Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019

Editorials

Risk factor modification: another win for our fight against atrial fibrillation

Lin Y Chen and Mina K Chung

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 527–528, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz010

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Commentary: Cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation—a study of outcome and safety based on the ESC-EHRA atrial fibrillation ablation long-term registry and the Swedish catheter ablation registry

Laura Rottner and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 529–530, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy259

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To continue or minimally interrupt direct oral anticoagulants around ablation for atrial fibrillation: that is the question

David H Birnie

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 531–532, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy278

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Cryoablation vs. radiofrequency for therapy of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Demosthenes G Katritsis

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 533–534, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy249

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The challenges of implanted cardiac device security: lessons from recent compromises

G Stuart Mendenhall

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 535–538, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy264

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Reviews

Reducing right ventricular pacing burden: algorithms, benefits, and risks

Lior Jankelson and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 539–547, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy263

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Half a century of continuous pacing: a living witness to the evolution of a technology

Banu Evranos and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 548–553, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy218

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Cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy: is it time to scan with resynchronization on?

Aaron O Koshy and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 554–562, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy299

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Clinical Research

Atrial fibrillation

Targeted therapy of underlying conditions improves quality of life in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: results of the RACE 3 study

Ruben R De With and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 563–571, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy311

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The importance of time in therapeutic range in switching from vitamin K antagonist to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation

Naja Emborg Vinding and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 572–580, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy262

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Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: a study of outcome and safety based on the ESC-EHRA atrial fibrillation ablation long-term registry and the Swedish catheter ablation registry

David Mörtsell and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 581–589, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy239

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Impact of periprocedural anticoagulation therapy on the incidence of silent stroke after atrial fibrillation ablation in patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants: uninterrupted vs. interrupted by one dose strategy

Tomoyuki Nagao and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 590–597, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy224

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Comparison between linear and focal ablation of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in patients with non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized trial

Kwang-No Lee and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 598–606, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy313

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Sudden death and ICDs

Role of medical reaction in management of inappropriate ventricular arrhythmia diagnosis: the inappropriate Therapy and HOme monitoRiNg (THORN) registry

Tilman Perrin and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 607–615, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy284

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Ablation for ventricular tachycardia

Prolonged action potential duration and dynamic transmural action potential duration heterogeneity underlie vulnerability to ventricular tachycardia in patients undergoing ventricular tachycardia ablation

Neil T Srinivasan and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 616–625, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy260

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Pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy

Integration of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, electrocardiographic imaging, and coronary venous computed tomography angiography for guidance of left ventricular lead positioning

Uyên Châu Nguyên and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 626–635, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy292

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Effect of PR interval and pacing mode on persistent atrial fibrillation incidence in dual chamber pacemaker patients: a sub-study of the international randomized MINERVA trial

Giuseppe Boriani and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 636–644, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy286

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Leads and lead extraction

Editor's Choice

Procedural outcomes associated with transvenous lead extraction in patients with abandoned leads: an ESC-EHRA ELECTRa (European Lead Extraction ConTRolled) Registry Sub-Analysis

Luca Segreti and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 645–654, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy307

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Cardiac electrophysiology and ablation

Acute safety, effectiveness, and real-world clinical usage of ultra-high density mapping for ablation of cardiac arrhythmias: results of the TRUE HD study

Gerhard Hindricks and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 655–661, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy191

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Cryoablation with an 8-mm tip catheter in the treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia: results from a randomized controlled trial (CRYOABLATE)

Ngai-Yin Chan and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 662–669, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy225

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Young EP

Survey on the research activities within the EHRA Young EP community

Kevin Vernooy and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 670–672, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy294

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Technical Issues

Comparison of electrocardiogram characteristics and pacing parameters between left bundle branch pacing and right ventricular pacing in patients receiving pacemaker therapy

Keping Chen and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 673–680, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy252

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EP Case Express

Leadless pacemaker implantation via azygos vein in a patient with absence of the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava

Mário Oliveira and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Page 547, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy274

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A case of focal ventricular tachycardia with alternating endocardial and epicardial exits: utility of non-invasive mapping in predicting exits

Arber Kodra and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Page 580, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy241

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Chylothorax and chylopericardium as unusual manifestation of pacing lead related complication

Anna Polewczyk and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Page 644, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy269

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Letters to the Editor

Ventricular depolarization limited to proximal septum: by which pathway?

Goran Milicevic

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Page 681, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy271

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Level of block: atrioventricular node, infra-Hisian, or intramyocardial?—Authors’ reply

Deepak Padmanabhan and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Page 682, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy319

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Erratum

Erratum to: Cryoablation with an 8-mm tip catheter in the treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia: results from a randomized controlled trial (CRYOABLATE)

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 4, April 2019, Page 669, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy302

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