Issue 3/2022
Content (35 Articles)
Searching DEEP inside the post ablated substrate in ischemic ventricular tachycardia
Hirotsugu Sato, Yuichi Hori, Reiko Fukuda, Shiro Nakahara
Postcardiac inflammatory syndrome following leadless pacemaker implantation
Lane Zhang, Brian Cross, Ala Shalaby
Brain freeze: cryoablation of typical atrial flutter in a patient with a deep brain stimulator
Shaan Khurshid, Alan Hanley
Left atrial appendage closure in patients with intracranial hemorrhage
Jalaj Garg, Siddharth Shah, Kuldeep Shah, Rahul Bhardwaj, Tahmeed Contractor, Ravi Mandapati, Mohit K. Turagam, Andrea Natale, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Comparison of electrocautery platforms for pulse generator replacement procedures
Caleb Chiang, Sharath Vipparthy, Muhammad Talha Ayub, Richard G. Trohman, Timothy R. Larsen, Henry D. Huang, Kousik Krishnan, Erica D. Engelstein, Janet M. Haw, Parikshit S. Sharma, Jeremiah Wasserlauf
Outcomes of conventional pacemaker implantation in patients with dementia: insights from the National Readmission Database
Mahmoud Khalil, Ahmed Hashim, Ahmed Maraey, Ayman Saeyeldin, Ahmed M. Elzanaty, Patrick Biskupski, kenneth Ong, Chirag R. Barbhaiya, Mohamed Shokr
Comparison of the 1-year clinical outcome of a novel cryoballoon to an established cryoballoon technology
Sing-Chien Yap, Ante Anic, Toni Breskovic, Annika Haas, Rohit E. Bhagwandien, Zrinka Jurisic, Tamas Szili-Torok, Armin Luik
Correction to: Comparison of the 1-year clinical outcome of a novel cryoballoon to an established cryoballoon technology
Sing-Chien Yap, Ante Anic, Toni Breskovic, Annika Haas, Rohit E. Bhagwandien, Zrinka Jurisic, Tamas Szili-Torok, Armin Luik
Surviving sudden cardiac arrest—successes, challenges, and opportunities
Bharath Rajagopalan, Win Kuang Shen, Kristin Patton, Valentina Kutyifa, Luigi Di Biase, Amin Al-Ahmad, Andrea Natale, Rakesh Gopinathannair, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in elderly patients: outcome and predictors of mortality
Massimiliano Marini, Marta Martin, Mattia Strazzanti, Silvia Quintarelli, Fabrizio Guarracini, Alessio Coser, Sergio Valsecchi, Roberto Bonmassari
The impact of electrical connections between left ipsilateral pulmonary veins on the time-to-isolation values in cryoballoon ablation
Shinsuke Miyazaki, Kanae Hasegawa, Minoru Nodera, Moe Mukai, Daisetsu Aoyama, Takayuki Sekihara, Tomoya Eguchi, Hiroshi Tada
The impact of height on recurrence after index catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Ching-Han Liu, Li-Wei Lo, Fa-Po Chung, Shih-Lin Chang, Yu-Feng Hu, Yenn-Jiang Lin, Shih-Chung Huang, Su-Ting Gan, Chin-Yu Lin, Tze-Fan Chao, Jo-Nan Liao, Ta-Chuan Tuan, Chih-Min Liu, Yang-Che Shiu, Cheng-I Wu, Ling Kuo, Jennifer Jeanne B. Vicera, Isaiah Lugtu, Cheng-Hung Li, Yu-Cheng Hsieh, Yi-Jen Chen, Shih-Ann Chen
Comparison of atrial fibrillation ablation using cryoballoon versus radiofrequency in patients with left common pulmonary veins: mid-term follow-up results
Cem Çöteli, Muhammet Dural, Yusuf Ziya Şener, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Metin Okşul, Mert Ruşen Gülşen, Fahrünisa Meryem Betül Erol, Burak Sezenöz, Hikmet Yorgun, Kudret Aytemir
One-year mortality after implantable defibrillator implantation: do risk stratification models help improving clinical practice?
Valeria Calvi, Gabriele Zanotto, Antonio D’Onofrio, Caterina Bisceglia, Saverio Iacopino, Carlo Pignalberi, Ennio C. Pisanò, Francesco Solimene, Massimo Giammaria, Mauro Biffi, Giampiero Maglia, Massimiliano Marini, Gaetano Senatore, Stefano Pedretti, Giovanni B. Forleo, Vincenzo E. Santobuono, Antonio Curnis, Antonio Dello Russo, Antonio Rapacciuolo, Fabio Quartieri, Patrizia Bertocchi, Fabrizio Caravati, Michele Manzo, Davide Saporito, Daniela Orsida, Matteo Santamaria, Giuseppe Bottaro, Daniele Giacopelli, Alessio Gargaro, Paolo Della Bella
Incidence and predictors of de novo late-onset persistent atrial fibrillation in postoperative rheumatic heart disease patients (LOAF-RHD study)
Gautam Sharma, Nirmal Ghati, Shrenik Doshi, Shruti Sharma, Mohd Sharique, Aman Agarwal, Velayoudam Devagourou, Milind Padmakar Hote, Shiv Kumar Choudhary
A standardized stepwise zero-fluoroscopy approach with transesophageal echocardiography guidance for atrial fibrillation ablation
Giulio Falasconi, Diego Penela, David Soto-Iglesias, Beatriz Jáuregui, Alfredo Chauca, Rodolfo San Antonio, Augusto Ordoñez, Cheryl Teres, Jose Miguel Carreño, Claudia Scherer, Daniel Viveros, Marina Huguet, Jose Torres, Pedro Vergara, Giuliana Maldonado, Alejandro Panaro, Oscar Cámara, Antonio Berruezo
Key characteristics for effective acute pulmonary vein isolation when using a novel cryoballoon technology: insights from the CHARISMA registry
Saverio Iacopino, Giuseppe Stabile, Gaetano Fassini, Antonio De Simone, Andrea Petretta, Massimo Moltrasio, Vincenzo La Rocca, Filippo Placentino, Stefania Riva, Francesca Pesce, Pietro Rossi, Gemma Pelargonio, Assunta Iuliano, Fabrizio Tundo, Jacopo Colella, Claudio Tondo
Atrial fibrillation driver identification through regional mutual information networks: a modeling perspective
Qun Sha, Luizetta Elliott, Xiangming Zhang, Tzachi Levy, Tushar Sharma, Ahmed Abdelaal
Acute efficacy of contiguous versus temporally discontiguous point-by-point radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a randomized study
Bashar Aldhoon, Petr Peichl, Pavel Osmančík, Petr Konečný, Josef Kautzner, Dan Wichterle
Relationship between the time point of left atrial size change and the outcomes of radiofrequency catheter ablation
Jie Pan, Chao Xu, Buyun Xu, Yuanqing Lou, Shengkai Wang, Yangbo Xing
Impact of catheter contact angle on lesion formation and durability of pulmonary vein isolation
Masayuki Ohta, Kentaro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sato, Takahiro Noto, Kandoh Kawahatsu, Masaya Katagiri, Tomohiro Mita, Yoshio Kazuno, Shunsuke Sasaki, Takahiro Doi, Mitsugu Hirokami, Satoshi Yuda
The target ablation index values for electrical isolation of the superior vena cava
Daisuke Kawano, Hitoshi Mori, Kenta Tsutsui, Yoshifumi Ikeda, Mitsuki Yamaga, Akane Kawai, Atsushi Sato, Midori Yukino, Youdou Gatate, Akira Hamabe, Hirotsugu Tabata, Ritsushi Kato, Kazuo Matsumoto
Cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in Japan: 2-year safety and efficacy results from the Cryo AF Global Registry
Masaomi Kimura, Atsushi Kobori, Junichi Nitta, Kenzo Hirao, Satoshi Shizuta, Takashi Kurita, Kaoru Okishige, Koichiro Kumagai, Junjiro Koyama, Kenichi Hiroshima, Osamu Inaba, Masahiko Goya, Yasuteru Yamauchi, Fred J. Kueffer, Daniel Becker, Ken Okumura
The presence of a large patent foramen ovale reduces acute and chronic success in atrial fibrillation ablation
Maria Teresa Barrio-Lopez, Eduardo Castellanos, Andres Betancur, Blanca Zorita, Juan Medina, Nieves Losada, Maria Diaz del Valle, Cristina Sanchez, Rosa Crespo, Victor Gonzalez, Tamara Morales, Belen Urriza, Mercedes Ortiz, Jesús Almendral
Characteristics and outcomes of recurrent atrial fibrillation after prior failed pulmonary vein isolation
Sai Vanam, Douglas Darden, Muhammad Bilal Munir, Omar Aldaas, Jonathan C. Hsu, Frederick T. Han, Kurt S. Hoffmayer, Farshad Raissi, Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, Gregory K. Feld, David E. Krummen, Gordon Ho
Ten-year follow-up of cardiac resynchronization therapy patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy assessed by radionuclide angiography: a single-center cohort study
Cinzia Valzania, Giulia Massaro, Alberto Spadotto, Lorenzo Muraglia, Jessica Frisoni, Cristian Martignani, Matteo Ziacchi, Igor Diemberger, Stefano Fanti, Giuseppe Boriani, Mauro Biffi, Nazzareno Galié
Higher serum sST2 is associated with increased left atrial low-voltage areas and atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation
Jiali Fan, Yuan Li, Qing Yan, Wenhuan Wu, Pan Xu, Lu Liu, Chunhong Luan, Juanli Zhang, Qiangsun Zheng, Jiahong Xue
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation can be safely performed without invasive hemodynamic monitoring: A multi-center study
Arshad Muhammad Iqbal, Kai Yu Li, Sam G. Aznaurov, Ricardo M. Lugo, Rajesh Venkataraman, Sandeep Gautam
Comparison between the novel diamond temp and the classical 8-mm tip ablation catheters in the setting of typical atrial flutter
Robbert Ramak, Felicia Lipartiti, Joerelle Mojica, Cinzia Monaco, Antonio Bisignani, Ivan Eltsov, Antonio Sorgente, Lucio Capulzini, Gaetano Paparella, Bernard Deruyter, Saverio Iacopino, Andreea Iulia Motoc, Maria Luiza Luchian, Thiago Guimaraes Osorio, Ingrid Overeinder, Gezim Bala, Alexandre Almorad, Erwin Ströker, Juan Sieira, Luc Jordaens, Pedro Brugada, Carlo de Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia
Local inhomogeneous conduction and non-uniform anisotropism in a normal voltage atrial map
Pietro Rossi, Filippo Maria Cauti, Marco Polselli, Sara Corradetti, Stefano Bianchi
Correction to: Local inhomogeneous conduction and non-uniform anisotropism in a normal voltage atrial map
Pietro Rossi, Filippo Maria Cauti, Marco Polselli, Sara Corradetti, Stefano Bianchi
Effect of weight loss on recurrence of atrial fibrillation after ablative therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dae Yong Park, Seokyung An, Mukunthan Murthi, Ajoe John Kattoor, Amandeep Kaur, Venkatesh Ravi, Henry D. Huang, Aviral Vij
Left atrial thrombus and smoke resolution in patients with atrial fibrillation under chronic oral anticoagulation
Andrea Di Cori, Valentina Barletta, Laura Meola, Matteo Parollo, Lorenzo Mazzocchetti, Marisa Carluccio, Giulia Branchitta, Tea Cellamaro, Francesco Gentile, Luca Segreti, Stefano Viani, Raffaele De Lucia, Ezio Soldati, Giulio Zucchelli, Maria Grazia Bongiorni
Cardiac computed tomography-verified right ventricular lead position and outcomes in cardiac resynchronization therapy
Daniel Benjamin Fyenbo, Anders Sommer, Charlotte Stephansen, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Mads Brix Kronborg, Jens Kristensen, Christian Gerdes, Henrik Kjærulf Jensen, Jesper Møller Jensen, Jens Cosedis Nielsen
Evaluating Common NOS1AP Variants in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Secondary Prevention
Xiaobiao Zang, Shulong Zhang, Sisi Li, Xianqing Wang, Weifeng Song, Ke Chen, Jifang Ma, Xin Tu, Yunlong Xia, Yonghui Zhao, Chuanyu Gao