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Masood Akhtar
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 233
Citations - 8626
Masood Akhtar is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tachycardia & Ventricular tachycardia. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 232 publications receiving 8491 citations. Previous affiliations of Masood Akhtar include Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation & Medtronic plc.
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Sudden death in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Huagui Li,Kathi Axtell,Michael Biehl,Sanjay Deshpande,Anwer Dhala,Zalman Blanck,Jabir Sra,Mohamad Jazayeri,Masood Akhtar +8 more
TL;DR: Sudden death victims of the ICD population are characterized by poor left ventricular function and hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachyarrhythmias, the major cause of sudden death in ICD patients.
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NASPE Ad Hoc Committee on Guidelines for Cardiac Electrophysiological Studies. North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.
Masood Akhtar,John D. Fisher,Paul C. Gillette,Mark E. Josephson,Eric N. Prystowsky,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Sanjeev Saksena,Melvin M. Scheinman,Albert L. Waldo,D. P. Zipes +9 more
TL;DR: The diagnostic and therapeutic indications and safety of cardiac electrophysiological stimulation and recording studies (henceforth abbreviated "EPS") based on the most current knowledge available are addressed.
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Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia.
TL;DR: Radiofrequency catheter ablation may be the treatment of choice in patients with VT and no apparent structural heart disease; this is especially true for young patients who would otherwise require long-life antiarrhythmic therapy.
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Pulmonary vein isolation and linear lesions in atrial fibrillation ablation
Imran Sheikh,David Krum,Ryan Cooley,Anwer Dhala,Zalmen Blanck,Atul Bhatia,Vikram Nangia,Masood Akhtar,Jasbir Sra +8 more
TL;DR: The addition of linear lesions to PV isolation more effectively achieved sinus rhythm initially and fewer patients required additional management to maintain their rhythm when compared to patients who underwent lone PV isolation, but the overall results were similar in both groups.
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Database Conference Washington D.C.: Do existing databases answer clinical questions about geriatric cardiovascular disease and stroke?
Melvin D. Cheitlin,Gary Gerstenblith,William R. Hazzard,Richard C. Pasternak,Linda P. Fried,Michael W. Rich,Harlan M. Krumholz,Eric D. Peterson,Joseph G. Reves,Charles R. McKay,Sanjeev Saksena,Win Kuang Shen,Masood Akhtar,Lawrence M. Brass,José Biller +14 more
TL;DR: The goal of this conference was to convene the principal investigators of key databases, and others in the field of geriatric cardiology, to address questions relating to the safety and effectiveness of treatment interventions for several cardiovascular conditions in the elderly.