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EDITORIALS

Marina Cerrone and Silvia G. Priori

Routine electrocardiogram and medical history in syncope: a simple approach can identify most high-risk patients
Europace Advance Access published on August 25, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1411-1412; doi:10.1093/europace/eup230 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael O. Sweeney

Right ventricular pacing and atrial fibrillation: villain, victim, or just misunderstood?
Europace 2009 11: 1413-1414; doi:10.1093/europace/eup313 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wojciech Zareba

It is time to check estimated glomerular filtration rate level in implantable cardioverter–defibrillator patients
Europace 2009 11: 1415-1416; doi:10.1093/europace/eup286 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jasbir Sra

Cardiac registration: going further than atrial fibrillation ablation
Europace 2009 11: 1417-1418; doi:10.1093/europace/eup303 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Kennergren

Cardiac implantable electronic device treatment: taking care of complications
Europace 2009 11: 1419-1420; doi:10.1093/europace/eup341 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hein J. Wellens

The ECG in localizing the culprit lesion in acute inferior myocardial infarction: a plea for lead V4R?
Europace 2009 11: 1421-1422; doi:10.1093/europace/eup315 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Dipen Shah

Electrophysiological evaluation of pulmonary vein isolation
Europace 2009 11: 1423-1433; doi:10.1093/europace/eup289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emmanuel M. Kanoupakis, Emmanuel G. Manios, and Panos E. Vardas

Predicting future shocks in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients: the role of biomarkers
Europace Advance Access published on October 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1434-1439; doi:10.1093/europace/eup235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Damian P. Redfearn, Christopher S. Simpson, Hoshiar Abdollah, and Adrian M. Baranchuk

Temporo-spatial stability of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in two distinct and separate episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Europace 2009 11: 1440-1444; doi:10.1093/europace/eup287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mats Jensen-Urstad, Hamid Bastani, Frieder Braunschweig, Nikola Drca, Per Insulander, Göran Kennebäck, Jonas Schwieler, and Fariborz Tabrizi

Cryoballoon ablation: a novel technique for treating focal atrial tachycardias from the pulmonary veins
Europace Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1445-1447; doi:10.1093/europace/eup298 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yana Shamiss, Yaariv Khaykin, Richard Oosthuizen, Denise Tunney, Bradley Sarak, Marianne Beardsall, Catherine Seabrook, Linda Frost, Zaev Wulffhart, Bernice Tsang, and Atul Verma

Dofetilide is safe and effective in preventing atrial fibrillation recurrences in patients accepted for catheter ablation
Europace Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1448-1455; doi:10.1093/europace/eup293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Atrial Fibrillation and Pacing

Get checked abstract John Silberbauer, Rick A. Veasey, Nick Freemantle, Anita Arya, Lana Boodhoo, and Neil Sulke

The relationship between high-frequency right ventricular pacing and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation burden
Europace Advance Access published on August 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1456-1461; doi:10.1093/europace/eup218 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ICD

Get checked abstract Gabor Z. Duray, Joern Schmitt, Sergio Richter, Carsten W. Israel, and Stefan H. Hohnloser

Arrhythmic death in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: a long-term study over a 10 year implantation period
Europace Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1462-1468; doi:10.1093/europace/eup246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Tong Liu, Lijian Li, John A. Goudevenos, and Guangping Li

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis
Europace Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1469-1475; doi:10.1093/europace/eup282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Atsushi Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Shiga, Morio Shoda, Tetsuyuki Manaka, Koichiro Ejima, and Nobuhisa Hagiwara

Impact of renal dysfunction on appropriate therapy in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy
Europace Advance Access published on August 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1476-1482; doi:10.1093/europace/eup210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pacing and CRT

Get checked abstract Angelo Auricchio, Antonio Sorgente, Elisabeth Soubelet, François Regoli, Giulio Spinucci, Regis Vaillant, Francesco F. Faletra, Catherine Klersy, and Tiziano Moccetti

Accuracy and usefulness of fusion imaging between three-dimensional coronary sinus and coronary veins computed tomographic images with projection images obtained using fluoroscopy
Europace Advance Access published on September 2, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1483-1490; doi:10.1093/europace/eup237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fakhar Zaman Khan, Munmohan Singh Virdee, Deepa Gopalan, James Rudd, Timothy Watson, Simon Patrick Fynn, and David Paul Dutka

Characterization of the suitability of coronary venous anatomy for targeting left ventricular lead placement in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace 2009 11: 1491-1495; doi:10.1093/europace/eup292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elena Sciaraffia, Helena Malmborg, Stefan Lönnerholm, Per Blomström, and Carina Blomström Lundqvist

Right ventricular contractility as a measure of optimal interventricular pacing setting in cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1496-1500; doi:10.1093/europace/eup288 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leads and Lead Extraction

Get checked abstract Paul A. Scott, Whitney Chow, Elizabeth Ellis, John M. Morgan, and Paul R. Roberts

Extraction of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads: a single-centre study of electrosurgical and laser extraction
Europace Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1501-1504; doi:10.1093/europace/eup263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giuseppe M. Calvagna, Rosario Evola, Giuseppe Scardace, and Sergio Valsecchi

Single-operator experience with a mechanical approach for removal of pacing and implantable defibrillator leads
Europace Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1505-1509; doi:10.1093/europace/eup222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miroslav Novak, Petr Dvorak, Pavel Kamaryt, Bronislava Slana, and Jolana Lipoldova

Autopsy and clinical context in deceased patients with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators: intracardiac findings near their leads and electrodes
Europace Advance Access published on August 14, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1510-1516; doi:10.1093/europace/eup216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electrocardiography and Risk Stratification

Get checked abstract Niels J. Verouden, Kurdo Barwari, Karel T. Koch, José P. Henriques, Jan Baan, René J. van der Schaaf, Marije M. Vis, Renée B. van den Brink, Jan J. Piek, Jan G. Tijssen, and Robbert J. de Winter

Distinguishing the right coronary artery from the left circumflex coronary artery as the infarct-related artery in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute inferior myocardial infarction
Europace Advance Access published on August 25, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1517-1521; doi:10.1093/europace/eup234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hui-Chun Huang, Lian-Yu Lin, Hsi-Yu Yu, and Yi-Lwun Ho

Risk stratification by T-wave morphology for cardiovascular mortality in patients with systolic heart failure
Europace Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1522-1528; doi:10.1093/europace/eup294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Raja J. Selvaraj, Adrian M. Suszko, Anandaraja Subramanian, Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar, and Vijay S. Chauhan

Adrenergic stimulation increases repolarization dispersion and reduces activation–repolarization coupling along the RV endocardium of patients with cardiomyopathy
Europace Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1529-1535; doi:10.1093/europace/eup295 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EP WIRE

Get checked abstract Francesco Cantú, and Andreas Goette on behalf of the EHRA Scientific Initiatives Committee (SIC)

Sudden cardiac death stratification in asymptomatic ventricular preexcitation
Europace 2009 11: 1536-1537; doi:10.1093/europace/eup340 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC RESEARCH

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Thorben Koenig, Ajmal Gardiwal, Hanno Oswald, and Gunnar Klein

A prospective experience with the lead integrity alert: new certainties and new uncertainties
Europace Advance Access published on August 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1549-1551; doi:10.1093/europace/eup213 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin R. Brown, Russell Denman, and David Platts

Analgesic patches and defibrillators: a cautionary tale
Europace Advance Access published on October 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1552-1553; doi:10.1093/europace/eup261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yukio Hosaka, Masaomi Chinushi, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Takao Yanagawa, Tsutomu Miida, Hirotaka Oda, and Yoshifusa Aizawa

Coronary vasospasm triggered ventricular fibrillation delayed after radiofrequency ablation of the right accessory pathway
Europace Advance Access published on August 21, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1554-1556; doi:10.1093/europace/eup219 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Girish Ganesha Babu, Andrew Wood, Peter O'Callaghan, Navroz D. Masani, and Robert A. Bleasdale

The complete array of electrocardiogram abnormalities secondary to myocardial contusion in a single case
Europace Advance Access published on August 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1557-1559; doi:10.1093/europace/eup217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract Can Hasdemir, Oktay Musayev, Mustafa B. Alkan, Levent H. Can, and Hakan Kultursay

Termination of idiopathic sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia by intravenous adenosine in a pregnant woman
Europace Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1560-1561; doi:10.1093/europace/eup260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul A. Scott and Paul R. Roberts

Cardiac resynchronization therapy upgrade in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus
Europace Advance Access published on September 9, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1562-1563; doi:10.1093/europace/eup255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Rakovec

Transition of orthodromic tachycardia into atrioventricular nodal tachycardia during radiofrequency ablation of an accessory pathway
Europace Advance Access published on September 16, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1563-1565; doi:10.1093/europace/eup256 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Erik J. Fransen

Reaction to the EHRA Position Paper: ‘Indications for the use of diagnostic implantable and external ECG loop recorders’
Europace Advance Access published on August 25, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1566; doi:10.1093/europace/eup223 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jamal Nasir Khan, Neeraj Prasad, and James Glancy

Amiodarone use in therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1566-1567; doi:10.1093/europace/eup233 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Nowlan Selvapatt, James Barry, and Paul R. Roberts

Pyoderma gangrenosum complicating an implantable cardioverter defibrillator wound in a patient with ulcerative colitis
Europace Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1482; doi:10.1093/europace/eup301 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuan Fang, Li-Cheng Jiang, and Mao Chen

Successful pacemaker implantation in a patient with dextrocardia situs inversus totalis
Europace Advance Access published on September 5, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1568-1569; doi:10.1093/europace/eup248 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CORRIGENDUM

Haran Burri and David Senouf

Remote monitoring and follow-up of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Europace 2009 11: 1569; doi:10.1093/europace/eup336 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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