Issue 2/2022
Content (36 Articles)
Zero fluoroscopy approach for cardiac resynchronization therapy using left bundle branch area pacing
Javier Ramos-Maqueda, Francisco Alarcón, Mercedes Cabrera-Ramos
Double transition sign—a marker of left bundle branch capture during physiological pacing
Shunmuga Sundaram Ponnusamy
Ablation of parahisian premature ventricular complex from the noncoronary cusp
Cengiz Burak, Adam Korogyi, Andres Enriquez
The hunt for extra-pulmonary vein targets in persistent atrial fibrillation
Dhiraj Gupta, Tolga Aksu, Andre d’Avila
Looking harder and smarter for atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation
David J. Sanders, Jeremiah Wasserlauf
AF ablation: you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today
Jason G. Andrade, Marc W. Deyell
Tools and techniques for incremental improvement in left atrial access
Martin van Zyl, Christopher V. DeSimone
Do class IC antiarrhythmics drugs need to be cast aside in atrial fibrillation patients with minimal coronary artery disease?
Gerald V. Naccarelli, Gregory M. Burkman, Sarah K. Hussain
Atrial fibrillation during the blanking period post ablation correlates with long-term recurrence: myth vs reality
Yehoshua C. Levine, Ikechukwu Ifedili, Dominik Linz
Role of serum soluble interleukin 2-receptor in the evaluation of myocardial inflammation in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis and ventricular arrhythmias
Christopher Reithmann, Suhui Min, Theresia Kling, Bernhard Herkommer, Michael Ulbrich
Autonomic cardiogastric neural interaction after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation
Shinya Yamada, Takashi Kaneshiro, Naoko Hijioka, Kazuaki Amami, Yukiko Horikoshi, Yukio Yamadera, Takuto Hikichi, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Yasuchika Takeishi
Decreasing time between first diagnosis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and cryoballoon ablation positively affects long-term consequences
Erkan Baysal, Metin Okşul, Cengiz Burak, Kivanc Yalin, Ali Ugur Soysal, Hakan Yalman, Serdar Bozyel, Tumer Erdem Guler, Halil Ibrahim Tanboga, Tolga Aksu
Daily ECG transmission versus serial 6-day Holter ECG for the assessment of efficacy of ablation for atrial fibrillation — the AGNES-ECG study
Agnieszka Sikorska, Jakub Baran, Roman Piotrowski, Tomasz Kryński, Joanna Szymot, Małgorzata Soszyńska, Piotr Kułakowski
Propafenone use in coronary artery disease patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation
Serkan Cay, Meryem Kara, Firat Ozcan, Ozcan Ozeke, Tolga Aksu, Dursun Aras, Serkan Topaloglu
Outcomes of a comprehensive strategy during repeat atrial fibrillation ablation
Willy Weng, David H. Birnie, F. Daniel Ramirez, Cassidy Van Stiphout, Mehrdad Golian, Pablo B. Nery, Simon P. Hansom, Calum J. Redpath, Andres Klein, Girish M. Nair, Wael Alqarawi, Martin S. Green, Darryl R. Davis, Pasquale Santangeli, Robert D. Schaller, Francis E. Marchlinski, Mouhannad M. Sadek
Correction to: Outcomes of a comprehensive strategy during repeat atrial fibrillation ablation
Willy Weng, David H. Birnie, F. Daniel Ramirez, Cassidy Van Stiphout, Mehrdad Golian, Pablo B. Nery, Simon P. Hansom, Calum J. Redpath, Andres Klein, Girish M. Nair, Wael Alqarawi, Martin S. Green, Darryl R. Davis, Pasquale Santangeli, Robert D. Schaller, Francis E. Marchlinski, Mouhannad M. Sadek
Procedural and outcome impact of obesity in cryoballoon versus radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation patients
Cornelia Scheurlen, Jan-Hendrik van den Bruck, Karlo Filipovic, Jonas Wörmann, Zeynep Arica, Susanne Erlhöfer, Sebastian Dittrich, Jordi Heijman, Jakob Lüker, Daniel Steven, Arian Sultan
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using 2nd-generation cryoballoon in congenital heart disease patients — significance of RF ablation of additional atrial macro-reentrant tachycardia
Ulrich Krause, Matthias J. Müller, Heike E. Schneider, Thomas Paul
Comparison of two catheters measuring local impedance: local impedance variation vs lesion characteristics and steam pops
Miki Amemiya, Masateru Takigawa, Masahiko Goya, Claire A. Martin, Tatsuhiko Anzai, Kunihiko Takahashi, Yuki Shimizu, Takashi Ikenouchi, Tatsuaki Kamata, Tasuku Yamamoto, Takuro Nishimura, Yasuhiro Shirai, Susumu Tao, Shinsuke Miyazaki, Tetsuo Sasano
Practice Patterns of Operators Participating in the Real-World Experience of Catheter Ablation for Treatment of Symptomatic Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (REAL-AF) Registry
Omar Kreidieh, Allyson L. Varley, Jorge Romero, David Singh, Josh Silverstein, Amit Thosani, Paul Varosy, Shrinivas Hebsur, Brigham E. Godfrey, Gunther Schrappe, Linda Justice, Paul C. Zei, Jose Osorio
Effect of isolation feasibility of non-pulmonary vein foci on efficacy of ablation for atrial fibrillation: comparison of the isolation and focal ablation methods
Takashi Ikenouchi, Junichi Nitta, Osamu Inaba, Toshikazu Kono, Kazuya Murata, Tomomasa Takamiya, Yukihiro Inamura, Akira Sato, Yutaka Matsumura, Yoshihide Takahashi, Masahiko Goya, Tetsuo Sasano
Prospective evaluation of the effect of smartphone electrocardiogram usage on anticoagulant medication compliance
Andy T. Tran, Osama M. Okasha, Daniel A. Steinhaus, Omair K. Yousuf, Michael J. Giocondo, Brian M. Ramza, Alan P. Wimmer, Sanjaya K. Gupta
Reproducibility and stability of atrial fibrillation drivers identified by an automated algorithm: CARTOFINDER
Tetsuma Kawaji, Takanori Aizawa, Shun Hojo, Hidenori Yaku, Kenji Nakatsuma, Kazuhisa Kaneda, Masashi Kato, Takafumi Yokomatsu, Shinji Miki
2-year outcomes of phased radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation with the second-generation PVAC Gold ablation catheter
M. N. Klaver, L. I. S. Wintgens, M. C. E. F. Wijffels, V. F. van Dijk, A. Alipour, S. M. Chaldoupi, R. Derksen, J. Peper, J. C. Balt, L. V. A. Boersma
Randomized trial of conventional versus radiofrequency needle transseptal puncture for cryoballoon ablation: the CRYO-LATS trial
Jason G. Andrade, Laurent Macle, Matthew T. Bennett, Nathaniel M. Hawkins, Vidal Essebag, Jean Champagne, Jean-Francois Roux, Bhavanesh Makanjee, Anthony Tang, Allan Skanes, Yaariv Khaykin, Carlos Morillo, Umjeet Jolly, Evan Lockwood, Guy Amit, Paul Angaran, John Sapp, Stephan Wardell, George A. Wells, Atul Verma, Marc W. Deyell
Temperature-controlled high-power short-duration ablation with 90 W for 4 s: outcome, safety, biophysical characteristics and cranial MRI findings in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation
M. Kottmaier, L. Förschner, N. Harfoush, F. Bourier, S. Mayr, T. Reents, E. Klupp, C. Zimmer, M. Hadamitzki, E. Hendrick, H. Krafft, S. Lengauer, S. Maurer, M. Telishevska, M. Popa, C. Lennerz, G. Hessling, I. Deisenhofer
Rhythmia zero-fluoroscopy workflow with high-power, short-duration ablation: retrospective analysis of procedural data
Jose R. Cuellar-Silva, Elizabeth M. Albrecht, Brad S. Sutton
Requirement of larger local impedance reduction for successful lesion formation at carinal area during pulmonary vein isolation
Takashi Ikenouchi, Masateru Takigawa, Masahiko Goya, Claire A. Martin, Yoshihide Takahashi, Yuki Shimizu, Miki Amemiya, Tatsuaki Kamata, Takuro Nishimura, Susumu Tao, Shinsuke Miyazaki, Tetsuo Sasano
Impact of atrial fibrillation recurrences during the blanking period following catheter ablation on long-term arrhythmia-free survival: a prospective study with continuous monitoring
Nigel Adjei Amankwah, Naga Venkata K. Pothineni, Gustavo Guandalini, Pasquale Santangeli, Robert Schaller, Gregory E. Supple, Rajat Deo, Saman Nazarian, David Lin, Andrew E. Epstein, Sanjay Dixit, David J. Callans, Francis E. Marchlinski, David S. Frankel
Use of a novel integrated dilator-needle system in cryoballoon procedures: a zero-exchange approach
Sing-Chien Yap, Rohit E. Bhagwandien, Tamas Szili-Torok
Esophageal image segmentation for guidance of posterior wall lesions during atrial fibrillation ablation
Mirmilad Khoshknab, Tarek Zghaib, Lingyu Xu, Jeffrey Arkles, Pasquale Santangeli, Francis E. Marchlinski, Yuchi Han, Benoit Desjardins, Saman Nazarian
Empirical superior vena cava isolation in patients undergoing repeat catheter ablation procedure after recurrence of atrial fibrillation
Gelu Simu, Thomas Deneke, Elena Ene, Karin Nentwich, Artur Berkovitz, Kai Sonne, Philipp Halbfass, Eleni Arvaniti, Christian Waechter, Julian Müller
Safety and long-term efficacy of cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: a multicenter experience
Federico Cecchini, Giacomo Mugnai, Saverio Iacopino, Juan Pablo Abugattas, Bert Adriaenssens, Maysam Al-Housari, Alexandre Almorad, Gezim Bala, Antonio Bisignani, Carlo de Asmundis, Yves De Greef, Riccardo Maj, Thiago G. Osòrio, Luigi Pannone, Bruno Schwagten, Juan Sieira, Antonio Sorgente, Erwin Stroker, Michael Wolf, Gian-Battista Chierchia