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    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: Volume 18, Issue 12

    1231-1357, E29-E31
    December 2007
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Incidence and Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Diastolic Heart Failure

SANA M. AL-KHATIB M.D., M.H.S.,  LINDA K. SHAW M.S.,  CHRISTOPHER O'CONNOR M.D.,  MELISSA KONG M.D.,  ROBERT M. CALIFF M.D., 
  • Pages: 1231-1235
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Predictors of All-Cause Mortality for Patients with Chronic Chagas' Heart Disease Receiving Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy

AUGUSTO CARDINALLI-NETO M.D., Ph.D.,  REINALDO B. BESTETTI M.D., Ph.D., F.E.S.C.,  JOSÉ A. CORDEIRO Ph.D.,  VANESSA C. RODRIGUES, 
  • Pages: 1236-1240
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients with Chagas Heart Disease: Misperceptions, Many Questions and the Urgent Need for a Randomized Clinical Trial

ANIS RASSI Jr M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1241-1243
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Clinical Characteristics and Risk Stratification in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Brugada Syndrome: Multicenter Study in Japan

MASAHIKO TAKAGI M.D., Ph.D. ,  YASUHIRO YOKOYAMA M.D. ,  KAZUTAKA AONUMA M.D., Ph.D. ,  NAOHIKO AIHARA M.D. ,  MASAYASU HIRAOKA M.D., Ph.D. ,  for the Japan Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Study (J-IVFS) Investigators , 
  • Pages: 1244-1251
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Electrocardiographic Optimization of Interventricular Delay in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Simple Method to Optimize the Device

BÀRBARA VIDAL M.D.,  DAVID TAMBORERO B. ENG.,  LLUIS MONT M.D., Ph.D.,  MARTA SITGES M.D., Ph.D.,  VICTORIA DELGADO M.D.,  ANTONIO BERRUEZO M.D.,  ERNESTO DÍAZ-INFANTE M.D.,  JOSE M. TOLOSANA M.D.,  CARLES PARÉ M.D., Ph.D.,  JOSEP BRUGADA M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1252-1257
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

EDITORIAL COMMENT

A Better Mousetrap? The Search for an Improved CRT Optimization Technique

DAVID D. SPRAGG M.D.,  HUGH CALKINS M.D., F.A.C.C., 
  • Pages: 1258-1260
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Electrical Isolation of the Superior Vena Cava: An Adjunctive Strategy to Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation Improving the Outcome of AF Ablation

MAURICIO ARRUDA M.D.,  HANKA MLCOCHOVA M.D.,  SUBRAMANYA K. PRASAD M.D.,  FETHI KILICASLAN M.D.,  WALID SALIBA M.D.,  DIMPI PATEL M.D.,  TAMER FAHMY M.D.,  LUIS SAENZ MORALES M.D.,  ROBERT SCHWEIKERT M.D.,  DAVID MARTIN M.D.,  DAVID BURKHARDT M.D.,  JENNIFER CUMMINGS M.D.,  MANDEEP BHARGAVA M.D.,  THOMAS DRESING M.D.,  OUSSAMA WAZNI M.D.,  MOHAMED KANJ M.D.,  ANDREA NATALE M.D., 
  • Pages: 1261-1266
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Is It Necessary to Routinely Perform Isolation of the Superior Vena Cava in Every Atrial Fibrillation Patient?

MING-HSIUNG HSIEH M.D.,  SHIH-ANN CHEN M.D., 
  • Pages: 1267-1268
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Impact of Heart Rhythm Status on Registration Accuracy of the Left Atrium for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

JUN DONG M.D., Ph.D.,  DARSHAN DALAL M.D., M.P.H.,  DANIEL SCHERR M.D.,  AAMIR CHEEMA M.D.,  SAMAN NAZARIAN M.D.,  KENNETH BILCHICK M.D.,  IBRAHIM ALMASRY M.D.,  ALAN CHENG M.D.,  CHARLES A. HENRIKSON M.D.,  DAVID SPRAGG M.D.,  JOSEPH E. MARINE M.D.,  RONALD D. BERGER M.D., Ph.D.,  HUGH CALKINS M.D., 
  • Pages: 1269-1276
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Safety of Single Transseptal Puncture for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Retrospective Study from a Large Cohort of Patients

RAFAEL L. FAGUNDES M.D.,  MASSIMO MANTICA M.D.,  LUCIA DE LUCA M.D., Ph.D.,  GIOVANNI FORLEO M.D., Ph.D.,  AUGUSTO PAPPALARDO M.D.,  ANDREA AVELLA M.D.,  AURELIANO FRATICELLI M.D.,  ANTONIO DELLO RUSSO M.D., Ph.D.,  MICHELA CASELLA M.D.,  GEMMA PELARGONIO M.D.,  CLAUDIO TONDO M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1277-1281
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Electrophysiologic and Anatomic Characterization of Sites Resistant to Electrical Isolation During Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Study

PETER M. KISTLER M.B.B.S., Ph.D.,  SIEW YEN HO Ph.D., F.R.C.P.A.T.H.,  KIM RAJAPPAN M.R.C.P.,  MICHAEL MORPER,  STUART HARRIS M.R.C.P.,  DOMINIC ABRAMS M.R.C.P.,  SIMON C. SPORTON M.D., M.R.C.P.,  RICHARD J. SCHILLING M.D, F.R.C.P, 
  • Pages: 1282-1288
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Preliminary Results of a Limited Thoracotomy: New Approach to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

JAMES H. MCCLELLAND M.D.,  DAVID DUKE M.D.,  RAMAKOTA REDDY M.D., 
  • Pages: 1289-1295
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Should the “Scalpel” Be Preferred to Catheter Ablation to Cure Atrial Fibrillation?

ANTONIO ROSSILLO M.D.,  ANTONIO RAVIELE M.D., 
  • Pages: 1296-1298
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Impaired T-Amplitude Adaptation to Heart Rate Characterizes IKr Inhibition in the Congenital and Acquired Forms of the Long QT Syndrome

JEAN-PHILIPPE COUDERC Ph.D., M.B.A.,  MARTINO VAGLIO M.S.,  XIAJUAN XIA M.S.,  SCOTT MCNITT M.S.,  PIERRE WICKER M.D.,  NENAD SARAPA M.D.,  ARTHUR J. MOSS M.D.,  WOJCIECH ZAREBA M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1299-1305
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Experimental

The Transmural Activation Sequence in Porcine and Canine Left Ventricle Is Markedly Different During Long-Duration Ventricular Fibrillation

J. SCOTT ALLISON M.D.,  HAO QIN M.D., Ph.D.,  DEREK J. DOSDALL Ph.D.,  JIAN HUANG M.D., Ph.D.,  JONATHAN C. NEWTON M.D., Ph.D.,  JAMES D. ALLRED M.D.,  WILLIAM M. SMITH Ph.D.,  RAYMOND E. IDEKER M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1306-1312
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Effect of Atrial Electrical Remodeling on the Efficacy of Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Comparison of Amiodarone with IKr- and Ito/IKur-Blockade In Vivo

DOMINIK K. LINZ CAND MED,  FRENI AFKHAM D.V.M.,  GABI ITTER D.V.M.,  HARTMUT RÜTTEN Ph.D.,  KLAUS J. WIRTH Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1313-1320
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Amiodarone and Atrial Fibrillation

BARRY LONDON M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1321-1322
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Experimental

The Role of Cardiac Tissue Alignment in Modulating Electrical Function

CHIUNG-YIN CHUNG M.S.,  HAROLD BIEN Ph.D.,  EMILIA ENTCHEVA Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1323-1329
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

CASE REPORTS

Radiofrequency Ablation of Infarct Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia: Correlation of Electroanatomical Data with Post-Mortem Histology

MICHAEL KOA-WING B.Sc., M.R.C.P.,  SIEW YEN HO Ph.D.,  PIPIN KOJODJOJO M.R.C.P.,  NICHOLAS S. PETERS M.D., F.R.C.P.,  D. WYN DAVIES M.D., F.R.C.P.,  PRAPA KANAGARATNAM Ph.D., M.R.C.P., 
  • Pages: 1330-1333
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Dual Tachycardias Associating Double-Exit Left Aortic Sinus Cusp Tachycardia with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Evidence of a Link Between Both Arrhythmias by Means of the Autonomic Nervous System

AGUSTÍN BORTONE M.D.,  NICOLAS COMBES M.D.,  SERGE BOVEDA M.D.,  JEAN-PAUL ALBENQUE M.D., 
  • Pages: 1334-1337
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

ARRHYTHMIA ROUNDS

A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing?

OLIVER R. SEGAL M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P.,  PETER LEONG-SIT M.D., F.R.C.P.C.,  ALLAN C. SKANES M.D., F.R.C.P.C.,  LORNE J. GULA M.D., M.S., F.R.C.P.C.,  ANDREW D. KRAHN M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.C.C.,  RAYMOND YEE M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.C.C.,  GEORGE J. KLEIN M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.A.C.C., 
  • Pages: 1338-1339
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Loss of Ventricular Capture in a Pacemaker-Dependent Patient with Device on Advisory: Is It Time to Replace the Device?

FRANCISCO J. PÉREZ M.D.,  KENNETH A. ELLENBOGEN M.D.,  JOSÉ F. HUÍZAR M.D.,  KÁROLY KASZALA M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1340-1341
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

EP IMAGES

Rhythmic ECG Changes in a Patient with Long QT Syndrome Type 3

MAARTEN P. VAN DEN BERG M.D., Ph.D.,  JAAP HAAKSMA Ph.D. , 
  • Pages: 1342-1343
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

Pacemaker Lead Transection

RITA MCLEMORE-MCGREGOR R.N.,  CAROL CHEN-SCARABELLI R.N.,  WARANGKNA BOONYAPISIT M.D.,  KRIT JONGNARANGSIN M.D., 
  • Page: 1344
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

POINT OF VIEW

Body Computing: How Networked Medical Devices Can Solve Problems Facing Health Care Today

LESLIE A. SAXON M.D.,  ANUPAMA K. RAO M.D., 
  • Pages: 1345-1347
  • First Published: 25 October 2007

2007 ANNUAL INDICES

2007 Author Index

  • Pages: 1348-1354
  • First Published: 14 November 2007

2007 Subject Index

  • Pages: 1355-1357
  • First Published: 14 November 2007

Online Only Correspondence

To the Editor:

Mark Kroll Ph.D. ,  Richard M. Luceri M.D.,  Hugh Calkins M.D., 
  • Pages: E29-E30
  • First Published: 13 November 2007

Response to the Editor:

Michael Cao M.D.,  Jerold S. Shinbane M.D.,  Jeffrey M. Gillberg M.S.,  Leslie A. Saxon M.D., 
  • Page: E31
  • First Published: 13 November 2007