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EDITORIALS

Rukshen Weerasooriya, Pierre Jais, Meleze Hocini, Frederic Sacher, and Michel Haissaguerre

Balloon cryoablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Europace 2008 10: 1251-1252; doi:10.1093/europace/eun284 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol Ann Remme and Arthur A.M. Wilde

SCN5A overlap syndromes: no end to disease complexity?
Europace Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1253-1255; doi:10.1093/europace/eun267 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Stylianos Tzeis, George Andrikopoulos, Christof Kolb, and Panos E. Vardas

Tools and strategies for the reduction of inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks
Europace Advance Access published on August 15, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1256-1265; doi:10.1093/europace/eun205 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maciej Banach, Giovanni Mariscalco, Murat Ugurlucan, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Marcin Barylski, and Jacek Rysz

The significance of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: preoperative atrial fibrillation—still underestimated opponent
Europace Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1266-1270; doi:10.1093/europace/eun273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Get checked abstract Helena Malmborg, Stefan Lönnerholm, and Carina Blomström-Lundqvist

Acute and clinical effects of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation
Europace 2008 10: 1277-1280; doi:10.1093/europace/eun286 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Heidi Luise Estner, Gabriele Hessling, Gjin Ndrepepa, JinJin Wu, Tilko Reents, Stefanie Fichtner, Claus Schmitt, Christian V. Bary, Christof Kolb, Martin Karch, Bernhard Zrenner, and Isabel Deisenhofer

Electrogram-guided substrate ablation with or without pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on August 29, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1281-1287; doi:10.1093/europace/eun244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Get checked abstract Mauro Biffi, Matteo Ziacchi, Matteo Bertini, Diego Sangiorgi, Daniela Corsini, Cristian Martignani, Igor Diemberger, and Giuseppe Boriani

Longevity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: implications for clinical practice and health care systems
Europace Advance Access published on September 3, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1288-1295; doi:10.1093/europace/eun240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cara N. Pellegrini, Keane Lee, Jeffrey E. Olgin, Mintu P. Turakhia, Zian H. Tseng, Randall Lee, Nitish Badhwar, Byron Lee, and Paul D. Varosy

Impact of advanced age on survival in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Europace Advance Access published on September 24, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1296-1301; doi:10.1093/europace/eun253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiac resynchronization therapy

Get checked abstract Paul W.X. Foley, Shajil Chalil, Kayvan Khadjooi, Russell E.A. Smith, Michael P. Frenneaux, and Francisco Leyva

Long-term effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy in octogenarians: a comparative study with a younger population
Europace Advance Access published on September 30, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1302-1307; doi:10.1093/europace/eun263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marjaneh Fatemi, Yves Etienne, Philippe Castellant, and Jean-Jacques Blanc

Primary failure of cardiac resynchronization therapy: what are the causes and is it worth considering a second attempt? A single-centre experience
Europace Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1308-1312; doi:10.1093/europace/eun245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sandra Buck, Alexander H. Maass, Wybe Nieuwland, Rutger L. Anthonio, Dirk J. Van Veldhuisen, and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Impact of interventricular lead distance and the decrease in septal-to-lateral delay on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on August 11, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1313-1319; doi:10.1093/europace/eun208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Issues

Get checked abstract Takumi Yamada, Yoshimasa Murakami, Taro Okada, Hugh Thomas McElderry, Harish Doppalapudi, Andrew E. Epstein, Vance J. Plumb, Toyoaki Murohara, and George Neal Kay

Electroanatomic mapping in the catheter ablation of premature atrial contractions with a non-pulmonary vein origin
Europace Advance Access published on August 28, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1320-1324; doi:10.1093/europace/eun238 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gian Battista Chierchia, Lucio Capulzini, Carlo de Asmundis, Andrea Sarkozy, Markus Roos, Gaetano Paparella, Tim Boussy, Guy Van Camp, Dirk Kerkhove, and Pedro Brugada

First experience with real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography-guided transseptal in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation
Europace Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1325-1328; doi:10.1093/europace/eun275 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Genetic Disorders

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Igor Diemberger, James McCready, Laurence Nunn, and Anthony W.C. Chow

Is atrial fibrillation with very short cycle length suitable for ablation? A case report
Europace Advance Access published on July 14, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1336-1339; doi:10.1093/europace/eun189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Isabelle Nault, Frederic Sacher, Sebastien Knecht, Matthew Wright, Nicolas Lellouche, Seiichiro Matsuo, Kevin J. Makati, Meleze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs, and Michel Haïssaguerre

Wide complex tachycardia in a healthy young man
Europace Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1340-1342; doi:10.1093/europace/eun270 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Navarrete

Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia arising from the right ventricular apex
Europace Advance Access published on August 28, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1343-1345; doi:10.1093/europace/eun239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EHRA EDUCATION COMMITTEE: EDUCATION IN EP

Bas A. Schoonderwoerd and Isabelle C. van Gelder

A patient with long QT, sinus bradycardia, and ventricular ectopy: part I
Europace Advance Access published on September 18, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1346-1347; doi:10.1093/europace/eun255 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract Gerd Juchem, Karl Golczyk, Carsten Kopf, Bruno Reichart, and Peter Lamm

Bizarre case of migration of a retained epicardial pacing wire
Europace Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1348-1349; doi:10.1093/europace/eun269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefan Pfaffenberger, Marianne Gwechenberger, Bernhard Richter, and Heinz D. Goessinger

A common inferior pulmonary trunk detected by computed tomography affects atrial fibrillation ablation strategy
Europace Advance Access published on August 29, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1349-1350; doi:10.1093/europace/eun242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Fayssoil, D. Orlikowski, O. Nardi, and D. Annane

Complete atrioventricular block in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Europace Advance Access published on September 24, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1351-1352; doi:10.1093/europace/eun264 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EHRA EDUCATION COMMITTEE: EDUCATION IN EP

Bas A. Schoonderwoerd and Isabelle van Gelder

A patient with long QT, sinus bradycardia, and ventricular ectopy: part II
Europace Advance Access published on September 18, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1353-1354; doi:10.1093/europace/eun256 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Yogesh Raja, Purushottam V. Desai, and Peter E. Glennon

Pacemaker-mediated dermatitis
Europace Advance Access published on August 30, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1354; doi:10.1093/europace/eun243 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rukshen Weerasooriya, Mathew John, and Glenys Stewart

‘Keeping on the straight and narrow’: roofline ablation using voltage mapping
Europace Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1355; doi:10.1093/europace/eun258 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miguel A. Arias, Laura Domínguez-Pérez, Marta Pachón, and Luis Rodríguez-Padial

Wide QRS tachycardia complexes narrower than baseline: an uncommon electrocardiographic clue for ventricular tachycardia
Europace Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 1356; doi:10.1093/europace/eun254 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CORRIGENDUM

Ioan Liuba and Håkan Walfridsson

Focal atrial tachycardia: increased electrogram fractionation in the vicinity of the earliest activation site
Europace 2008 10: 1357; doi:10.1093/europace/eun290 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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