Heart Rhythm
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 1140-1147, October 2006

Nonexcitatory, cardiac contractility modulation electrical impulses: Feasibility study for advanced heart failure in patients with normal QRS duration

  • Suresh B. Neelagaru, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lone Star Arrhythmia and Heart Failure Center, Amarillo, Texas
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  • Javier E. Sanchez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, Austin, Texas
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  • Stanley K. Lau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Southern California Heart Centers, San Gabriel, California
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  • Steven M. Greenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York
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  • Nirav Y. Raval, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Seth Worley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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  • Jill Kalman, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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  • Andrew D. Merliss, MD

      Affiliations

    • BryanLGH Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
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  • Steven Krueger, MD

      Affiliations

    • BryanLGH Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
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  • Mark Wood, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
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  • Marc Wish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Arrhythmia Associates, Fairfax, Virginia
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  • Daniel Burkhoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Orangeburg, New York
    • Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • Koonlawee Nademanee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Rim EP, Inglewood, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Koonlawee Nademanee, Pacific Rim Electrophysiology Research Institute, 575 E. Hardy Street, Suite 201, Inglewood, California 90301.

Received 27 April 2006; accepted 26 June 2006. published online 10 July 2006.

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 This study was supported by a research grant from IMPULSE Dynamics, Orangeburg, New York, USA, the manufacturer of the OPTIMIZER system. Dr. Burkhoff is an employee of IMPULSE Dynamics.

PII: S1547-5271(06)01727-9

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.06.031

Heart Rhythm
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 1140-1147, October 2006