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EDITORIALS

Hans Van Brabandt and Mattias Neyt

Pitfalls in health-economic evaluations: the case of cost-effectiveness of prophylactic implantable cardioverter–defibrillator therapy in Belgium
Europace Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1571-1573; doi:10.1093/europace/eup290 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heikki V. Huikuri

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy and the total burden of sudden cardiac death
Europace 2009 11: 1574; doi:10.1093/europace/eup366 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabor Z. Duray and Stefan H. Hohnloser

Fighting with the invisible: radiation exposure in cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace 2009 11: 1575-1576; doi:10.1093/europace/eup369 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anton P.M. Gorgels

No value of the ECG in congenital left ventricular aneurysms and diverticula?
Europace 2009 11: 1577-1578; doi:10.1093/europace/eup391 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract Maya Guglin, Mohsen Aljayeh, Saleemuddin Saiyad, Rias Ali, and Anne B. Curtis

Introducing a new entity: chemotherapy-induced arrhythmia
Europace Advance Access published on October 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1579-1586; doi:10.1093/europace/eup300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Ross J. Hunter, Ihab Diab, Glyn Thomas, Edward Duncan, Dominic Abrams, Mehul Dhinoja, Simon Sporton, Mark J. Earley, and Richard J. Schilling

Validation of a classification system to grade fractionation in atrial fibrillation and correlation with automated detection systems
Europace Advance Access published on November 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1587-1596; doi:10.1093/europace/eup351 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Koji Miyamoto, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Sumito Narita, Takanori Yamaguchi, Yasutsugu Nagamoto, Shin-ichi Ando, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Yoshito Tanioka, and Naohiko Takahashi

Bipolar electrogram amplitudes in the left atrium are related to local conduction velocity in patients with atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on November 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1597-1605; doi:10.1093/europace/eup352 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gian Battista Chierchia, Yoshinao Yazaki, Antonio Sorgente, Lucio Capulzini, Carlo de Asmundis, Andrea Sarkozy, Matthias Duytschaever, Roberto De Ponti, and Pedro Brugada

Transient atriovenous reconnection induced by adenosine after successful pulmonary vein isolation with the cryothermal energy balloon
Europace Advance Access published on October 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1606-1611; doi:10.1093/europace/eup339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takumi Yamada, Naoki Yoshida, Yoshimasa Murakami, Taro Okada, Yukihiko Yoshida, Masahiro Muto, Yasuya Inden, and Toyoaki Murohara

The difference in autonomic denervation and its effect on atrial fibrillation recurrence between the standard segmental and circumferential pulmonary vein isolation techniques
Europace Advance Access published on October 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1612-1619; doi:10.1093/europace/eup330 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shinsuke Miyazaki, Taishi Kuwahara, Atsushi Kobori, Yoshihide Takahashi, Asumi Takei, Akira Sato, Mitsuaki Isobe, and Atsushi Takahashi

Pharmacological cardioversion preceding left atrial ablation: bepridil predicts the clinical outcome following ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on November 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1620-1623; doi:10.1093/europace/eup363 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Theo J. Klinkenberg, Sheba Ahmed, Anita Ten Hagen, Ans C.P. Wiesfeld, Eng S. Tan, Felix Zijlstra, and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Feasibility and outcome of epicardial pulmonary vein isolation for lone atrial fibrillation using minimal invasive surgery and high intensity focused ultrasound
Europace Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1624-1631; doi:10.1093/europace/eup299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation

Get checked abstract Sook Kyoung Kim, Hui-Nam Pak, Jae Hyung Park, Kyoung Jeong Ko, Jihei Sara Lee, Jong Il Choi, Dong Hoon Choi, and Young-Hoon Kim

Clinical and serological predictors for the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion
Europace Advance Access published on October 26, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1632-1638; doi:10.1093/europace/eup321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Get checked abstract Patrizio Pascale, Jürg Schlaepfer, Mauro Oddo, Marie-Denise Schaller, Pierre Vogt, and Martin Fromer

Ventricular arrhythmia in coronary artery disease: limits of a risk stratification strategy based on the ejection fraction alone and impact of infarct localization
Europace Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1639-1646; doi:10.1093/europace/eup314 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pacing and CRT

Get checked abstract Jagmeet P. Singh, Lawrence S. Rosenthal, Patrick M. Hranitzky, Kellie Chase Berg, Christopher M. Mullin, Lisa Thackeray, and Andrew Kaplan

Device diagnostics and long-term clinical outcome in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on September 13, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1647-1653; doi:10.1093/europace/eup250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roman A. Gebauer, Viktor Tomek, Petr Kubus, Vít Rázek, Tomás Matejka, Aida Salameh, Martin Kostelka, and Jan Janousek

Differential effects of the site of permanent epicardial pacing on left ventricular synchrony and function in the young: implications for lead placement
Europace Advance Access published on November 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1654-1659; doi:10.1093/europace/eup342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yu-Chen Wang, Yen-Hung Lin, Yen-Bin Liu, Jen-Kuang Lee, Ying-Shren Chen, Hsiu-Hao Lee, Lung-Chun Lin, Yi-Lwun Ho, and Wen-Jone Chen

The immediate effects of pacemaker-related electric remodelling on left ventricular function in patients with sick sinus syndrome
Europace Advance Access published on October 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1660-1665; doi:10.1093/europace/eup322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fakhar Z. Khan, Munmohan S. Virdee, Peter J. Pugh, Philip A. Read, Simon P. Fynn, and David P. Dutka

Non-invasive cardiac output measurements based on bioreactance for optimization of atrio- and interventricular delays
Europace Advance Access published on November 11, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1666-1674; doi:10.1093/europace/eup358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shigeru Suzuki, Shigeru Furui, Takeshi Yamakawa, Takaaki Isshiki, Akiko Watanabe, Ryu Iino, Takashi Kidouchi, and Yoshiyasu Nakano

Radiation exposure to patients' skin during cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on October 20, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1683-1688; doi:10.1093/europace/eup302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electrocardiography

Get checked abstract Marc-Alexander Ohlow, Bernward Lauer, and J. Christoph Geller

Prevalence and spectrum of abnormal electrocardiograms in patients with an isolated congenital left ventricular aneurysm or diverticulum
Europace Advance Access published on October 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1689-1695; doi:10.1093/europace/eup323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Syncope and implantable loop

Get checked abstract Derek John Hausenloy, Chanpreet Arhi, Navin Chandra, Ann-Christine Franzen-McManus, Andrea Meyer, and Richard Sutton

Blood pressure oscillations during tilt testing as a predictive marker of vasovagal syncope
Europace Advance Access published on October 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1696-1701; doi:10.1093/europace/eup338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Get checked abstract Jurren M. van Opstal and Harry J.G.M. Crijns

Paradoxical increase of stimulus to atrium interval despite His-bundle capture during para-Hisian pacing
Europace Advance Access published on August 22, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1702-1704; doi:10.1093/europace/eup232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Evgeny Mikhaylov, Sergey Gureev, Tamas Szili-Torok, and Dmitry Lebedev

Atypical atrial flutter in a patient with atrial septal defect without previous surgery: the role of septal defect as a part of the arrhythmia substrate
Europace Advance Access published on October 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1705-1708; doi:10.1093/europace/eup265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul A. Scott, Paul R. Roberts, and John M. Morgan

Trans-septal left ventricular endocardial pacing through a persistent left-sided superior vena cava
Europace Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1709-1711; doi:10.1093/europace/eup269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Rotondi, Fiore Manganelli, Emilio Di Lorenzo, Luciano Marino, Fiore Candelmo, Ferdinando Alfano, Giovanni Stanco, and Giuseppe Rosato

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with pacemaker syndrome
Europace Advance Access published on October 3, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1712-1714; doi:10.1093/europace/eup281 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Get checked abstract Decebal Gabriel Latcu, Sok-Sithikun Bun, Philippe Ricard, and Nadir Saoudi

Thromboaspiration of left atrial clot during ablation of atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1715-1716; doi:10.1093/europace/eup297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ehud Kadmon, Jairo Kusniec, and Boris Strasberg

A life-threatening arrhythmia induced by inappropriate activation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Europace Advance Access published on September 16, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1716-1718; doi:10.1093/europace/eup257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrzej Przybylski, Artur Oreziak, Pawel Kwiatek, Ilona Michalowska, Andrzej Hasiec, and Ewa Szufladowicz

Unsuccessful left ventricular lead implantation in two first-degree relatives. Is the coronary venous anatomy similar in both cases?
Europace Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1718-1720; doi:10.1093/europace/eup280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Afschin Gandjour

Cost-effectiveness of cardioverter-defibrillators in heart failure patients
Europace Advance Access published on October 31, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1721; doi:10.1093/europace/eup327 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Hsuan-Li Huang and Kuan-Hung Yeh

Successful treatment of acute coronary sinus thrombosis utilizing a Judkins right catheter in a patient receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy
Europace Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1674; doi:10.1093/europace/eup319 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc A. Miller, Sheldon M. Singh, and J. Anthony Gomes

Abdominal twitching due to inadequate stitching
Europace Advance Access published on October 29, 2009
Europace 2009 11: 1688; doi:10.1093/europace/eup324 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

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