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    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: Volume 28, Issue 9

    i, 967-1104
    September 2017
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Cover Image, Volume 28, Issue 9

Stefano Bordignon MD,  Laura Perrotta MD,  Daniela Dugo MD,  Fabrizio Bologna MD,  Takahiko Nagase MD,  Alexander Fuernkranz MD,  K.R. Julian Chun MD,  Boris Schmidt MD, FHRS, 
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  • First Published: 19 September 2017
Cover Image, Volume 28, Issue 9

On the cover: The cover image, by Stefano Bordignon MD et al., is based on the Original Article Electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage by Maze-like catheter substrate modification: A reproducible strategy for pulmonary vein isolation nonresponders?, DOI: 10.1111/jce.13276.

ISSUE INFORMATION

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Issue Information

  • Pages: 967-970
  • First Published: 19 September 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation with box isolation of fibrotic areas: Lessons on fibrosis distribution and extent, clinical characteristics, and their impact on long-term outcome

Doreen Schreiber MD,  Andreas Rieger MD,  Fabian Moser MD,  Hans Kottkamp MD, 
  • Pages: 971-983
  • First Published: 21 June 2017

Three-year outcomes and reconnection patterns after initial contact force guided pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Girish M. Nair MBBS, MSc, FHRS,  Colin Yeo MD,  Zachary MacDonald BSc,  Mark P. Ainslie MB ChB, PhD,  Wael A. Alqarawi MD,  Pablo B. Nery MD,  Calum J. Redpath MBBS, PhD,  Mouhannad Sadek MD,  Stewart Spence BSc,  Martin S. Green MD,  David H. Birnie MB ChB, 
  • Pages: 984-993
  • First Published: 21 June 2017

Role of contact force-guided radiofrequency catheter ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hui Lin MD,  Yi-He Chen MD,  Jian-Wen Hou PhD,  Zhao-Yang Lu PhD,  Yin Xiang PhD,  Yi-Gang Li MD, 
  • Pages: 994-1005
  • First Published: 01 June 2017

Electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage by Maze-like catheter substrate modification: A reproducible strategy for pulmonary vein isolation nonresponders?

Stefano Bordignon MD,  Laura Perrotta MD,  Daniela Dugo MD,  Fabrizio Bologna MD,  Takahiko Nagase MD,  Alexander Fuernkranz MD,  K.R. Julian Chun MD,  Boris Schmidt MD, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 1006-1014
  • First Published: 19 June 2017

Autonomic nervous system modulation and clinical outcome after pulmonary vein isolation using the second-generation cryoballoon

Shinsuke Miyazaki MD,  Hiroaki Nakamura MD,  Hiroshi Taniguchi MD,  Hitoshi Hachiya MD,  Takatsugu Kajiyama MD,  Tomonori Watanabe MD,  Miyako Igarashi MD,  Sadamitsu Ichijo MD,  Kenzo Hirao MD,  Yoshito Iesaka MD, 
  • Pages: 1015-1020
  • First Published: 01 June 2017

Clinical assessment of cryoballoon ablation in cases with atrial fibrillation and a left common pulmonary vein

Takatoshi Shigeta MD,  Kaoru Okishige MD, FHRS, FACC,  Yasuteru Yamauchi MD,  Hideshi Aoyagi MD,  Tomofumi Nakamura MD,  Mitsumi Yamashita MD,  Takuro Nishimura MD,  Naruhiko Ito MD,  Yusuke Tsuchiya MD,  Mitsutoshi Asano MD,  Tsukasa Shimura MD,  Hidetoshi Suzuki MD,  Manabu Kurabayashi MD,  Takehiko Keida MD,  Tetsuo Sasano MD,  Kenzo Hirao MD, 
  • Pages: 1021-1027
  • First Published: 01 June 2017
Open Access

The effect of activation rate on left atrial bipolar voltage in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Steven E Williams PhD,  Nick Linton PhD,  Louisa O'Neill MB, BCh, BAO,  James Harrison PhD,  John Whitaker MBBS,  Rahul Mukherjee BM, BCh,  Christopher A. Rinaldi MD,  Jaswinder Gill MD,  Steven Niederer DPhil,  Matthew Wright PhD,  Mark O'Neill DPhil, 
  • Pages: 1028-1036
  • First Published: 22 June 2017

Prospective use of Ablation Index targets improves clinical outcomes following ablation for atrial fibrillation

Ahmed Hussein MD,  Moloy Das MBBS,  Vivek Chaturvedi DM,  Issa Khalil Asfour,  Niji Daryanani,  Maureen Morgan BSc,  Christina Ronayne BSc,  Matthew Shaw MSc,  Richard Snowdon MD,  Dhiraj Gupta MD, 
  • Pages: 1037-1047
  • First Published: 22 June 2017

Safety and feasibility of percutaneous skin closure using purse-string suture compared with compression bandage after pulmonary vein isolation

Ersan Akkaya MD,  Alexander Berkowitsch PhD,  Sergej Zaltsberg MD,  Nikolas Deubner MD,  Harald Greiss MD,  Andreas Hain MD,  Christian W. Hamm MD,  Johannes Sperzel MD,  Thomas Neumann MD,  Malte Kuniss MD, 
  • Pages: 1048-1057
  • First Published: 13 June 2017

Substrate characterization and catheter ablation in patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia using ultra high-density 3-D mapping

Jana M. Nührich MD,  Lukas Kaiser MD,  Ruken Özge Akbulak MD,  Benjamin N. Schäffer MD,  Christian Eickholt MD,  Michael Schwarzl MD, PhD,  Pawel Kuklik PhD,  Julia Moser MD,  Mario Jularic MD,  Stephan Willems MD,  Christian Meyer MD, 
  • Pages: 1058-1067
  • First Published: 08 June 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Do new tools help us identify substrate to target for ablation in ventricular tachycardia?

Jason Koontz MD,  James P. Daubert MD, 
  • Pages: 1068-1069
  • First Published: 21 July 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

EXPERIMENTAL

Express with caution: Epitope tags and cDNA variants effects on hERG channel trafficking, half-life and function

Marika L. Osterbur Badhey MS,  Alexander C. Bertalovitz PhD,  Thomas V. McDonald MD, 
  • Pages: 1070-1082
  • First Published: 24 May 2017

UNKNOWN INTRACARDIAC TRACING

Free Access

Unknown Intracardiac Electrogram

Eric N. Prystowsky M.D., 
  • Page: 1083
  • First Published: 19 September 2017

EP IMAGES

Tachycardia-dependent Brugada phenocopy due to hyperkalemia

Raed Abu Shama MD,  Antoni Bayes de Luna MD FESC,  Adrian Baranchuk MD FACC FRCPC FCCS, 
  • Pages: 1084-1085
  • First Published: 12 June 2017

Small reentry in a mega coronary sinus: Anatomical and high-density activation mapping

Hussam Ali MD, FESC, FEHRA, FAIAC,  Sara Foresti MD,  Riccardo Cappato MD, FESC, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 1086-1087
  • First Published: 01 June 2017

CLINICAL REVIEWS

Pathophysiology of reflex syncope: A review

Wayne O. Adkisson MD,  David G. Benditt MD, 
  • Pages: 1088-1097
  • First Published: 04 August 2017

TECHNIQUES, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATIONS

Single-incision percutaneous pericardial ICD lead placement in a piglet model

Bradley C. Clark MD,  Justin D. Opfermann MS,  Tanya D. Davis MD,  Axel Krieger PhD,  Charles I. Berul MD, 
  • Pages: 1098-1104
  • First Published: 01 June 2017