Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012

Editorial

Atrial fibrillation: is there evidence to support an early ablation strategy?

Bart Hooft van Huysduynen and Michiel Rienstra

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 613–614, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus008

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Transseptal catheterization: a matter of technology, training, or both?

Roberto De Ponti

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 615–616, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus007

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Cardioversion for atrial fibrillation in the real world: there is room for improvement

Rene Tavernier and Mattias Duytschaever

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 617–618, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus070

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Is the left bundle branch really blocked when suggested by the electrocardiogram?

Hein J. Wellens

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 619–620, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur401

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Appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: What happens on Sunday afternoons in May?

Michelle Michels

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 621–622, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus018

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Reviews

Extracellular matrix alterations in the atria: insights into the mechanisms and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation

Christos A. Goudis and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 623–630, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur398

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Safe magnetic resonance image scanning of the pacemaker patient: current technologies and future directions

Werner Jung and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 631–637, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur391

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Clinical Research

Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Association between left atrial size and atrial fibrillation recurrence after single circumferential pulmonary vein isolation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Jianhui Zhuang and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 638–645, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur364

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Prior antiarrhythmic drug use and the outcome of atrial fibrillation ablation

Roger A. Winkle and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 646–652, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur370

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Acute electrical isolation is a necessary but insufficient endpoint for achieving durable PV isolation: the importance of closing the visual gap

Marc A. Miller and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 653–660, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus048

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Added value of transoesophageal echocardiography during transseptal puncture performed by inexperienced operators

Fatih Bayrak and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 661–665, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur366

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Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation

Clinical correlates of immediate success and outcome at 1-year follow-up of real-world cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: the Euro Heart Survey

Ron Pisters and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 666–674, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur406

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Sudden Death and ICDs

Is the coexistence of sustained ST-segment elevation and abnormal Q waves a risk factor for electrical storm in implanted cardioverter defibrillator patients with structural heart diseases?

Hiroshi Furushima and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 675–681, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur386

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Pacing and Resynchronization Therapy

Atrial fibrillation in patients with sick sinus syndrome: the association with PQ-interval and percentage of ventricular pacing

Jens Cosedis Nielsen and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 682–689, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur365

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Greater response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with true complete left bundle branch block: a PREDICT substudy

Mark Jonathan Perrin and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 690–695, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur381

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Dyssynchrony parameter-guided interventricular delay programming

Henryk Dreger and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 696–702, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur376

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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Don't get fooled: atrial and ventricular undersensing or atrial loss of capture?

Tommaso Infusino and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Page 702, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur430

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Clinical Research

Electrophysiology and ablation

The characteristics of verapamil-sensitive idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia combined with a left accessory pathway and the effect of radiofrequency catheter ablation

Ji-qiang Hu and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 703–708, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur330

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Efficacy and safety of ventricular tachycardia ablation with mechanical circulatory support compared with substrate-based ablation techniques

T. Jared Bunch and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 709–714, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur347

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Analysis of J waves during myocardial ischaemia

Akinori Sato and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 715–723, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur323

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IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Deterioration of QT prolongation after successful catheter ablation for Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome

Taro Date and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Page 723, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur340

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Clinical Research

Channelopathies

The relation of ventricular arrhythmia electrophysiological characteristics to cardiac phenotype and circadian patterns in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Constantinos O'Mahony and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 724–733, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur362

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Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics in patients with sustained monomorphic reentrant ventricular tachycardia associated with dilated-phase hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Akiko Ueda and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 734–740, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur344

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EP WIRE

Periprocedural anticoagulation therapy for devices and atrial fibrillation ablation

Gregory Y.H. Lip and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 741–744, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus105

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Basic science

Histopathological effects and evolution of transvenous β-radiation applications in right and left atria: an animal study

Frédéric Franceschi and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 745–751, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur351

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TECHNICAL ISSUES

Non-contact mapping system accurately localizes right-sided accessory pathways in type B Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome

Taku Nishida and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 752–760, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur369

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Left atrial flutter accelerates during ablation of atrial fibrillation: a paradoxical effect of electrical remodelling

Shahriar Iravanian and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 761–766, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur385

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Case Report

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by Valsalva manoeuvre in a patient with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Luca De Mattia and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 767–768, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur371

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‘False-positive’ intrathoracic impedance monitor alarm caused by amiodarone-induced hypothyroidism in a patient with cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator

Takashi Nakashima and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 768–769, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur374

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Unusual failure of left ventricular lead implantation diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography

Antoine Da Costa and others

EP Europace, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 770–771, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur315

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