Issue 2/2016
Content (16 Articles)
Outcomes after cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: a multicentric propensity-score matched study
Serge Boveda, Rui Providência, Pascal Defaye, Dominique Pavin, Jean-Pierre Cebron, Frederic Anselme, Franck Halimi, Ziad Khoueiry, Nicolas Combes, Stephane Combes, Sophie Jacob, Jean-Paul Albenque, Pedro Sousa
Transient and persistent conduction abnormalities following transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the Edwards-Sapien prosthesis: a comparison between antegrade vs. retrograde approaches
Solomon J. Sager, Abdulla A. Damluji, Joshua A Cohen, Sachil Shah, Brian P. O’Neill, Carlos E. Alfonso, Claudia A. Martinez, Robert J. Myerburg, Alan W. Heldman, Mauricio G. Cohen, Donald B. Williams, Roger G. Carrillo
Simple risk stratification score for prognosis of syncope
Daniel Garcia Gomes, Teresa Kus, Roberto Tofani Sant’anna, Gustavo Glotz de Lima, Vidal Essebag, Tiago L. Luz Leiria
Experience with bisoprolol in long-QT1 and long-QT2 syndrome
Christian Steinberg, Gareth J. Padfield, Basil Al-Sabeq, Arnon Adler, John A. Yeung-Lai-Wah, Charles R. Kerr, Marc W. Deyell, Jason G. Andrade, Matthew T. Bennett, Raymond Yee, George J. Klein, Martin Green, Zachary W. M. Laksman, Andrew D. Krahn, Santabhanu Chakrabarti
Antiarrhythmic therapy as an adjuvant to promote post pulmonary vein isolation success—a meta-analysis
Gustavo R. Goldenberg, Daniel Burd, Piotr Lodzinski, Giuseppe Stabile, Jacob A. Udell, David Newman, Mohammed Shurrab, Eugene Crystal
Increased hs-CRP and decreased 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D are associated with increased left ventricle lead threshold
Gökhan Gözübüyük, Mevlüt Koç, Onur Kaypaklı, Durmuş Yıldıray Şahin
Long-time “real-life” performance of the subcutaneous ICD in patients with electrical heart disease or idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
Gerrit Frommeyer, Dirk G. Dechering, Simon Kochhäuser, Markus Bettin, Julia Köbe, Lars Eckardt, Florian Reinke
What is the cost of non-response to cardiac resynchronization therapy? Hospitalizations and healthcare utilization in the CRT-D population
Raffaele Corbisiero, David C. Buck, David Muller, Rupinder Bharmi, Nirav Dalal, Pedram Kazemian
Patient’s age rather than severity of the arrhythmia influences the cost of medical treatment of atrioventricular nodal or atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia
Michal M. Farkowski, Mariusz Pytkowski, Aleksander Maciag, Dominik Golicki, Ilona Kowalik, Marcin Czech, Piotr Rucinski, Hanna Szwed
Anatomical proximity between ganglionated plexi and epicardial adipose tissue in the left atrium: implication for 3D reconstructed epicardial adipose tissue-based ablation
Keiko Takahashi, Yasuo Okumura, Ichiro Watanabe, Koichi Nagashima, Kazumasa Sonoda, Naoko Sasaki, Rikitake Kogawa, Kazuki Iso, Sayaka Kurokawa, Kimie Ohkubo, Toshiko Nakai, Shiro Nakahara, Yuichi Hori, Mizuki Nikaido, Atsushi Hirayama
First results and follow-up of a second-generation circular mapping and ablation catheter
Stefan Weber, Martin Höher, Dominik Schultes
Proof of concept study: renal sympathetic denervation for treatment of polymorphic premature ventricular complexes
Márcio Galindo Kiuchi, Gustavo Ramalho e Silva, Luis Marcelo Rodrigues Paz, Shaojie Chen, Gladyston Luiz Lima Souto
Fibrillatory excitation in the pulmonary vein is associated with the presence of dissociated pulmonary vein activity after isolation
Takashi Kaneshiro, Hitoshi Suzuki, Minoru Nodera, Masashi Kamioka, Yoshiyuki Kamiyama, Yasuchika Takeishi
Apnea–hypopnea index as a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence following initial pulmonary vein isolation: usefulness of type-3 portable monitor for sleep-disordered breathing
Hiroshi Kawakami, Takayuki Nagai, Akira Fujii, Teruyoshi Uetani, Kazuhisa Nishimura, Katsuji Inoue, Jun Suzuki, Yasunori Oka, Takafumi Okura, Jitsuo Higaki, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Shuntaro Ikeda
Clinical utility of automated ablation lesion tagging based on catheter stability information (VisiTag Module of the CARTO 3 System) with contact force-time integral during pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation
Yasuo Okumura, Ichiro Watanabe, Kazuki Iso, Koichi Nagashima, Kazumasa Sonoda, Naoko Sasaki, Rikitake Kogawa, Keiko Takahashi, Kimie Ohkubo, Toshiko Nakai, Shiro Nakahara, Yuuichi Hori, Atsushi Hirayama
Radiofrequency ablation of posteroseptal accessory pathways associated with coronary sinus diverticula
Raja J. Selvaraj, Krishna Sarin, Vivek Raj Singh, Santhosh Satheesh, Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai, Mahesh Kumar, Jayaraman Balachander