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Scott McNitt is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. The primary field of their research is Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work further extends into Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Emergency Medicine.

Their scholarly output concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

Recent papers associated with Scott McNitt include:

  • Predicted benefit of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: the MADIT-ICD benefit score (2020, European Heart Journal)
  • Effect of a Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Team on Patient Mortality (2021, The American Journal of Cardiology)
  • Survival After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks (2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • Arrhythmic and Mortality Outcomes Among Ischemic Versus Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients Receiving Primary ICD Therapy (2021, JACC. Clinical electrophysiology)
  • Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation During Long-Term Implantable Cardiac Monitoring Following Cryptogenic Stroke (2020, Journal of the American Heart Association)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McNitt include:

  • Ilan Goldenberg
  • Mehmet K. Aktaş
  • Wojciech Zaręba
  • Valentina Kutyifa
  • Arwa Younis

Their work has appeared predominantly in several publication venues such as:

  • Heart Rhythm
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • Circulation

Best Publications

  • Reduction in Inappropriate Therapy and Mortality through ICD Programming

    Arthur J. Moss;Claudio Schuger;Christopher A. Beck;Mary W. Brown

  • Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks in MADIT II : Frequency, Mechanisms, Predictors, and Survival Impact

    James P. Daubert;Wojciech Zareba;David S. Cannom;Scott McNitt

  • Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy by QRS Morphology in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial–Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT)

    Wojciech Zareba;Helmut Klein;Iwona Cygankiewicz;W. Jackson Hall

  • Long-term clinical course of patients after termination of ventricular tachyarrhythmia by an implanted defibrillator

    Arthur J. Moss;Henry Greenberg;Robert B. Case;Wojciech Zareba

  • Left Ventricular Lead Position and Clinical Outcome in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial–Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT) Trial

    Jagmeet P. Singh;Helmut U. Klein;David T. Huang;Sven Reek

  • Risk Stratification for Primary Implantation of a Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Patients With Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Ilan Goldenberg;Anant K. Vyas;W. Jackson Hall;Arthur J. Moss

  • Clinical Aspects of Type-1 Long-QT Syndrome by Location, Coding Type, and Biophysical Function of Mutations Involving the KCNQ1 Gene

    Arthur J. Moss;Wataru Shimizu;Arthur A.M. Wilde;Jeffrey A. Towbin

  • Long QT syndrome in adults

    Andrew J. Sauer;Arthur J. Moss;Scott McNitt;Derick R. Peterson

  • The clinical implications of cumulative right ventricular pacing in the multicenter automatic defibrillator trial II.

    Jonathan S. Steinberg;Avi Fischer;Paul Wang;Claudio Schuger

  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Is More Effective in Women Than in Men: The MADIT-CRT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) Trial

    Aysha Arshad;Arthur J. Moss;Elyse Foster;Luigi Padeletti

  • Survival with cardiac-resynchronization therapy in mild heart failure.

    Ilan Goldenberg;Valentina Kutyifa;Helmut U. Klein;David S. Cannom

  • Long QT Syndrome and Pregnancy

    Rahul Seth;Arthur J. Moss;Scott McNitt;Wojciech Zareba

  • Risk Factors for Aborted Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death in Children With the Congenital Long-QT Syndrome

    Ilan Goldenberg;Arthur J. Moss;Derick R. Peterson;Scott McNitt

  • Ranolazine Shortens Repolarization in Patients with Sustained Inward Sodium Current Due To Type-3 Long QT Syndrome

    Arthur J. Moss;Wojciech Zareba M.D.;Karl Q. Schwarz;Spencer Rosero

  • Predictors of super-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy and associated improvement in clinical outcome: the MADIT-CRT (multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial with cardiac resynchronization therapy) study.

    Jonathan C. Hsu;Scott D. Solomon;Mikhail Bourgoun;Scott McNitt

  • Risk of Aborted Cardiac Arrest or Sudden Cardiac Death During Adolescence in the Long-QT Syndrome

    Jenny B. Hobbs;Derick R. Peterson;Arthur J. Moss;Scott McNitt

  • Predictors of Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT)

    Ilan Goldenberg;Arthur J. Moss;W. Jackson Hall;Elyse Foster

  • Risk for Life-Threatening Cardiac Events in Patients With Genotype-Confirmed Long-QT Syndrome and Normal-Range Corrected QT Intervals

    Ilan Goldenberg;Samuel Horr;Arthur J. Moss;Coeli M. Lopes

  • Association of competitive and recreational sport participation with cardiac events in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: results from the North American multidisciplinary study of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

    Anne Christine Ruwald;Anne Christine Ruwald;Frank Marcus;N. A.Mark Estes;Mark Link

  • Causes and Consequences of Heart Failure After Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II

    Ilan Goldenberg;Arthur J. Moss;W. Jackson Hall;Scott McNitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Wojciech Zareba
Wojciech Zareba University of Rochester Medical Center
Arthur J. Moss
Arthur J. Moss University of Rochester Medical Center
Ilan Goldenberg
Ilan Goldenberg University of Rochester Medical Center
Scott D. Solomon
Scott D. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Helmut U. Klein
Helmut U. Klein University of Rochester Medical Center
Paul J. Wang
Paul J. Wang Stanford University
jeffrey a towbin
jeffrey a towbin St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Béla Merkely
Béla Merkely Semmelweis University
Elyse Foster
Elyse Foster University of California, San Francisco

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