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    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: Volume 33, Issue 1

    1-143
    January 2022
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  • Pages: 1-5
  • First Published: 07 January 2022

FEATURED ARTICLES

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Hourly variability in outflow tract ectopy as a predictor of its site of origin

Michael C. Waight MBBS, BSc(Hons), MRCP,  Anthony C. Li MD(Res), MBBS, BSc(Hons), MRCP,  Lisa W. Leung MBChB(Hons), MRCP,  Benedict M. Wiles PhD, MBBS, MA, MRCP,  Gareth R Thomas BSc,  Mark M. Gallagher BSc, MD, FRCPI,  Elijah R. Behr MD, MBBS, MA, FRCP, FESC,  Manav Sohal PhD, MBBS, MRCP,  Alejandro J. Restrepo MD, FRACP, FHRS,  Magdi M. Saba MD, MSc, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 7-16
  • First Published: 19 November 2021

EDITORIAL

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Idiopathic ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias: Avoid the use of a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Roy M. John MD, PhD,  Alexander C. Perino MD, 
  • Pages: 17-19
  • First Published: 19 November 2021

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS

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Impact of comorbidities on atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Aadhavi Sridharan MD, PhD,  Martin S. Maron MD,  Richard T. Carrick MD, PhD,  Christopher A. Madias MD,  Dou Huang MD,  Craig Cooper MD,  Jennifer Drummond MD,  Barry J. Maron MD,  Ethan J. Rowin MD, 
  • Pages: 20-29
  • First Published: 29 November 2021

EDITORIAL

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Cutting through the fat: Relationship between comorbidities and arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Alan Sugrue MBBCh, MSc,  David Lin MD, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 30-31
  • First Published: 29 November 2021

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ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS

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A histological study of the atria in patients with isolated rheumatic mitral regurgitation with and without atrial fibrillation

Saligrama R. Kalpana MD,  Jayaprakash Shenthar MD, DM,  Deepak Padmanabhan MD, DM,  Maneesh K. Rai MD, DM,  Ankit Singh MD, DM,  Bharatraj Banavalikar MD, DM,  Ravikumar N. Kalyani MS, MCh,  Giridhar Kamalapurkar MS, MCh, 
  • Pages: 32-39
  • First Published: 06 November 2021
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Safety and durability of cavo-tricuspid isthmus linear ablation in the current era: Single-center 9-year experience from 1078 procedures

Shota Kakehashi MD,  Shinsuke Miyazaki MD, FHRS,  Kanae Hasegawa MD,  Minoru Nodera MD,  Moe Mukai MD,  Daisetsu Aoyama MD,  Moeko Nagao MD,  Takayuki Sekihara MD,  Tomoya Eguchi MD,  Junya Yamaguchi MD,  Yuichiro Shiomi MD,  Naoto Tama MD,  Hiroyuki Ikeda MD,  Kentaro Ishida MD,  Hiroyasu Uzui MD,  Hiroshi Tada MD, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 40-45
  • First Published: 22 October 2021

EDITORIAL

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Cavotricuspid isthmus ablation: Is more the enemy of good enough?

Frank Pelosi MD, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 46-47
  • First Published: 22 October 2021

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

3D MAPPING AND ABLATION TECHNOLOGIES

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The established and the challenger: A direct comparison of current cryoballoon technologies for pulmonary vein isolation

Fabian Moser MD,  Laura Rottner MD,  Julia Moser MD,  Ruben Schleberger MD,  Marc Lemoine MD,  Paula Münkler MD,  Leon Dinshaw MD,  Paulus Kirchhof MD,  Bruno Reissmann MD,  Feifan Ouyang MD,  Andreas Rillig MD,  Andreas Metzner MD, 
  • Pages: 48-54
  • First Published: 11 November 2021
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Actual tissue temperature during ablation index-guided high-power short-duration ablation versus standard ablation: Implications in terms of the efficacy and safety of atrial fibrillation ablation

Naoto Otsuka MD,  Yasuo Okumura MD,  Sayaka Kuorkawa MD,  Koichi Nagashima MD,  Yuji Wakamatsu MD,  Satoshi Hayashida MD,  Kimie Ohkubo MD,  Toshiko Nakai MD,  Hiroyuki Hao MD,  Rie Takahashi,  Yoshiki Taniguchi, 
  • Pages: 55-63
  • First Published: 28 October 2021
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Ablation Index-guided point-by-point ablation versus Grid annotation-guided dragging for pulmonary vein isolation: A randomized controlled trial

Mark J. Mulder MD,  Michiel J. B. Kemme MD, PhD,  Luuk H. G. A. Hopman MSc,  Amaya M. D. Hagen MD,  Peter M. van de Ven PhD,  Herbert A. Hauer MD, PhD,  Giovanni J. M. Tahapary MD,  Albert C. van Rossum MD, PhD,  Cornelis P. Allaart MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 64-72
  • First Published: 24 November 2021
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Direction-aware mapping algorithms have minimal impact on bipolar voltage maps created using high-resolution multielectrode catheters

Hagai D. Yavin MD,  Jakub Sroubek MD, PhD,  Jonathan Yarnitsky BSc,  Zachary P. Bubar BA,  Koji Higuchi MD,  Israel Zilberman DVM,  Shubhayu Basu MSc,  Elad Anter MD, 
  • Pages: 73-80
  • First Published: 25 November 2021

IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS

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Patient acceptance of subcutaneous versus transvenous defibrillator systems: A multi-center experience

Alessandro Vicentini MD,  Giovanni Bisignani MD,  Stefano De Vivo MD,  Stefano Viani MD,  Gianluca Savarese MD,  Pietro Francia MD,  Eduardo Celentano MD,  Luca Checchi MD,  Giovanni Carreras MD,  Luca Santini PhD,  Filippo Lamberti MD,  Luca Ottaviano MD,  Antonio Scalone MD,  Davide Giorgi MD,  Mariolina Lovecchio MS,  Sergio Valsecchi PhD,  Roberto Rordorf MD,  “S-ICD Rhythm Detect” Investigators , 
  • Pages: 81-89
  • First Published: 19 November 2021

EDITORIAL

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Patient acceptance: Metrics, meaning, and the “missing piece” in evaluating novel devices

Samuel F. Sears PhD,  Zachary Force MA,  Saleen Khan MD,  Rajasekhar Nekkanti MD, 
  • Pages: 90-92
  • First Published: 19 November 2021

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IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS

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Electromagnetic interference from left ventricular assist devices detected in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Seth H. Sheldon MD,  Mohammad-Ali Jazayeri MD,  Michael Pierpoline DO,  Moghniuddin Mohammed MD,  Valay Parikh MD,  Alexander Robinson DO,  Amit Noheria MBBS, SM,  Nicholas Haglund MD,  Andrew J. Sauer MD,  Y. Madhu Reddy MD, 
  • Pages: 93-101
  • First Published: 27 November 2021
Electromagnetic interference from left ventricular assist devices detected in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Electromagnetic interference in patients with left ventricular assist devices and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

LEAD EXTRACTION

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Persistent left superior vena cava transvenous lead extraction: A European experience

Zaki Akhtar MBBS,  Manav Sohal PhD,  Christoph T. Starck MD,  Patrizio Mazzone MD,  Francesco Melillo MD,  Elkin Gonzalez MD,  Omar Al-Razzo MD,  Sergio Richter MD,  Alexander Breitenstein MD,  Jan Steffel MD,  Christopher A. Rinaldi MD,  Vishal Mehta MBBS,  Zia Zuberi PhD,  Amir Zaidi MD,  Mark M. Gallagher MD, 
  • Pages: 102-108
  • First Published: 15 November 2021

REVIEW

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Endothelial function and atrial fibrillation: A missing piece of the puzzle?

Nicholas Black BM BCh, MRCP,  Fahad Mohammad MB ChB, iBSc,  Karan Saraf MB ChB, MRCP,  Gwilym Morris BM BCh, MRCP, PhD, 
  • Pages: 109-116
  • First Published: 21 October 2021

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS

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Procedural and short-term results of electroanatomic-mapping-guided ganglionated plexus ablation by first-time operators: A multicenter study

Tolga Aksu MD,  Tom De Potter MD,  Leah John MD,  Jose Osorio MD,  David Singh MD,  Daniel Alyesh MD,  Erkan Baysal MD,  Kapil Kumar MD,  Javad Mikaeili MD,  Alexander dal Forno MD,  Kivanc Yalin MD,  Baris Akdemir MD,  Christopher E. Woods MD,  Jonathan Salcedo MD,  Mahmoud Eftekharzadeh MD,  Taylan Akgun MD,  Sri Sundaram MD,  Dursun Aras MD,  Wendy S. Tzou MD,  Rakesh Gopinathannair MD,  Jeffrey Winterfield MD,  Dhiraj Gupta,  Andre Davila MD, 
  • Pages: 117-122
  • First Published: 21 October 2021
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Pregnancy in women with Brugada syndrome: Is there an increased arrhythmia risk? A case-series report

Saskia N. van der Crabben MD, PhD,  Astra I. E. Kowsoleea,  Sally-Ann B. Clur MBBCh, FCP(SA)Paeds, MSc(Med), PhD,  Arthur A. M. Wilde MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 123-127
  • First Published: 21 October 2021

CASE REPORTS

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Epicardial atrial pacing after the extracardiac Fontan operation: Feasibility of an entirely transvenous approach

Walter J. Hoyt MD,  Jeremy P. Moore MD MS,  Kevin M. Shannon MD,  Prince J. Kannankeril MD,  Frank A. Fish MD, 
  • Pages: 128-133
  • First Published: 30 October 2021
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Bachmann's bundle-ridge related biatrial tachycardia with a long epicardial circuit

Kenji Shimeno MD, PhD,  Shota Tamura MD, PhD,  Yusuke Hayashi MD, PhD,  Yukio Abe MD, PhD,  Takahiko Naruko MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 134-136
  • First Published: 29 November 2021
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Catheter knot around the mitral valve apparatus: An exceptional complication of remote magnetic navigation

Karim Benali MD,  Nefissa Hammache MD,  Jean-Marc Sellal MD,  Elfarra Mazen MD, PhD,  Christian de Chillou MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 137-139
  • First Published: 11 December 2021

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Incomplete surgical LAA closure is associated with increased thromboembolic complications

Ahmet Güner MD,  Ezgi G. Güner MD,  Macit Kalçık MD,  Mehmet Özkan MD, 
  • Page: 140
  • First Published: 19 November 2021
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Epicardial clip closure of the left atrial appendage: Reply

Fabrizio Rosati MD,  Gijs E. de Maat PhD, MD,  Mattia A. E. Valente MD,  Massimo A. Mariani PhD, MD,  Stefano Benussi PhD, MD, 
  • Page: 141
  • First Published: 24 November 2021
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Assessing the risk of postprocedural complications on same-day discharge in patients with atrial fibrillation

Debing Tong MD,  Qi Jiang MD,  Ling Yang MD, 
  • Page: 142
  • First Published: 02 December 2021
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Reply to Letter: Assessing the risk of postprocedural complications on same-day discharge in patients with atrial fibrillation

Astrid P. Nordin MD,  Nikola Drca MD, PHD,  Mats Jensen-Urstad MD, PHD, 
  • Page: 143
  • First Published: 08 December 2021