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    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology: Volume 29, Issue 3

    i, 357-505
    March 2018
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COVER IMAGE

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Cover Image, Volume 29, Issue 3

Koshiro Kanaoka MD,  Taku Nishida MD, PhD, 
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  • First Published: 14 March 2018
Cover Image, Volume 29, Issue 3

On the cover: The cover image, by Koshiro Kanaoka and Taku Nishida, is based on the EP Image Successful pulmonary vein isolation by ablation in the right atrium, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.13413.

ISSUE INFORMATION

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Issue Information

  • Pages: 357-360
  • First Published: 14 March 2018

2017 REVIEWERS

Reviewer List 2017

  • Pages: 361-362
  • First Published: 14 March 2018

STATE OF THE JOURNAL 2017

State of the journal 2017

Eric N. Prystowsky MD, 
  • Pages: 363-364
  • First Published: 14 March 2018

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

REduction of THRomboembolic EVents during Ablation using the laserballoon: The RETHREVA registry

Martin Eichenlaub MD,  Arne Pfeufer MD, MSc,  Lars Behrens MD,  Volker Klauss MD,  Michael Roettinger MD,  Turgut Brodherr MD,  Thorsten Lewalter MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 365-374
  • First Published: 09 January 2018

Ice or fire? Comparison of second-generation cryoballoon ablation and radiofrequency ablation in patients with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation and an enlarged left atrium

Ersan Akkaya MD,  Alexander Berkowitsch PhD,  Sergej Zaltsberg MD,  Harald Greiss MD,  Christian W. Hamm MD,  Johannes Sperzel MD,  Thomas Neumann MD,  Malte Kuniss MD, 
  • Pages: 375-384
  • First Published: 11 December 2017

Durable lesion formation while avoiding esophageal injury during ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learned from late gadolinium MR imaging

Mihail G. Chelu MD, PhD, FHRS,  Alan K. Morris MSc,  Eugene G. Kholmovski PhD,  Jordan B. King PharmD, MS,  Gagandeep Kaur,  Michelle A. Silver MSPH,  Joshua E. Cates PhD,  Frederick T. Han MD,  Nassir F. Marrouche MD, 
  • Pages: 385-392
  • First Published: 18 January 2018

EDITORIAL COMMENT

How should contact force be used for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation?

Mark O'Neill DPhil, FRCP,  Steven E. Williams PhD, MRCP, 
  • Pages: 393-394
  • First Published: 29 January 2018

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

Validation of a novel mapping system and utility for mapping complex atrial tachycardias

S. Honarbakhsh MRCP, BSc,  R.J. Hunter FESC, PhD,  G. Dhillon MRCP, BSc,  W. Ullah MRCP, PhD,  E. Keating BAppSc, IBHRE, CCDS,  R. Providencia MD,  A. Chow FRCP, MD,  M.J. Earley MD, FRCP,  R.J. Schilling MRCP, MD, 
  • Pages: 395-403
  • First Published: 24 January 2018

Isthmus sites identified by Ripple Mapping are usually anatomically stable: A novel method to guide atrial substrate ablation?

Vishal Luther PhD, MRCP,  Norman Qureshi PhD, MRCP,  Phang Boon Lim PhD, MRCP,  Michael Koa-Wing PhD, MRCP,  Shahnaz Jamil-Copley PhD, MRCP,  Fu Siong Ng PhD, MRCP,  Zachary Whinnett PhD, MRCP,  D. Wyn Davies MD, FRCP, FHRS,  Nicholas S. Peters MD, FRCP, FHRS,  Prapa Kanagaratnam FRCP, PhD,  Nick Linton MEng, MRCP, PhD, 
  • Pages: 404-411
  • First Published: 17 January 2018

Platelet-predominate gene expression and reticulated platelets in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: Effect of pulmonary veins isolation

Waldemar E. Wysokinski MD, PhD,  Alfonso Tafur MD,  Yanhong Wu PhD,  Naser Ammash MD,  Samuel J. Asirvatham MD,  Izabela Gosk-Bierska MD, PhD,  Diane E. Grill MS,  Joshua P. Slusser BS,  Jozef Mruk MD, PhD,  Robert D. McBane MD, 
  • Pages: 412-420
  • First Published: 29 January 2018

Quality of life with ablation or medical therapy for ventricular arrhythmias: A substudy of VANISH

Lorne J. Gula MD, MSc,  Steve Doucette PhD,  Peter Leong-Sit MD, MSc,  Anthony S.L. Tang MD,  Ratika Parkash MD, MSc,  Jean-Francois Sarrazin MD,  Bernard Thibault MD,  Vidal Essebag MD, PhD,  Stanley K. Tung MD,  Marc W. Deyell MD, MSc,  Jean-Marc Raymond MD,  Chris Lane MD,  Pablo B. Nery MD,  George D. Veenhuyzen MD,  Damian P. Redfearn MD,  Jeffrey S. Healey MD,  Jean-Francois Roux MD,  Karen Giddens RDMS, RDCS,  John L. Sapp MD, 
  • Pages: 421-434
  • First Published: 09 January 2018

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Ventricular arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies: Is life always worth living?

Caterina Bisceglia MD, PhD,  Paolo Della Bella MD, 
  • Pages: 435-437
  • First Published: 29 January 2018

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CLINICAL

Correlation between computer tomography-derived scar topography and critical ablation sites in postinfarction ventricular tachycardia

Michael Ghannam MD,  Hubert Cochet MD,  Pierre Jais MD,  Maxime Sermesant PhD,  Smita Patel MD,  Konstantinos C. Siontis MD,  Fred Morady MD,  Frank Bogun MD, 
  • Pages: 438-445
  • First Published: 30 January 2018

Change in QRS morphology as a marker of spontaneous elimination in verapamil-sensitive idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia

Hiroshi Kawakami MD,  Takeshi Aiba MD, PhD,  Kohei Ishibashi MD, PhD,  Ikutaro Nakajima MD,  Mitsuru Wada MD,  Tsukasa Kamakura MD, PhD,  Yuko Inoue MD, PhD,  Koji Miyamoto MD, PhD,  Hideo Okamura MD, PhD,  Satoshi Nagase MD, PhD,  Takashi Noda MD, PhD,  Yoshihiro Kokubo MD, PhD,  Yoshihiro Miyamoto MD, PhD,  Satoshi Yasuda MD, PhD,  Shiro Kamakura MD, PhD,  Kengo Kusano MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 446-455
  • First Published: 11 December 2017

Causes and predictors of 30-day readmission after cardiovascular implantable electronic devices implantation: Insights from Nationwide Readmissions Database

Shahzad Ahmad MD,  Muhammad Bilal Munir MD,  Michael S. Sharbaugh MPH,  Andrew D. Althouse PhD,  Deepak Kumar Pasupula MD,  Samir Saba MD, 
  • Pages: 456-462
  • First Published: 28 November 2017

Analysis of arrhythmic events is useful to detect lead failure earlier in patients followed by remote monitoring

Nobuhiro Nishii MD, PhD,  Akihito Miyoshi MD,  Motoki Kubo MD, PhD,  Masakazu Miyamoto MD,  Yoshimasa Morimoto MD,  Satoshi Kawada MD,  Koji Nakagawa MD, PhD,  Atsuyuki Watanabe MD, PhD,  Kazufumi Nakamura MD, PhD,  Hiroshi Morita MD, PhD,  Hiroshi Ito MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 463-470
  • First Published: 01 December 2017

EXPERIMENTAL

Ryanodine-receptor inhibition by dantrolene effectively suppresses ventricular arrhythmias in an ex vivo model of long-QT syndrome

Gerrit Frommeyer MD,  Julius Krawczyk MS,  Christian Ellermann MD,  Nils Bögeholz MD,  Simon Kochhäuser MD,  Dirk G. Dechering MD,  Michael Fehr PhD,  Lars Eckardt MD, 
  • Pages: 471-476
  • First Published: 04 January 2018

CASE REPORT

Troubleshooting electromagnetic interference in a patient with centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Asim S. Ahmed DO,  Parin J. Patel MD,  Shiv Bagga MD,  Jasen L. Gilge MD,  Thomas Schleeter MD,  Baqir A. Lakhani DO,  Ashwin K. Ravichandran MD,  Steve Donnelley MSS,  Venu Allavatam MSEE,  Eric N. Prystowsky MD,  Benzy J. Padanilam MD, 
  • Pages: 477-481
  • First Published: 24 January 2018

UNKNOWN INTRACARDIAC TRACING

Free Access

Unknown Intracardiac Electrogram

Eric N. Prystowsky MD, 
  • Page: 482
  • First Published: 14 March 2018

EP IMAGES

Successful pulmonary vein isolation by ablation in the right atrium

Koshiro Kanaoka MD,  Taku Nishida MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 483-484
  • First Published: 04 January 2018

Late-onset lethal arrhythmia after catheter ablation

Kanae Hasegawa MD, PhD,  Shinsuke Miyazaki MD, PhD,  Kenichi Kaseno MD, PhD,  Hiroshi Tada MD, PhD, FHRS, 
  • Pages: 485-486
  • First Published: 02 January 2018

ARRHYTHMIA ROUNDS

Wide to narrow complex tachycardia: What is the diagnosis?

Manojkumar Rohit MD, DM,  Darshan Krishnappa MD,  Raja J. Selvaraj MD, DNB, 
  • Pages: 487-488
  • First Published: 10 January 2018

CLINICAL REVIEW

The long-QT syndrome and exercise practice: The never-ending debate

Giuseppe Mascia MD, PhD,  Elena Arbelo MD, PhD,  Francesco Solimene MD,  Marzia Giaccardi MD,  Ramon Brugada MD, PhD,  Josep Brugada MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 489-496
  • First Published: 02 January 2018

TECHNIQUES, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATIONS

Transvenous pacemaker implantation after the bidirectional Glenn operation for patients with complex congenital disease

Danielle E. Harake MD, MS,  Kevin M. Shannon MD,  Jamil A. Aboulhosn MD,  Jeremy P. Moore MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 497-503
  • First Published: 14 December 2017

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY

Percutaneous access to the heart: Nontraditional approaches for the electrophysiologist

Samuel J. Asirvatham MD, 
  • Pages: 504-505
  • First Published: 18 January 2018