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EDITORIALS

Antoine Da Costa

Catheter ablation procedures: role of nation-wide registries
Europace Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 133-134; doi:10.1093/europace/eun354 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonios Kourliouros and A. John Camm

Does inflammation influence atrial fibrillation recurrence following catheter ablation?
Europace 2009 11: 135-137; doi:10.1093/europace/eun386 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcelle D. Smit and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Is inflammation a risk factor for recurrent atrial fibrillation?
Europace Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 138-139; doi:10.1093/europace/eun338 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Josè Milei and Giuseppe Ambrosio

Chagas cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: similarities and differences with dilated cardiomyopathy
Europace 2009 11: 140-141; doi:10.1093/europace/eun391 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard K. Shepard and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

Leads and longevity: how long will your pacemaker last?
Europace Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 142-143; doi:10.1093/europace/eun359 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele Brignole

Different electrocardiographic manifestations of the cardioinhibitory vasovagal reflex
Europace 2009 11: 144-146; doi:10.1093/europace/eun390 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract George Andrikopoulos, Stylianos Tzeis, Nikos Maniadakis, Hercules E. Mavrakis, and Panos E. Vardas

Cost-effectiveness of atrial fibrillation catheter ablation
Europace Advance Access published on December 20, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 147-151; doi:10.1093/europace/eun342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Milos Kesek

Ablation procedures in Sweden during 2007: results from the Swedish Catheter Ablation Registry
Europace Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 152-154; doi:10.1093/europace/eun298 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Beat Andreas Schaer, Annette Maurer, Christian Sticherling, Peter T. Buser, and Stefan Osswald

Routine echocardiography after radiofrequency ablation: to flog a dead horse?
Europace Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 155-157; doi:10.1093/europace/eun360 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Konstantinos P. Letsas, Reinhold Weber, Gerd Bürkle, Constantinos C. Mihas, Jan Minners, Dietrich Kalusche, and Thomas Arentz

Pre-ablative predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following pulmonary vein isolation: the potential role of inflammation
Europace Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 158-163; doi:10.1093/europace/eun309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ICD Registry

Get checked abstract Claudio A. Muratore, Luiz A. Batista Sa, Pablo A. Chiale, Ricardo Eloy, Maria Cristina Tentori, Jaime Escudero, Antonio Malan Cavalcanti Lima, Luis E. Medina, Raúl Garillo, and Jennifer Maloney

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and Chagas' disease: results of the ICD Registry Latin America
Europace Advance Access published on December 3, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 164-168; doi:10.1093/europace/eun325 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electrophysiology and Ablation

Get checked abstract Raija Jurkko, Ville Mäntynen, Jari M. Tapanainen, Juha Montonen, Heikki Väänänen, Hannu Parikka, and Lauri Toivonen

Non-invasive detection of conduction pathways to left atrium using magnetocardiography: validation by intra-cardiac electroanatomic mapping
Europace Advance Access published on December 13, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 169-177; doi:10.1093/europace/eun335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Agustín Bortone, Serge Boveda, Serge Jandaud, Nicolas Combes, Jean-Pierre Donzeau, Eloi Marijon, and Jean-Paul Albenque

Gradual power titration using radiofrequency energy: a safe method for slow-pathway ablation in the setting of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia
Europace Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 178-183; doi:10.1093/europace/eun333 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Get checked abstract Gaël Jauvert, Juliette Rousseau-Paziaud, Elisabeth Villain, Laurence Iserin, Françoise Hidden-Lucet, Magalie Ladouceur, and Daniel Sidi

Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on echocardiographic indices, functional capacity, and clinical outcomes of patients with a systemic right ventricle
Europace Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 184-190; doi:10.1093/europace/eun319 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Markus Roos, Richard Kobza, Peiman Jamshidi, Peter Bauer, Thérèse Resink, Reinhard Schlaepfer, Peter Stulz, Michel Zuber, and Paul Erne

Improved cardiac performance through pacing-induced diaphragmatic stimulation: a novel electrophysiological approach in heart failure management?
Europace 2009 11: 191-199; doi:10.1093/europace/eun377 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leads and Lead Extraction

Get checked abstract Kakhaber Etsadashvili, Florian Hintringer, Markus Stühlinger, Wolfgang Dichtl, Karin Spuller, Herwig Antretter, Herbert Hangler, Otmar Pachinger, Franz Xaver Roithinger, and Thomas Berger

Long-term results of high vs. normal impedance ventricular leads on actual (Real-Life) pacemaker generator longevity
Europace Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 200-205; doi:10.1093/europace/eun328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maciej Sterlinski, Andrzej Przybylski, Aleksander Maciag, Pawel Syska, Mariusz Pytkowski, Michal Lewandowski, Ilona Kowalik, Bohdan Firek, Piotr Kolsut, Grzegorz Religa, Mariusz Kusmierczyk, Franciszek Walczak, and Hanna Szwed

Subacute cardiac perforations associated with active fixation leads
Europace Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 206-212; doi:10.1093/europace/eun363 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shoaib Hamid, Aruna Arujna, Sitara Khan, Andrew Ladwiniec, Mark McPhail, Julian Bostock, Margaret Mobb, Nik Patel, Cliff Bucknall, and Christopher A. Rinaldi

Extraction of chronic pacemaker and defibrillator leads from the coronary sinus: laser infrequently used but required
Europace 2009 11: 213-215; doi:10.1093/europace/eun374 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Syncope

Get checked abstract Frances McCarthy, C. Geraldine McMahon, Una Geary, Patrick K. Plunkett, Rose Anne Kenny, and Conal J. Cunningham

Management of syncope in the Emergency Department: a single hospital observational case series based on the application of European Society of Cardiology Guidelines
Europace Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 216-224; doi:10.1093/europace/eun323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dorota Zysko, Jacek Gajek, Edward Kozluk, and Walentyna Mazurek

Electrocardiographic characteristics of atrioventricular block induced by tilt testing
Europace Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 225-230; doi:10.1093/europace/eun299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bev Flint, Christine Baker, Mark Freeston, and Julia L. Newton

Level of psychosocial impairment predicts early response to treatment in vasovagal syncope
Europace Advance Access published on December 5, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 231-236; doi:10.1093/europace/eun332 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EHRA EDUCATION COMMITTEE: EDUCATION IN EP

Alexander H. Maass, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Pitfalls of internal cardioverter defibrillator implantation: Part I
Europace Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 237-238; doi:10.1093/europace/eun344 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC RESEARCH

Get checked abstract Shimon Rosenheck, Shraga Gorni, Ioni Katz, Asaf Rabin, Uri Shpoliansky, Mendel Mandelbaum, and Abraham Teddy Weiss

Modified alternating current defibrillation: a new defibrillation technique
Europace 2009 11: 239-244; doi:10.1093/europace/eun373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shu-Xian Zhou, Juan Lei, Chang Fang, Yu-Ling Zhang, and Jing-Feng Wang

Ventricular electrophysiology in congestive heart failure and its correlation with heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity: a canine model study
Europace 2009 11: 245-251; doi:10.1093/europace/eun383 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Arash Yavari, Zeeshan O. Khawaja, Sanjay Krishnamoorthy, and Eric T. McWilliams

Perforation of right ventricular free wall by pacemaker lead detected by multidetector computed tomography
Europace 2009 11: 252-254; doi:10.1093/europace/eun381 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Baskar Sekar, Luke Tapp, Shajil Chalil, Howard Marshall, and Francisco Leyva

Late perforation of a defibrillator lead managed by percutaneous, intravenous extraction
Europace 2009 11: 255-257; doi:10.1093/europace/eun376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alireza Nazeri, Abdi Rasekh, Ali Massumi, and Mehdi Razavi

Coalescence of splines on a basket mapping catheter during ablation using a closed-loop irrigation catheter
Europace Advance Access published on January 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 258-259; doi:10.1093/europace/eun364 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roberto Rordorf, Alessandro Vicentini, Barbara Petracci, and Maurizio Landolina

Intermittent rate-dependent retrograde conduction over a concealed atrioventricular accessory pathway: what is the mechanism?
Europace Advance Access published on December 3, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 260-262; doi:10.1093/europace/eun327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Yves De Greef, Yves Vandekerckhove, Rene Tavernier, Karl Dossche, and Mattias Duytschaever

Percutaneous catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with an anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Europace Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 263-264; doi:10.1093/europace/eun367 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ilknur Can, Kenneth Liao, and David G. Benditt

Residual recipient right atrial tissue responsive to atropine 10 years following ‘bi-caval’ orthotopic heart–lung transplantation
Europace Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 264-265; doi:10.1093/europace/eun356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sern Lim and Howard Marshall

Broad complex tachycardia and atrioventricular dissociation in a patient with heart transplant
Europace Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 265-267; doi:10.1093/europace/eun358 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EHRA EDUCATION COMMITTEE: EDUCATION IN EP

Alexander H. Maass, Tjalling W. Waterbolk, and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Pitfalls of internal cardioverter defibrillator implantation: Part II
Europace Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 268-270; doi:10.1093/europace/eun345 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Athanasios G. Manolis, Dimitrios Chatzis, and Konstantinos G. Kouvelas

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead diaphragmatic perforation
Europace Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 271; doi:10.1093/europace/eun334 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sheldon M. Singh, Andre d'Avila, and Vivek Y. Reddy

Congestive heart failure after atrial fibrillation ablation
Europace Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 272; doi:10.1093/europace/eun313 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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