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Bruce L. Wilkoff

Bruce L. Wilkoff

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101
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65147
World Ranking
7792
National Ranking
4062

Overview

Bruce L. Wilkoff is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has produced extensive research primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their scholarly work spans over 223 publications, including subfields such as Surgery, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research interests concentrate on cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, and cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias. Additional focus areas include cardiac structural anomalies and repair, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, as well as cardiac valve diseases and treatments.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Bruce L. Wilkoff include:

  • 2021: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Expert Consensus Document: Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure, published in Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • 2020: Impact of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection, published in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
  • 2020: The World-wide Randomized Antibiotic Envelope Infection Prevention (WRAP-IT) trial: Long-term follow-up, published in Heart Rhythm
  • 2023: Adaptive versus conventional cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure (AdaptResponse): a global, prospective, randomised controlled trial, published in The Lancet
  • 2020: Cost-Effectiveness of an Antibacterial Envelope for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection Prevention in the US Healthcare System From the WRAP-IT Trial, published in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Bruce L. Wilkoff frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Khaldoun G. Tarakji
  • Suneet Mittal
  • Thomas Callahan
  • Charles Kennergren
  • Katsuhide Hayashi

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • Heart Rhythm
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology
  • Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
  • EP Europace

Best Publications

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • Dual-chamber pacing or ventricular backup pacing in patients with an implantable defibrillator: the Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator (DAVID) Trial.

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;James R. Cook;Andrew E. Epstein;Leon Greene

  • Combined cardiac resynchronization and implantable cardioversion defibrillation in advanced chronic heart failure: the MIRACLE ICD Trial.

    James B. Young;William T. Abraham;Andrew L. Smith;Angel R. Leon

  • Transvenous Lead Extraction: Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus on Facilities, Training, Indications, and Patient Management: This document was endorsed by the American Heart Association (AHA)

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;Charles J. Love;Charles L. Byrd;Maria Grazia Bongiorni

  • 2017 HRS expert consensus statement on cardiovascular implantable electronic device lead management and extraction

    Fred M. Kusumoto;Mark H. Schoenfeld;Bruce L. Wilkoff;Charles I. Berul

  • Quality of life and clinical outcomes in elderly patients treated with ventricular pacing as compared with dual-chamber pacing. Pacemaker Selection in the Elderly Investigators.

    G A Lamas;E J Orav;B S Stambler;K A Ellenbogen

  • Strategic Programming of Detection and Therapy Parameters in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Reduces Shocks in Primary Prevention Patients: Results From the PREPARE (Primary Prevention Parameters Evaluation) Study

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;Brian D. Williamson;Richard S. Stern;Stephen L. Moore

  • ACR guidance document on MR safe practices: 2013.

    Emanuel Kanal;A. James Barkovich;Charlotte Bell;James P. Borgstede

  • Diagnosis and management of infections involving implantable electrophysiologic cardiac devices.

    Jimmy Dy Chua;Bruce L. Wilkoff;Irene Lee;Nour Juratli

  • 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;Laurent Fauchier;Martin K. Stiles;Carlos A. Morillo

  • Pacemaker Therapy for Prevention of Syncope in Patients With Recurrent Severe Vasovagal Syncope Second Vasovagal Pacemaker Study (VPS II): A Randomized Trial

    Stuart J. Connolly;Robert Sheldon;Kevin E. Thorpe;Robin S. Roberts

  • Pacemaker lead extraction with the laser sheath: Results of the pacing lead extraction with the excimer sheath (PLEXES) trial

    Bruce L Wilkoff;Charles L Byrd;Charles J Love;David L Hayes

  • Lead Extraction in the Contemporary Setting: The LExICon Study: An Observational Retrospective Study of Consecutive Laser Lead Extractions

    Oussama Wazni;Laurence M. Epstein;Roger G. Carrillo;Charles Love

  • Superior vena cava defibrillator coils make transvenous lead extraction more challenging and riskier

    Laurence M. Epstein;Charles J. Love;Bruce L. Wilkoff;Mina K. Chung

  • HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus on the Monitoring of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs): Description of Techniques, Indications, Personnel, Frequency and Ethical Considerations

    Bruce L. Wilkoff;Angelo Auricchio;Josep Brugada;Martin Cowie

  • Insights From a Cardiac Resynchronization Optimization Clinic as Part of a Heart Failure Disease Management Program

    Wilfried Mullens;Richard A. Grimm;Tanya Verga;Thomas Dresing

  • Differences in effects of electrical therapy type for ventricular arrhythmias on mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients

    Michael O. Sweeney;Lou Sherfesee;Paul J. DeGroot;Mark S. Wathen

  • Clinical study of the laser sheath for lead extraction: the total experience in the United States.

    Charles L. Byrd;Bruce L. Wilkoff;Charles J. Love;T. Duncan Sellers

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the American College of Chest Physicians, Heart Rhythm Society and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS*

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt

Frequent Co-Authors

Walid Saliba
Walid Saliba Cleveland Clinic
Mina K. Chung
Mina K. Chung Cleveland Clinic
W.H. Wilson Tang
W.H. Wilson Tang Cleveland Clinic
Randall C. Starling
Randall C. Starling Cleveland Clinic
Zoran B. Popović
Zoran B. Popović Cleveland Clinic
Andrea Natale
Andrea Natale Case Western Reserve University
James D. Thomas
James D. Thomas Northwestern University
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen Virginia Commonwealth University
Sana M. Al-Khatib
Sana M. Al-Khatib Duke University
Carlos A. Morillo
Carlos A. Morillo University of Calgary

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