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Kobashigawa J, Tobis J, Mentzer R, Valantine H, Bourge R, Mehra M, et al.
Am J Transplant . 2006 Apr; 6(5 Pt 1):993-7. PMID: 16611335
Unlabelled: The mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) trial involved 650 heart transplant patients from 28 centers who received MMF or azathioprine (AZA), both in combination with cyclosporine and corticosteroids. Baseline and 1-year...
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Ali O, Ventura H, Stapleton D, Smart F
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 Aug; 6(6):333-336. PMID: 12189340
The use of a multisite transvenous pacemaker in a patient with refractory heart failure who experienced short-term symptomatic improvement is described. The improvement in heart failure symptoms was most likely...
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Iqbal I, Smart F, Ventura H, Stapleton D, Augustine S
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 Aug; 5(1):41-42. PMID: 12189332
The clinical characteristics as well as treatment of a patient with renal artery stenosis associated with uncontrolled hypertension and heart failure is described. Patients with similar findings should alert clinicians...
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Iqbal I, Ventura H, Smart F, Stapleton D
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 Aug; 5(3):129-130. PMID: 12189318
The authors describe the surgical implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy and recurring episodes of ventricular tachycardia with associated sudden death, as...
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Young C, Smart F, Ventura H
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 Aug; 5(5):235-237. PMID: 12189306
The authors describe the use of thoracic electrical bioimpedance, a noninvasive, simple, low risk technique to optimize atrioventricular delay in a patient with a dual chamber pacemaker, right ventricular infarct,...
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Muhammad K, Ventura H, Stapleton D, Smart F
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 May; 6(2):115-117. PMID: 12029197
The authors describe the use of spironolactone, an aldosterone receptor blocker, in a patient with heart failure refractory to conventional therapy. The clinical importance of this case is that not...
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Ventura H, Pranulis M, Young C, Smart F
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 May; 6(2):94-102. PMID: 12029194
This paper proposes that impedance cardiography could narrow the gap between heart failure clinical research and the appropriate and timely application of new knowledge and technology in the care of...
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Muhammad K, Ventura H, Stapleton D, Smart F
Congest Heart Fail . 2002 May; 6(3):164-166. PMID: 12029185
The authors describe the use of milrinone as a bridge to beta blockade in a patient with severe heart failure. This case is clinically important because in patients with severe...
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Steinman T, Becker B, Frost A, Olthoff K, Smart F, Suki W, et al.
Transplantation . 2001 Jun; 71(9):1189-204. PMID: 11397947
Members of the Clinical Practice Committee, American Society of Transplantation, have attempted to define referral criteria for solid organ transplantation. Work done by the Clinical Practice Committee does not represent...
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Ali O, Smart F, Nguyen T, Ventura H
Curr Atheroscler Rep . 2001 Mar; 3(2):149-55. PMID: 11177659
Microvascular angina (Syndrome X) is an extremely heterogeneous clinical entity that is the product of genetic, coronary microvascular, metabolic, and clinical factors, which combine together to produce distinct cardiac manifestations...