Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019

Editorials

Cardiac resynchronization therapy: need to synchronize patients and device longevities with comorbidities

Giuseppe Boriani and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 683–685, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy297

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His-bundle pacing: promise for the future

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman and Sergio Richter

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 686–687, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy318

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ELECTRa—from myth to aletheia: risk factors for transvenous lead extraction in the ancillary analysis of the European Lead Extraction ConTRolled (ELECTRa) study

Jayanthi N Koneru and Kenneth A Ellenbogen

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 688–689, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy324

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Reviews

Sex differences in rate and rhythm control for atrial fibrillation

Vanessa Weberndörfer and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 690–697, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy295

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Clinical Research

Atrial fibrillation

Frequent premature atrial contractions are associated with atrial fibrillation, brain ischaemia, and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jelle C L Himmelreich and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 698–707, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy276

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Evaluation of a novel cardioversion intervention for atrial fibrillation: the Ottawa AF cardioversion protocol

F Daniel Ramirez and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 708–715, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy285

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Perioperative bridging of vitamin K antagonist treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation: only a very small group of patients benefits

Simon van der Pol and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 716–723, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy308

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Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Reproducibility and accuracy of late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance measurements for the detection of left atrial fibrosis in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation procedures

Andrei D Mărgulescu and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 724–731, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy314

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Repeat procedure is a new independent predictor of complications of atrial fibrillation ablation

Nándor Szegedi and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 732–737, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy326

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Early experience of thoracoscopic vs. catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Charles M Pearman and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 738–745, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy303

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Thoracoscopic vs. catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: long-term follow-up of the FAST randomized trial

Manuel Castellá and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 746–753, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy325

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Pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy

Survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from 50 084 implantations

Francisco Leyva and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 754–762, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy267

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Pacing parameters and success rates of permanent His-bundle pacing in patients with narrow QRS: a single-centre experience

Lan Su and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 763–770, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy281

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Leads and lead extraction

Editor's Choice

Major cardiac and vascular complications after transvenous lead extraction: acute outcome and predictive factors from the ESC-EHRA ELECTRa (European Lead Extraction ConTRolled) registry

Giulio Zucchelli and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 771–780, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy300

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Lead extraction for reduction of chronic pain related to cardiovascular implantable electronic device

Kathryn Lewis and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 781–786, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy320

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Cardiac electrophysiology and ablation

Risk factors for atrioventricular block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a single-centre analysis including assessment of aortic calcifications and follow-up

Francesco Pollari and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 787–795, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy316

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Channelopathies

Time-to-first appropriate shock in patients implanted prophylactically with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: data from the Survey on Arrhythmic Events in BRUgada Syndrome (SABRUS)

Anat Milman and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 796–802, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy301

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Technical Issues

Radiofrequency ablation of right ventricular tachycardia in patients with no femoral access: safety and efficacy of a superior approach

Raphaël P Martins and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 803–809, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy298

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Catheter-driven His bundle pacemaker lead implantation

Felix Yang and Christopher Paciga

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 810–812, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy317

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Basic Science

Omnipolarity applied to equi-spaced electrode array for ventricular tachycardia substrate mapping

Andreu Porta-Sánchez and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 813–821, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy304

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Three-dimensional cardiac fibre disorganization as a novel parameter for ventricular arrhythmia stratification after myocardial infarction

Daniel G León and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 822–832, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy306

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Case Reports

Interpolated Purkinje potentials recorded at a successful ablation site of a fascicular premature ventricular contraction during sinus rhythm

Taihei Itoh and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Page 715, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy296

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Successful percutaneous lead extraction 15 years after a failed extraction attempt

Banu Evranos and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Page 762, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euy216

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Letters to the Editor

Improving first shock success in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing electrical cardioversion

David R Vinson and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Page 833, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz025

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Improving first shock success in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing electrical cardioversion: Authors’ reply

F Daniel Ramirez and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 833–834, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz048

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IMAGES in EP

Adjacent multiple accessory pathways demonstrated on ultra-high-resolution mapping

Satoshi Yanagisawa and others

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Page 723, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz044

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Corrigendum

Corrigendum to: Milman A, et al. Time-to-first appropriate shock in patients implanted prophylactically with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: data from the Survey on Arrhythmic Events in BRUgada Syndrome (SABRUS)

EP Europace, Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2019, Page 802, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz053

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