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  1. Sears, S. F., Harrell, R., Crozier, I., Murgatroyd, F., Boersma, L. V. A., Manlucu, J., Knight, B. P., Leclercq, C., Birgersdotter-Green, U. M., Wiggenhorn, C., Hilleren, G., & Friedman, P. (2023). Patient-reported quality of life and acceptance of the extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Results from pivotal study. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, , 35(2), 240–246. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.16151
  2. Sears, S. F., Harrell, R., Crozier, I., Murgatroyd, F., Boersma, L. V. A., Manlucu, J., Knight, B. P., Leclercq, C., Birgersdotter-Green, U. M., Wiggenhorn, C., Hilleren, G., & Friedman, P. (2024). Patient reported QOL and EV-ICD: Response to letter from Kataoka and Imamur (2024). Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 10.1111/jce.16175. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.16175
  3. Sears, S. F., Harrell, R., Crozier, I., Murgatroyd, F., Boersma, L. V. A., Manlucu, J., Knight, B. P., Leclercq, C., Birgersdotter-Green, U. M., Wiggenhorn, C., Hilleren, G., & Friedman, P. (2024). “Piece by Piece” understanding of patient reported QOL and EV-ICD: Response to letter from Vicentini and Rodorf. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology,  10.1111/jce.16178. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.16178
  4. Martin, C., Muthyala, A., Nekkanti, R., & Sears, S.F.  (2024). Training in the Care of the Heart and Mind: Engaging Cardiology Fellows and Psychology Trainees. JACC:Advances, In press.
  5. Sears, S. F., Jordan, E., Lindenfeld, J., Abraham, W.T., Weaver, F.A., Zannad, F., Rogers, T., Yared, F., Wilks, S., & Zile, M.R. (2024).  Long-term quality of life observed in the Baroreflex Activation Therapy for Heart Failure trial. Journal of American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure, In press. 
  6. Sorrell, A., Harrell, R., Jordan, E., Sargeant, M., Nekkanti, R., Catanzaro, J. N., & Sears, S. F. (2024). PTSD and mood disorders in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: is more psychological assessment needed?. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 1–6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2024.2385974
  7. Ip, J. E., Coutu, B., Noseworthy, P. A., Parody, M. L., Rafii, F., Sears, S. F., Singh, N., Stambler, B. S., Bharucha, D. B., & Camm, A. J. (2024). Etripamil Nasal Spray for Recurrent Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia Conversion. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(20), 2032–2034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.384
  8. Ip, J. E., Bui, H., Camm, A. J., Coutu, B., Noseworthy, P. A., Parody, M. L., Sears, S. F., Singh, N., Uribe, J. A., Vyselaar, J., Omodele, S., Shardonofsky, S., Bharucha, D. B., & Stambler, B. (2024). Rationale and design of the NODE-303 study: evaluating the safety of symptom-prompted, self-administered etripamil for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia episodes in real-world settings. American heart journal, 270, 55–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.01.007
  9. Boursiquot, B. C., Young, R., Alhanti, B., Sullivan, L. T., 2nd, Maul, A. J., Khedagi, A., Sears, S. F., Jackson, L. R., 2nd, & Thomas, K. L. (2024). Depression and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation in Black Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(14), e033291. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033291
  10. Lindenfeld, J., Costanzo, M. R., Zile, M. R., Ducharme, A., Troughton, R., Maisel, A., Mehra, M. R., Paul, S., Sears, S. F., Smart, F., Johnson, N., Henderson, J., Adamson, P. B., Desai, A. S., Abraham, W. T., & GUIDE-HF, CHAMPION, and LAPTOP-HF Investigators (2024). Implantable Hemodynamic Monitors Improve Survival in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(6), 682–694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.030
  11. Sorrell, A., Martin, C. D., Ruiz, M., Bates, M. J., Degner, B., MacCarrick, G., & Sears, S. F. (2024). Vascular Disease Patient Information Page: Coping with a serious vascular disease diagnosis. Vascular medicine (London, England), 29(1), 99–102. https://doi.org/10.1177/1358863X231225465
  12. Dekker, J., Sears, S. F., Åsenlöf, P., & Berry, K. (2023). Psychologically informed health care. Translational behavioral medicine, ibac105. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibac105
  1. Nunes, J.C., Baykaner, T., Pundi, K., DeSutter, K., Hills, M.T., Mahaffey, K.W., Sears, S. F., Morin, D.P., Lin, B., Wang, P. J., & Stafford, R.S., (2023). Design and development of a digital shared decision-making tool for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.  JAMIA Open, In press.
  1. Sears, S. F., Sears, J. E., & Nekkanti, R. (2022). E-Gaming Should Not Equal E-Fear. Heart rhythm, S1547-5271(22)02677-7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.11.017
  1. Wang, P. J., Lu, Y., Mahaffey, K. W., Lin, A., Morin, D. P., Sears, S. F., Chung, M. K., Russo, A. M., Lin, B., Piccini, J., Hills, M. T., Berube, C., Pundi, K., Baykaner, T., Garay, G., Lhamo, K., Rice, E., Pourshams, I. A., Shah, R., Newswanger, P., … Stafford, R. S. (2022). A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate an Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention Shared Decision-Making Pathway. Journal of the American Heart Association, e8009. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.028562
  1. Baykaner, T., Pundi, K., Lin, B., Lu, Y., DeSutter, K., Lhamo, K., Garay, G., Nunes, J. C., Morin, D. P., Sears, S. F., Chung, M. K., Paasche-Orlow, M. K., Sanders, L. M., Bunch, T. J., Hills, M. T., Mahaffey, K. W., Stafford, R. S., & Wang, P. J. (2022). The ENHANCE-AF Clinical Trial to Evaluate an Atrial Fibrillation Shared Decision-Making Pathway: Rationale and Study Design. American heart journal, S0002-8703(22)00013-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2022.01.013
  1. Sears, S. F., Anthony, S., Harrell, R., Tripp, C., Bowman, J., Khan, S., & Naniwadekar, A. (2022). Managing atrial fibrillation: The intersection of cardiology, health psychology, and the patient experience. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 10.1037/hea0001135. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001135
  1. Harrell, R., Anthony, S., Travia, K., & Sears, S. F. (2022). “Unlocking Physical Activity” During COVID-19 in Cardiac Device Patients. Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention, 42(4), 289–290. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000710
  1. Zile, M. R., Mehra, M.R., Ducharme, A., Sears, S.F., Desai, A. S., Maisel, A., Paul., S., Smart, F., Grafton, G., Kumar, S., Nossuli, T.O., Johnson, N., Henderson, J., Adamson, P.B., Costanzo, M. R., & Lindenfeld, J. (2022). Hemodynamically-Guided Management of Heart Failure Across the Ejection Fraction Spectrum: The GUIDE-HF Trial. JACC: Heart Failure. In press.  
  1. Wang W, Gasperetti A, Sears S, et al. Subcutaneous and Transvenous Defibrillators in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol EP. null2022, 0 (0) .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.09.020
  1. Anthony, S., Harrell, R., Martin, C., Hawkins, T., Khan, S., Naniwadekar, A., & Sears, S. F. (2022). Fear of Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation: Translating a Cancer Fear Model to the Atrial Fibrillation Patient Experience. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 915327. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.915327
  1. Schneider, L. M., Wong, J. J., Adams, R., Bates, B., Chen, S., Ceresnak, S. R., Danovsky, M., Hanisch, D., Motonaga, K. S., Restrepo, M., Shaw, R. J., Sears, S. F., Trela, A., Dubin, A. M., & Hood, K. K. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder in pediatric patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and their parents. Heart rhythm, 19(9), 1524–1529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.06.025
  1. Sears, S. F., Huber, N. L., Nekkanti, R., Hammerle, C., Sadaf, M. I., Gehi, A., McKillop, M., Conti, J., Gunderson, B., & Burch, A. E. (2022). Does Activity Tracking Serve as a Cue to Increase Activity in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients?: A Randomized Pilot Study. Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention, 42(1), 64–66. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000671
  1. Sears, S. F., Force, Z., Khan, S., & Nekkanti, R. (2022). Patient acceptance: Metrics, meaning, and the “missing piece” in evaluating novel devices. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 33(1), 90–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.15292
  1. Sall, K. E., Griffith, A. M., Midgette, E. P., Winters, A. R., Tripp, C., Nekkanti, R., & Sears, S. F. (2022). Cardiac psychology training in a rural health care setting: East Carolina Heart Institute. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 10.1037/hea0001167. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001167
  1. Zile, M. R., Desai, A. S., Costanzo, M. R., Ducharme, A., Maisel, A., Mehra, M. R., Paul, S., Sears, S. F., Smart, F., Chien, C., Guha, A., Guichard, J. L., Hall, S., Jonsson, O., Johnson, N., Sood, P., Henderson, J., Adamson, P. B., & Lindenfeld, J. (2022). The GUIDE-HF trial of pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in heart failure: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. European heart journal, ehac114. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac114
  1. Chung, M. K., Fagerlin, A., Wang, P. J., Ajayi, T. B., Allen, L. A., Baykaner, T., Benjamin, E. J., Branda, M., Cavanaugh, K. L., Chen, L. Y., Crossley, G. H., Delaney, R. K., Eckhardt, L. L., Grady, K. L., Hargraves, I. G., True Hills, M., Kalscheur, M. M., Kramer, D. B., Kunneman, M., Lampert, R., … Wright, J. M. (2021). Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures and Arrhythmia Management. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 14(12), e007958. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.121.007958
  1. Ellis, J. M., Midgette, E. P., Capiaghi, A. J., Schoemann, A. M., Sears, S. F., Kyle, B. N., Carels, R. A., & Whited, M. C. (2022). Mobile assessment of experiential avoidance, mood, stress, and attendance in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 41(12), 955–963. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001204
  1. van den Heuvel, L. M., Sarina, T., Sweeting, J., Yeates, L., Bates, K., Spinks, C., O’Donnell, C., Sears, S. F., McGeechan, K., Semsarian, C., & Ingles, J. (2022). A prospective longitudinal study of health-related quality of life and psychological wellbeing after an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with genetic heart diseases. Heart rhythm O2, 3(2), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hroo.2022.02.003
  1. Kim, YJ. Swift, DL, Houmard, JA, Wu, Q, & Sears, SF. (2022). Gender, Activity Participation, Education Levels, and Depressive Symptoms Predict Activity Participation Levels at Post-cardiac Rehabilitation. Physiotherapy Practice and Research. In press.