Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020

Editorials

Atrial fibrillation and stroke: chicken or egg? Does it really matter?

Roopinder K Sandhu and Jeff S Healey

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 509–510, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz350

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In search of durable pulmonary vein isolation

Atul Verma and Andrea Chiocchini

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 511–512, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz326

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Avoiding the ‘cart before the horse’: the importance of continued basic and translational studies of renal denervation

Jason S Bradfield and Kalyanam Shivkumar

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 513–514, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa048

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EHRA Position Paper

European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) international consensus document on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiac implantable electronic device infections—endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS), International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

Carina Blomström-Lundqvist and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 515–549, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz246

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Review

Atrial fibrillation surgery with a focus on patients with reduced left ventricular function and heart failure

Johannes Petersen and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 517–521, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa016

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Clinical Research

Atrial fibrillation

Editor's Choice

Temporal relations between atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke and their prognostic impact on mortality

Stephan Camen and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 522–529, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz312

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Improved brain perfusion after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Marianna Gardarsdottir and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 530–537, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz336

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Intracranial haemorrhages vs. stent thromboses with direct oral anticoagulant plus single antiplatelet agent or triple antithrombotic therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized trials in atrial fibrillation and percutaneous coronary intervention/acute coronary syndrome patients

Mattia Galli and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 538–546, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz345

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The optimal drug adherence to maximize the efficacy and safety of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant in real-world atrial fibrillation patients

Daehoon Kim and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 547–557, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz273

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Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Ablation strategies for different types of atrial fibrillation in Europe: results of the ESC-EORP EHRA Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Long-Term registry

Boris Schmidt and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 558–566, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz318

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Intraprocedural endpoints to predict durable pulmonary vein isolation: a randomized trial of four post-ablation techniques

Ruhong Jiang and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 567–575, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz301

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Impact of catheter ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation on healthcare expenditures in a middle European cohort

Martin Martinek and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 576–583, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz362

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Sudden death and ICDs

Emerging electromagnetic interferences between implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and left ventricular assist devices

Yunus C Yalcin and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 584–587, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa006

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Prediction of sudden cardiac death in Japanese heart failure patients: international validation of the Seattle Proportional Risk Model

Ryoma Fukuoka and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 588–597, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa002

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Ablation for ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular scar channel entrances identified by new wideband cardiac magnetic resonance sequence to guide ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with cardiac defibrillators

Ivo Roca-Luque and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 598–606, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa021

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Premature ventricular contractions cause a position shift in 3D mapping systems: analysis, quantification, and correction by hybrid activation mapping

Tom De Potter and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 607–612, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa013

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Leads and lead extraction

The MB score: a new risk stratification index to predict the need for advanced tools in lead extraction procedures

Luca Bontempi and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 613–621, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa027

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Channelopathies and cardiomyopathies

Prevalence and electrophysiological phenotype of rare SCN5A genetic variants identified in unexplained sudden cardiac arrest survivors

John R Giudicessi and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 622–631, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz337

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Diagnostic yield of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in first-degree relatives of decedents with idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy

Gherardo Finocchiaro and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 632–642, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa012

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Atropine-induced sinus tachycardia protects against exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Prince J Kannankeril and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 643–648, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa029

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Sports cardiology

Prevalence and significance of fragmented QRS complex in lead V₁ on the surface electrocardiogram of healthy athletes

Pierre Ollitrault and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 649–656, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa037

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Basic Science

Renal denervation ameliorates the risk of ventricular fibrillation in overweight and heart failure

Shinya Yamada and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 657–666, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz335

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EHRA Survey

Factors influencing the use of leadless or transvenous pacemakers: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association Prospective Survey

Serge Boveda and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 667–673, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz357

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EP Case Express

Successful bacteriophage treatment of infection involving cardiac implantable electronic device and aortic graft: a Trojan horse concept

Vasileios Exarchos and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 597, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz319

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Percutaneous continuous left stellate ganglion block as an effective bridge to bilateral cardiac sympathetic denervation

Simone Savastano and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 606, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa007

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Intra-procedural evaluation of a computational modelling method for cardiac resynchronization therapy

Samuel Buliard and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 656, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz239

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Images in Electrophysiology

Elongated xiphoid process misleading the pericardiocentesis site

Iwanari Kawamura and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 583, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz279

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Letters to the Editor

Prediction of ventricular arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome patients: is it time for automatized electrocardiogram analysis?

Daniel García Iglesias and others

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 674, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz333

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Prediction of ventricular arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome patients: is it time for automatized electrocardiogram analysis?—Authors’ reply

Antoine Delinière and Philippe Chevalier

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Pages 674–675, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa011

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Is the future of atrial fibrillation hybrid?

Sandro Gelsomino and Mark La Meir

EP Europace, Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 675, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa051

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