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    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: Volume 24, Issue 10

    1069-1197
    October 2013
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Updated National Multicenter Registry on Procedural Safety of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

EMANUELE BERTAGLIA M.D.,  GIUSEPPE STABILE M.D.,  ALESSIA PAPPONE M.D.,  SAKIS THEMISTOCLAKIS M.D.,  CLAUDIO TONDO M.D., Ph.D.,  VALERIO DE SANCTIS M.D.,  EZIO SOLDATI M.D.,  MASSIMO TRITTO M.D.,  FRANCESCO SOLIMENE M.D.,  MASSIMO GRIMALDI M.D., Ph.D,  FRANCO ZOPPO M.D.,  CLAUDIO PANDOZI M.D.,  GIUSEPPE AUGELLO M.D.,  LEONARDO CALÒ M.D.,  CARLO PAPPONE M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1069-1074
  • First Published: 30 May 2013

Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Burden Before and After Pulmonary Veins Isolation: An Observational Study Through a Subcutaneous Leadless Cardiac Monitor

ALONSO PEDROTE M.D., Ph.D.,  EDUARDO ARANA-RUEDA M.D.,  LORENA GARCÍA-RIESCO M.D.,  JUAN SÁNCHEZ-BROTONS M.D.,  MANUEL DURÁN-GUERRERO M.D.,  FEDERICO GÓMEZ-PULIDO M.D.,  ÁLVARO ARCE-LEÓN M.D.,  MANUEL FRUTOS-LÓPEZ M.D., 
  • Pages: 1075-1082
  • First Published: 23 May 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Is an Implantable Cardiac Monitor the Standard of Care for Determining the Success of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation?

JASON G. ANDRADE M.D.,  ANDREW D. KRAHN M.D., 
  • Pages: 1083-1085
  • First Published: 22 July 2013

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Phrenic Nerve Injury: An Underrecognized and Potentially Preventable Complication of Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Wide-Area Circumferential Ablation Approach

Sang Yong Ji M.D.,  Jane Dewire B.A.,  Bernadette Barcelon R.T.,  Binu Philips M.D.,  John Catanzaro M.D.,  Saman Nazarian M.D., Ph.D.,  Alan Cheng M.D.,  David Spragg M.D.,  Harikrishna Tandri M.D.,  Sandeep Bansal M.D., M.P.H.,  Hiroshi Ashikaga M.D., Ph.D.,  Jack Rickard M.D.,  Aravindan Kolandaivelu M.D.,  Sunil Sinha M.D.,  Joseph E. Marine M.D.,  Hugh Calkins M.D.,  Ronald Berger M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1086-1091
  • First Published: 17 June 2013

Procedural Arrhythmia Termination and Long-Term Single-Procedure Clinical Outcome in Patients with Non-paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

GENQING ZHOU M.D.,  SONGWEN CHEN M.D.,  GANG CHEN M.D.,  FENG ZHANG M.D., Ph.D.,  WEIDONG MENG M.D.,  YIWEN YAN M.D.,  XIAOFENG LU M.D.,  YONG WEI M.D.,  SHAOWEN LIU M.D., Ph.D., F.H.R.S., 
  • Pages: 1092-1100
  • First Published: 27 May 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Termination of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation During Ablation: Finding the Needle in the Haystack

MICHAEL P. RILEY M.D., Ph.D.,  FRANCIS E. MARCHLINSKI M.D., 
  • Pages: 1101-1103
  • First Published: 14 July 2013

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Association of Atrial Fibrosis Quantified Using LGE-MRI with Atrial Appendage Thrombus and Spontaneous Contrast on Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Nazem Akoum M.D., M.S.,  Genaro Fernandez M.D.,  Brent Wilson M.D., Ph.D.,  Christopher Mcgann M.D.,  Eugene Kholmovski Ph.D.,  Nassir Marrouche M.D., 
  • Pages: 1104-1109
  • First Published: 10 June 2013

Increased Preoperative Serum Apoptosis Marker Fas Ligand Correlates With Histopathology and New-Onset of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients After Cardiac Surgery

PATRICK MÜLLER M.D.,  THOMAS DENEKE M.D.,  FABIAN SCHIEDAT,  LEIF BÖSCHE M.D.,  JUSTUS STRAUCH M.D.,  JOHANNES WOLFGANG DIETRICH M.D.,  MARKUS VOGT,  ANDREA TANNAPFEL M.D.,  HUGO STIEGLER M.D.,  ANDREAS MÜGGE M.D.,  AYDAN EWERS M.D., 
  • Pages: 1110-1115
  • First Published: 23 May 2013

Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with a Defibrillator: A Risk Factor for Mortality, Appropriate and Inappropriate Shocks

NICK VAN BOVEN M.D.,  DOMINIC THEUNS Ph.D.,  KJELL BOGAARD M.D.,  JAAP RUITER M.D., PhD,  GEERT KIMMAN M.D., Ph.D,  LILY BERMAN M.D.,  TJEERD VAN DER PLOEG M.Sc.,  ISABELLA KARDYS M.D., Ph.D.,  VICTOR UMANS M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1116-1122
  • First Published: 17 June 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

More Bad News for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: What to Do?

FREDRIK HOLMQVIST M.D.,  JAMES P. DAUBERT M.D., 
  • Pages: 1123-1124
  • First Published: 22 July 2013

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Implantation with Uninterrupted Dabigatran: Comparison to Uninterrupted Warfarin

JOHN M. JENNINGS M.D.,  ROBERT ROBICHAUX M.D.,  H. THOMAS MCELDERRY M.D., F.H.R.S.,  VANCE J. PLUMB M.D.,  ALICIA GUNTER,  HARISH DOPPALAPUDI M.D.,  JOSE OSORIO M.D.,  TAKUMI YAMADA M.D.,  G. NEAL KAY M.D., 
  • Pages: 1125-1129
  • First Published: 17 June 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Just Because You Can, Does That Mean You Should?

RAMI KAHWASH M.D.,  EMILE G. DAOUD M.D., 
  • Pages: 1130-1131
  • First Published: 19 June 2013

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

Treatment of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration Reduces Arrhythmic Events in Chronic Heart Failure

Thomas Bitter M.D.,  Klaus-Jürgen Gutleben M.D.,  Georg Nölker M.D.,  Nina Westerheide,  Christian Prinz M.D.,  Zisis Dimitriadis M.D.,  Dieter Horstkotte M.D., Ph.D., FESC, FACCP,  Jürgen Vogt M.D.,  Olaf Oldenburg M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1132-1140
  • First Published: 05 June 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Learning To Breathe: Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing for ICD Shock Prevention

PRASHANT BHAVE M.D.,  ROD PASSMAN M.D., M.S.C.E, 
  • Pages: 1141-1143
  • First Published: 26 June 2013

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Experimental

Apamin-Sensitive Calcium-Activated Potassium Currents in Rabbit Ventricles with Chronic Myocardial Infarction

YOUNG SOO LEE M.D., Ph.D.,  PO-CHENG CHANG M.D.,  CHIA-HSIANG HSUEH Ph.D.,  MITSUNORI MARUYAMA M.D., Ph.D.,  HYUNG WOOK PARK M.D., Ph.D.,  KYOUNG-SUK RHEE M.D., Ph.D.,  YU-CHENG HSIEH M.D., Ph.D.,  CHANGYU SHEN Ph.D.,  JAMES N. WEISS M.D.,  ZHENHUI CHEN Ph.D.,  SHIEN-FONG LIN Ph.D.,  PENG-SHENG CHEN M.D., 
  • Pages: 1144-1153
  • First Published: 07 May 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Revisiting K+ Channel-Dependent Electrical Remodeling in the Border Zone

JERRY CURRAN Ph.D.,  PETER J. MOHLER Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1154-1156
  • First Published: 23 May 2013

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Experimental

Effects of Open-Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter Design on Lesion Formation and Complications: In Vitro Comparison of 6 Different Devices

JOSE M. GUERRA M.D., Ph.D.,  ESTHER JORGE D.V.M, Ph.D.,  SILVIA RAGA B.Sc.,  CAROLINA GÁLVEZ-MONTÓN D.V.M, Ph.D.,  CONCEPCIÓN ALONSO-MARTÍN M.D.,  ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ-FONT M.D.,  JUAN CINCA M.D., Ph.D.,  XAVIER VIÑOLAS M.D., 
  • Pages: 1157-1162
  • First Published: 07 May 2013

Differential Effects of the β-Adrenoceptor Blockers Carvedilol and Metoprolol on SQT1- and SQT2-Mutant Channels

ILONA BODI Ph.D.,  GERLIND FRANKE Ph.D.,  NAGA DEEPA PANTULU Ph.D.,  KEZHONG WU M.D.,  STEFANIE PEREZ-FELIZ,  CHRISTOPH BODE M.D.,  MANFRED ZEHENDER M.D.,  AXEL ZUR HAUSEN M.D.,  MICHAEL BRUNNER M.D.,  KATJA E. ODENING M.D., 
  • Pages: 1163-1171
  • First Published: 07 May 2013

EDITORIAL COMMENT

β-Blockers in Congenital Short-QT Syndrome as Ion Channel Blockers

HUGUES ABRIEL M.D., Ph.D.,  JEAN-SÉBASTIEN ROUGIER Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1172-1174
  • First Published: 12 June 2013

CASE REPORTS

Renal Sympathetic Denervation as an Adjunct to Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Ventricular Electrical Storm in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction

BORIS A. HOFFMANN M.D., B.Sc.,  DANIEL STEVEN M.D.,  STEPHAN WILLEMS M.D.,  KARSTEN SYDOW M.D., 
  • Pages: 1175-1178
  • First Published: 12 June 2013

Direct Recording of Concealed Ventricular Extrasystoles Producing Pacer Inhibition

MARK BOWERS M.D.,  MARCIE BERGER M.D., 
  • Pages: 1179-1182
  • First Published: 19 March 2013

EP IMAGE

T-Wave Alternans, QRST-Wave Alternans and Atrioventricular Block: Three Consecutive Rate-Dependent Phenomena in a Child with Congenital Long-QT Syndrome

HIROKO GOTO M.D.,  NOBUHIRO TAKASUGI M.D.,  RICHARD L. VERRIER Ph.D.,  TAKASHI KUWAHARA M.D., 
  • Pages: 1183-1184
  • First Published: 10 April 2013

Left Atrial Massive Thrombus Formation on the Transseptal Sheath Despite Adequate Anticoagulation with Warfarin and Heparin During Pulmonary Vein Isolation

RADOSLAW MAREK KIEDROWICZ M.D.,  JAROSLAW KAZMIERCZAK Ph.D.,  MACIEJ WIELUSINKSKI, 
  • Page: 1185
  • First Published: 17 May 2013

ARRHYTHMIA ROUNDS

Atrial Flutter Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation: What Is the Mechanism?

TAKUMI YAMADA M.D., Ph.D.,  G. NEAL KAY M.D., 
  • Pages: 1186-1188
  • First Published: 08 April 2013

CLINICAL REVIEW

An Organized Approach to the Localization, Mapping, and Ablation of Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmias

MATHEW D. HUTCHINSON M.D.,  FERMIN C. GARCIA M.D., 
  • Pages: 1189-1197
  • First Published: 09 September 2013