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    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: Volume 28, Issue 10

    i, 1105-1236
    October 2017
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Cover Image, Volume 28, Issue 10

Gordon Ho MD,  Christopher T. Villongco PhD,  Omid Yousefian MD,  Aaron Bradshaw BS,  Andrew Nguyen MD,  Yonatan Faiwiszewski MD,  Justin Hayase MD,  Wouter-Jan Rappel PhD,  Andrew D. McCulloch PhD,  David E. Krummen MD, FHRS, 
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  • First Published: 11 October 2017
Cover Image, Volume 28, Issue 10

On the cover: The cover image, by Gordon Ho MD et al., is based on the Original Article Rotors exhibit greater surface ECG variation during ventricular fibrillation than focal sources due to wavebreak, secondary rotors, and meander, DOI: 10.1111/jce.13283.

ISSUE INFORMATION

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Issue Information

  • Pages: 1105-1108
  • First Published: 11 October 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

A comparison of the electrophysiologic and electroanatomic characteristics between the right and left atrium in persistent atrial fibrillation: Is the right atrium a window into the left?

Sandeep Prabhu MBBS,  Aleksandr Voskoboinik MBBS,  Alex J.A. McLellan MBBS, PhD,  Kah Y. Peck MBBS,  Bhupesh Pathik MBBS, FRACP,  Chrishan J. Nalliah MBBS,  Geoff R. Wong MBBS,  Sonia M. Azzopardi CC, Bc, RN,  Geoffrey Lee MBChB, PhD,  Justin Mariani MBBS, PhD,  Liang-Han Ling MBBS, PhD,  Andrew J. Taylor MBBS, PhD,  Jonathan M. Kalman MBBS, PhD,  Peter M. Kistler MBBS, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1109-1116
  • First Published: 21 July 2017

Electrophysiological relation between the superior vena cava and right superior pulmonary vein in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Kentaro Yoshida MD,  Ai Hattori MD,  Hidekazu Tsuneoka MD,  Yasuaki Tsumagari MD,  Yoshiaki Yui MD,  Akira Kimata MD,  Yoko Ito MD,  Mari Ebine,  Yoshiko Uehara BSN,  Naoya Koda MD,  Masako Misaki MD,  Daisuke Abe MD,  Noriyuki Takeyasu MD,  Kazutaka Aonuma MD,  Akihiko Nogami MD, 
  • Pages: 1117-1126
  • First Published: 04 July 2017

Risk stratification of patients with left atrial appendage thrombus prior to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: An approach towards an individualized use of transesophageal echocardiography

Melanie A. Gunawardene MD,  Jannis Dickow,  Benjamin N. Schaeffer MD,  Ruken Ö. Akbulak MD,  Marc D. Lemoine MD,  Jana M. Nührich MD,  Mario Jularic MD,  Christoph Sinning MD,  Christian Eickholt MD,  Christian Meyer MD,  Julia M. Moser MD,  Boris A. Hoffmann MD,  Stephan Willems MD, 
  • Pages: 1127-1136
  • First Published: 21 June 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Evaluation of left atrial thrombus prior to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Is it time for an individualized approach?

Avishag Laish-Farkash MD, PhD,  Mahmoud Suleiman MD, 
  • Pages: 1137-1139
  • First Published: 26 July 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

Long-term follow-up after left atrial appendage occlusion with comparison of transesophageal echocardiography versus computed tomography to guide medical therapy and data about postclosure cardioversion

Benjamin Berte MD, PhD,  Christine Attenhofer Jost MD,  Dominik Maurer MD,  Anja Fäh-Gunz MD,  Xavier Pillois PhD,  Barbara Naegeli MD,  Monica Pfyffer,  Gabor Sütsch MD,  Christoph Scharf MD, 
  • Pages: 1140-1150
  • First Published: 04 July 2017

The association between acute mental stress and abnormal left atrial electrophysiology

Wesley T. O'Neal MD, MPH,  Muhammad Hammadah MD,  Pratik B. Sandesara MD,  Zakaria Almuwaqqat MD,  Ayman Samman-Tahhan MD,  Mohamad M. Gafeer MD,  Naser Abdelhadi MD,  Kobina Wilmot MD,  Ibhar Al Mheid MD,  Douglas J. Bremner MD,  Michael Kutner PhD,  Elsayed Z. Soliman MD, MSc, MS,  Amit J. Shah MD, MSCR,  Arshed A. Quyyumi MD, FACC,  Viola Vaccarino MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1151-1157
  • First Published: 20 July 2017

Rotors exhibit greater surface ECG variation during ventricular fibrillation than focal sources due to wavebreak, secondary rotors, and meander

Gordon Ho MD,  Christopher T. Villongco PhD,  Omid Yousefian MD,  Aaron Bradshaw BS,  Andrew Nguyen MD,  Yonatan Faiwiszewski MD,  Justin Hayase MD,  Wouter-Jan Rappel PhD,  Andrew D. McCulloch PhD,  David E. Krummen MD, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 1158-1166
  • First Published: 03 July 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Can the electrocardiogram distinguish foci from rotors during ventricular fibrillation?

Bradley J. Roth PhD, 
  • Pages: 1167-1168
  • First Published: 20 July 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

Chronic total occlusion in an infarct-related coronary artery and the risk of appropriate ICD therapies

Andrea Di Marco MD,  Ignasi Anguera MD, PhD,  Luis Teruel MD,  Guillem Muntane MD,  Niall G. Campbell MD, PhD,  David J. Fox MD,  Benjamin Brown MD,  Chris Skene MD, PhD,  Neil Davidson MD,  Valentina Leon MD,  Paolo Dallaglio MD,  Hind Elzein MD,  Elena Garcia-Romero MD,  Joan Antoni Gomez-Hospital MD, PhD,  Angel Cequier MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1169-1178
  • First Published: 04 July 2017

Inferior lead discordance in ventricular arrhythmias: A specific marker for certain arrhythmia locations

Andres Enriquez MD,  Rajeev K. Pathak MD,  Pasquale Santangeli MD,  Jackson J. Liang DO,  Mohammed Al Rawahi MD,  Tatsuya Hayashi MD,  Daniele Muser MD,  David S. Frankel MD,  Gregory Supple MD,  Robert Schaller DO,  David Lin MD,  Saman Nazarian MD,  Erica Zado PAC,  Francis E. Marchlinski MD,  Fermin C. Garcia MD, 
  • Pages: 1179-1186
  • First Published: 05 July 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Localization of ventricular arrhythmias: The importance of evaluating the frontal axis

James E. Ip MD, 
  • Pages: 1187-1188
  • First Published: 20 July 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

Anterior pericardial access to facilitate electrophysiology study and catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias: A single tertiary center experience

Ali R. Keramati MD,  Deeptankar DeMazumder MD, PhD,  Satish Misra MD,  Jonathan Chrispin MD,  Fabrizio R. Assis MD,  Chava Raghuram MD,  Swati Dey PhD,  Hugh Calkins MD,  Harikrishna Tandri MD, 
  • Pages: 1189-1195
  • First Published: 20 July 2017

Recovery of atrioventricular conduction in patients with heart block after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Colin A. Raelson MD,  James Gabriels MD,  Jonathan Ruan MD,  James E. Ip MD,  George Thomas MD,  Christopher F. Liu MD,  Jim W. Cheung MD,  Bruce B. Lerman MD,  Apoor Patel MD,  Steven M. Markowitz MD, 
  • Pages: 1196-1202
  • First Published: 05 July 2017

EXPERIMENTAL

Slow conduction through an arc of block: A basis for arrhythmia formation postmyocardial infarction

Eugene Patterson PhD,  Benjamin J. Scherlag PhD,  Edward J. Berbari PhD,  Ralph Lazzara MD, 
  • Pages: 1203-1212
  • First Published: 21 July 2017

Slow antegrade excitation and delayed retrograde activation through an “inexcitable zone”: A basis for arrhythmia formation in infarcted myocardium ex vivo

Eugene Patterson PhD,  Benjamin J. Scherlag PhD, 
  • Pages: 1213-1222
  • First Published: 01 June 2017

UNKNOWN INTRACARDIAC TRACING

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Unknown Intracardiac Electrogram

Eric N. Prystowsky MD, 
  • Page: 1223
  • First Published: 11 October 2017

EP IMAGES

Life-threatening aortic dissection with cardiac tamponade during catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia originating from left coronary cusp

Kenji Kuroki MD,  Akira Sato MD,  Fumi Yamagami MD,  Akihiko Nogami MD,  Kazutaka Aonuma MD, 
  • Pages: 1224-1225
  • First Published: 21 June 2017

CLINICAL REVIEWS

The new kids on the block of arrhythmogenic disorders: Short QT syndrome and early repolarization

Andrea Mazzanti MD,  Katherine Underwood BS,  Dmitriy Nevelev MD,  Shanna Kofman MD,  Silvia G. Priori MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 1226-1236
  • First Published: 01 June 2017