Issue 3/2021
Content (25 Articles)
The efficacy of catheter ablation versus ICD for prevention of ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Guolin Liu, Xin Xu, Qijian Yi, Tiewei Lv
External versus internal cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Gaurav Aggarwal, Mahesh Anantha-Narayanan, Julian Robles, Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Mary Abed, Brandon Michael Henry, Saurabh Aggarwal, Venkata Alla
Electrical synchronization achieved by multipoint pacing combined with dynamic atrioventricular delay
David O’Donnell, Brian Wisnoskey, Nima Badie, Lisa Odgers, Taylah Smart, Michelle Ord, Tina Lin, Jan O. Mangual, Gary Cranke, Luke C. McSpadden, Kyungmoo Ryu, Valter Bianchi, Antonio D’Onofrio, Carlo Pappone, Leonardo Calò, Anthony Chow, Tim R. Betts, Bernard Thibault, Niraj Varma
Does the use of intracardiac echocardiography during atrial fibrillation catheter ablation improve outcomes and cost? A nationwide 14-year analysis from 2001 to 2014
Ameesh Isath, Deepak Padmanabhan, Syed Waqas Haider, Gregory Siroky, Stuthi Perimbeti, Ashish Correa, C. Anwar A. Chahal, Jayaprakash Shenthar, Samuel Asirvatham, Davendra Mehta
Impedance mapping with constant contact force on 3D electroanatomic map to characterize tissues at pulmonary veno-atrial junction
Corrado Tomasi, Alessandro Dal Monte, Maria Selina Argnani, Cristiana Corsi, Federica Giannotti, Stefano Severi, Andrea Rubboli
Effect of closed loop stimulation versus accelerometer on outcomes with cardiac resynchronization therapy: the CLASS trial
Jonathan C. Hsu, Douglas Darden, Maylene Alegre, Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, Gregory K. Feld, Kurt S. Hoffmayer, Frederick Han, David Krummen, Farshad Raissi, Gordon Ho, Pam R. Taub, Marcus A. Urey, Eric Adler
High-density mapping of Koch’s triangle during sinus rhythm and typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia: new insight
Claudio Pandozi, Carlo Lavalle, Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Angelo Catalano, Gemma Pelargonio, Maurizio Russo, Agostino Piro, Angelo Carbone, Maria Lucia Narducci, Marco Galeazzi, Sabina Ficili, Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Maddaluno, Maurizio Malacrida, Furio Colivicchi, Luca Segreti
Catheter ablation of right atrial ganglionated plexi to treat cardioinhibitory neurocardiogenic syncope: a long-term follow-up prospective study
Leonardo Calo, Marco Rebecchi, Antonella Sette, Luigi Sciarra, Alessio Borrelli, Antonio Scara, Domenico Grieco, Alessandro Politano, Marianna Sgueglia, Lucia De Luca, Annamaria Martino, Germana Panattoni, Paolo Golia, Oronzo Valerio Turrisi, Margaret Knowles, Stefano Strano, Ermenegildo de Ruvo
Long-term outcomes of sinus node modification in patients with severely symptomatic drug-refractory inappropriate sinus tachycardia: a single-center experience
Ghassan Daher, Rayan Jo Rachwan, Ihab Hassanieh, Nikhil Malhotra, Fernand Bteich, Karim Diab, Ali Mehdirad
Technical considerations for CRT-D implantation in different varieties of persistent left superior vena cava
Luca Bontempi, Mohamed Aboelhassan, Manuel Cerini, Francesca Salghetti, Davide Fabbricatore, Vincenzo Maiolo, Giulia Ghizzoni, Antonio Curnis
Open-window mapping of accessory pathways utilizing high-density mapping
Amir A. Schricker, Roger Winkle, Ryan Moskovitz, Lucas Suchomel, Steven Fowler, Greg Engel, Shaun Cho, Jonathan Salcedo, Christopher E. Woods
Non-invasive stereotactic body radiation therapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: an institutional experience
Robert Chin, Justin Hayase, Peng Hu, Minsong Cao, Jie Deng, Olujimi Ajijola, Duc Do, Marmar Vaseghi, Eric Buch, Houman Khakpour, Osamu Fujimura, Yuliya Krokhaleva, Carlos Macias, Julie Sorg, Jean Gima, Geraldine Pavez, Noel G. Boyle, Michael Steinberg, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Jason S. Bradfield
3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging scanning on different body regions in patients with pacemakers
Xiaohui Ning, Xiaofei Li, Xiaohan Fan, Keping Chen, Wei Hua, Zhimin Liu, Yan Dai, Xiuyu Chen, Minjie Lu, Shihua Zhao, Shu Zhang
Intra-procedural anticoagulation and post-procedural hemoglobin fall in atrial fibrillation ablation with minimally interrupted direct oral anticoagulants: comparisons across 4 drugs
Akinori Sairaku, Nobuyuki Morishima, Hiroya Matsumura, Michitaka Amioka, Junji Maeda, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Yukiko Nakano
Advantages of the integration of ICE and 3D electroanatomical mapping and ultrasound-guided femoral venipuncture in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Carmelo La Greca, Arianna Cirasa, Davide Di Modica, Alberico Sorgato, Umberto Simoncelli, Domenico Pecora
Comparison between biparietal bipolar and uniparietal bipolar radio frequency ablation techniques in a simultaneous procedural setting
Francesco Matteucci, Bart Maesen, Carlo De Asmundis, Elham Bidar, Gianmarco Parise, Jos G. Maessen, Mark La Meir, Sandro Gelsomino
Cardiac arrhythmia catheter ablation procedures guided by x-ray imaging: N-acetylcysteine protection against radiation-induced cellular damage (CARAPACE study): study design
Valentina Catto, Giulia Stronati, Benedetta Porro, Susanna Fiorelli, Veronica Ricci, Chiara Vavassori, Eleonora Russo, Federico Guerra, Alessio Gasperetti, Valentina Ribatti, Rita Sicuso, Antonio Dello Russo, Fabrizio Veglia, Claudio Tondo, Viviana Cavalca, Gualtiero I. Colombo, Elena Tremoli, Michela Casella
STRA-MI-VT (STereotactic RadioAblation by Multimodal Imaging for Ventricular Tachycardia): rationale and design of an Italian experimental prospective study
C. Carbucicchio, B. A. Jereczek-Fossa, D. Andreini, V. Catto, G. Piperno, E. Conte, F. Cattani, E. Rondi, S. Vigorito, C. Piccolo, A. Bonomi, A. Gorini, M. Pepa, S. Mushtaq, G. Fassini, M. Moltrasio, F. Tundo, G. Marvaso, F. Veglia, R. Orecchia, E. Tremoli, C. Tondo
Intracardiac echocardiography-guided transseptal puncture for fluoroless catheter ablation of left-sided tachycardias
David Žižek, Bor Antolič, Tine Prolič Kalinšek, Jernej Štublar, Nina Kajdič, Matija Jelenc, Matevž Jan
Security millimetre wave body scanner safe for patients with leadless pacemakers or subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Patrick Blažek, Matthew J. O’Connor, Severin Weigand, Christian Grebmer, Sebastian Reif, Stephanie Fichtner, Lena Friedrich, Tilko Reents, Marc Kottmaier, Verena Semmler, Felix Bourier, Heribert Schunkert, Isabel Deisenhofer, Christof Kolb, Carsten Lennerz
Pharmacological rhythm versus rate control in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure: the CASTLE-AF trial
Yan Zhao, Vinay Krupadev, Lilas Dagher, Christian Mahnkopf, Christian Sohns, Susanne Sehner, Anna Suling, Prashanthan Sanders, Luca Boersma, Heribert Schunkert, Karl Wegscheider, Johannes Brachmann, Nassir F. Marrouche
Periprocedural and long-term safety and feasibility of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with biological valve undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a prospective multicenter study
Luigi Di Biase, Jorge Romero, David Briceno, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Chintan Trivedi, Prasant Mohanty, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Rodney Horton, Patrick Hranitzky, G. Joseph Gallinghouse, Isabella Alviz, Mohit Turagam, Rakesh Gopinathannair, Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Salwa Beheiry, John David Burkhardt, Juan Viles-Gonzales, Andrea Natale
Atrio-esophageal fistula clinically presented as pericardial-esophageal fistula
Nándor Szegedi, Imre Ferenc Suhai, Péter Perge, Zoltán Salló, István Hartyánszky, Béla Merkely, László Gellér
Successful retrieval of a broken PentaRay catheter spine in a patient with mechanic mitral valve prosthesis
João Lopes, Pedro A. Sousa, Luís Elvas, Lino Gonçalves
MICRA AV upgrade following MICRA VR: generation “Y-not”?
Majd A. El-Harasis, Rachel E. Schreier, Jodi M. Orton, Christopher R. Ellis