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    Journal of Arrhythmia: Volume 31, Issue 4

    iii-iv, 183-260
    August 2015
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Editorial

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Editorial Board

  • Pages: iii-iv
  • First Published: 30 July 2015

Original Article

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Relationship between plasma dabigatran concentration and activated partial thromboplastin time in Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Daiki Shimomura,  Yoshihisa Nakagawa MD,  Hirokazu Kondo MD,  Toshihiro Tamura MD,  Masashi Amano MD,  Yukiko Hayama MD,  Naoaki Onishi MD,  Yodo Tamaki MD,  Makoto Miyake MD,  Kazuaki Kaitani MD,  Chisato Izumi MD,  Masahiko Hayashida,  Aya Fukuda,  Fumihiko Nakamura MD,  Seiji Kawano MD, 
  • Pages: 183-188
  • First Published: 18 December 2014
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Acquisition of the pulmonary venous and left atrial anatomy with non-contrast-enhanced MRI for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Usefulness of two-dimensional balanced steady-state free precession

Yutaka Shigenaga RT,  Kunihiko Kiuchi MD,  Katsunori Okajima MD,  Kazushi Ikeuchi RT,  Takayuki Ikeda RT,  Akira Shimane MD,  Kiminobu Yokoi MD,  Jin Teranishi MD,  Kousuke Aoki MD,  Misato Chimura MD,  Hideyuki Masai RT,  Shinichiro Yamada MD,  Yasuyo Taniguchi MD,  Yoshinori Yasaka MD,  Hiroya Kawai MD, 
  • Pages: 189-195
  • First Published: 23 December 2014
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Reduced systemic vascular resistance is the underlying hemodynamic mechanism in nitrate-stimulated vasovagal syncope during head-up tilt-table test

Byung Gyu Kim MD,  Sung Woo Cho MD,  Hye Young Lee MD,  Deok Hee Kim MD,  Young Sup Byun MD,  Choong Won Goh MD,  Kun Joo Rhee MD,  Byung Ok Kim MD, 
  • Pages: 196-200
  • First Published: 16 April 2015
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Feasibility and accuracy of a new mobile electrocardiography device, ER-2000®, in the diagnosis of arrhythmia

Yae Min Park,  Dae In Lee,  Hwan Cheol Park,  Jaemin Shim,  Jong-Il Choi,  Hong Euy Lim,  Sang Weon Park,  Young-Hoon Kim MD, 
  • Pages: 201-209
  • First Published: 13 January 2015
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Increased defibrillator therapies during influenza season in patients without influenza vaccines

Sheldon M. Singh MD,  Russell J. de Souza ScD, RD,  Ramanan Kumareswaran MD, 
  • Pages: 210-214
  • First Published: 03 February 2015
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Prevalence and associated factors of early repolarization pattern in healthy young northeastern Thai men: A correlation study with Brugada electrocardiography

Pattarapong Makarawate MD, CEPS, CCDS,  Narumol Chaosuwannakit MD,  Yossavadee Ruamcharoen MD,  Aunejit Panthongviriyakul RN,  Choowong Pongchaiyakul RN,  Prapapan Tharaksa RN,  Temsiri Sripo RN,  Kittisak Sawanyawisuth MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 215-220
  • First Published: 30 January 2015
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The effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with New York Heart Association class IV non-ambulatory heart failure

Soichiro Yamashita MD,  Koji Fukuzawa MD,  Akihiro Yoshida MD,  Mitsuaki Itoh MD,  Kimitake Imamura MD,  Ryudo Fujiwara MD,  Atsushi Suzuki MD,  Tomoyuki Nakanishi MD,  Akinori Matsumoto MD,  Gaku Kanda MD,  Kunihiko Kiuchi MD,  Akira Shimane MD,  Katsunori Okajima MD,  Hidekazu Tanaka MD,  Ken-ichi Hirata MD, 
  • Pages: 221-225
  • First Published: 14 February 2015
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Left atrial thrombus formation and resolution during dabigatran therapy: A Japanese Heart Rhythm Society report

Hideo Mitamura MD,  Takayuki Nagai MD,  Atsuyuki Watanabe MD,  Seiji Takatsuki MD,  Ken Okumura MD, 
  • Pages: 226-231
  • First Published: 04 March 2015

Case Report

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Right-sided infective endocarditis as a potentially fatal complication in patients with long-term refractory severe bradyarrhythmia after cervical spinal cord injury: A case report

Naoki Miura,  Hideaki Suzuki,  Shota Maesawa,  Tomoaki Koakutsu,  Yasuharu Matsumoto,  Koji Fukuda,  Yutaka Kagaya,  Shigeki Kushimoto,  Hiroaki Shimokawa, 
  • Pages: 232-234
  • First Published: 06 December 2014
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Inadvertent puncture of the aortic noncoronary cusp during postoperative left atrial tachycardia ablation

Dursun Aras MD,  Ozcan Ozeke MD,  Serkan Cay MD,  Firat Ozcan MD,  Meryem Kara MD,  Serkan Topaloglu MD, 
  • Pages: 235-237
  • First Published: 18 December 2014
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Sudden manifestation of sinus arrest nine months after catheter ablation treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation

Masateru Takigawa MD,  Taishi Kuwahara MD,  Kenji Okubo MD,  Atsushi Takahashi MD, 
  • Pages: 238-239
  • First Published: 18 March 2015
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Malignant conversion of benign right ventricular outflow track ventricular tachycardia 18 years post-ablation

Wendy H. Gerstein MD,  Neal S. Gerstein MD,  Andrea Sandoval MD,  Michael B. West MD, 
  • Pages: 240-242
  • First Published: 30 December 2014
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Dramatic improvement of refractory anemia caused by mechanical hemolysis in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy using dual-chamber pacing

Yosuke Miwa,  Kyoko Soejima,  Toshiaki Sato,  Kenichi Matsushita,  Junsuke Sueoka,  Nobuyuki Takayama,  Hideaki Yoshino, 
  • Pages: 243-245
  • First Published: 02 January 2015
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Inappropriate mode switching clarified by using a chest radiograph

Brian Marino DO,  Abhishek Jaiswal MD,  Seth Goldbarg MD, 
  • Pages: 246-248
  • First Published: 14 February 2015
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Successful transjugular extraction of a lead in front of the anterior scalene muscle by using snare technique

Ayako Okada MD,  Kazunori Aizawa MD,  Takeshi Tomita MD,  Kouji Yoshie MD,  Takahiro Takeuchi MD,  Morio Shoda MD,  Uichi Ikeda MD, 
  • Pages: 249-251
  • First Published: 17 January 2015
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Coexistence of persistent left superior vena cava with common inferior pulmonary vein in a patient with atrial fibrillation

Kunihiko Kiuchi MD,  Katsunori Okajima MD,  Yu Takahashi MD,  Kiminobu Yokoi MD,  Akira Shimane MD, 
  • Pages: 252-254
  • First Published: 11 February 2015
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Ventricular bigeminy in acute organophorous poisoning – A rare ECG finding

Bharati Taksande,  Bhawik Dhirawani, 
  • Pages: 255-256
  • First Published: 02 February 2015
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Usefulness of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator combined with catheter ablation for ventricular tachyarrhythmia storms after a myocardial infarction: A case report

Yusuke Yoshikawa MD,  Kazuaki Kaitani MD,  Naoaki Onishi MD,  Toshihiro Tamura MD,  Chisato Izumi MD,  Yoshihisa Nakagawa MD, 
  • Pages: 257-260
  • First Published: 16 February 2015