Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010

Editorials

Arrhythmia recurrence after ablation of atrial fibrillation: should we be concerned about sleep apnoea?

Christoph Stellbrink

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1051–1052, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq194

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Saving the patient the radiation: no need for ECG-gating during cardiac computed tomography

Joris Ector and Hein Heidbüchel

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1053–1054, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq186

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‘Shocking’ discrepancies

Stavros I. Chrysostomakis and Panos E. Vardas

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1055–1056, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq193

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Timing of implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator after acute myocardial infarction

Heikki V. Huikuri

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1057–1058, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq151

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Difficulties in implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy system: causes of failure and importance of operator's experience

Michel Chauvin

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1059–1060, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq253

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Electrocardiographic and further predictors for permanent pacemaker requirements after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Rutger-Jan Nuis and Peter de Jaegere

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1061–1062, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq145

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Review

European utilization of the implantable defibrillator: has 10 years changed the ‘enigma’?

A. John Camm and Seah Nisam

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1063–1069, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq282

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Clinical Research

Atrial Fibrillation - clinical issues

Adherence to guidelines for atrial fibrillation management of patients referred to cardiology departments: Studio Italiano multicentrico sul Trattamento della Fibrillazione Atriale (SITAF)

Nicola Bottoni and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1070–1077, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq158

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Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation

Evaluation of non-synonymous NPPA single nucleotide polymorphisms in atrial fibrillation

Jason D. Roberts and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1078–1083, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq161

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Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Low efficacy of atrial fibrillation ablation in severe obstructive sleep apnoea patients

Maria Matiello and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1084–1089, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq128

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Comparison of non-gated vs. electrocardiogram-gated 64-detector-row computed tomography for integrated electroanatomic mapping in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation

Moritz Wagner and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1090–1097, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq135

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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Pulmonary vein stenosis may still occur after ablation

Eric McWilliams and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Page 1097, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq118

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Clinical Research

Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Ablation of atrial fibrillation: does the addition of three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of the left atrium to electroanatomic mapping improve the clinical outcome? A randomized comparison of Carto-Merge vs. Carto-XP three-dimensional mapping ablation in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

Domenico Caponi and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1098–1104, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq107

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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Proportion of patients needing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator on the basis of current guidelines: impact on healthcare resources in Italy and the USA. Data from the ALPHA study registry

Roberto F.E. Pedretti and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1105–1111, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq106

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Relation between time from myocardial infarction to enrolment and patient outcomes in the Multicenter UnSustained Tachycardia Trial

Sana M. Al-Khatib and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1112–1118, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq116

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Course of anxiety and device-related concerns in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients the first year post implantation

Susanne S. Pedersen and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1119–1126, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq154

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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Delayed asymptomatic migration of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead to the costophrenic angle

Igor Diemberger and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Page 1126, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq122

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Clinical Research

Pacing and CRT

A revised approach to patient selection for cardiac resynchronization treatment using multiple asynchrony parameters in Narrow- and Wide-QRS cardiomyopathy causes cardiac reverse remodelling: a single centre non-randomized prospective study

Asim M. Rafique and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1127–1135, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq136

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Survival in New York Heart Association class IV heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy compared with patients on optimal pharmacological treatment

María Ángeles Castel and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1136–1140, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq163

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Predictive factors of difficult implantation procedure in cardiac resynchronization therapy

Laurence Bisch and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1141–1148, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq146

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Syncope and Implantable Loop Recorders

Independent role of reduced arterial baroreflex sensitivity during head-up tilt testing in predicting vasovagal syncope recurrence

Massimo Iacoviello and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1149–1155, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq149

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Position Paper

Heart Rhythm UK position statement on clinical indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators in adult patients with familial sudden cardiac death syndromes

Clifford J. Garratt and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1156–1175, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq261

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EP WIRE

Deactivation of implanted cardioverter-defibrillators at the end of life: results of the EHRA survey

Germanas Marinskis and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1176–1177, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq272

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Basic science

Automaticity and conduction properties of bio-artificial pacemakers assessed in an in vitro monolayer model of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes

Yau-Chi Chan and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1178–1187, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq120

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Short Communications

Electrocardiographic and further predictors for permanent pacemaker requirement after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Damir Erkapic and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1188–1190, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq094

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Late failure of a single-coil transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead associated with conductor separation

Martyn W. Richards and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1191–1192, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq082

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Femoral vein implantation with subclavian vein pullthrough for left ventricular lead placement

Paramdeep S. Dhillon and Mark M. Gallagher

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1193–1194, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq088

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Left ventricular sensing and pacing for sensing difficulties in internal cardioverter defibrillator therapy for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Stijn Lochy and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1195–1196, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq091

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New diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian with the help of Fontaine electrocardiographic leads

John Chiladakis and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1197–1198, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq095

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Case reports

Incidental finding of a pulmonary embolus by intracardiac echocardiography during an atrial fibrillation ablation procedure

Stefan Asbach and others

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1199–1200, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq121

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Catheter ablation of a difficult accessory pathway guided by coronary sinus venography and 3D electroanatomical mapping

M.J. Pekka Raatikainen and Anders K. Pedersen

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1200–1201, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq086

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Letters to the Editor

Gender differences in pacemaker therapy

Werner Irnich

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages 1202–1203, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq114

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Gender differences in pacemaker therapy: reply

Bernd Nowak and Björn Misselwitz

EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2010, Page 1203, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euq147

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