Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 943-948 , July 2009

Vectorcardiographic determinants of cardiac memory during normal ventricular activation and continuous ventricular pacing

  • Alexei Shvilkin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Alexei Shvilkin, Baker 4/Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 185 Pilgrim Road, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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  • Bosko Bojovic, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NewCardio, Inc. Santa Clara, California
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  • Branislav Vajdic, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NewCardio, Inc. Santa Clara, California
    • ,
  • Ihor Gussak, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • NewCardio, Inc. Santa Clara, California
    • ,
  • Peter Zimetbaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Mark E. Josephson, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 24 January 2009 ,Accepted 13 March 2009.

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 Dr. Shvilkin has received consulting fees from and owns stock options in NewCardio, Inc. Drs. Bojovic, Vajdic, and Gussak are employees of NewCardio, Inc. Dr. Josephson is the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of New Cardio, Inc., and owns its stock options. Dr. Zimetbaum owns stock options in NewCardio, Inc.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00316-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.025

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 7 , Pages 943-948 , July 2009

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