Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011

EDITORIALS

The first European journal on cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, the European Journal of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology

Richard Sutton

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1663–1664, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur358

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Atrial electromechanical function

Michael Y. Henein

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1665–1666, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur312

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Higher rates to reduce irregularity: the use of overdrive pacing in atrial fibrillation

N.M. van Hemel

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1667–1668, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur276

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REVIEW

Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in implantation of electrophysiological devices

Panagiotis Korantzopoulos and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1669–1680, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur210

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CLINICAL RESEARCH

Atrial Fibrillation

Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of intra-atrial conduction delay

Bob Weijs and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1681–1687, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur261

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Dynamic ventricular overdrive stimulation in atrial fibrillation: effects on ventricular rate irregularity, ventricular pacing, and fusion beats

Georg Nölker and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1688–1694, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur243

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Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Pulmonary vein isolation and left atrial complex-fractionated atrial electrograms ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation with phased radio frequency energy and multi-electrode catheters: efficacy and safety during 12 months follow-up

Anton A.W. Mulder and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1695–1702, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur204

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How many electrical cardioversions should be applied for repetitive recurrences of atrial arrhythmias following ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation?

Akinori Sairaku and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1703–1708, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur244

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The relationship between complex fractionated electrograms and atrial low-voltage zones during atrial fibrillation and paced rhythm

Andrew W. Teh and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1709–1716, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur197

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Sudden Death and ICDs

Predictors of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and an implantable defibrillator: an EPGEN substudy

Eric S. Williams and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1717–1722, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur253

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Gender disparities in anxiety and quality of life in patients with an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator

Mirela Habibović and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1723–1730, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur252

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Pacing and Resynchronization Therapy

Effective prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy using a novel program of gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography

Kentaro Nakamura and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1731–1737, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur143

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Impact of temporary right ventricular pacing from different sites on echocardiographic indices of cardiac function

M. Hafez A. Alhous and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1738–1746, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur207

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Right ventricular lead positioning does not influence the benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation

Folke Rönn and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1747–1752, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur193

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Right ventricular pacing improves haemodynamics in right ventricular failure from pressure overload: an open observational proof-of-principle study in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Maxim Hardziyenka and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1753–1759, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur189

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Clinical factors and echocardiographic techniques related to the presence, size, and location of acoustic windows for leadless cardiac pacing

Doreen DeFaria Yeh and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1760–1765, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur199

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Device Management and Follow-up

Actions elicited during scheduled and unscheduled in-hospital follow-up of cardiac devices: results of the ATHENS multicentre registry

Giosuè Mascioli and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1766–1773, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur233

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Electrophysiology and Ablation

Prevalence and characteristics of idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias associated with J-waves

Yoshihiro Yamashina and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1774–1780, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur256

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Cardiomyopathies

Incidence and predictors of anti-bradycardia pacing in patients with Anderson-Fabry disease

Constantinos O'Mahony and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1781–1788, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur267

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TECHNICAL ISSUES

A new method for induction of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in non-inducible cases

Ahmad Yamini Sharif and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1789–1792, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur234

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CASE REPORTS

Giant cell myocarditis: an unusual presentation

Danish Ali and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1793–1794, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur202

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Inappropriate mode switch consecutive to P-wave double counting

Vincent Ganiere and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1795–1796, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur175

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Left atrial ‘sludge’ during vagally mediated pause triggered by pulmonary vein antral ablation

Yaariv Khaykin and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1797–1798, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur203

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Percutaneous balloon venoplasty of pacemaker-associated superior vena cava obstruction to facilitate upgrade to a biventricular pacing system

Senthil Kirubakaran and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1798–1800, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur248

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Outpatient costs in patients with atrial fibrillation are underestimated

Falk Hoffmann and Thomas Grobe

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Page 1801, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur239

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Response to a Letter from Dr Falk Hoffman

Thomas Reinhold and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Page 1801, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur247

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Mitral regurgitation and cardiac resynchronization therapy: how long and what should we expect?

Fernando Cabrera-Bueno and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 1801–1802, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur273

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Duration of head-up tilt test for patients with suspected vasovagal syncope: a not-so-‘original article’

Francisco Javier Lacunza-Ruiz and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Page 1802, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur191

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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Do not always accuse the leads…

Haitham Badran and others

EP Europace, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2011, Page 1773, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur196

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