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Guidant
About: Guidant is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Heart failure & Cardiac resynchronization therapy. The organization has 320 authors who have published 234 publications receiving 10319 citations.
Topics: Heart failure, Cardiac resynchronization therapy, Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, Defibrillation, Ventricular tachycardia
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TL;DR: The CRT improved functional status in patients indicated for an ICD who also have symptomatic HF and intraventricular conduction delay and a subgroup of patients with advanced HF consistently demonstrated improvement across all functional status end points.
707 citations
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TL;DR: Failure to find relationships between proximity to "fast food" restaurants and obesity may be due to methodological weaknesses, e.g. the operational definition of " fast food" or "proximity", or homogeneity of restaurant proximity.
Abstract: Eating at "fast food" restaurants has increased and is linked to obesity. This study examined whether living or working near "fast food" restaurants is associated with body weight. A telephone survey of 1033 Minnesota residents assessed body height and weight, frequency of eating at restaurants, and work and home addresses. Proximity of home and work to restaurants was assessed by Global Index System (GIS) methodology. Eating at "fast food" restaurants was positively associated with having children, a high fat diet and Body Mass Index (BMI). It was negatively associated with vegetable consumption and physical activity. Proximity of "fast food" restaurants to home or work was not associated with eating at "fast food" restaurants or with BMI. Proximity of "non-fast food" restaurants was not associated with BMI, but was associated with frequency of eating at those restaurants. Failure to find relationships between proximity to "fast food" restaurants and obesity may be due to methodological weaknesses, e.g. the operational definition of "fast food" or "proximity", or homogeneity of restaurant proximity. Alternatively, the proliferation of "fast food" restaurants may not be a strong unique cause of obesity.
493 citations
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TL;DR: Cardiac resynchronization therapy may lead to a reduction in LV volumes in patients with advanced HF and conduction disturbances, and volume nonresponders have significantly higher baseline LVEDV.
425 citations
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TL;DR: Left ventricular pacing significantly improves exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with chronic HF, LV systolic dysfunction, and a QRS interval over 150 ms.
388 citations
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TL;DR: Echocardiographic quantification of LV asynchrony identifies patients likely to have improved systolic function with CRT, and improved synchrony is directly related to improved hemodynamic syStolic function in type 2 patients.
299 citations
Authors
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Frank B. Hu | 250 | 1675 | 253464 |
David A. Kass | 127 | 580 | 58747 |
Inder S. Anand | 91 | 434 | 31316 |
Daniel P. Judge | 74 | 244 | 23368 |
Helmut U. Klein | 65 | 319 | 28435 |
Stephen C. Hammill | 64 | 229 | 17022 |
Paul A. Friedman | 64 | 531 | 16085 |
Andrew E. Epstein | 56 | 179 | 15690 |
Andrew P. Kramer | 53 | 156 | 9788 |
Syed F. A. Hossainy | 50 | 291 | 9273 |
Fermin C. Garcia | 49 | 179 | 7178 |
Julio C. Spinelli | 47 | 93 | 9098 |
Raymond E. Ideker | 46 | 280 | 7192 |
Vojtech Melenovsky | 46 | 143 | 8865 |
Bruce H. Kenknight | 44 | 145 | 7643 |