Schwagten, B., Jordaens, L., Jessurun, E., Witsenburg, M., Scheffer, M., Szili-Torok, T.
A baffle puncture is a challenging procedure but can be safely done using direct visualization of the region of interest. To our knowledge, however, it has never been performed in a patient with...
Abdelwahab, A., Gardner, M., Parkash, R., Basta, M., Sapp, J., Veltmann, C., ...
Introduction: Scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) is often unmappable. Data regarding the outcomes of ablation for mappable vs unmappable VT are lacking. Methods: Catheter ablation of...
Risk of chronic anxiety in implantable defibrillator patients: A multi-center study (2009)
Pedersen, S.S., Theuns, D.A., Erdman, R.A.M., Alings, M., Meijer, A., ...
De Sutter, Johan, Tavernier, René, De Bacquer, Dirk, De Buyzere, Marc, Van De Veire, Nico, JORDAENS, L, ...
Scholten, M., Szili-Torok, T., Klootwijk, P., Jordaens, L.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation between monophasic damped sine waveform and rectilinear biphasic waveform shocks at a high initial energy...
Effect of experimentally-induced chronic atrial fibrillation in healthy ponies. (2002)
Van Loon, Gunther, Deprez, Piet, DUYTSCHAEVER, M, FONTEYNE, W, TAVERNIER, R, JORDAENS, L
Theuns, D., Klootwijk, A. P., Kimman, G. P., Szili-Török, T., Jordaens, L.
Aim Inappropriate therapy, due to poor discrimination of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) from ventricular tachycardia (VT) remains a major problem in patients with an implantable cardioverter...
Jordaens, L, Tavernier, R, MIRRACLE Investigators,
Aims The purpose of this study was to assess risk factors for sudden death after discharge from hospital for myocardial infarction in an era in which 50% of patients receive thrombolytic drugs....
Report of a study group on ablate and pace therapy for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (1999)
Brignole, M., Gammage, M., Jordaens, L., Sutton, R.
Atrioventricular junctional (AVJ) catheter ablation followed by pacemaker implantation is now widely accepted for patients affected by paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) not controlled by...
Atrioverter: an implantable device for the tratment of atrial fibrillation (1998)
Wellens, HJJ, Lau, CP, Luderitz, B, Akhtar, M, Waldo, AJ, Camm, J, ...
BACKGROUND: During atrial fibrillation, electrophysiological changes occur in atrial tissue that favor the maintenance of the arrhythmia and facilitate recurrence after conversion to sinus rhythm. An...
Atrial fibrillation: current knowledge and recommendations for management (1998)
Lévy, S., Breithardt, G., Campbell, R.W.F., Camm, A.J., Allessie, M., ...
Atrial fibrillation, a commonly encountered arrhythmia, has in recent years, been the subject of increased interest and intensive clinical research. There is also increasing awareness that atrial...
Tavernier, R., Jordaens, L., Haerynck, F., Derycke, E., Clement, D. L.
Various QT interval variables and heart rate variability parameters were studied in six patients with ventricular fibrillation but without heart disease and compared with findings in 21 normal...
Recommendations for driving of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (1997)
Jung, W., Anderson, M., Camm, A. J., Jordaens, L., Petch, M. C., Rosenqvist, M., ...
Jordaens, L., Trouerbach, J., Calle, P., Tavernier, R., Derycke, E., Vertongen, P., ...
Aims A randomized, double-blind study with a high dose of digoxin administered intravenously for conversion of atrial fibrillation (not due to haemodynamic alterations) to sinus rhythm, and for rate...
In clinical practice, observational studies remain necessary for evaluating accepted and new treatments. The comparison of results remains difficult and often controversial, because of a wide...
Ector, H., Jordaens, L., Vanhaecke, J.
In clinical practice, observational studies remain necessary for evaluating accepted and new treatments. The comparison of results remains difficult and often controversial, because of a wide...
Superior vena cava syndrome after implantation of a transvenous cardioverter defibrillator (1995)
DHONDT, E., HUTSE, W., VANMEERHAEGHE, X., JORDAENS, L.
Superior vena cava syndrome is a rare, but nevertheless well known complication of permanent pacemaker implantation. Nowadays cardioverter defibrillators are also routinely implanted transvenously. A...
MlSSAULT, L., JORDAENS, L., GHEERAERT, P., ADANG, L., CLEMENT, D.
Recent studies in patients with atrial fibrillation, not on anticoagulation, suggest that if transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) excludes the presence of thrombi, early cardioversion can be...
Aubert, A E, Jordaens, L, Waleffe, A, De Geest, H, ...
Ninety-three patients, who underwent DC shock ablation were reviewed over a mean follow-up period of 54 months (range 3 to 84 months). These patients (46 male and 47 female, mean age: 58 years) had...
Reply : Cardiac anatomy and diastolic filling in professional road cyclists (1993)
Missault, Luc, Duprez, Daniel, JORDAENS, L, De Buyzere, Marc, BONNY, K, Adang, Luc, ...
JORDAENS, L., VAN WASSENHOVE, E., CLEMENT, L.
Factors determining the success of a single, low-energy, direct current-shock to achieve chronic complete heart block were studied in a consecutive group of 14 patients. A shock of 8 J was delivered...
Incidence of arrhythmias after atrial or dual-chamber pacemaker implantation (1989)
JORDAENS, L., ROBBENS, E., WASSENHOVE, E. VAN, CLEMENT, D. L.
The incidence of sustained atrial, pacemaker-mediated and ventricular rhythm disturbances was studied retrospectively in a consecutive series of112 patients without a history of preexisting atrial...
Jordaens, L., Hollanders, G., De Schrijver, A., Simons, M., De Backer, G., Clement, D. L.
The role of ischaemia in the natural history of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia not related to acute myocardial infarction is not well documented. We examined 38 patients (mean age 60...
An implantable antitachycardia pacemaker with back-up pacing and scanning burst mode (1986)
JORDAENS, L., WASSENHOVE, E. V., CLEMENT, D. L.
We used an automatically triggered antitachycardia device (PASAR 4171) which is able to provide up to 7 stimuli in the atrium of three patients with AV-nodal tachycardia. A PASAR 4172 was implanted...
Pathologic-study of echocardiography and coronary atherosclerosis (1983)
Jordaens, L, Heyndrickx, Gr, Vankerckvoorde, L, Brys, R, Dekeyser, Rafaël; U0006846
A metastatic tumor to the heart (1983)
Jordaens, L, Vankerckvoorde, I, Brys, R, Dekeyser, Rafaël; U0006846
A fatal intoxication due to doxepin (1983)
Cordonnier, J, Heyndrickx, A, Jordaens, L, Brijs, R, Dekeyser, Rafaël; U0006846
Pacing induced sustained atrial fibrillation in a pony.
Van Loon, G, Tavernier, R, Duytschaever, M, Fonteyne, W, Deprez, P, Jordaens, L
A transvenous, screw-in electrode was implanted in the right atrium of a healthy pony and connected with an implantable pulse generator programmed to deliver bursts of electrical stimuli to the...
Pacing induced sustained atrial fibrillation in a pony.
Van Loon, G, Tavernier, R, Duytschaever, M, Fonteyne, W, Deprez, P, Jordaens, L
A transvenous, screw-in electrode was implanted in the right atrium of a healthy pony and connected with an implantable pulse generator programmed to deliver bursts of electrical stimuli to the...
Efficacy of an implanted automatic defibrillator which had induced atrial fibrillation.
Jordaens, L, Hamerlynck, R, Clement, D L
A 54 year old man with refractory life threatening ventricular tachycardia was given an automatic defibrillator. The initial system was a transvenous defibrillator coil electrode and this was later...
Jordaens, L, Trouerbach, J W, Vertongen, P, Herregods, L, Poelaert, J, Van Nooten, G
OBJECTIVES--To compare the efficacy of a purely transvenous cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system with that of a system with a supplementary subcutaneous patch. To evaluate clinical follow up of...
Evaluation of six minute walking test in patients with single chamber rate responsive pacemakers.
OBJECTIVE--To validate a simplified exercise protocol (the six minute walk) as a means of evaluating pacing modes and rate responsive pacemakers. DESIGN--Two groups of patients with different...
Kazmierczak, J, De Sutter, J, Tavernier, R, Cuvelier, C, Dimmer, C, Jordaens, L
Objective—To study differences between repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (RMVT) of right ventricular origin, and ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia...
De Sutter, J, Tavernier, R, De Backer, J, Kazmierczak, J, De Backer, G, ...
OBJECTIVE—To relate QT parameters to infarct size and inducibility during electrophysiological studies. DESIGN—Analysis of a prospective register. SETTING—University...
Tavernier, R, Gevaert, S, De Sutter, J, De Clercq, A, Rottiers, H, Jordaens, L, ...
OBJECTIVE—To study the outcome of patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia treated with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for ventricular tachyarrhythmias complicated...
Effects of intravenous dofetilide on induction of atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia
Cobbe, S, Campbell, R, Camm, A, Nathan, A, Rowland, E, Bloch-Thomsen, P, ...
OBJECTIVE—To assess the efficacy and safety of intravenous dofetilide in preventing induction of atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia. DESIGN—A multicentre, open, dose ranging trial. Fifty...
Transseptal left heart catheterisation guided by intracardiac echocardiography
Szili-Torok, T, Kimman, G., Theuns, D, Res, J, Roelandt, J, Jordaens, L
OBJECTIVE—To develop a novel approach of transseptal puncture guided by intracardiac echocardiography and to assess its efficacy. METHODS—Transcatheter intracardiac echocardiography with a...
Comparison of monophasic and biphasic shocks for transthoracic cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
Scholten, M, Szili-Torok, T, Klootwijk, P, Jordaens, L
Objective: To compare the efficacy of cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation between monophasic damped sine waveform and rectilinear biphasic waveform shocks at a high initial energy...
Hybrid pharmacological and ablative therapy for the management of symptomatic atrial fibrillation
Kimman, G.P., Szili-Torok, T., Nieuwdorp, M., Scholten, M., Jordaens, L.
One day after childbirth, a 29-year-old woman had several episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. She was rescued by an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)...
Tachycardiomyopathy with familial predisposition masquerading as peripartum cardiomyopathy
Alings, M., Thornton, A., Scholten, M., Jordaens, L.
A 28-year-old pregnant lady presented with cardiomyopathy and atrial tachycardia. The patient had severe heart failure and syncope. Her past medical history was uneventful. Her mother, however, had...