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Chris Plummer

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy. What is the role of programmed electrical stimulation?
Europace Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 273-275; doi:10.1093/europace/eun392 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Corrado, Gianni Gasparini, and Antonio Raviele

Lead malfunctions in implantable cardioverter defibrillators: where are we and where should we go?
Europace Advance Access published on January 24, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 276-277; doi:10.1093/europace/eun385 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mattias Duytschaever and Rene Tavernier

What is needed for a good ‘Decaf’?
Europace Advance Access published on February 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 278-279; doi:10.1093/europace/eup003 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Máximo Rivero-Ayerza and Beat Schaer

Device therapy in heart failure: do all treatment goals apply to all patients?
Europace Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 280-282; doi:10.1093/europace/eun372 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Haran Burri and Valérie Piguet

UninTENSional pacemaker interactions with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Europace 2009 11: 283-284; doi:10.1093/europace/eup008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract Berndt Lüderitz

WPW syndrome: the ‘Rosetta stone’ of rhythmology. The history of the Rosetta stone
Europace Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 285-288; doi:10.1093/europace/eun353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Get checked abstract Sascha Rolf, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Martin Borggrefe, Guenter Breithardt, and Dirk Bocker

Induction of ventricular fibrillation rather than ventricular tachycardia predicts tachyarrhythmia recurrences in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter defibrillator for secondary prophylaxis
Europace Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 289-296; doi:10.1093/europace/eun330 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabor Z. Duray, Joern Schmitt, Sule Cicek-Hartvig, Stefan H. Hohnloser, and Carsten W. Israel

Complications leading to surgical revision in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: comparison of patients with single-chamber, dual-chamber, and biventricular devices
Europace Advance Access published on December 2, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 297-302; doi:10.1093/europace/eun322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implantable Monitors

Get checked abstract Damien Kenny, Shanta Chakrabarti, Aruna Ranasinghe, Amy Chambers, Robin Martin, and Graham Stuart

Single-centre use of implantable loop recorders in patients with congenital heart disease
Europace Advance Access published on January 18, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 303-307; doi:10.1093/europace/eun380 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Demosthenes Katritsis, Eleftherios Giazitzoglou, Demetrios Sougiannis, Eutychios Voridis, and Sunny S. Po

Complex fractionated atrial electrograms at anatomic sites of ganglionated plexi in atrial fibrillation
Europace 2009 11: 308-315; doi:10.1093/europace/eup036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electrophysiology-Spectral Analysis of Arrhythmias

Get checked abstract Rolf Franck Berntsen, Alan Cheng, Hugh Calkins, and Ronald D. Berger

Evaluation of spatiotemporal organization of persistent atrial fibrillation with time- and frequency-domain measures in humans
Europace Advance Access published on November 12, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 316-323; doi:10.1093/europace/eun307 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Langley, G.A. MacGowan, and A. Murray

Spatial and temporal organization of the dominant frequencies in the fibrillating heart: body surface potential mapping in a rare case of sustained human ventricular fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 324-327; doi:10.1093/europace/eun331 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan José Sánchez-Muñoz, José Luis Rojo-Álvarez, Arcadi García-Alberola, Estrella Everss, Felipe Alonso-Atienza, Mercedes Ortiz, Juan Martínez-Sánchez, Javier Ramos-López, and Mariano Valdés-Chavarri

Spectral analysis of intracardiac electrograms during induced and spontaneous ventricular fibrillation in humans
Europace Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 328-331; doi:10.1093/europace/eun366 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence

Get checked abstract Kimihiko Kato, Tetsuo Fujimaki, Tetsuro Yoshida, Mitsutoshi Oguri, Kazuhiro Yajima, Takeshi Hibino, and Toyoaki Murohara

Impact of matrix metalloproteinase-2 levels on long-term outcome following pharmacological or electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 332-337; doi:10.1093/europace/eun389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Get checked abstract María Ángeles Castel, Francisco Méndez, David Tamborero, Lluís Mont, Santiago Magnani, Jose Maria Tolosana, Antonio Berruezo, Miguel Godoy, Marta Sitges, Barbara Vidal, Eulàlia Roig, and Josep Brugada

Six-minute walking test predicts long-term cardiac death in patients who received cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on January 9, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 338-342; doi:10.1093/europace/eun362 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Natália António, Rogério Teixeira, Lourenço Coelho, Carolina Lourenço, Pedro Monteiro, Miguel Ventura, João Cristóvão, Luís Elvas, Lino Gonçalves, and Luís A. Providência

Identification of ‘super-responders’ to cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of symptom duration and left ventricular geometry
Europace 2009 11: 343-349; doi:10.1093/europace/eup038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy and hyper-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy: characteristics and long-term evolution
Europace 2009 11: 350-355; doi:10.1093/europace/eup035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Majid Haghjoo, Hamid Reza Bonakdar, Mohammad Vahid Jorat, Amir Farjam Fazelifar, Abolfath Alizadeh, Zahra Ojaghi-Haghjghi, Maryam Esmaielzadeh, and Mohammad Ali Sadr-Ameli

Effect of right ventricular lead location on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure
Europace Advance Access published on January 9, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 356-363; doi:10.1093/europace/eun375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tobias Carlson, Paulin Andréll, Olof Ekre, Nils Edvardsson, Christina Holmgren, Filip Jacobsson, and Clas Mannheimer

Interference of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation with permanent ventricular stimulation: a new clinical problem?
Europace Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 364-369; doi:10.1093/europace/eun351 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Registries

Get checked abstract Marco Alings, Jan-Mark Vorstenbosch, and Helen Reeve

Automaticity: design of a registry to assess long-term acceptance and clinical impact of Automatic Algorithms in Insignia pacemakers
Europace 2009 11: 370-373; doi:10.1093/europace/eup013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Krishnakumar Nair, Raja Selvaraj, and Vijay S. Chauhan

Defibrillator shock due to ventricular trigeminy
Europace Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 374-375; doi:10.1093/europace/eun343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Saagar Mahida, Chrysoula Dalageorgou, and Elijah R. Behr

Long-QT syndrome and torsades de pointes in a patient with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an unusual case
Europace Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 376-378; doi:10.1093/europace/eun336 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Estelle Gandjbakhch, Véronique Fressart, Géraldine Bertaux, Laurence Faivre, Françoise Simon, Robert Frank, Guy Fontaine, Eric Villard, Catherine Coirault, Bernard Hainque, and Philippe Charron

Sporadic arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia due to a de novo mutation
Europace Advance Access published on January 16, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 379-381; doi:10.1093/europace/eun378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincent Probst, Philipe Mabo, Frederic Sacher, Dominique Babuty, Jacques Mansourati, and Hervé Le Marec

Effect of baroreflex stimulation using phenylephrine injection on ST segment elevation and ventricular arrhythmia-inducibility in Brugada syndrome patients
Europace Advance Access published on January 8, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 382-384; doi:10.1093/europace/eun365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jurren M. van Opstal, Paul G.A. Volders, and Harry J.G.M. Crijns

Provocation of silence
Europace Advance Access published on January 30, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 385-387; doi:10.1093/europace/eun396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract Koichiro Ejima, Morio Shoda, Tetsuyuki Manaka, and Nobuhisa Hagiwara

Targeted endomyocardial biopsy using electroanatomical voltage mapping in the early stage of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Europace Advance Access published on January 24, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 388-389; doi:10.1093/europace/eun357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Melanie Konstantinidou, Boris Schmidt, Feifan Ouyang, Buelent Koektuerk, Karl Heinz Kuck, and Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun

Pulmonary vein isolation after left-sided pneumonectomy: technically challenging but feasible and instructive
Europace Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 389-391; doi:10.1093/europace/eun368 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerd Juchem, Marion Lang, Karl Golczyk, Michael Ulbrich, Bruno Reichart, and Peter Lamm

Successful use of transvenous coil electrodes as single element subcutaneous array leads
Europace Advance Access published on January 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 391-394; doi:10.1093/europace/eun382 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Giulia Ottaviani and Giovanna C. Bergui

Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI): a new anatomo-clinical approach
Europace Advance Access published on February 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 395; doi:10.1093/europace/eup012 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Ricarda Marinigh, Luca Rebellato, and Alessandro Proclemer

Ventricular tachycardia originating from the left coronary aortic sinus
Europace Advance Access published on January 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 282; doi:10.1093/europace/eun379 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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