Ronald Lo, MD

Electrocautery-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation during Device Implantation and Explantation

05/03/2008

Electrocautery has long been described to generate electromagnetic interference (EMI) and oversensing by implanted pacemakers and defibrillators. Electrocautery is commonly used during surgical procedures involving implantation and...

Electrocautery has long been...

05/03/2008

EP Lab Digest

Incidence and Prognosis of Pacemaker Lead-Associated Masses: A Study of 1,569 Transesophageal Echocardiograms

08/01/2008

Ronald Lo , MD;

Michael D'Anca , MD;

Todd C. Kerwin , MD;

Todd J. Cohen , MD, FACC, FHRS;

Cardiac permanent pacemaker (PPM) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices have significantly enhanced the treatment of patients with dysrhythmias, and their application in clinical practice has become increasingly common. As...

Cardiac permanent pacemaker...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Electrocautery-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation during Device Implantation and Explantation

08/01/2008

Todd J. Cohen , MD, FACC, FHRS;

Weilun Quan , PhD;

Alexandru Mitrache , PA, RPAC;

Ronald Lo , MD;

Electrocautery has long been...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Electrophysiology Corner

Complete Heart Block Due to Lyme Carditis

08/01/2008

Ronald Lo , MD;

Dhananjai J. Menzies , MD;

Herbert Archer , MD;

Todd J. Cohen , MD, FACC, FHRS;

Lyme disease is an arthropod born disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. These bacteria are transmitted by deer ticks of the Ixodes species, Ixodes scapularis on the east coast of the United States and Ixodes pacificus on the...

Lyme disease is an arthropod...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Study

Brugada Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature

05/03/2008

Ronald Lo , MD;

David Witkes , DO;

Sanjay Mehta , MD;

Todd J. Cohen , MD, FACC, FHRS;

In 1992, Brugada and colleagues described a clinical syndrome characterized by a right bundle branch block pattern and ST segment elevations in leads V1-V3, now called Brugada syndrome. Brugada syndrome is associated with sudden cardiac death...

In 1992, Brugada and colleagues...

05/03/2008

EP Lab Digest