Editor's Featured Selections


These are featured, free articles selected by Dr. Zipes each month from Heart Rhythm with the intention of supporting physicians in their practice and treatment of patients, as well as assisting others in their scientific research.


 

2012

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Distinguishing “benign” from “malignant early repolarization”: The value of the ST-segment morphology

February 2012 (Vol. 9 | No. 2 | Pages 225-229)

Raphael Rosso, Eran Glikson, Bernard Belhassen, Amos Katz, Amir Halkin, Arie Steinvil, Sami Viskin et al. Full-length article

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Development and validation of a risk score to predict early mortality in recipients of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

January 2012 (Vol. 9 | No. 1 | Pages 42-46)

Daniel B. Kramer, Paul A. Friedman, Linda M. Kallinen, Thomas Ben Morrison, Daniel J. Crusan, David O. Hodge, Matthew R. Reynolds, Robert G. Hauser et al. Full-length article

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2011

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Shocks burden and increased mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients

December 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 12 | Pages 1881-1886)

Gail K. Larsen, John Evans, William E. Lambert, Yiyi Chen, Merritt H. Raitt et al. Full-length article

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Incidence and predictors of major complications from contemporary catheter ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmias

November 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 11 | Pages 1661-1666)

Marius Bohnen, William G. Stevenson, Usha B. Tedrow, Gregory F. Michaud, Roy M. John, Laurence M. Epstein, Christine M. Albert, Bruce A. Koplan et al. Full-length article

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Causes of nonischemic sudden cardiac death in the current era

October 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 10 | Pages 1570-1575)

Eeva Hookana, M. Juhani Junttila, Veli-Pekka Puurunen, Jani T. Tikkanen, Kari S. Kaikkonen, Marja-Leena Kortelainen, Robert J. Myerburg, Heikki V. Huikuri et al. Full-length article

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Efficacy and safety of cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review of published studies

September 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 9 | Pages 1444-1451)

Jason G. Andrade, Paul Khairy, Peter G. Guerra, Marc W. Deyell, Lena Rivard, Laurent Macle, Bernard Thibault, Mario Talajic, Denis Roy, Marc Dubuc et al. Full-length article

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HRS Policy Statement: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Curriculum: Update 2011

August 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 8 | Pages 1340-1356)

Mark S. Link, Derek V. Exner, Mark Anderson, Michael Ackerman, Amin Al-Ahmad, Bradley P. Knight, Steven M. Markowitz, Elizabeth S. Kaufman, David Haines, Samuel J. Asirvatham, David J. Callans, J. Paul Mounsey, Frank Bogun, Sanjiv M. Narayan, Andrew D. Krahn, Suneet Mittal, Jagmeet Singh, John D. Fisher, Sumeet S. Chugh et al. Full-length article

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Guidance for the Heart Rhythm Society Pertaining to Interactions with Industry: Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society on April 26, 2011

July 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 7 | Pages e19-e25)

Bruce D. Lindsay, Samuel J. Asirvatham, Anne B. Curtis, Melanie T. Gura, David L. Hayes, Jose Jalife, George J. Klein, Bradley P. Knight, Rachel Lampert, Andrea Natale, Douglas L. Packer, Richard L. Page, Melvin M. Scheinman, Amit J. Shanker, Paul J. Wang, Jonathan P. Weiss, Bruce L. Wilkoff, Chris D. Busky et al. Full-length article

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Point: M cells are present in the ventricular myocardium

June 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 6 | Pages 930-933)

Lance D. Wilson, Michelle M. Jennings, David S. Rosenbaum Full-length article

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Counterpoint: M cells do not have a functional role in the ventricular myocardium of the intact heart

June 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 6 | Pages 934-937)

Michiel J. Janse, Ruben Coronel, Tobias Opthof Full-length article

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Effects of chronic omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on human atrial mechanical function after reversion of atrial arrhythmias to sinus rhythm: Reversal of tachycardia-mediated atrial cardiomyopathy with fish oils

May 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 5 | Pages 643-649)

Saurabh Kumar, Fiona Sutherland, Miriam Wheeler, Patrick M. Heck, Geoffrey Lee, Andrew W. Teh, Manohar L. Garg, John G. Morgan, Paul B. Sparks et al. Full-length article

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Effect of reperfusion time on inducible ventricular tachycardia early and spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias late after ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention

April 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Pages 493-499)

Saurabh Kumar, Gopal Sivagangabalan, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Elizabeth B. West, Arun Narayan, Norman Sadick, Andrew T.L. Ong, Pramesh Kovoor et al. Full-length article

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Mortality benefits from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy are not restricted to patients with remote myocardial infarction: an analysis from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)

March 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 3 | Pages 393-400)

Jonathan P. Piccini, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Anne S. Hellkamp, Kevin J. Anstrom, Jeanne E. Poole, Daniel B. Mark, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy et al. Full-length article

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N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is associated with sudden cardiac death risk: the Cardiovascular Health Study

February 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 2 | Pages 228-233)

Kristen K. Patton, Nona Sotoodehnia, Christopher DeFilippi, David S. Siscovick, John S. Gottdiener, Richard A. Kronmal et al. Full-length article

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2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Updating the 2006 Guideline) A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

January 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 1 | Pages 157-176)

L. Samuel Wann, Anne B. Curtis, Craig T. January, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, James E. Lowe, N.A. Mark Estes, Richard L. Page, Michael D. Ezekowitz, David J. Slotwiner, Warren M. Jackman, William G. Stevenson, Cynthia M. Tracy et al. Full-length article

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2010

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Neuropsychological decline after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

December 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 12 | Pages 1761-1767)

Niko Schwarz, Malte Kuniss, Max Nedelmann, Manfred Kaps, Georg Bachmann, Thomas Neumann, Heinz-Friedrich Pitschner, Tibo Gerriets et al. Full-length article

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Ethical and legal views of physicians regarding deactivation of cardiac implantable electrical devices: A quantitative assessment

November 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 11 | Pages 1537-1542)

Daniel B. Kramer, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Dan W. Brock, William H. Maisel Full-length article

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Implementing the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines improves outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

October 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 10 | Pages 1357-1362)

Tom P. Aufderheide, Demetris Yannopoulos, Charles J. Lick, Brent Myers, Laurie A. Romig, Joseph C. Stothert, Jeffrey Barnard, Levon Vartanian, Ashley J. Pilgrim, David G. Benditt et al. Full-length article

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Antiarrhythmic use from 1991 to 2007: Insights from the Canadian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation (CARAF I and II)

September 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 9 | Pages 1171-1177)

Jason G. Andrade, Stuart J. Connolly, Paul Dorian, Martin Green, Karin H. Humphries, George J. Klein, Robert Sheldon, Mario Talajic, Charles R. Kerr et al. Full-length article

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Lead integrity alert algorithm decreases inappropriate shocks in patients who have Sprint Fidelis pace-sense conductor fractures

August 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 8 | Pages 1048-1055)

Linda M. Kallinen, Robert G. Hauser, Chuen Tang, Daniel P. Melby, Adrian K. Almquist, William T. Katsiyiannis, Charles C. Gornick et al. Full-length article

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Gender differences in clinical outcome and primary prevention defibrillator benefit in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

July 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 7 | Pages 876-882)

Pasquale Santangeli, Gemma Pelargonio, Antonio Dello Russo, Michela Casella, Caterina Bisceglia, Stefano Bartoletti, Pietro Santarelli, Luigi Di Biase, Andrea Natale et al. Full-length article

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Outcomes of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: A systematic review

June 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 6 | Pages 835-846)

Anthony G. Brooks, Martin K. Stiles, Julien Laborderie, Dennis H. Lau, Pawel Kuklik, Nicholas J. Shipp, Li-Fern Hsu, Prashanthan Sanders et al. Full-length article

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Vagal tone augmentation to the atrioventricular node in humans: Efficacy and safety of burst endocardial stimulation

May 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 5 | Pages 683-689)

Pietro Rossi, Stefano Bianchi, Giancarlo Monari, Alberto Della Scala, Daniele Porcelli, Sergio Valsecchi, Sergio Canonaco, Lilian Kornet, Paolo Azzolini et al. Full-length article

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Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with senile, vascular, and Alzheimer's dementia

April 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 4 | Pages 433-437)

T. Jared Bunch, J. Peter Weiss, Brian G. Crandall, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Jeffrey S. Osborn, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Benjamin D. Horne, Donald L. Lappe, John D. Day et al. Full-length article

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P wave and the development of atrial fibrillation

March 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 3 | Pages 289-294)

Katsuya Ishida, Hideki Hayashi, Akashi Miyamoto, Yoshihisa Sugimoto, Makoto Ito, Yoshitaka Murakami, Minoru Horie et al. Full-length article

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Mechanism of right precordial ST-segment elevation in structural heart disease: Excitation failure by current-to-load mismatch

February 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 2 | Pages 238-248)

Mark G. Hoogendijk, Mark Potse, André C. Linnenbank, Arie O. Verkerk, Hester M. den Ruijter, Shirley C.M. van Amersfoorth, Eva C. Klaver, Leander Beekman, Connie R. Bezzina, Pieter G. Postema, Hanno L. Tan, Annette G. Reimer, Allard C. van der Wal, Arend D.J. ten Harkel, Michiel Dalinghaus, Alain Vinet, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Jacques M.T. de Bakker, Ruben Coronel et al. Full-length article

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RR-interval irregularity precedes ventricular fibrillation in ST elevation acute myocardial infarction

January 2010 (Vol. 7 | No. 1 | Pages 65-71)

Miguel E. Lemmert, Mohamed Majidi, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Sebastiaan C.A.M. Bekkers, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Hein J.J. Wellens, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Anton P.M. Gorgels et al. Full-length article

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2009

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Longevity of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, influencing factors, and comparison to industry-projected longevity

December 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 12 | Pages 1737-1743)

Beat Andreas Schaer, Michael Theodor Koller, Christian Sticherling, David Altmann, Lucas Joerg, Stefan Osswald et al. Full-length article

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Impact of radiofrequency ablation of frequent post-infarction premature ventricular complexes on left ventricular ejection fraction

November 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 11 | Pages 1543-1549)

Jean-Francois Sarrazin, Troy Labounty, Michael Kuhne, Thomas Crawford, William F. Armstrong, Benoit Desjardins, Eric Good, Krit Jongnarangsin, Aman Chugh, Hakan Oral, Frank Pelosi, Fred Morady, Frank Bogun et al. Full-length article

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Impact of type of atrial fibrillation and repeat catheter ablation on long-term freedom from atrial fibrillation: Results from a multicenter study

October 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 10 | Pages 1403-1412)

Mandeep Bhargava, Luigi Di Biase, Prasant Mohanty, Subramanyam Prasad, David O. Martin, Michelle Williams-Andrews, Oussama M. Wazni, J. David Burkhardt, Jennifer E. Cummings, Yaariv Khaykin, Atul Verma, Steven Hao, Salwa Beheiry, Richard Hongo, Antonio Rossillo, Antonio Raviele, Aldo Bonso, Sakis Themistoclakis, Kelly Stewart, Walid I. Saliba, Robert A. Schweikert, Andrea Natale et al. Full-length article

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Drugs and Brugada syndrome patients: Review of the literature, recommendations, and an up-to-date website (www.brugadadrugs.org)

September 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 9 | Pages 1335-1341)

Pieter G. Postema, Christian Wolpert, Ahmad S. Amin, Vincent Probst, Martin Borggrefe, Dan M. Roden, Silvia G. Priori, Hanno L. Tan, Masayasu Hiraoka, Josep Brugada, Arthur A.M. Wilde et al. Full-length article

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Predictive value of electrocardiographic QT interval and T-wave morphology parameters for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a general population sample

August 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 8 | Pages 1202-1208.e1)

Kimmo Porthan, Matti Viitasalo, Antti Jula, Antti Reunanen, Janne Rapola, Heikki Väänänen, Markku S. Nieminen, Lauri Toivonen, Veikko Salomaa, Lasse Oikarinen et al. Full-length article

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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia clinical presentation and diagnostic evaluation: Results from the North American Multidisciplinary Study

July 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 7 | Pages 984-992)

Frank I. Marcus, Wojciech Zareba, Hugh Calkins, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Cristina Basso, David A. Bluemke, N.A. Mark Estes, Michael H. Picard, Danita Sanborn, Gaetano Thiene, Thomas Wichter, David Cannom, David J. Wilber, Melvin Scheinman, Henry Duff, James Daubert, Mario Talajic, Andrew Krahn, Michael Sweeney, Hasan Garan, Scott Sakaguchi, Bruce B. Lerman, Charles Kerr, Jack Kron, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Duane Sherrill, Kathleen Gear, Mary Brown, Patricia Severski, Slava Polonsky, Scott McNitt et al. Full-length article

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Left cardiac sympathetic denervation for the treatment of long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia using video-assisted thoracic surgery

June 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 6 | Pages 752-759)

Christopher A. Collura, Jonathan N. Johnson, Christopher Moir, Michael J. Ackerman Full-length article

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Arrhythmogenicity of weight-loss supplements marketed on the Internet

May 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 5 | Pages 658-662)

Alireza Nazeri, Ali Massumi, James M. Wilson, Christopher M. Frank, Michael Bensler, Jie Cheng, Mohammad Saeed, Abdi Rasekh, Mehdi Razavi et al. Full-length article

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Utilization of a national network for rapid response to the Medtronic Fidelis lead advisory: The Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device Advisory Committee

April 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 4 | Pages 474-477)

Andrew D. Krahn, Christopher S. Simpson, Ratika Parkash, Raymond Yee, Jean Champagne, Jeffrey S. Healey, Doug Cameron, Bernard Thibault, Iqwal Mangat, Stanley Tung, Laurence Sterns, David H. Birnie, Derek V. Exner, Soori Sivakumaran, Ted Davies, Benoit Coutu, Eugene Crystal, Kevin Wolfe, Atul Verma, Elizabeth A. Stephenson, Shubhayan Sanatani, Robert Gow, Sean Connors, Felix Ayala Paredes, Michael Turabian, Teresa Kus, Martin Gardner, Vidal Essebag et al. Full-length article

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Ethnic and racial disparities in cardiac resynchronization therapy

March 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 3 | Pages 325-331)

Steven A. Farmer, James N. Kirkpatrick, Paul A. Heidenreich, Jeptha P. Curtis, Yongfei Wang, Peter W. Groeneveld et al. Full-length article

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Nerve Supply of the Human Pulmonary Veins: An Anatomical Study

February 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 2 | Pages 221-228)

Raimundas Vaitkevicius, Inga Saburkina, Kristina Rysevaite, Inga Vaitkeviciene, Neringa Pauziene, Remigijus Zaliunas, Patrick Schauerte, José Jalife, Dainius H. Pauza et al. Full-length article

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Relationship between the spectral characteristics of atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardias that occur after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

January 2009 (Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 11-17)

Kentaro Yoshida, Aman Chugh, Magnus Ulfarsson, Eric Good, Michael Kuhne, Thomas Crawford, Jean F. Sarrazin, Nagib Chalfoun, Darryl Wells, Warangkna Boonyapisit, Srikar Veerareddy, Sreedhar Billakanty, Wai S. Wong, Krit Jongnarangsin, Frank Pelosi, Frank Bogun, Fred Morady, Hakan Oral et al. Full-length article

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2008

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Pulmonary vein isolation by duty-cycled bipolar and unipolar radiofrequency energy with a multielectrode ablation catheter

December 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 12 | Pages 1635-1642)

Lucas V.A. Boersma, Maurits C.E.F. Wijffels, Hakan Oral, Eric F.D. Wever, Fred Morady et al. Full-length article

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Atrial fibrillation progression and management: A 5-year prospective follow-up study

November 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 11 | Pages 1501-1507)

Carlo Pappone, Andrea Radinovic, Francesco Manguso, Gabriele Vicedomini, Giuseppe Ciconte, Stefania Sacchi, Patrizio Mazzone, Gabriele Paglino, Simone Gulletta, Simone Sala, Vincenzo Santinelli et al. Full-length article

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Epidemiology and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation in the United States

October 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 10 | Pages 1365-1372)

Alexander M. Walker, Dimitri Bennett Full-length article

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Endothelial dysfunction in heart failure identifies responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy

September 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 9 | Pages 1229-1235)

Joseph G. Akar, M. Obadah Al-Chekakie, Tyler Fugate, Lynn Moran, Borislav Froloshki, Niraj Varma, Peter Santucci, David J. Wilber, Martin E. Matsumura et al. Full-length article

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Heart rate turbulence predicts all-cause mortality and sudden death in congestive heart failure patients

August 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 8 | Pages 1095-1102)

Iwona Cygankiewicz, Wojciech Zareba, Rafael Vazquez, Montserrat Vallverdu, Jose R. Gonzalez-Juanatey, Mariano Valdes, Jesus Almendral, Juan Cinca, Pere Caminal, Antoni Bayes de Luna, MUSIC Investigators et al. Full-length article

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Identification and distribution of interstitial Cajal cells in human pulmonary veins

July 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 7 | Pages 1063-1067)

Elodie Morel, David Meyronet, Françoise Thivolet-Bejuy, Philippe Chevalier Full-length article

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Survival trends in the United States following exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest in the youth: 2000–2006

June 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 6 | Pages 794-799)

Jonathan A. Drezner, Jordan S.D.Y. Chun, Kimberly G. Harmon, Linette Derminer Full-length article

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Cardiac fibrillation: From ion channels to rotors in the human heart

June 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 6 | Pages 872-879)

Miguel Vaquero, David Calvo, José Jalife Full-length article

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Outcome of the Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead advisory: A report from the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device Advisory Committee

May 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 5 | Pages 639-642)

Andrew D. Krahn, Jean Champagne, Jeffrey S. Healey, Doug Cameron, Christopher S. Simpson, Bernard Thibault, Iqwal Mangat, Stanley Tung, Laurence Sterns, David H. Birnie, Derek V. Exner, Ratika Parkash, Soori Sivakumaran, Ted Davies, Benoit Coutu, Eugene Crystal, Kevin Wolfe, Atul Verma, Elizabeth A. Stephenson, Shubhayan Sanatani, Robert Gow, Sean Connors, Felix Ayala Paredes, Vidal Essebag et al. Full-length article

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Association between statin use and mortality in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and left ventricular systolic dysfunction

April 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 4 | Pages 507-510)

Craig I. Coleman, Jeffrey Kluger, Sanjeev Bhavnani, Christopher Clyne, Ravi Yarlagadda, Danette Guertin, C. Michael White et al. Full-length article

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Gain of function in IKs secondary to a mutation in KCNE5 associated with atrial fibrillation

March 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 3 | Pages 427-435)

Lasse S. Ravn, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Guido D. Pollevick, Jacob Hofman-Bang, Jonathan M. Cordeiro, Ulrik Dixen, Gorm Jensen, Yuesheng Wu, Elena Burashnikov, Stig Haunso, Alejandra Guerchicoff, Dan Hu, Jesper H. Svendsen, Michael Christiansen, Charles Antzelevitch et al. Full-length article

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Electromechanical coupling in patients with the short QT syndrome: Further insights into the mechanoelectrical hypothesis of the U wave

February 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 2 | Pages 241-245)

Rainer Schimpf, Charles Antzelevitch, Dariush Haghi, Carla Giustetto, Alfredo Pizzuti, Fiorenzo Gaita, Christian Veltmann, Christian Wolpert, Martin Borggrefe et al. Full-length article

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Spontaneous stellate ganglion nerve activity and ventricular arrhythmia in a canine model of sudden death

January 2008 (Vol. 5 | No. 1 | Pages 131-139)

Shengmei Zhou, Byung-Chun Jung, Alex Y. Tan, Vinh Quang Trang, Ghassan Gholmieh, Seong-Wook Han, Shien-Fong Lin, Michael C. Fishbein, Peng-Sheng Chen, Lan S. Chen et al. Full-length article

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