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EHRA CONSENSUS DOCUMENT

Jean Jacques Blanc, Jesus Almendral, Michele Brignole, Marjaneh Fatemi, Knut Gjesdal, Esteban González-Torrecilla, Piotr Kulakowski, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Dipen Shah, and Christian Wolpert on behalf of the Scientific Initiatives Committee of the European Heart Rhythm Association

Consensus document on antithrombotic therapy in the setting of electrophysiological procedures
Europace 2008 10: 513-527; doi:10.1093/europace/eun104 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ICDs

Get checked abstract Hoong Sern Lim, Gregory Y.H. Lip, and Hung-Fat Tse

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator following acute myocardial infarction: the ‘48-hour’ and ‘40-day’ rule
Europace Advance Access published on March 26, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 536-539; doi:10.1093/europace/eun070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Douglas P. Gibson, Kristin K. Kuntz, James L. Levenson, and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

Decision-making, emotional distress, and quality of life in patients affected by the recall of their implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Europace 2008 10: 540-544; doi:10.1093/europace/eun082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jens B. Johansen, Susanne S. Pedersen, Helle Spindler, Kirsten Andersen, Jens C. Nielsen, and Peter T. Mortensen

Symptomatic heart failure is the most important clinical correlate of impaired quality of life, anxiety, and depression in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients: a single-centre, cross-sectional study in 610 patients
Europace Advance Access published on March 31, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 545-551; doi:10.1093/europace/eun073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Komandoor Srivathsan, Luis R. Scott, and Gregory T. Altemose

T-wave oversensing and inappropriate shocks: a case report
Europace 2008 10: 552-555; doi:10.1093/europace/eun083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Petr Neuzil, Milos Taborsky, Frantisek Holy, and Karsten Wallbrueck

Early automatic remote detection of combined lead insulation defect and ICD damage
Europace Advance Access published on January 28, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 556-557; doi:10.1093/europace/eun009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY

Get checked abstract Sandra Buck, Michiel Rienstra, Alexander H. Maass, Wybe Nieuwland, Dirk J. Van Veldhuisen, and Isabelle C. Van Gelder

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: importance of new-onset atrial fibrillation and total atrial conduction time
Europace Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 558-565; doi:10.1093/europace/eun064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Majid Haghjoo, Ataallah Bagherzadeh, Maryam Moshkani Farahani, Zahra Ojaghi Haghighi, and Mohammad Ali Sadr-Ameli

Significance of QRS morphology in determining the prevalence of mechanical dyssynchrony in heart failure patients eligible for cardiac resynchronization: particular focus on patients with right bundle branch block with and without coexistent left-sided conduction defects
Europace Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 566-571; doi:10.1093/europace/eun081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ALTERNATIVE VENTRICULAR PACING SITES

Michael D. Gammage

Base over apex: does site matter for pacing the right ventricle?
Europace Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 572-573; doi:10.1093/europace/eun087 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexander Kypta, Clemens Steinwender, Jürgen Kammler, Franz Leisch, and Robert Hofmann

Long-term outcomes in patients with atrioventricular block undergoing septal ventricular lead implantation compared with standard apical pacing
Europace Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 574-579; doi:10.1093/europace/eun085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Zanon, Enrico Bacchiega, Lucia Rampin, Sivio Aggio, Enrico Baracca, Gianni Pastore, Tiziana Marotta, Giorgio Corbucci, Loris Roncon, Domenico Rubello, and Frits W. Prinzen

Direct His bundle pacing preserves coronary perfusion compared with right ventricular apical pacing: a prospective, cross-over mid-term study
Europace Advance Access published on April 11, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 580-587; doi:10.1093/europace/eun089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Naser Imran, Blair Grubb, and Yousuf Kanjwal

Persistent left superior vena cava: a blessing in disguise
Europace Advance Access published on March 3, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 588-590; doi:10.1093/europace/eun043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shih-Tsung Cheng and Kuan-Hung Yeh

Pseudomalfunction of a dual chamber pacemaker caused by accelerated junctional rhythm and alternating ventricular safety pacing
Europace Advance Access published on January 28, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 591-592; doi:10.1093/europace/eun003 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Get checked abstract Boris A. Lutomsky, Thomas Rostock, Andreas Koops, Daniel Steven, Kai Müllerleile, Helge Servatius, Imke Drewitz, Denis Ueberschär, Thorsten Plagemann, Rodolfo Ventura, Thomas Meinertz, and Stephan Willems

Catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation improves cardiac function: a prospective study on the impact of atrial fibrillation ablation on left ventricular function assessed by magnetic resonance imaging
Europace Advance Access published on April 1, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 593-599; doi:10.1093/europace/eun076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xin-Hua Wang, Xu Liu, Yu-Min Sun, Hai-Feng Shi, Li Zhou, and Jia-Ning Gu

Pulmonary vein isolation combined with superior vena cava isolation for atrial fibrillation ablation: a prospective randomized study
Europace 2008 10: 600-605; doi:10.1093/europace/eun077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mauro Lencioni, Sarkaw Muhyaldeen, Howard Marshall, and Michael Griffith

Verification of electrical isolation of pulmonary veins following left atrial circumferential ablation may require sinus rhythm
Europace Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 606-608; doi:10.1093/europace/eun074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marek Kiliszek, Edward Kozluk, and Piotr Scislo

Unusual thrombo-embolic event after radiofrequency ablation
Europace Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 609; doi:10.1093/europace/eun037 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Birgitta Johansson, Birgitta Houltz, Eva Berglin, Gunnar Brandrup-Wognsen, Thomas Karlsson, and Nils Edvardsson

Short-term sinus rhythm predicts long-term sinus rhythm and clinical improvement after intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation
Europace Advance Access published on March 28, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 610-617; doi:10.1093/europace/eun066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPORTS AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Get checked abstract Lluis Molina, Lluis Mont, Jaume Marrugat, Antonio Berruezo, Josep Brugada, Jordi Bruguera, Carolina Rebato, and Roberto Elosua

Long-term endurance sport practice increases the incidence of lone atrial fibrillation in men: a follow-up study
Europace Advance Access published on April 4, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 618-623; doi:10.1093/europace/eun071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Get checked abstract Esteban González-Torrecilla, Jesús Almendral, Angel Arenal, Felipe Atienza, Silvia del Castillo, and Francisco Fernández-Avilés

Independent predictive accuracy of classical electrocardiographic criteria in the diagnosis of paroxysmal atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardias in patients without pre-excitation
Europace Advance Access published on April 8, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 624-628; doi:10.1093/europace/eun084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fabrizio Drago, Massimo Stefano Silvetti, Antonella De Santis, Simona Marcora, Giovanni Fazio, Silvia Anaclerio, Paolo Versacci, Francesca Iodice, and Vincenzo Di Ciommo

Paroxysmal reciprocating supraventricular tachycardia in infants: electrophysiologically guided medical treatment and long-term evolution of the re-entry circuit
Europace Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 629-635; doi:10.1093/europace/eun069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Subbareddy Vanga, Dimpi Patel, Huagui Li, and Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy

Incessant right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia due to subacute postpartum thyroiditis
Europace Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 636-637; doi:10.1093/europace/eun075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Virgilio Martínez-Mateo, Miguel A. Arias, Rocío Juárez-Tosina, and Luis Rodríguez-Padial

Permanent third-degree atrioventricular block as clinical presentation of an intracardiac bronchogenic cyst
Europace Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 638-640; doi:10.1093/europace/eun056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eloi Marijon, Nicolas Combes, Serge Boveda, and Jean Paul Albenque

Wenckebach type block on surface ECG due to infra-Hisian location in a patient with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
Europace Advance Access published on March 18, 2008
Europace 2008 10: 641-642; doi:10.1093/europace/eun068 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STATEMENT FROM THE HEART GROUP

A Statement on Ethics From the HEART Group
Europace 2008 10: 643-645; doi:10.1093/europace/eun079 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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