Devender Akula
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
5 Papers
1 Citations
Devender Akula is an academic researcher from Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Therapy From a Novel Substernal Lead: The ASD2 Study
Lucas V.A. Boersma,Béla Merkely,Petr Neuzil,Ian Crozier,Devender Akula,Liesbeth Timmers,Zbigniew Kalarus,Lou Sherfesee,Paul J. Degroot,Amy Thompson,Daniel R. Lexcen,Bradley P. Knight +11 more
TL;DR: The ASD2 study demonstrated the ability to pace, sense, and defibrillate using a lead designed specifically for the substernal space.
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9-07: Feasibility of Extravascular Pacing with a Novel Substernal Electrode Configuration: Results from the Multi-center Substernal Pacing Acute Clinical Evaluation (SPACE) Trial
Darius Sholevar,Stanley Tung,Vikas Kuriachan,Peter Leong-Sit,Henri Roukoz,Gregory Engel,Steven P. Kutalek,Devender Akula,Melissa G.T. Christie,Marina Ostanniy,Amy Thompson,Franck Molin +11 more
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Impact of emergency department management of atrial fibrillation on hospital charges.
TL;DR: ED cardioversion of recent onset AF patients results in significant hospital savings, and hospital charges are examined to examine the impact of such aggressive ED management on hospital charges.
Feasibility of extravascular pacing with a novel substernal electrode configuration: The Substernal Pacing Acute Clinical Evaluation study.
Darius Sholevar,Stanley Tung,Vikas Kuriachan,Peter Leong-Sit,Henri Roukoz,Gregory Engel,Steven P. Kutalek,Devender Akula,Amy Thompson,Melissa G.T. Christie,Marina Ostanniy,Franck Molin +11 more
TL;DR: The data from the SPACE study demonstrate that pacing is feasible from theextravascular substernal location and a substernal electrode configuration has the potential to provide pacing in a future extravascular device without need for intracardiac hardware placement.