Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2013

ISSN: 1383-875X (Print) 1572-8595 (Online)

In this issue (16 articles)

  1. EDITOR’S FORUM

    Antiarrhythmic therapy—the paradigm shifts in 2012: will it be enough to result in improved health care policies?

    S. Saksena Pages 1-2
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  2. EDITOR’S FORUM

    Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the need for studies to assess the efficacy and safety of novel anticoagulants

    Gerald V. Naccarelli, Mario D. Gonzalez Pages 3-4
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    Thermotolerance does not reduce the size or remodeling of radiofrequency lesions in the rat myocardium

    Luís Felipe dos Santos, Ednei Luíz Antonio… Pages 5-11
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    Ablation time efficiency and lesion volume - in vitro comparison of 4 mm, non irrigated, gold- and platinum-iridium-tip radiofrequency ablation catheters

    Tibor Balázs, Romola Laczkó, Eszter Bognár… Pages 13-18
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    New insights into typical atrial flutter ablation: extra-isthmus activation time on the flutter wave is predictive of extra-isthmus conduction time after isthmus block

    Decebal Gabriel Latcu, Sok-Sithikun Bun… Pages 19-25
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    Reversal of cardiomyopathy in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to tachycardia

    Zhao Donghua, Peng Jian, Xiao Zhongbo… Pages 27-32
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    Impact of respiration on electroanatomical mapping of the right atrium: implication for cavotricuspid isthmus ablation

    Ermenegildo de Ruvo, Serena Dottori… Pages 33-40
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    Cryoablation versus radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: results of a prospective randomized study

    Felipe J. Rodriguez-Entem, Víctor Expósito… Pages 41-45
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    Phrenic nerve palsy during ablation of atrial fibrillation using a 28-mm cryoballoon catheter: predictors and prevention

    Michael Kühne, Sven Knecht, David Altmann… Pages 47-54
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    Pulmonary vein re-isolation for atrial fibrillation using duty-cycled phased radiofrequency ablation: safety and efficacy of a primary 2:1 bipolar/unipolar ablation mode

    Marcus Wieczorek, Reinhard Hoeltgen… Pages 55-60
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    Long-term outcomes (>2 years) of atrial fibrillation ablation using a multi-electrode ablation catheter in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

    Khang-Li Looi, Parag Gajendragadkar… Pages 61-69
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    REVIEWS

    Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with congenital heart disease: technical challenges

    Meera Manchanda, Christopher J. McLeod… Pages 71-79
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    Active fixation mechanism complicates coronary sinus lead extraction and limits subsequent reimplantation targets

    E. M. Cronin, C. P. Ingelmo, J. Rickard… Pages 81-86
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    Case Reports

    Riata lead failure with normal electrical lead parameters and normal fluoroscopic appearance

    Umashankar Lakshmanadoss, David Lahoda… Pages 87-89
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    Assessment of shoulder pain and shoulder disability in patients with implantable cardioverter–defibrillator

    Umut Celikyurt, Aysen Agacdiken… Pages 91-94
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  16. Announcement

    Statement on matching language to the type of evidence used in describing outcomes data

    Page 95
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