Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021

EHRA Position Paper

EHRA expert consensus statement and practical guide on optimal implantation technique for conventional pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Latin-American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS)

Haran Burri and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 983–1008, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa367

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Reviews

Arrhythmogenic potential of myocardial disarray in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: genetic basis, functional consequences and relation to sudden cardiac death

Gherardo Finocchiaro and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 985–995, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa348

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Brugada syndrome and syncope: a practical approach for diagnosis and treatment

Giuseppe Mascia and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 996–1002, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa370

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Clinical Research

Atrial fibrillation

The European TeleCheck-AF project on remote app-based management of atrial fibrillation during the COVID-19 pandemic: centre and patient experiences

Monika Gawałko and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1003–1015, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab050

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Smartphone electrocardiogram for detecting atrial fibrillation after a cerebral ischaemic event: a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Keng Tat Koh and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1016–1023, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab036

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Ablation for atrial fibrillation

Relationship between procedural volume and complication rates for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ivaylo R Tonchev and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1024–1032, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa415

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Cryoballoon ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drugs: first-line therapy for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Malte Kuniss and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1033–1041, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab029

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Local catheter impedance drop during pulmonary vein isolation predicts acute conduction block in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: initial results of the LOCALIZE clinical trial

Moloy Das and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1042–1051, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab004

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Use of high-density activation and voltage mapping in combination with entrainment to delineate gap-related atrial tachycardias post atrial fibrillation ablation

Konstantinos Vlachos and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1052–1062, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa394

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Attenuated heart rate recovery is associated with higher arrhythmia recurrence and mortality following atrial fibrillation ablation

Eoin Donnellan and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1063–1071, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa419

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Sudden death and ICDs

CarDiac magnEtic Resonance for prophylactic Implantable-cardioVerter defibrillAtor ThErapy in Non-Ischaemic dilated CardioMyopathy: an international Registry

Andrea Igoren Guaricci and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1072–1083, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa401

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Channelopathies and cardiomyopathies

Sex differences in disease progression and arrhythmic risk in patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Christine Rootwelt-Norberg and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1084–1091, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab077

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Syncope

Likelihood of injury due to vasovagal syncope: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Juliana G Jorge and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1092–1099, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab041

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Age-related tilt test responses in patients with suspected reflex syncope

Giulia Rivasi and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1100–1105, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab024

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EHRA Survey

Current perspectives on wearable rhythm recordings for clinical decision-making: the wEHRAbles 2 survey

Martin Manninger and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1106–1113, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab064

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Basic Science

Bi-atrial high-density mapping reveals inhibition of wavefront turning and reduction of complex propagation patterns as main antiarrhythmic mechanisms of vernakalant

Arne van Hunnik and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1114–1123, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab026

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Modelling sudden cardiac death risks factors in patients with coronavirus disease of 2019: the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin case

Jérôme Montnach and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1124–1136, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab043

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Alpha 1-adrenoceptor signalling contributes to toxic effects of catecholamine on electrical properties in cardiomyocytes

Mengying Huang and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1137–1148, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab008

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EP Case Express

Real-time multielectrode mapping of pulmonary vein gap closure

Juan Acosta and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1015, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa422

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Cryoablation of stellate ganglion for the management of electrical storm: the first reported case

Sofia Chatzidou and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1105, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab006

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Letters to the Editor

The effect of centre volume and procedure location on major complications and mortality from transvenous lead extraction: an ESC EHRA EORP European Lead Extraction ConTRolled ELECTRa registry subanalysis

Hugo-Pierre Racine and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1149, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab038

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The effect of centre volume and procedure location on major complications and mortality from transvenous lead extraction: an ESC EHRA EORP European Lead Extraction ConTRolled ELECTRa Registry subanalysis—Author’s reply

Baldeep S Sidhu and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1149–1150, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab039

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SARS-CoV-2 and electrocardiography: is electrocardiography a predictor of mortality?

Erdi Babayiğit and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1150, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab075

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SARS-CoV-2 and electrocardiography: is electrocardiography a predictor of mortality?—Authors’ reply

Gaetano Antonio Lanza and Antonio De Vita

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1151, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab076

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α₁-adrenoceptors and takotsubo syndrome: pathophysiologic connotations

John E Madias

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Pages 1151–1152, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab119

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α₁-adrenoceptors and takotsubo syndrome: pathophysiologic connotations—Authors’ reply

Mengying Huang and others

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1152, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab120

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Erratum

Erratum to: Recommendations for participation in leisure-time physical activity and competitive sports of patients with arrhythmias and potentially arrhythmogenic conditions. Part 2: ventricular arrhythmias, channelopathies, and implantable defibrillators: A position statement of the Section of Sports Cardiology and Exercise from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), both associations of the European Society of Cardiology

EP Europace, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2021, Page 1113, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euab066

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