December 2013

Clinical

Trainee inexperience is associated with longer procedure times but no increase in complications for cardiac device implantation
• Ata Soleimani Rahbar,
• Jonathan C. Hsu,
• Frederick T. Han,
• ...
• Peyman N. Azadani,
• Gregory M. Marcus,
• Byron K. Lee
Published online: September 09, 2013
p1755-1758

Editorial Commentary

Device implantation complications during fellowship training: It is always the fellow’s fault, or is it?
• Toshimasa Okabe,
• Daniel R. Frisch
Published online: September 23, 2013
p1759-1760

A cost-effectiveness analysis of a proactive management strategy for the Sprint Fidelis recall: A probabilistic decision analysis model
• Jamil Bashir,
• Simone Cowan,
• Adam Raymakers,
• ...
• Matthew Danter,
• Andrew Krahn,
• Larry D. Lynd
Published online: September 27, 2013
p1761-1767
To change or not to change… what should we do with recalled leads?
• Daniel S. Goldman
Published online: October 21, 2013
p1768-1769

Impact of the right ventricular lead position on clinical outcome and on the incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with CRT-D
• Valentina Kutyifa,
• Poul Erik Bloch Thomsen,
• David T. Huang,
• ...
• Arthur J. Moss,
• Wojciech Zareba,
• Helmut U. Klein
Published online: August 26, 2013
p1770-1777

Prevalence of externalized conductors in Riata and Riata ST silicone leads: Results from the prospective, multicenter Riata Lead Evaluation Study
• David Hayes,
• Roger Freedman,
• Anne B. Curtis,
• ...
• G. Neal Kay,
• Jay Dinerman,
• Scott Beau
Published online: August 29, 2013
p1778-1782
The Riata lead recall—More data, but do we now know what we need to know?
• Conor D. Barrett,
• Stephan B. Danik
Published online: September 23, 2013
p1783-1784

Differential sequential septal pacing: A simple maneuver to differentiate nodal versus extranodal ventriculoatrial conduction
• Nicolas Derval,
• Allan C. Skanes,
• Lorne J. Gula,
• ...
• Frederic Sacher,
• Michel Haïssaguerre,
• George J. Klein
Published online: September 27, 2013
p1785-1791

Left atrial appendage closure followed by 6 weeks of antithrombotic therapy: A prospective single-center experience
• KR Julian Chun,
• Stefano Bordignon,
• Verena Urban,
• ...
• Alexander Fürnkranz,
• Bernd Nowak,
• Boris Schmidt
Published online: August 26, 2013
p1792-1799

Experimental

Efficient preloading of the ventricles by a properly timed atrial contraction underlies stroke work improvement in the acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Yuxuan Hu,
• Viatcheslav Gurev,
• Jason Constantino,
• Natalia Trayanova
Published online: August 07, 2013
p1800-1806

Case Report

Shock efficacy of the entirely subcutaneous defibrillator for termination of spontaneous ventricular fibrillation in Brugada syndrome
• Elia De Maria,
• Stefano Cappelli,
• Riccardo Cappato
Published online: August 12, 2013
p1807-1809

Death from pulmonary artery erosion complicating implantation of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device
• Ali Sepahpour,
• Martin K.C. Ng,
• Philip Storey,
• Mark A. McGuire
Published online: August 01, 2013
p1810-1811

Left ventricular endocardial pacing via the interventricular septum for cardiac resynchronization therapy: First report
• James H.P. Gamble,
• Yaver Bashir,
• Kim Rajappan,
• Tim R. Betts
Published online: July 25, 2013
p1812-1814

Creative Concepts

Safe magnetic resonance imaging scanning of patients with cardiac rhythm devices: A role for computer modeling
• Bruce L. Wilkoff,
• Timothy Albert,
• Mariya Lazebnik,
• ...
• Hyun Yoon,
• Sarah Willey,
• Yair Safriel
Published online: October 07, 2013
p1815-1821
Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Computer modeling and MRI-device safety: Modeling, myths, and magical thinking
• J. Rod Gimbel
Published online: October 30, 2013
p1822-1823

Pacemaker/ICD Problem of the Month--Associate Editors: David L. Hayes and Paul J. Wang

Palpitations in a patient with a dual-chamber pacemaker: What is the mechanism?
• Pasquale Santangeli,
• Angela Tsiperfal,
• Paul J. Wang,
• Amin Al-Ahmad
Published online: July 25, 2013
p1824-1825

Images

Materialization of ghosts: Severe intracardiac masses after pacemaker lead extraction requiring immediate surgical intervention
• Martin Andreas,
• Dominik Wiedemann,
• Alfred Kocher,
• Cesar Khazen
Published online: June 04, 2012
p1826

Failure of fluoroscopy to detect “inside-out” insulation failure and externalized conductors in a Riata ICD lead
• Edmond M. Cronin,
• Bryan J. Baranowski,
• David O. Martin
Published online: December 03, 2012
p1827-1828

Failure of a spliced DF-4 ICD lead
• Romain Cassagneau,
• Mikael Hanninen,
• Vincent Ganiere,
• Pascal Defaye
Published online: June 17, 2013
p1829

Clinical

Atrial Fibrillation


Localized rotational activation in the left atrium during human atrial fibrillation: Relationship to complex fractionated atrial electrograms and low-voltage zones
• B. Ghoraani,
• R. Dalvi,
• S. Gizurarson,
• ...
• A. Suszko,
• S. Krishnan,
• V.S. Chauhan
Published online: September 09, 2013
p1830-1838

Symptomatic pulmonary hypertension with giant left atrial v waves after surgical maze procedures: evaluation by comprehensive hemodynamic catheterization
• Terrence D. Welch,
• Megan Coylewright,
• Brian D. Powell,
• ...
• Bernard J. Gersh,
• Joseph A. Dearani,
• Rick A. Nishimura
Published online: September 18, 2013
p1839-1842

Relationship between left atrial appendage morphology and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
• Irfan M. Khurram,
• Jane Dewire,
• Michael Mager,
• ...
• Hiroshi Ashikaga,
• Saman Nazarian,
• Hugh Calkins
Published online: September 27, 2013
p1843-1849

Ventricular Tachycardia


High-density substrate-guided ventricular tachycardia ablation: Role of activation mapping in an attempt to improve procedural effectiveness
• Corrado Carbucicchio,
• Nadeem Ahmad Raja,
• Luigi Di Biase,
• ...
• Gaetano Fassini,
• Andrea Natale,
• Claudio Tondo
Published online: September 23, 2013
p1850-1858

Seasonal variation in the frequency of sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachyarrhythmia in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: The effect of meteorological factors
• Fa-Po Chung,
• Hsin-Ru Li,
• Eric Chong,
• ...
• Wen-Yu Lin,
• Kai-Ping Shaw,
• Shih-Ann Chen
Published online: September 30, 2013
p1859-1866

Editorial Commentary

Hot and humid: A bad combination for you, me, and patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathyCalkins
• Hugh Calkins
Published online: October 07, 2013
p1867-1868

Genetic


Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias during ajmaline challenge in patients with Brugada syndrome: Incidence, clinical features, and prognosis
• Giulio Conte,
• Juan Sieira,
• Andrea Sarkozy,
• ...
• Yukio Saitoh,
• Gudrun Pappaert,
• Pedro Brugada
Published online: September 23, 2013
p1869-1874

Editorial Commentary

How safe is ajmaline challenge in patients with suspected Brugada syndrome?
• Isabelle Nault,
• Jean Champagne
Published online: October 30, 2013
p1875-1876

Abnormal electroencephalograms in patients with long QT syndrome
• Kristina H. Haugaa,
• Tommy Tveit Vestervik,
• Stein Andersson,
• ...
• Ellen Jørum,
• Leif Gjerstad,
• Erik Taubøll
Published online: September 30, 2013
p1877-1883
Is long QT syndrome a cardioneurologic or neurocardiologic disorder?
• Lan S. Chen,
• Katherine Spoonamore
Published online: October 14, 2013
p1884-1885

FGF12 is a candidate Brugada syndrome locus
• Jessica A. Hennessey,
• Cherisse A. Marcou,
• Chuan Wang,
• ...
• Peter J. Schwartz,
• Michael J. Ackerman,
• Geoffrey S. Pitt
Published online: October 07, 2013
p1886-1894

Imaging/Mapping


Noncontact mapping to guide ablation of right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias
• Fengxiang Zhang,
• Bing Yang,
• Hongwu Chen,
• ...
• Pipin Kojodjojo,
• Kejiang Cao,
• Minglong Chen
Published online: September 23, 2013
p1895-1902

Experimental Genetic

Electronic “expression” of the inward rectifier in cardiocytes derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells
• Glenna C.L. Bett,
• Aaron D. Kaplan,
• Agnieszka Lis,
• ...
• Qinlian Zhou,
• Michael J. Morales,
• Randall L. Rasmusson
Published online: September 23, 2013
p1903-1910

Editorial Commentary

Restoring the resting potential brings maturity to induced stem cell–derived human cardiac myocytes
• William T. Clusin
Published online: October 07, 2013
p1911-1912

Case Report

A case of a human ventricular fibrillation rotor localized to ablation sites for scar-mediated monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
• Justin Hayase,
• Roderick Tung,
• Sanjiv M. Narayan,
• David E. Krummen
Published online: August 05, 2013
p1913-1916

Editorial Commentary

Rotors: Linking VF and VT?
• Derrick R. Fansler,
• Timothy W. Smith
Published online: August 21, 2013
p1917-1918

Gordon K. Moe Lecture

Current treatment of ventricular arrhythmias: State of the art
• William G. Stevenson
Published online: October 11, 2013
p1919-1926

Featured Arrhythmia--Associate Editor: Fred Morady

Resetting and termination of a short RP tachycardia: What is the mechanism?
• Reginald T. Ho,
• Anand S. Kenia,
• Sumeet K. Chhabra
Published online: October 17, 2012
p1927-1929

EP News--Associate Editors: Peng-Sheng Chen and N. A. Mark Estes III

EP News: Basic and Translational
• Peng-Sheng Chen
Published online: October 25, 2013
p1930
EP News: Clinical
• N.A. Mark Estes III
Published online: November 01, 2013
p1931

News From the Heart Rhythm Society

HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Inherited Primary Arrhythmia Syndromes
Document endorsed by HRS, EHRA, and APHRS in May 2013 and by ACCF, AHA, PACES, and AEPC in June 2013.
• Silvia G. Priori,
• Arthur A. Wilde,
• Minoru Horie,
• ...
• Wataru Shimizu,
• Gordon Tomaselli,
• Cynthia Tracy
Published online: September 03, 2013
p1932-1963

Executive Summary: HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Inherited Primary Arrhythmia Syndromes
• Silvia G. Priori,
• Arthur A. Wilde,
• Minoru Horie,
• ...
• Wataru Shimizu,
• Gordon Tomaselli,
• Cynthia Tracy
Published online: August 02, 2013
e85-e108

Index

Author Index
Published in issue: December 2013
e109-e118

Subject Index
Published in issue: December 2013
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