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Robert S. Sheldon
Researcher at University of Calgary
Publications - 20
Citations - 2289
Robert S. Sheldon is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ventricular tachycardia & Syncope (genus). The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications receiving 2153 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert S. Sheldon include Calgary General Hospital & McMaster University.
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Canadian implantable defibrillator study (CIDS) : a randomized trial of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator against amiodarone.
Stuart J. Connolly,Michael Gent,Robin S. Roberts,Paul Dorian,Denis Roy,Robert S. Sheldon,L. Brent Mitchell,Martin S. Green,George J. Klein,Bernard O’Brien +9 more
TL;DR: A 20% relative risk reduction occurred in all-cause mortality and a 33% reduction occur in arrhythmic mortality with ICD therapy compared with amiodarone; this reduction did not reach statistical significance.
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Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study (CIDS): Study design and organization
Stuart J. Connolly,Michael Gent,Robin S. Roberts,Paul Dorian,Martin S. Green,George J. Klein,L. Brent Mitchell,Robert S. Sheldon,Denis Roy +8 more
TL;DR: The Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study (CIDS) as discussed by the authors is an on-going randomized multicenter clinical trial that compares implantable cardioverter-defibrillation (ICD) therapy against amiodarone in patients with prior cardiac arrest or hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia.
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2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: Executive Summary
Win-Kuang Shen,Robert S. Sheldon,David G. Benditt,Mitchell I. Cohen,Daniel E. Forman,Zachary D. Goldberger,Blair P. Grubb,Mohamed H. Hamdan,Andrew D. Krahn,Mark S. Link,Brian Olshansky,Satish R. Raj,Roopinder K. Sandhu,Dan Sorajja,Benjamin C. Sun,Clyde W. Yancy +15 more
TL;DR: Win-Kuang Shen, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Chair, Writing Committee Member, Robert S. Sheldon,MD, PhD, F HRS, Vice Chair, writing Committee Member.
Society Position Statement Standardized Approaches to the Investigation of Syncope: Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Paper
Robert S. Sheldon,Carlos A. Morillo,Andrew D. Krahn,Ratika Parkash,Mario Talajic,Jack V. Tu,David E. Johnstone,Richard Leather +7 more
TL;DR: The combination of a wide differential diagnosis, a range of prognoses, and infrequent documentation of the faint leads to a high proportion of patients being admitted to hospital as mentioned in this paper.
Progress toward the prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation: A summary of the Heart Rhythm Society Research Forum on the Treatment and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation, Washington, DC, December 9-10, 2013.
David R. Van Wagoner,Jonathan P. Piccini,Christine M. Albert,Mark E. Anderson,Emelia J. Benjamin,Bianca J. J. M. Brundel,Robert M. Califf,Hugh Calkins,Peng Sheng Chen,Nipavan Chiamvimonvat,Dawood Darbar,Lee L. Eckhardt,Patrick T. Ellinor,Derek V. Exner,Richard I. Fogel,Anne M. Gillis,Jeff S. Healey,Stefan H. Hohnloser,Hooman Kamel,David A. Lathrop,Gregory Y.H. Lip,Gregory Y.H. Lip,Reena Mehra,Sanjiv M. Narayan,Jeffrey E. Olgin,Douglas L. Packer,Nicholas S. Peters,Dan M. Roden,Heather M. Ross,Robert S. Sheldon,Xander H.T. Wehrens +30 more
TL;DR: The Heart Rhythm Society convened a research symposium on December 9-10, 2013, in Washington, DC, that focused on the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) as well as AF-related stroke and morbidity as discussed by the authors.