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Reviewer Thanks pages 147-148 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
Remarkable Reviewers page 148 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (38 KB)
Clinical
Atrial Fibrillation
Intracardiac and extracardiac markers of inflammation during atrial fibrillation, 12 October 2009 Gregory M. Marcus, Lisa M. Smith, Karen Ordovas, Melvin M. Scheinman, Albert M. Kim, Nitish Badhwar, Randall J. Lee, Zian H. Tseng, Byron K. Lee, Jeffrey E. Olgin pages 149-154 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (432 KB)
Editorial Commentary
Atrial fibrillation and inflammation: Quest for the missing link in the etiopathogenesis of AF, 26 October 2009 Sanjay Dixit pages 155-156 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (88 KB)
Ablation
Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation and linear left atrial ablation as a single-catheter technique to achieve bidirectional conduction block: The pace-and-ablate approach, 12 October 2009 Charlotte Eitel, Gerhard Hindricks, Philipp Sommer, Thomas Gaspar, Simon Kircher, Ulrike Wetzel, Nicos Dagres, Masahiro Esato, Andreas Bollmann, Daniela Husser, Sebastian Hilbert, Ruzbeh Zaker-Shahrak, Arash Arya, Christopher Piorkowski pages 157-164 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (553 KB)
How should we evaluate a new technique in a constantly changing world? The Pace and Ablate study, 30 October 2009 David J. Callans pages 165-166 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (86 KB)
Outcomes and complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in females, 26 October 2009 Dimpi Patel, Prasant Mohanty, Luigi Di Biase, Javier E. Sanchez, Mazen H. Shaheen, J. David Burkhardt, Mohammed Bassouni, Jennifer Cummings, Yan Wang, William R. Lewis, Alberto Diaz, Rodney P. Horton, Salwa Beheiry, Richard Hongo, G. Joseph Gallinghouse, Jason D. Zagrodzky, Shane M. Bailey, Amin Al-Ahmad, Paul Wang, Robert A. Schweikert, Andrea Natale pages 167-172 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (285 KB)
Inadvertent electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage during catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation, 09 November 2009 Chin Pang Chan, Wai Shun Wong, Satchana Pumprueg, Srikar Veerareddy, Sreedhar Billakanty, Christopher Ellis, Sanders Chae, Daniel Buerkel, Johan Aasbo, Thomas Crawford, Eric Good, Krit Jongnarangsin, Matthew Ebinger, Frank Bogun, Frank Pelosi, Hakan Oral, Fred Morady, Aman Chugh pages 173-180 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (982 KB)
The isolated appendage: A new victim of collateral damage during atrial fibrillation ablation?, 16 November 2009 Samuel J. Asirvatham pages 181-183 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (407 KB)
Characterization of conduction recovery after pulmonary vein isolation using the “single big cryoballoon” technique, 09 November 2009 Alexander Fürnkranz, K.R. Julian Chun, Dieter Nuyens, Andreas Metzner, Ilka Köster, Boris Schmidt, Feifan Ouyang, Karl-Heinz Kuck pages 184-190 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (591 KB)
Pulmonary vein reconnection after cryoballoon ablation: Back to the drawing board, 03 December 2009 Christopher F. Liu pages 191-192 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (88 KB)
Devices
System survival of nontransvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators compared to transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients, 16 October 2009 Andrew E. Radbill, John K. Triedman, Charles I. Berul, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Joseph Atallah, Mark E. Alexander, Edward P. Walsh, Frank Cecchin pages 193-198 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (572 KB)
Genetic
KCNE2 modulation of Kv4.3 current and its potential role in fatal rhythm disorders, 12 October 2009 Jie Wu, Wataru Shimizu, Wei-Guang Ding, Seiko Ohno, Futoshi Toyoda, Hideki Itoh, Wei-Jin Zang, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Shiro Kamakura, Hiroshi Matsuura, Koonlawee Nademanee, Josep Brugada, Pedro Brugada, Ramon Brugada, Matteo Vatta, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Charles Antzelevitch, Minoru Horie pages 199-205 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1186 KB)
Cardiac Ito, KCNE2, and Brugada syndrome: Promiscuous subunit interactions, or what happens in HEK cells stays in HEK cells?, 28 October 2009 Gordon F. Tomaselli pages 206-207 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (98 KB)
Diagnostic utility of bipolar precordial leads during ajmaline testing for suspected Brugada syndrome, 12 October 2009 Velislav N. Batchvarov, Malini Govindan, Peter Macfarlane, A. John Camm, Elijah R. Behr pages 208-215 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2120 KB)
Diagnostic value of bipolar precordial leads in Brugada syndrome: More accurate, more simple, or more theoretical?, 09 November 2009 Wataru Shimizu pages 216-217 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Atrial electrophysiological and structural remodeling in high-risk patients with Brugada syndrome: Assessment with electrophysiology and echocardiography, 02 November 2009 Norihisa Toh, Hiroshi Morita, Satoshi Nagase, Manabu Taniguchi, Daiji Miura, Nobuhiro Nishii, Kazufumi Nakamura, Tohru Ohe, Kengo F. Kusano, Hiroshi Ito pages 218-224 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (449 KB)
General
Utility of tachycardia cycle length variability in discriminating atrial tachycardia from ventricular tachycardia, 26 October 2009 Krit Jongnarangsin, Satchana Pumprueg, Narawudt Prasertwitayakij, Thomas C. Crawford, Siddharth Mukerji, Rita McLemore-McGregor, Carol Chen-Scarabelli, Matthew Ebinger, Eric Good, Aman Chugh, Frank Bogun, Frank Pelosi, Hakan Oral, Fred Morady pages 225-228 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (388 KB)
Attenuated recovery of heart rate turbulence early after myocardial infarction identifies patients at high risk for fatal or near-fatal arrhythmic events, 09 November 2009 Heikki V. Huikuri, Derek V. Exner, Katherine M. Kavanagh, Sandeep G. Aggarwal, L. Brent Mitchell, Marc D. Messier, Daniel Becker, Robert S. Sheldon, Poul-Erik Bloch Thomsen, CARISMA and REFINE Investigators pages 229-235 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (286 KB)
A new specific risk marker for postmyocardial infarction fatal arrhythmias: Significance of attenuated recovery of baroreflex sensitivity, 18 November 2009 Masamichi Hirose pages 236-237 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (96 KB)
Experimental
Mechanism of right precordial ST-segment elevation in structural heart disease: Excitation failure by current-to-load mismatch, 12 October 2009 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 pages 238-248 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2845 KB)
An alternative hypothesis for right precordial ST-segment elevation in structural heart disease with diminished sodium current, 02 November 2009 Stephen B. Knisley, J. Paul Mounsey pages 249-250 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (78 KB)
Cellular basis for atrial fibrillation in an experimental model of short QT1: Implications for a pharmacological approach to therapy, 19 October 2009 Eyal Nof, Alexander Burashnikov, Charles Antzelevitch pages 251-257 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1556 KB)
How the heart can fibrillate: When diversity is a disadvantage, 02 November 2009 Ralph Lazzara pages 258-259 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (97 KB)
Case Reports
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and congenital long QT syndrome in a patient with a novel duplication in the Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain of hERG1, 25 September 2009 Liliana Sintra Grilo, Etienne Pruvot, Michel Grobéty, Vincent Castella, Florence Fellmann, Hugues Abriel pages 260-265 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2831 KB) | Add-Ons
Avoidance of left phrenic nerve injury during endocardial ventricular tachycardia substrate modification, 02 November 2009 David F. Scollan, Oscar Alcalde, Erica Zado, Francis Marchlinski pages 266-268 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (624 KB)
Contemporary Review--Associate Editor: Sami Viskin
Relevance of imaging structures adjacent to the left atrium during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, 22 September 2009 David M. Donaldson, Amar Shah, E. Kevin Heist, Conor D. Barrett, Godtfred Holmvang, Suhny Abbara, Jeremy Ruskin, Moussa Mansour pages 269-275 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (3290 KB)
Viewpoint--Associate Editor: Yoram Rudy
Funny channel-based pacemaking, 28 October 2009 Dario DiFrancesco pages 276-279 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (406 KB)
Featured Arrhythmia--Associate Editor: Fred Morady
Supraventricular tachycardia with delayed atrial depolarization after His-synchronous ventricular stimulation: What is the mechanism?, 26 February 2009 Warangkna Boonyapisit, Michael Kuhne, Fred Morady, Krit Jongnarangsin pages 280-281 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (694 KB)
Pacemaker/ICD Problem of the Month--Associate Editors: David L. Hayes and Paul J. Wang
Decrescendo atrioventricular node conduction can result in ventricular rate faster than atrial rate during atrial tachycardia: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator electrogram analysis, 11 September 2009 Joshua M. Cooper, Wendy Tzou pages 282-284 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1671 KB)
Image--Associate Editor: David S. Rosenbaum
Effect of one cryoapplication for treatment of idiopathic left-sided ventricular tachycardia, 10 June 2009 Carl Timmermans, Luz-Maria Rodriguez pages 285-286 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (644 KB)
EP News--Associate Editors: Peng-Sheng Chen and N.A. Mark Estes III
Basic and Translational, 30 December 2009 Peng-Sheng Chen page 287 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (82 KB)
Clinical, 31 December 2009 N.A. Mark Estes page 288 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (76 KB)
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