcome of Left Ventricular Dysfunction

1999 • 361 citations

Sustained Reverse Left Ventricular Structural Remodeling With Cardiac Resynchronization at One Year Is a Function of Etiology

2006 • 355 citations

Most hospitalized older persons do not meet the enrollment criteria for clinical trials in heart failure

2003 • 336 citations

Systematic Review: Cardiac Resynchronization in Patients with Symptomatic Heart Failure

2004 • 323 citations

Sex Differences in the Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death

2007 • 278 citations

Get With the Guidelines for Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention

2004 • 276 citations

Cardiac Device Implantation in the United States from 1997 through 2004: A Population-based Analysis

2007 • 260 citations

Congestive Heart Failure and QRS Duration

2002 • 252 citations

Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Severe Heart Failure

2006 • 206 citations

Clinical Implications of QRS Duration in Patients Hospitalized With Worsening Heart Failure and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

2008 • 194 citations

Socioeconomic status, treatment, and outcomes among elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure: Findings from the National Heart Failure Project

2006 • 165 citations

National Trends in Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure

2006 • 104 citations

Clinical, Neurohormonal, and Inflammatory Markers and Overall Prognostic Role of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Patients With Heart Failure: Data From the Val-HeFT Heart Failure Trial

2007 • 86 citations

Racial Disparity in the Utilization of Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillators Among Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction and an Ejection Fraction of ≤35%

2007 • 77 citations

Clinical characteristics and survival of patients with chronic heart failure and prolonged QRS duration

2002 • 70 citations

Clinical predictors of marked improvement in left ventricular performance after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

2006 • 57 citations

Impact of Renal Function on Survival in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators

2007 • 53 citations

Impact of race and gender on cardiac device implantations

2007 • 51 citations

Influence of Diabetes on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With or Without Defibrillator in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

2007 • 49 citations

Outcomes and costs of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death among the elderly

2008 • 45 citations

Are registry hospitals different? A comparison of patients admitted to hospitals of a commercial heart failure registry with those from national and community cohorts

2006 • 35 citations

Outcomes by Race and Etiology of Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

2005 • 27 citations

Biventricular pacing for patients with severe congestive heart failure: a single center experience.

2002 • 7 citations