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CONSENSUS STATEMENT

Hugh Calkins, Josep Brugada, Douglas L. Packer, Riccardo Cappato, Shih-Ann Chen, Harry J.G. Crijns, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, D. Wyn Davies, David E. Haines, Michel Haissaguerre, Yoshito Iesaka, Warren Jackman, Pierre Jais, Hans Kottkamp, Karl Heinz Kuck, Bruce D. Lindsay, Francis E. Marchlinski, Patrick M. McCarthy, J. Lluis Mont, Fred Morady, Koonlawee Nademanee, Andrea Natale, Carlo Pappone, Eric Prystowsky, Antonio Raviele, Jeremy N. Ruskin, Richard J. Shemin, TASK FORCE MEMBERS, Hugh Calkins, Josep Brugada, Section Chairs, Atrial Fibrillation: Definitions, Mechanisms, and Rationale for Ablation, Shih-Ann Chen, Indications for Ablation and Patient Selection, Eric N. Prystowsky, Techniques and Endpoints for Atrial Fibrillation, Karl Heinz Kuck, Technologies and Tools, Andrea Natale, Other Technical Aspects, David E. Haines, Follow-up Considerations, Francis E. Marchlinski, Outcomes and Efficacy of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Hugh Calkins, Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, D. Wyn Davies, Training Requirements and Competencies, Bruce D. Lindsay, Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Patrick M. McCarthy, Clinical Trial Considerations, Douglas L. Packer, Co-Authors, Riccardo Cappato, Harry J.G. Crijns, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, Michel Haissaguerre, Warren M. Jackman, Pierre Jais, Yoshito Iesaka, Hans Kottkamp, Lluis Mont, Fred Morady, Koonlawee Nademanee, Carlo Pappone, Antonio Raviele, Jeremy N. Ruskin, and Richard J. Shemin

HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed and Approved by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Europace 2007 9: 335-379; doi:10.1093/europace/eum120 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SUDDEN DEATH

Get checked abstract H. Nägele, S. Hashagen, M. Azizi, S. Behrens, and M.A. Castel

Analysis of terminal arrhythmias stored in the memory of pacemakers from patients dying suddenly
Europace Advance Access published on April 13, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 380-384; doi:10.1093/europace/eum040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aldo Casaleggio, Roberto Maestri, Maria Teresa La Rovere, Paolo Rossi, and Gian Domenico Pinna

Prediction of sudden death in heart failure patients: a novel perspective from the assessment of the peak ectopy rate
Europace Advance Access published on April 16, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 385-390; doi:10.1093/europace/eum050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BRUGADA SYNDROME

Get checked abstract Gianfranco Frigo, Alessandra Rampazzo, Barbara Bauce, Kalliopi Pilichou, Giorgia Beffagna, Gian Antonio Danieli, Andrea Nava, and Bortolo Martini

Homozygous SCN5A mutation in Brugada syndrome with monomorphic ventricular tachycardia and structural heart abnormalities
Europace Advance Access published on April 18, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 391-397; doi:10.1093/europace/eum053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert K. Riezebos, Karen de Man, Mark S. Patterson, and Gijsbert S. de Ruiter

A bridge to Brugada
Europace Advance Access published on April 13, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 398-400; doi:10.1093/europace/eum052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CRYOABLATION

Get checked abstract A. De Sisti, J. Tonet, N. Barakett, J. Lacotte, J.F. Leclercq, and R. Frank

Transvenous cryo-ablation of the slow pathway for the treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia: a single-centre initial experience study
Europace Advance Access published on April 7, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 401-406; doi:10.1093/europace/eum031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Birgitta I. Johansson, Thórdís J. Hrafnkelsdóttir, and Nils Edvardsson

ST segment elevation and chest pain during cryoablation of atrial flutter
Europace Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 407-410; doi:10.1093/europace/eum046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

COMPLETE HEART BLOCK

Get checked abstract S. Gizurarson, M. Lorentzon, T. Råmunddal, F. Waagstein, L. Bergfeldt, and E. Omerovic

Effects of complete heart block on myocardial function, morphology, and energy metabolism in the rat
Europace Advance Access published on May 15, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 411-416; doi:10.1093/europace/eum065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FASCICULAR PATHWAYS

Get checked abstract Lee Nicholas Graham, Iain Craig Melton, Sharyn MacDonald, and Ian George Crozier

Value of CT localization of the fossa ovalis prior to transseptal left heart catheterization for left atrial ablation
Europace Advance Access published on April 13, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 417-423; doi:10.1093/europace/eum047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christopher Reithmann, Anton Hahnefeld, and Gerhard Steinbeck

A NavX^TM -guided ablation of a nodo-fascicular fibre
Europace Advance Access published on April 26, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 424-425; doi:10.1093/europace/eum063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PACING

Get checked abstract Massimo Stefano Silvetti, Fabrizio Drago, Antonella De Santis, Giorgia Grutter, Lucilla Ravà, Lidia Monti, and Rodolfo Fruhwirth

Single-centre experience on endocardial and epicardial pacemaker system function in neonates and infants
Europace Advance Access published on April 24, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 426-431; doi:10.1093/europace/eum043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christoph Schmidt, Jürgen Frielingsdorf, Marianne Debrunner, Reza Tavakoli, Michele Genoni, Edwin Straumann, Osmund Bertel, and Barbara Naegeli

Acute biventricular pacing after cardiac surgery has no influence on regional and global left ventricular systolic function
Europace Advance Access published on April 13, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 432-436; doi:10.1093/europace/eum042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Nägele, M. Azizi, S. Hashagen, M.A. Castel, and S. Behrens

First experience with a new active fixation coronary sinus lead
Europace Advance Access published on April 21, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 437-441; doi:10.1093/europace/eum061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HEART FAILURE

Get checked abstract Eduardo de Teresa, Juan José Gómez-Doblas, Gervasio Lamas, Javier Alzueta, Ignacio Fernández-Lozano, Erik Cobo, Xavier Navarro, Francisco Navarro-López, and Martin Stockburger

Preventing ventricular dysfunction in pacemaker patients without advanced heart failure: rationale and design of the PREVENT-HF study
Europace Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 442-446; doi:10.1093/europace/eum064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CORRIGENDUM

Luigi P. Badano, Oscar Gaddi, Carlo Peraldo, Gabriele Lupi, Marta Sitges, Frangisko Parthenakis, Santo Molteni, Maria Rosaria Pagliuca, Biagio Sassone, Paola Di Stefano, Tiziana De Santo, Carlo Menozzi, and Michele Brignole

Left ventricular electromechanical delay in patients with heart failure and normal QRS duration and in patients with right and left bundle branch block
Europace Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Europace 2007 9: 447; doi:10.1093/europace/eum030 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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