Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava is associated with major intraprocedural complications

Authors : Wissner E; Tilz R; Konstantinidou M; Metzner A; Schmidt B; Chun KR; Kuck KH;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Erik Wissner, Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Lohmühlenstrasse 5, 20099 Hamburg, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Neuropsychological decline after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Authors : Schwarz N; Kuniss M; Nedelmann M; Kaps M; Bachmann G; Neumann T; Pitschner HF;

Affiliations : Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany Experimental Neurology Research Group, Kerckhoff-Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Prof. Dr. Tibo Gerriets, Am Steg 14, 35392 Giessen, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Elusive atrial substrate: Complex fractionated atrial electrograms and beyond

Authors : Singh JP; Ptaszek LM;

Affiliations : Department of Medicine and Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jagmeet P. Singh, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Knock-in gain-of-function sodium channel mutation prolongs atrial action potentials and alters atrial vulnerability

Authors : Blana A; Kaese S; Fortmüller L; Laakmann S; Damke D; van Bragt K; Eckstein J; Piccini I; Kirchhefer U; Nattel S; Breithardt G; Carmeliet P; Carmeliet E; Schotten U; Verheule S; Kirchhof P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Münster (IZKF Münster), Münster, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Larissa Fabritz, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, D-48129 Münster, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Effect of linear ablation on spectral components of atrial fibrillation

Authors : Yokokawa M; Chugh A; Ulfarsson M; Takaki H; Han L; Yoshida K; Sugimachi M; Morady F;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Hakan Oral, Cardiovascular Center, SPC 5853, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5853

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Cryoballoon versus radiofrequency catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Biomarkers of myocardial injury, recurrence rates, and pulmonary vein reconnection patterns

Authors : Kühne M; Suter Y; Altmann D; Ammann P; Schaer B; Osswald S;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiology, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Michael Kühne, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava is associated with major intraprocedural complications

Authors : Wissner E; Tilz R; Konstantinidou M; Metzner A; Schmidt B; Chun KR; Kuck KH;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Erik Wissner, Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Lohmühlenstrasse 5, 20099 Hamburg, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Neuropsychological decline after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Authors : Schwarz N; Kuniss M; Nedelmann M; Kaps M; Bachmann G; Neumann T; Pitschner HF;

Affiliations : Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany Experimental Neurology Research Group, Kerckhoff-Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Prof. Dr. Tibo Gerriets, Am Steg 14, 35392 Giessen, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without the use of fluoroscopy

Authors : Reddy VY; Morales G; Ahmed H; Neuzil P; Dukkipati S; Kim S; Clemens J;

Affiliations : Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York Homolka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic Address reprint requests and correspondence: Vivek Y. Reddy, M.D., Helmsley Electrophysiology Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1030, New York, New York 10029

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Atrial pacing or ventricular backup–only pacing in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients

Authors : Sweeney MO; Ellenbogen KA; Tang AS; Whellan D; Mortensen PT; Giraldi F; Sandler DA; Sherfesee L; Sheldon T;

Affiliations : Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Michael O. Sweeney, Cardiac Pacing and Heart Failure Device Therapies, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Evaluation of the left atrial substrate in patients with lone atrial fibrillation using delayed-enhanced MRI: Implications for disease progression and response to catheter ablation

Authors : Mahnkopf C; Badger TJ; Burgon NS; Daccarett M; Haslam TS; Badger CT; McGann CJ; Akoum N; Kholmovski E; Macleod RS;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Nassir F. Marrouche, CARMA Center, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratories, Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 30 North 1900 East, Room 4A100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132-2400

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Race/ethnicity and the incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary artery bypass surgery

Authors : Yamazaki M; Morgenstern S; Klos M; Campbell K; Buerkel D;

Affiliations : Center for Arrhythmia Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jérôme Kalifa, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan, 5025 Venture Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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

Authors : Andrade JG; Connolly SJ; Dorian P; Green M; Humphries KH; Klein GJ; Sheldon R; Talajic M;

Affiliations : St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Charles R. Kerr, 344 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Atrial fibrillation termination as a procedural endpoint during ablation in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

Authors : Elayi CS; Di Biase L; Barrett C; Ching CK; al Aly M; Lucciola M; Bai R; Horton R; Fahmy TS; Verma A; Khaykin Y; Shah J; Morales G; Hongo R; Hao S; Beheiry S; Arruda M; Schweikert RA; Cummings J; Burkhardt JD; Wang P; Al-Ahmad A; Cauchemez B; Gaita F;

Affiliations : Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Texas, Austin, Texas California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Address reprint requests and correspondence: Andrea Natale, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, 1015 East 32nd Street, Suite 516, Austin, Texas 78705

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Prevalence of fractionated electrograms in the coronary sinus: Comparison between patients with persistent or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and a control population

Authors : eh AW; Kalman JM; Kistler PM; Lee G; Sutherland F; Morton JB; Vohra JK;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jonathan M. Kalman, Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia 3050

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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