Europace

EDITORIALS

Ron Pisters, Robby Nieuwlaat, Cees B. de Vos, and Harry J. Crijns

Comprehensive upstream treatment for atrial fibrillation, when and how?
Europace 2009 11: 397-399; doi:10.1093/europace/eup050 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Atul Verma

Alternatives to amiodarone: search for the Holy Grail
Europace Advance Access published on February 17, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 402-404; doi:10.1093/europace/eup042 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jens Cosedis Nielsen

National registry data on implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment: what are they useful for?
Europace Advance Access published on January 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 405-406; doi:10.1093/europace/eup007 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzanne Valk and Luc Jordaens

Primary prevention: a necessity after myocardial infarction with left ventricular dysfunction
Europace Advance Access published on March 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 407-408; doi:10.1093/europace/eup041 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph E. Marine

Remote monitoring for prevention of inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks: is there no place like home?
Europace Advance Access published on February 15, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 409-411; doi:10.1093/europace/eup009 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pedro Brugada

Amid the fourth lustrum after the description of Brugada syndrome: controversies over?
Europace Advance Access published on February 24, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 412-413; doi:10.1093/europace/eup049 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Louise R.A. Olde Nordkamp, Wouter Wieling, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Arthur A.M. Wilde, and Nynke van Dijk

Genetic aspects of vasovagal syncope: a systematic review of current evidence
Europace Advance Access published on January 18, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 414-420; doi:10.1093/europace/eun387 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Zaza

Serum potassium and arrhythmias
Europace Advance Access published on January 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 421-422; doi:10.1093/europace/eup005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Atrial Fibrillation Registry

Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract David Schwartzman and Jeffrey L. Williams

Electroanatomic properties of pulmonary vein antral regions enclosed by encircling ablation lesions
Europace Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 435-444; doi:10.1093/europace/eun361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gian Battista Chierchia, Carlo de Asmundis, Stephan-Andreas Müller-Burri, Andrea Sarkozy, Lucio Capulzini, Gaetano Paparella, Sergio Chierchia, Markus Roos, and Pedro Brugada

Early recovery of pulmonary vein conduction after cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective study
Europace Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 445-449; doi:10.1093/europace/eun352 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Angel Arenal, Tomas Datino, Leonardo Atea, Felipe Atienza, Esteban González-Torrecilla, Jesús Almendral, Loreto Castilla, Pedro L. Sánchez, and Francisco Fernández-Aviles

Dominant frequency differences in atrial fibrillation patients with and without left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Europace 2009 11: 450-457; doi:10.1093/europace/eup053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy

ICD Registries

Get checked abstract Alessandro Proclemer, Marco Ghidina, Dario Gregori, Domenico Facchin, Luca Rebellato, Paolo Fioretti, and Michele Brignole

Impact of the main implantable cardioverter-defibrillator trials in clinical practice: data from the Italian ICD Registry for the years 2005–07
Europace Advance Access published on January 9, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 465-475; doi:10.1093/europace/eun370 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Remote Monitoring

Get checked abstract Sebastian Spencker, Nalan Coban, Lydia Koch, Alexander Schirdewan, and Dirk Müller

Potential role of home monitoring to reduce inappropriate shocks in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients due to lead failure
Europace Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 483-488; doi:10.1093/europace/eun350 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Frédéric Sacher, Vincent Probst, Maider Bessouet, Matthew Wright, Alexandre Maluski, Sélim Abbey, Pierre Bordachar, Antoine Deplagne, Sylvain Ploux, Gilles Lande, Pierre Jaïs, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre, Hervé Le Marec, and Jacques Clémenty

Remote implantable cardioverter defibrillator monitoring in a Brugada syndrome population
Europace Advance Access published on February 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 489-494; doi:10.1093/europace/eup034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pacing and CRT

Get checked abstract Paul W.X. Foley, Sahrkaur A. Muhyaldeen, Shajil Chalil, Russell E.A. Smith, John E. Sanderson, and Francisco Leyva

Long-term effects of upgrading from right ventricular pacing to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure
Europace 2009 11: 495-501; doi:10.1093/europace/eup037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John M. Morgan, Paul A. Scott, Nicholas G. Turner, Arthur M. Yue, and Paul R. Roberts

Targeted left ventricular endocardial pacing using a steerable introducing guide catheter and active fixation pacing lead
Europace Advance Access published on March 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 502-506; doi:10.1093/europace/eup048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brugada Syndrome

Get checked abstract Carla Giustetto, Stefano Drago, Pier Giuseppe Demarchi, Paola Dalmasso, Francesca Bianchi, Andrea Sibona Masi, Paula Carvalho, Eraldo Occhetta, Guido Rossetti, Riccardo Riccardi, Roberta Bertona, and Fiorenzo Gaita on behalf of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiostimulation (AIAC)—Piedmont Section

Risk stratification of the patients with Brugada type electrocardiogram: a community-based prospective study
Europace Advance Access published on February 4, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 507-513; doi:10.1093/europace/eup006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Non-invasive Electrophysiology and Risk Stratification

Get checked abstract Petri Korhonen, Terhi Husa, Teijo Konttila, Ilkka Tierala, Markku Mäkijärvi, Heikki Väänänen, and Lauri Toivonen

Complex T-wave morphology in body surface potential mapping in prediction of arrhythmic events in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiac dysfunction
Europace Advance Access published on March 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 514-520; doi:10.1093/europace/eup051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Hiroshi Furushima, Masaomi Chinushi, Yukio Hosaka, and Yoshifusa Aizawa

Focal atrial tachycardia refractory to radiofrequency catheter ablation originating from right atrial appendage
Europace Advance Access published on February 20, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 521-522; doi:10.1093/europace/eup046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoav Michowitz, Aharon Glick, and Bernard Belhassen

Escape rhythm from a partially disconnected pulmonary vein
Europace Advance Access published on February 20, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 523-526; doi:10.1093/europace/eup039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Ferraro, A. Sibona Masi, A. Mazza, M.C. Rosa Brusin, and M.R. Conte

Increased stimulation threshold in a patient with autoimmune disease: successful management with oral prednisolone and azathioprine
Europace Advance Access published on February 4, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 527-529; doi:10.1093/europace/eup010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter A. Zartner, Walter Wiebe, Marius Volkmer, Daniel Thomas, and Martin Schneider

Transvenous cardiac resynchronization therapy in complex congenital heart diseases: dextrocardia with transposition of the great arteries after Mustard operation
Europace Advance Access published on January 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 530-532; doi:10.1093/europace/eun388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract Matteo Anselmino, Maria Cristina Marocco, Claudia Amellone, and Riccardo Massa

Hybrid right–left cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation in persistent left superior vena cava
Europace Advance Access published on December 26, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 533-534; doi:10.1093/europace/eun371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miguel A. Arias, Alberto Puchol, Marta Pachón, Eduardo Castellanos, and Luis Rodríguez-Padial

Twiddling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: ‘when length matters’
Europace Advance Access published on January 26, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 535-536; doi:10.1093/europace/eun394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reinaldo Bestetti and Augusto Cardinalli-Neto

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for patients with chronic Chagas' disease: a randomized trial may not be necessary in high-risk patients
Europace Advance Access published on March 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 537; doi:10.1093/europace/eup060 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CORRIGENDUM

Shoaib Hamid, Aruna Arujuna, 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: 538; doi:10.1093/europace/eup075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Koichiro Ejima, Morio Shoda, and Nobuhisa Hagiwara

Placement of an ICD lead through a small innominate vein identified by a selective retrograde venogram in a case with a persistent left superior vena cava
Europace Advance Access published on December 5, 2008
Europace 2009 11: 399; doi:10.1093/europace/eun329 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anil Mathew, Luis Afonso, and Sony Jacob

An unusual case of diaphragmatic stimulation following cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on March 5, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 411; doi:10.1093/europace/eup059 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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