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Sana Mustapha Al-Khatib

Sana Mustapha Al-Khatib

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
alkha001@duke.edu
Duke Box 3850, Durham, NC 27715
7521 N Pavilion Bldg, Durham, NC

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Sudden cardiac death after acute heart failure hospital admission: insights from ASCEND-HF.

Conference Eur J Heart Fail · March 2018 AIMS: The incidence of and factors associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) early after an acute heart failure (HF) hospital admission have not been well defined. METHODS AND RESULTS: We assessed SCD and ventricular arrhythmias in the Acute Study of Clin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predicting appropriate shocks in patients with heart failure: Patient level meta-analysis from SCD-HeFT and MADIT II.

Conference J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol · November 2017 BACKGROUND: No precise tools exist to predict appropriate shocks in patients with a primary prevention ICD. We sought to identify characteristics predictive of appropriate shocks in patients with a primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator ... Full text Link to item Cite

New York Heart Association class and the survival benefit from primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators: A pooled analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials.

Conference Am Heart J · September 2017 BACKGROUND: Primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) reduce all-cause mortality by reducing sudden cardiac death. There are conflicting data regarding whether patients with more advanced heart failure derive ICD benefit owing to the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utilization of cardiac resynchronization therapy in eligible patients hospitalized for heart failure and its association with patient outcomes.

Conference Am Heart J · July 2017 OBJECTIVES: We examined trends in CRT utilization overall and by sex and race and to assess whether CRT use is associated with a reduction in HF hospitalization and mortality. BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether underutilization and race/sex-based difference ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy versus medical therapy alone among patients with heart failure: analysis of the ICD Registry and ADHERE.

Conference Circ Heart Fail · November 2014 BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality among selected patients with heart failure in clinical trials. The effectiveness of this therapy in clinical practice has not been well studied. METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Diastolic Heart Failure

Conference Journal of Cardiac Failure · August 2006 Full text Cite

1096-71 A national survey of health care practitioners' knowledge of the QT interval

Conference Journal of the American College of Cardiology · March 2004 Full text Cite