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Vidal Essebag
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 214
Citations - 7651
Vidal Essebag is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Atrial fibrillation & Catheter ablation. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 199 publications receiving 6137 citations. Previous affiliations of Vidal Essebag include McGill University Health Centre & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs
John L. Sapp,George A. Wells,Ratika Parkash,William G. Stevenson,Louis Blier,Jean-François Sarrazin,Bernard Thibault,Lena Rivard,Lorne J. Gula,Peter Leong-Sit,Vidal Essebag,Pablo B. Nery,Stanley Tung,Jean-Marc Raymond,Laurence D. Sterns,George D. Veenhuyzen,Jeff S. Healey,Damian P. Redfearn,Jean-Francois Roux,Anthony S.L. Tang +19 more
TL;DR: There was a significantly lower rate of the composite primary outcome of death, ventricular tachycardia storm, or appropriate ICD shock among patients undergoing catheter ablation than among those receiving an escalation in antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
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Pacemaker or Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation
David H. Birnie,Jeff S. Healey,George A. Wells,Atul Verma,Anthony S.L. Tang,Andrew D. Krahn,Christopher S. Simpson,Felix Ayala-Paredes,Benoit Coutu,Vidal Essebag +9 more
TL;DR: As compared with bridging therapy with heparin, a strategy of continued warfarin treatment at the time of pacemaker or ICD surgery markedly reduced the incidence of clinically significant device-pocket hematoma.
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Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Jason G. Andrade,George A. Wells,Marc W. Deyell,Matthew T. Bennett,Vidal Essebag,Jean Champagne,Jean-Francois Roux,Derek Yung,Allan C. Skanes,Yaariv Khaykin,Carlos A. Morillo,Umjeet Jolly,Paul Novak,Evan Lockwood,Guy Amit,Paul Angaran,John Sapp,Stephan Wardell,Sandra Lauck,Laurent Macle,Atul Verma +20 more
TL;DR: There was a significantly lower rate of atrial fibrillation recurrence with catheter cryoballoon ablation than with antiarrhythmic drug therapy, as assessed by continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring.
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Detection of pulmonary vein and left atrial scar after catheter ablation with three-dimensional navigator-gated delayed enhancement MR imaging: initial experience.
Dana C. Peters,John V. Wylie,Thomas H. Hauser,Kraig V. Kissinger,René M. Botnar,Vidal Essebag,Mark E. Josephson,Warren J. Manning +7 more
TL;DR: High-spatial-resolution delayed enhancement MR imaging allows noninvasive identification of scar induced by RF ablation following isolation therapy of the PV.
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Warfarin Use and the Risk for Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Dialysis
Mitesh Shah,Meytal Avgil Tsadok,Cynthia A. Jackevicius,Vidal Essebag,Mark J. Eisenberg,Elham Rahme,Karin H. Humphries,Jack V. Tu,Hassan Behlouli,Helen Guo,Louise Pilote +10 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that warfarin use is not beneficial in reducing stroke risk, but it is associated with a higher bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing dialysis.