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PubMed

• 352 citations
  Treatment of torsade de pointes with magnesium sulfate.
  Dan Tzivoni, Shmuel Banai, Claudio Schuger, Jesaia Benhorin, Andre Keren
  Circulation. 1988-02-01
• 1006 citations
  Reduction in Inappropriate Therapy and Mortality through ICD Programming
  Arthur J. Moss, Claudio Schuger, Christopher A. Beck, Mary W. Brown, David S. Cannom
  The New England Journal of Medicine. 2012-12-12
• 635 citations
  Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks in MADIT II : Frequency, Mechanisms, Predictors, and Survival Impact
  James P. Daubert, Wojciech Zareba, David S. Cannom, Scott McNitt, Spencer Rosero
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008-04-08

Journal Articles

• Effectiveness of High Rate and Delayed Detection ICD Programming by Race: A MADIT‐RIT Sub‐Study  
  Marc Lahiri, Samir Saba, Claudio Schuger, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
• A clinical trial of ICD programming  
  Moss AJ, Schuger C, Daubert JP, N Engl J Med, 1/1/2013
• Effect of defibrillation threshold testing on heart failure hospitalization or death in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial—Cardiac Resynchroniz...  
  Aktas MK, Huang DT, Daubert JP, Schuger CD, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2013
• Effect of defibrillation threshold testing on heart failure hospitalization or death in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillation Implantation Trial – Cardiac Resynchro...  
  Aktas MK, Huang DT, Daubert JP, Schuger CD, McNitt S, Goldenberg I, Moss AJ, Zareba W, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2012
• Longitudinal study of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: methods and clinical characteristics of patients receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for ...  
  Masoudi FA, Go AS, Magid DJ, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Doris JM, Fiocchi F, Garcia-Montilla R, Glenn KA, Goldberg RJ, Gupta N, Gurwitz JH, Hammill SC, Hayes JJ, Jackson N, K..., Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 1/1/2012
• Multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial: reduce inappropriate therapy (MADIT-RIT): background, rationale, and clinical protocol  
  Schuger C, Daubert JP, Brown MW, Cannom D, Estes NA 3rd, Hall WJ, Kayser T, Klein H, Oshansky B, Power KA, Wilber D, Zareba W, Moss AJ, Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 1/1/2012
• Strategies for pacemaker program in acute heart failure  
  Lahiri MK, Mao JT, Schuger CD, Heart Fail Rev, 1/1/2011
• Effect of Race on the Frequency of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting  
  Lahiri MK, Fang K, Lamerato L, Khan AM, Schuger CD, Am J of Cardiol, 1/1/2011
• Managed Ventricular Pacing Versus VVI 40 Pacing Trial Investigators  
  Sweeney MO, Ellenbogen KA, Tang AS, Whellan D, Mortensen PT, Giraldi F, Sandler DA, Sherfesee L, Sheldon T, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2010
• Cardiac-resynchronization therapy for the prevention of heart-failure events  
  Moss AJ, Hall WJ, Cannom DS, Klein H, Brown MW, Daubert JP, Estes NA 3rd, Foster E, Greenberg H, Higgins SL, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD, Wilber D, Zareba W; MADIT-CRT Tri..., N Engl J Med, 1/1/2009
• Atrial fibrillation and qualify of life after pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome: data from the Mode Selection Trial (MOST)  
  Fleischmann KE, Orav EJ, Lamas GA, Mangione CM, Schron EB, Lee KL, Goldman L; MOST Investigators, Am Heart J, 1/1/2009
• Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in MADIT II: Frequency, mechanisms, predictors and survival impact  
  Daubert J, Zareba W, Cannom D, McNitt S, Rosero S, Wang P, Schuger C, Steinberg J, Higgins S, Wilber D, Klein H, Andrews M, Hall JW, Moss AJ, and for the MADIT II Stud..., J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2008
• Irrigated radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by electroanatomic mapping for recurrent ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: the multicenter thermo...  
  Stevenson W, Wilber D, Natale A, Jackman W, Marchlinski F, Talbert T, Gonzalez M, Worley S, Daoud E, Hwang C, Schuger C, Bump T, Jazayeri M, Tomassoni G, Kopelman H, S..., Circulation, 1/1/2008
• Defibrillation energy requirement in an ICD population receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy  
  Schuger CD, Ellenbogen KA, Faddis M, Knight BP, Yong P, Sample R, VENTAK CHF/CONTAK CD Investigators, J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 1/1/2006
• Vasovagal syncope misdiagnosed as epilepsy for 17 years: prime importance of clinical history  
  Spanaki M, Garcia P, Schuger C, Smith B, Epileptic Disord, 1/1/2006
• Dual chamber versus single chamber detection enhancements for implantable defibrillator rhythm diagnosis (The Detect SVT Study)  
  Friedman P, McClelland R, Bamlet W, Acosta H, Kessler D, Munger TM, Kavesh NG, Wood M, Daoud E, Massumi A, Schuger C, Shorofsky S, Wilkoff B, Glikson M, Circulation, 1/1/2006
• Mechanism of atrial flutter occurring late after orthotopic heart transplantation with atrio-atrial anastomosis  
  Marine JE, Schuger CD, Bogun F, Kalahasty G, Arnaldo F, Czerska B, Krishnan SC, PACE, 1/1/2005
• MADIT II Investigators The clinical implications of cumulative right ventricular pacing in the multicenter automatic defibrillator trial II  
  Steinberg JS, Fischer A, Wang P, Schuger C, Daubert J, McNitt S, Andrews M, Brown M, Hall WJ, Zareba W, Moss AJ, J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 1/1/2005
• Electrogram characteristics in postinfarction ventricular tachycardia: effect of infarct age  
  Bogun F, Krishnan S, Siddiqui M, Good E, Marine JE, Schuger C, Oral H, Chugh A, Pelosi F, Morady F, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2005
• Electroanatomical mapping of the right ventricle in patients with Brugada Syndrome  
  Krishnan S, Kenigsberg D, Bogun F, Schuger C, Brugada R, Europace, 6/1/2004
• Amiodarone versus implantable cardioverter-defibrillator:randomized trial in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and asymptomatic nonsustained ventricular...  
  Strickberger SA, Hummel JD, Bartlett TG, Frumin HI, Schuger CD, Beau SL, Bitar C, Morady F; AMIOVIRT Investigators, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2003
• ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on electrocardiography and ambulatory electrocardiography A report of the ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM Task Force on Clinical Competence (AC...  
  Kadish AH, Buxton AE, Kennedy HL, Knight BP, Mason JW, Schuger CD, et al, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2001
• The American College of Cardiology/AHA/ACP ASIM Task Force The International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiography ACC/AHA clinical competence statem...  
  Kadish AH, Buxton AE, Kennedy HL, Knight BP, Mason JW, Schuger CD, Tracy CM, Winter WL, et al, Circulation, 1/1/2001
• Commentary on “The implantable cardioverter defibrillator did not reduce mortality in ventricular arrhythmia  
  Schuger CD, ACP Journal Club, 1/1/2000
• Sudden death in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: clinical context, arrhythmic events, and device responses  
  Pires L, Lehmann MH, Steinman RT, Baga JJ, Schuger CD, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/1999
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Books/Book Chapters

• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy: The Engineering-Clinical Interface. 
  Chapter: Sudden death despite ICD therapy. 
  Page 501 - 524Lehmann MH, Pires LA, Olson WH, Ivan V, Steinman RT, Baga JJ, and Schuger CDEditors: Kroll MW, Lehmann MH.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA1996
• Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography and Intervention, 
  Chapter: Implantable devices for the treatment of cardiac rhythm disturbances. 
  Page 481 - 532Schuger CD, Cohen SEditors: Bain D, Grossman W.Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MDEdition 5th,1995
• Clinical Electrophysiology. 
  Chapter: Clinical electrophysiology. Technical aspects and general concepts (translated to Spanish). 
  Schuger CD, Josephson MEEditors: Gonzalez-Zuelgaray JT.Buenos Aires1995
• Primary Care Newsletter 
  Chapter: Cardiac syncope - Establishing the diagnosis. 
  Page 9 - 12Schuger CEditors: Rees MK.Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD1994
• Cardiology Clinics. 
  Chapter: Clinical management of patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. 
  Page 491 - 501Schuger C, Steinman RT, Meissner MD, Mosteller RD, Lehmann MHEditors: Scheinman M.W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA1990
• Ambulatory Monitoring. 
  Chapter: Holter monitoring for ambulatory detection and treatment of ventricular arrhythmias: Uses and limitations. 
  Tzivoni D, Schuger C, Banai SEditors: David D, Michelson D, Dreifus L.F.A. Davis, Philadelphia, PA1988
• Coronary Artery Spasm 
  Chapter: Potential therapy for coronary artery spasm: The role of alpha blocking drugs, alpha beta blocking drugs, anticholinergic and various other agents. 
  Page 297 - 308Tzivoni D, Schuger CEditors: Conti R.Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York1986
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Abstracts/Posters

• Shocks and ATPs on Anxiety and Quality of Life: A MADIT-RIT sub-study.
  Perini Paoletti P, Kutyifa V, Veazie P, Schuger CD, Zareba W, McNitt S, Padeletti L, Moss AJ, Cardiostim, Nice, France, 1/1/2014
• High rate of ventricular arrhythmias in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy and implanted cardioverter defibrillator.
  Zunino MEDB, Schuger C, Lahiri M, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2014
• Reduction in Appropriate ICD Therapy with Prolonged Detection for Ventricular Tachycardia in the 200-250 BPM Range: Results from MADIT-RIT.
  Medina A, Kutyifa V, Goldenberg I, Schuger CD, Daubert J, McNitt S, Zareba W, Moss AJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
• Inappropriate Shocks in MADIT-CRT: Predictors and Outcome.
  Daubert J, Wang P, Huang DT, McNitt S, Schuger CD, Brown M, Cannom DS, Moss AJ, Zareba W, AHA Meeting, Orlando, FL, 11/12/2011
• Left ventricular-right ventricular Inter-lead distance does not predict long term clinical response to CRT.
  Khan A, Swadia T, Lahiri M, Fang K, Lin C, Schuger C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2011
• Incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation is markedly reduced in African Americans compared to Whites.
  Lahiri M, Fang K, Lamerato L, Khan A, Schuger C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2010
• Racial differences in risk for atrial fibrillation only occurs in older patients.
  Lahiri M, Fang K, Lamerato L, Khan A, Schuger C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2010
• African Americans have markedly lower prevalence of atrial fibrillation despite higher prevalence of risk factors.
  Fang K, Lamerato L, Lahiri M, Khan A, Schuger, C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2009
• Long term clinical response to cardiac resynchronization therapy is independent of echocardiographic evidence of resynchronization.
  Khan A, Al- Mallah M, Anananthasubramaniam K, Njeim M, Koirala P, Shibani A, Whitlow K, Schuger C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2009
• The electrocardiographic characteristics in patients with biopsy proven sarcoidosis.
  Khan A, Lahiri M, Fang K, Al-Mallah M, Dahu M, Schuger C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2009
• Accuracy of gadolinium-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis.
  Al-Mallah M, Tzogias L, Singh G, Lanfear D, Fang K, Taneja T, Weaver WD, Schuger C, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2008
• Long-term baroflex activation therapy increases the threshold for the induction of lethal ventricular arrhythmias in dogs with chronic advanced heart failure.
  Wang M, Zaca V, Jiang A, Ilsar I, Ebinger M, Sabbah M, Dye K, Schuger C, Sabbah H, Circulation, 1/1/2008
• Electroanatomical mapping of the right ventricle in patients with the Brugada Syndrome.
  Krishnan S, Kenigsberg D, Bogun F, Schuger C, Brugada R, Cardiostim, Nice, France, 6/17/2004
• Implant DFT characteristics in an ICD population receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy.
  Schuger C, Ellenbogen K, Faddis M, Knight B, Yong P, Sample R, VENTAK CHF/CONTAK CD Study Investigators, Annual Scientific Sessions of ACC, New Orleans, LA, 3/7/2004
• Does EPS inducibility in MADIT II patients predict subsequent VT and/or VF events?
  Daubert JP, Wojciech Z, Schuger CD, Corsello AM, Steinberg JM, Leon AR, Moss AJ for the MADIT II Investigators, 24th Annual Scientific Sessions of NASPE, Washington, DC, 5/14/2003
• Relevance of mapping of electrogram width during sinus rhythm in patients with postinfarct VTs.
  Bogun FM, Krishnan SC, Marine JE, Schuger CD, 24th Annual Scientific Sessions of NASPE, Washington, DC, 5/14/2003
• Resolution of diaphragmatic myopotential oversensing without lead replacement or repositioning.
  Schuger C, Krishnan S, Bogun F, Marine J, Cardiostim, 13th International Congress, France, 6/19/2002
• Atrial flutter Ablation in Cardiac transplant recipients.
  Marine J, Krishnan S, Bogun F, Schuger C, PACE, 1/1/2002
• Isolated Potentials during Sinus Rhythm Indicate Fixed Anatomical Barriers during Ventricular Tachycardia.
  Bogun F, Wissner E, Krishnan SC, Marine JE, Schuger C, PACE, 1/1/2002
• Electroanatomic Delineation of Fixed Anatomic Barriers in Patients with Postinfarct Ventricular Tachycardia during Sinus Rhythm.
  Bogun F, Wissner E, Krishnan SC, Marine JE, Schuger C, PACE, 1/1/2002
• Activation Patterns of Fixed Anatomical Barriers in Patients with Postinfarct Ventricular Tachycardia During Sinus Rhythm and Ventricular Tachycardia.
  Bogun F, Wissner E, Hohnloser SH, Schuger C, PACE, 1/1/2002
• Limitations of transtelephonic pacemaker assessment.
  Schuger CD, Lehman J, Dzidowski J, Girrard K, Sample R, 5th International Dead Sea Symposium on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Israel, 2/29/2000
• Does occult hypothyroidism in women account for sex differences in propensity to torsade de pointes (TdP)?
  Lehmann MH, Frankovich D, Baga JJ, Pires LA, Schuger CD, Steinman RT, Rabinowe SL, J Investigative Med, 1/1/1996
• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) utilization among device recipients presenting exclusively with syncope or near-syncope.
  Militianu A, Salacata A, Seibert K, Kehoe R, Meissner MD, Mosteller R, Lessmeier T, Palti AJ, David JB, Baga JJ, Schuger CD, Pires LA, Steinman RT, and Lehmann MH, PACE, 1/1/1996
• Computerized recognition of ventricular tachycardia with 1:1 ventriculoatrial conduction by AV interval analysis.
  Militianu A, Yang H, Salacata A, Steinman R, Meissner M, Mosteller R, Baga J, Pires L, Schuger C, Lehmann MH, Circulation, 1/1/1995
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Lectures

• Session: Predicting and Avoiding VT/VF (Invited Speaker) 
  Invited Speaker - 6/18/2014
• Session: Challendges in Diagnosis and Management of ICD Lead Failure (Lecturer) 
  San Francisco, CA - 5/7/2014
• Session: How to Identify ICD Leads and Systems That Will Not Deliver Shocks (Lecturer) 
  San Francisco, CA - 5/7/2014
• ICD Leads: Performance and Reliability (Abstract Commentator) 
  San Francisco, CA - 5/7/2014
• Life Case regarding Atrial Fibrillation (Moderator) 
  Buenos Aires, Argentina - 11/1/2013
• Pacemaker and ICD Lead Recalls (Lecturer) 
  Detroit, MI - 9/28/2013
• “MADIT-RIT: How the Study results will affect every day ICD Practice” Lecturer 
  Paris, France - 4/14/2013
• Riata Lead Failure: Externalized Conductors and Electrical Failures, “Management Considerations” (Lecturer) 
  Denver, CO - 3/8/2013
• Common Patient Concerns about Undergoing ICD Implantation, “Preventing Inappropriate Shocks: What can be done ?” (Lecturer) 
  Denver, CO - 3/8/2013
• Challenging ECG Diagnosis: VT or SVT -Moderator 
  Nice, France - 6/13/2012
• Optimizing AV and VV Interval in CRT Patients – Is it needed? - Lecturer 
  Nice, France - 6/13/2012
• Implantable Monitoring Devices in Heart Failure Management - Lecturer 
  Nice, France - 6/16/2010
• Challenging ICD Interrogation Cases - Lecturer 
  Nice, France - 6/16/2010
• Core Curriculum – Risk Stratification in Specific Patient Groups – Risk Stratification in the Elderly - Faculty 
  Denver, CO - 5/12/2010
• Atrial Fibrillation Update - Lecturer 
  San Francisco, CA - 9/22/2009
• Myths and Realities of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy 
  Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10/3/2008
• Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators 
  Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10/3/2008
• Radiofrequency Ablation in Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia 
  Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10/3/2008
• Focus on atrial fibrillation ablation. 
  Ike’s Restaurant, Sterling Heights, MI - 11/8/2007
• A decade of Atrial Fibrillation 
  University of Miami, Miami, FL - 8/8/2007
• Biventricular therapy for CHF 
  Huron Hospital, Cleveland, OH - 6/25/2007
• Indications and results of AF ablation. 
  Athens Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece - 6/7/2007
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy in the management of CHF 
  Athens Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece - 6/7/2007
• Management of Atrial Fibrillation 
  Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI - 5/3/2007
• Biventricular ICDs in the management of heart failure. 
  Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe, MI - 10/26/2006
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Other

• Method for Transvenous Ablation of Cardiac Electrically Conductive Tissue by Laser Photocoagulation. 
  Schuger CD, U.S. Patent #5,140,987
  8/25/1992