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Clinical Guidelines
Training Pathways for Implantation of Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Devices
The purpose of the task force was to develop a training pathway for ICD implantation for prophylactic indications and CRT for cardiologists who are already…
August 1, 2004
Clinical Trials
The COMPANION Trial
In patients with advanced heart failure and a prolonged QRS interval, cardiac-resynchronization therapy decreases the combined risk of death from any cause or first hospitalization…
May 20, 2004
Clinical Guidelines
2003 NASPE Training Requirements for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Selection, Implantation, and Follow-Up
This statement provides additional information regarding maintenance of skills related to device implantation, more detailed training guidelines for CIED implantation and lead extraction, and initial…
July 1, 2003
Clinical Guidelines
2003 International Consensus on Nomenclature and Classification of Atrial Fibrillation
This consensus statement provides a simple way to characterize an episode of atrial fibrillation.
April 1, 2003
Clinical Guidelines
2003 Policy Statement on Catheter Ablation: Personnel, Policy, Procedures, and Therapeutic Recommendations
This policy statement provides updates about the rationale and indications for catheter ablative procedures and recommendations regarding electrophysiology laboratory personnel and facilities.
March 1, 2003
Clinical Guidelines
2003 NASPE Standards of Professional Practice for the Allied Professional in Pacing and Electrophysiology
The provision of services accompanying technology-based electrophysiological-related interventions created an opportunity for health care professionals to specialize in the field of cardiac rhythm management.
January 1, 2003
Clinical Trials
The DAVID Trial
For patients with standard indications for ICD therapy, no indication for cardiac pacing, and an LVEF of 40% or less, dual-chamber pacing offers no clinical…
December 25, 2002
Clinical Trials
The AFFIRM Trial
A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation.
December 5, 2002
Clinical Guidelines
2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices
The focus of these guidelines is the appropriate use of devices (pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators), not the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
September 1, 2002
Clinical Trials
The MOST Trial
For sinus-node dysfunction, while dual-chamber pacing does not improve stroke-free survival compared with ventricular pacing, dual-chamber pacing does reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation, signs…
June 13, 2002