Europace

EDITORIALS

Suresh Krishnamoorthy and Gregory Y.H. Lip

How safe is the antiarrhythmic drug therapy in atrial fibrillation?
Europace 2009 11: 837-839; doi:10.1093/europace/eup170 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Yves Le Heuzey

The risk of antiarrhythmic drugs in atrial fibrillation: 20 years of controversies
Europace 2009 11: 840-841; doi:10.1093/europace/eup175 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco Marín, Paulus Kirchhof, and Gregory Y.H. Lip

Antithrombotic therapy use for patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: new data in an area of limited evidence
Europace 2009 11: 842-843; doi:10.1093/europace/eup161 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc A. Vos

Enhanced efficacy with MgSO₄ due to an additive, alternative, or dual mode of action?
Europace 2009 11: 844-845; doi:10.1093/europace/eup150 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcelle D. Smit and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Will we be able to predict in which atrial fibrillation patients a rhythm control strategy will be successful?
Europace 2009 11: 846-847; doi:10.1093/europace/eup148 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renato Pietro Ricci

Automatic left ventricular pacing management: not only a technical step up
Europace 2009 11: 848-849; doi:10.1093/europace/eup149 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract Geneviève C. Digby, Marguerite E. Daubney, Jim Baggs, Debra Campbell, Christopher S. Simpson, Damian P. Redfearn, F. James Brennan, Hoshiar Abdollah, and Adrian Baranchuk

Physiotherapy and cardiac rhythm devices: a review of the current scope of practice
Europace Advance Access published on May 2, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 850-859; doi:10.1093/europace/eup102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TASK FORCE

Paulus Kirchhof, Jeroen Bax, Carina Blomstrom-Lundquist, Hugh Calkins, A. John Camm, Ricardo Cappato, Francisco Cosio, Harry Crijns, Hans-Christian Diener, Andreas Goette, Carsten W. Israel, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Stanley Nattel, Richard L. Page, Ursula Ravens, Ulrich Schotten, Gerhard Steinbeck, Panos Vardas, Albert Waldo, Karl Wegscheider, Stephan Willems, and Günter Breithardt

Early and comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation: Proceedings from the 2nd AFNET/EHRA consensus conference on atrial fibrillation entitled ‘research perspectives in atrial fibrillation’
Europace Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 860-885; doi:10.1093/europace/eup124 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Søren Skøtt Andersen, Morten Lock Hansen, Gunnar H. Gislason, Tina Ken Schramm, Fredrik Folke, Emil Fosbøl, Steen Z. Abildstrøm, Mette Madsen, Lars Køber, and Christian Torp-Pedersen

Antiarrhythmic therapy and risk of death in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nationwide study
Europace Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 886-891; doi:10.1093/europace/eup119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Craig I. Coleman, Nitesh Sood, Dhruva Chawla, Ripple Talati, Abhijit Ghatak, and Jeffrey Kluger for the Dofetilide and Intravenous Magnesium Evaluation (DIME) Investigators

Intravenous magnesium sulfate enhances the ability of dofetilide to successfully cardiovert atrial fibrillation or flutter: results of the Dofetilide and Intravenous Magnesium Evaluation
Europace Advance Access published on April 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 892-895; doi:10.1093/europace/eup084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Karuna Chilukuri, Darshan Dalal, Joseph E. Marine, Daniel Scherr, Charles A. Henrikson, Alan Cheng, Saman Nazarian, David Spragg, Ronald Berger, and Hugh Calkins

Predictive value of obstructive sleep apnoea assessed by the Berlin Questionnaire for outcomes after the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 896-901; doi:10.1093/europace/eup064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrea Mazza, Maria G. Bendini, Marco Cristofori, Stefano Nardi, Massimo Leggio, Raffaele De Cristofaro, Andrea Giordano, Laura Cozzari, Giampiero Giordano, and Riccardo Cappato

Baseline apnoea/hypopnoea index and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein for the risk of recurrence of atrial fibrillation after successful electrical cardioversion: a predictive model based upon the multiple effects of significant variables
Europace Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 902-909; doi:10.1093/europace/eup107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Seiji Takatsuki, Fabrice Extramiana, Meiso Hayashi, Abdeddayem Haggui, Anne Messali, Paul Milliez, Antoine Leenhardt, and Bruno Cauchemez

High take-off left inferior pulmonary vein as an obstacle in creating a conduction block at the lateral mitral isthmus
Europace 2009 11: 910-916; doi:10.1093/europace/eup151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Study Design

Get checked abstract Christian Jons, Peter Steen Hansen, Arne Johannessen, Gerhard Hindricks, Pekka Raatikainen, Ole Kongstad, Håkan Walfridsson, Steen Pehrson, Henrik Almroth, Juha Hartikainen, Anders Kirstein Petersen, Leif Spange Mortensen, and Jens Cosedis Nielsen on behalf of the MANTRA-PAF Investigators

The Medical ANtiarrhythmic Treatment or Radiofrequency Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (MANTRA-PAF) Trial: clinical rationale, study design, and implementation
Europace Advance Access published on May 15, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 917-923; doi:10.1093/europace/eup122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ICD

Get checked abstract Martin Stockburger, Oezlem Celebi, Alice Krebs, Thomas Knaus, Aischa Nitardy, Dirk Habedank, and Rainer Dietz

Right ventricular pacing is associated with impaired overall survival, but not with an increased incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in routine cardioverter/defibrillator recipients with reservedly programmed pacing
Europace Advance Access published on May 15, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 924-930; doi:10.1093/europace/eup118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Pacing and CRT

Syncope

Get checked abstract Nancy Colman, Annemieke Bakker, Mark Linzer, Johannes B. Reitsma, Wouter Wieling, and Arthur A.M. Wilde

Value of history-taking in syncope patients: in whom to suspect long QT syndrome?
Europace Advance Access published on May 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 937-943; doi:10.1093/europace/eup101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electrocardiography

Get checked abstract Darío Di Toro, Claudio Hadid, Carlos López, Juan Fuselli, Vidal Luis, and Carlos Labadet

Utility of the aVL lead in the electrocardiographic diagnosis of atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia
Europace Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 944-948; doi:10.1093/europace/eup130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

Get checked abstract Magdi M. Saba, Jagan Akella, James Gammie, Robert Poston, Anthony Johnson, Robert E. Hood, Timm-Michael Dickfeld, and Stephen R. Shorofsky

The influence of fat thickness on the human epicardial bipolar electrogram characteristics: measurements on patients undergoing open-heart surgery
Europace 2009 11: 949-953; doi:10.1093/europace/eup156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Farid Aliyev, Cengizhan Türkoglu, Cengiz Çeliker, Inci Firatli, Gökhan Alici, and Isil Uzunhasan

Chronic mad honey intoxication syndrome: a new form of an old disease?
Europace Advance Access published on June 5, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 954-956; doi:10.1093/europace/eup126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Philipp Halbfass, Sabine Janko, Uwe Dorwarth, Gotthard Riess, Diethmar Antoni, and Ellen Hoffmann

Dilemma of antithrombotic therapy in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation patients squeezed between thrombosis and bleeding events: a single-centre experience
Europace Advance Access published on June 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 957-960; doi:10.1093/europace/eup131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Biagio Sassone, Luca Gabrieli, Giulio Boggian, and Emanuele Pilato

Management of traumatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead perforation of the right ventricle after car accident: a case report
Europace Advance Access published on May 17, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 961-962; doi:10.1093/europace/eup111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Turgay Celik, Sedat Kose, Baris Bugan, Atila Iyisoy, Veysel Akgun, and Faruk Cingoz

Hiccup as a result of late lead perforation: report of two cases and review of the literature
Europace Advance Access published on April 9, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 963-965; doi:10.1093/europace/eup071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rene Tavernier, Mattias Duytschaever, Karl Dossche, Dirk Verleyen, Filip Van Den Brande, Yves De Greef, and Yves Vandekerckhove

Subacute implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead perforation: a potentially life-threatening event
Europace Advance Access published on April 30, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 966-967; doi:10.1093/europace/eup100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORT

Get checked abstract Dimitrios Tziakas, Apostolos Alexoudis, Fotios Konstantinou, Georgios Chalikias, Dimitrios Stakos, and Georgios Bougioukas

A rare case of late right ventricular perforation by a passive-fixation permanent pacemaker lead
Europace Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 968-969; doi:10.1093/europace/eup120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Andrea Avella, Giulia d'Amati, and Claudio Tondo

Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: the role of endomyocardial biopsy guided by electroanatomic voltage map
Europace Advance Access published on June 5, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 970; doi:10.1093/europace/eup134 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koichiro Ejima, Morio Shoda, Tetsuyuki Manaka, and Nobuhisa Hagiwara

Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: the role of endomyocardial biopsy guided by electroanatomic voltage map: reply
Europace Advance Access published on June 5, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 970-971; doi:10.1093/europace/eup135 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Gábor Bencsik, Róbert Pap, and László Sághy

Intracardiac echocardiography for visualization of the Eustachian valve during radiofrequency ablation of typical atrial flutter
Europace Advance Access published on May 15, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 901; doi:10.1093/europace/eup123 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jayasree Pillarisetti, Thomas Rosamond, and Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy

Pulmonary vein stents or stenosis: why acquisition phase matters during computed tomography?
Europace Advance Access published on April 9, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 916; doi:10.1093/europace/eup090 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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