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Arrhythmia Highlights - Papers of Interest

Papers and articles of interest on Electrophysiology and related topics

Arrhythmia Highlights - Our Web Committee's choices

 
The cost of illness of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of the recent literature.
Wolowacz S.E. et al. Europace 2011; 13: 1375-1385 doi:10.1093.  Read more 
The Effect of Rate Control on Quality of Life in Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Data From the RACE II (Rate Control Efficacy in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation II) Study.
Groenveld HF et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Oct 18.  Read more 
The Importance of Class-I Antiarrhythmic Drug Test in the Evaluation of Patients with Syncope: Rebreak Unmasking Brugada Syndrome. 
Roos et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Oct 10. Read more 
The European Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Survey: comparison of outcomes between de novo cardiac resynchronization therapy implantations and upgrades.
Bogale et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2011 Sep 13.   Read more
Ambulatory external electrocardiographic monitoring focus on atrial fibrillation.
Mittal et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Oct 18.  Read more
Catheter ablation of severe neurally meditated reflex (neurocardiogenic or vasovagal) syncope: cardioneuroablation long-term results.
Pachon JS et al. Europace 2011; 13: 1231-1242. Read more 
Characterization of Fractionated Atrial Electrograms Critical for Maintenance of AF: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Ablation Strategies (The CFAE AF Trial).
Hunter et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Aug 15. Read more
Cardiac resynchronization therapy and reverse molecular remodeling: importance of mitochondrial redox signaling.
Zweier et al. Circ Res. 2011 Sep 16;109(7):716-9. Read more
Activation and entrainment mapping of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device.
Miller MA et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Sep 20;58(13):1363-71.  Read more
Outcomes for Patients with Ischaemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation: The PRISM Study (A Program of Research Informing Stroke Management).
Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 Sep 15;32(4):370-382. Gattellari et al.  Read more
Management of patients with palpitations: a position paper from the European Heart Rhythm Association.
Raviele A et al. Europace. 2011 Jul;13(7):920-34. Read more
Mortality and Readmission of Patients With Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, or Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 38,047 Patients.
Van Diepen et al. Circulation. 2011 Jun 27. Read more
Acute and Chronic Effects of Epicardial Radiofrequency Applications Delivered on Epicardial Coronary Arteries.
Viles-Gonzalez et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Jun 17. Read more 
Extraction of transvenous leads in the operating room versus electrophysiology laboratory: A comparative study.
Franceschi et al. Heart Rhythm. 2011 Jul;8(7):1001-5. Read more 
Contact sensing provides a highly accurate means to titrate radiofrequency ablation lesion depth.
Holmes D. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Jun;22(6):684-90. Read more 
Isolated Septal Substrate for Ventricular Tachycardia in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Incidence, Characterization and Implications.
Haqqani HM et al. Heart Rhythm. 2011 Mar 7. Read more
Thoracoscopic Video-Assisted Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation, Ganglionated Plexus Ablation and Periprocedural Confirmation of Ablation Lesions. First Results of a Hybrid Surgical-Electrophysiological Approach for Atrial Fibrillation. 
Krul SP et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Apr 14. Read more
Gaps in the Ablation Line as a Potential Cause of Recovery from Electrical Isolation and their Visualization using MRI. 
Ranjan R et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Apr 14. Read more
The Extent of Left Ventricular Scar Quantified by Late Gadolinium Enhancement MRI Is Associated with Spontaneous Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.
Scott PA et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Apr 14. Read more 
The Prevalence of Echocardiographic Accretions on the Leads of Patients with Permanent Pacemakers.
Dundar C et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Apr 12. Read more
A simple pacing method to diagnose postero-anterior (clockwise) cavo-tricuspid isthmus block after radiofrequency ablation.
Pastor A, et al. Europace. 2010; 12: 1290-1295. Read more
Prophylactic implantable defibrillator in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia and no prior ventricular fibrillation or sustained ventricular tachycardia.
Corrado D, et al. Circulation 2010. Read more
The electropathological substrate of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with structural heart disease: Longitudinal dissociation.
Allessie MA, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2010. Read more
Age as a risk factor for stroke in atrial fibrillation patients: Implications for thromboprophylaxis.
Marinigh R et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010; 56: 827-837. Read more
Lead extraction in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients.
Cecchin F, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2010. Read more
Magnetic resonance imaging of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators without specific absorption rate restrictions.
Mollerus M et al. Europace. 2010;.12(7): 947-951. Read more 

Dronedarone in patients with congestive heart failure: insights from ATHENA .
Hohnloser SH et al for the ATHENA Investigators. Eur Heart J. 2010; 31(14): 1717-1721 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq113. Read more

An entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Bardy GH et al. N Engl J Med. 2010; 363(1): 36-44. Read more

Circumferential pulmonary vein ablation with additional linear ablation results in an increased incidence of left atrial flutter compared with segmental pulmonary vein isolation as an initial approach to ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Sawhney N et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2010; 3(3): 243-248. Read more

Periprocedural stroke and management of major bleeding complications in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the impact of periprocedural therapeutic international normalized ratio.
Di Biase L et al. Circulation. 2010; 121(23): 2550-2556. Read more

Desmosomal gene analysis in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: spectrum of mutations and clinical impact in practice.
Fressart V et al. Europace 2010; 12: 861-868. Read more
Lenient versus strict rate control in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Van Gelder IC et al, RACE II Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2010; 362: 1363-73. Read more
Direct transthoracic access to the left ventricle for catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia.
Calvin HC et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2010; 3: 178-185. Read more
The response of the QT Interval to the brief tachycardia provoked by standing: A bedside test for diagnosing long QT syndrome.
Viskin S et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010; 55: 1955-1961. Read more
Combined assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony and contractility by speckled tracking strain imaging: a novel index for predicting responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Inden Y et al. Heart Rhythm. 2010; 7: 655-656. Read more
Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Kuck KH et al. Lancet 2010; 375: 31-40.. Read more
Peri-mitral atrial flutter in patients with atrial fibrillation ablation.
Matsuo S et al. Heart Rhythm 2010;7:2-8. Read more
Initial experience of assessing esophageal tissue injury and recovery using delayed-enhancement MRI after atrial fibrillation ablation.
Badger TJ et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2009;2:620-625. Read more
Percutaneous epicardial radiofrequency ablation of ventricular arrhythmias after failure of endocardial approach: A 9-year experience.
Grimard C. et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010;21: 56-61. Read more
Catheter ablation of recurrent scar-related ventricular tachycardia using electroanatomical mapping and irrigated ablation technology: results of the prospective multicenter Euro-VT-study.
Tanner H et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010;21: 47-53. Read more
Ventricular arrhythmia in coronary artery disease: limits of a risk stratification strategy based on the ejection fraction alone and impact of infarct localization.
Pascale P et al. Europace 2009;11:1639-46. Read more

A simplified biventricular defibrillator with fixed long detection intervals reduces ICD interventions and heart failure hospitalizations in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy implanted for primary prevention: the RELEVANT study.
Gasparini M et al. Eur Heart J 2009;30:2758-2767. Read more

Biventricular pacing in patients with bradycardia and normal ejection fraction.
Yu CM et al. N Engl J Med 2009. [Epub ahead of print]. Read more
Heart rate predicts outcomes in an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator population.
Ahmadi-Kashani M et al. on behalf of the INTRINSIC RV Study Investigators. Circulation 2009;120:2040-2045. Read more
How Can We Avoid a Stroke Crisis ?
Working group report : Stroke prevention in patients with AF
December 2009 Read more