Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012

Editorials

Idiopathic atrial fibrillation: a rose by any other name?

D. George Wyse

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 151–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur423

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Cryoballoon ablation as first-line therapy of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: dusk of global warming and the dawn of a new ice age era?

Carlos A. Morillo

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 153–154, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur388

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Pre-discharge defibrillation testing: clinically important or obsolete?

J. Lacy Sturdivant and Michael R. Gold

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 155–156, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur349

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Device-detected atrial tachyarrhythmias: what do we know?

Jeff S. Healey

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 157–158, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur325

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Reviews

Post-operative atrial fibrillation: a maze of mechanisms

Bart Maesen and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 159–174, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur208

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Therapeutic approach for patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: state of the art and future developments

Christian van der Werf and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 175–183, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur277

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Clinical Research

Atrial fibrillation

Idiopathic atrial fibrillation revisited in a large longitudinal clinical cohort

Bob Weijs and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 184–190, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur379

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Simplified electrocardiogram sampling maintains high diagnostic capability for atrial fibrillation: implications for opportunistic atrial fibrillation screening in primary care

Jane C. Caldwell and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 191–196, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur304

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Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Isolating the pulmonary veins as first-line therapy in patients with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation using the Cryoballoon

Mehdi Namdar and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 197–203, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur299

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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Haemoptysis as a complication of pacemaker implantation

Tomasz Senderek and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Page 203, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur361

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Clinical Research

Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Clinical characteristics of massive air embolism complicating left atrial ablation of atrial fibrillation: lessons from five cases

Taishi Kuwahara and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 204–208, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur314

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Prevalence and clinical significance of collateral findings detected by chest computed tomography in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation

Michela Casella and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 209–216, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur300

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Sudden Death and ICDs

Pre-hospital discharge testing after implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: A measure of safety or out of date? A retrospective analysis of 975 patients

M. Guenther and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 217–223, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur306

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Ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation occurs less often in patients with left bundle branch block and combined resynchronization and defibrillators than in patients with narrow QRS and conventional defibrillators

Florian Blaschke and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 224–229, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur307

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Pacing and Resynchronization Therapy

Detection of atrial high-rate events by continuous Home Monitoring: clinical significance in the heart failure–cardiac resynchronization therapy population

Nesan Shanmugam and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 230–237, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur293

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Pacing-induced cardiomyopathy in patients with right ventricular stimulation for >15 years

Henryk Dreger and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 238–242, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur258

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Impact of radiocontrast use during left ventricular pacemaker lead implantation for cardiac resynchronization therapy

Gregory A. Tester and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 243–248, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur282

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Optimization of the atrioventricular delay during cardiac resynchronization therapy using a device for non-invasive measurement of cardiac index at rest and during exercise

Dirk Prochnau and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 249–253, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur296

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Electrophysiology and ablation

Focal atrial tachycardia originating from the distal portion of the left atrial appendage: characteristics and long-term outcomes of radiofrequency ablation

Qian Yang and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 254–260, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur302

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Correlations between long-term results after cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia and a residual jump associated or not with a single echo

Antonio De Sisti and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 261–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur297

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Electrocardiology and Risk Stratification

Women, but not men, have prolonged QT interval if depressed after an acute coronary syndrome

William Whang and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 267–271, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur246

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T-wave alternans in apparently healthy subjects and in different subsets of patients with ischaemic heart disease

Roberto Mollo and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 272–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur285

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Corrigendum

Corrigendum to: ‘HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies’ [Europace 2011;13:1077–109, doi: 10.1093/europace/eur245]

Michael J. Ackerman and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Page 277, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur413

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CONSENSUS STATEMENT

ISHNE/EHRA expert consensus on remote monitoring of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)

Sergio Dubner and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 278–293, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur303

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EP WIRE

Outpatient evaluation and management of patients with ventricular premature beats or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 294–296, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus009

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Case reports

Recurrent pericardial effusion caused by pacemaker lead perforation and warfarin therapy at seven years after implantation

Hiroyuki Nakanishi and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Page 297, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur268

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Induction of ventricular tachycardia during radiofrequency ablation via pulmonary vein ablation catheter in a patient with an implanted pacemaker

Matthias Hammwöhner and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur260

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Recurrent torsades de pointes after catheter ablation of incessant ventricular bigeminy in combination with QT prolongation

Christopher Reithmann and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 299–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur278

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Intramural inflammation as a cause of transient ST-segment elevation in a patient of cardiac sarcoidosis

Kenichi Iijima and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 300–302, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur279

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