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EP — Europace
Volume 18
No. 7
July 2016
EDITORIAL
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: arrhythmogenesis in the apparently normal
heart?
Richard N. Hauer
953
REVIEWS
Anticoagulation reversal in the era of the non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants
Andres Enriquez, Gregory Y.H. Lip, and Adrian Baranchuk
955
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis
Kristina H. Haugaa, Trine F. Haland, Ida S. Leren, Jørg Saberniak, and Thor Edvardsen
965
CLINICAL RESEARCH
973
Cost effectiveness of left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman device for atrial fibrillation patients
with absolute contraindications to warfarin
Vivek Y. Reddy, Ronald L. Akehurst, Shannon O. Armstrong, Stacey L. Amorosi, Nic Brereton, Deanna S. Hertz, and
David R. Holmes Jr
979
Ablation for atrial fibrillation
One-year follow-up after second-generation cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation in a large cohort of
patients: a single-centre experience
Ghazala Irfan, Carlo de Asmundis, Giacomo Mugnai, Jan Poelaert, Christian Verborgh, Vincent Umbrain,
Stefan Beckers, Ebru Hacioglu, Burak Hunuk, Vedran Velagic, Erwin Stroker, Pedro Brugada, and
Gian-Battista Chierchia
987
Interventional management of recurrent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation despite isolated pulmonary veins:
impact of an ablation strategy targeting inducible atrial tachyarrhythmias
Arian Sultan, Jakob Lüker, Boris Hoffmann, Helge Servatius, Benjamin Schäffer, Daniel Steven, and
Stephan Willems
994
Are implantable cardiac monitors the ‘gold standard’ for atrial fibrillation detection? A prospective
randomized trial comparing atrial fibrillation monitoring using implantable cardiac monitors and DDDRP
permanent pacemakers in post atrial fibrillation ablation patients
Steven J. Podd, Conn Sugihara, Stephen S. Furniss, and Neil Sulke
1000
Sudden death and ICDs
Blood alcohol in victims of sudden cardiac death in northern Finland
Juha Perkiömäki, Eeva Hookana, Kari Kaikkonen, Juhani Junttila, Marja-Leena Kortelainen, and Heikki Huikuri
1006
The learning curve associated with the introduction of the subcutaneous implantable defibrillator
Reinoud E. Knops, Tom F. Brouwer, Craig S. Barr, Dominic A. Theuns, Lucas Boersma, Raul Weiss, Petr Neuzil,
Marcoen Scholten, Pier D. Lambiase, Angel R. Leon, Margaret Hood, Paul W. Jones, Nicholas Wold,
Andrew A. Grace, Louise R.A. Olde Nordkamp, and Martin C. Burke, on behalf of the IDE and
EFFORTLESS investigators
1010
Outcomes following the implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator for primary prevention in transposition of
the great arteries after intra-atrial baffle repair: a single-centre experience
Jonathan Buber, Tamara J. Ackley, Curt J. Daniels, Sharon L. Roble, May Ling Mah, Anna N. Kamp, and
Naomi J. Kertesz
1016
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Atrial fibrillation
Long-term evaluation of dabigatran 150 vs. 110 mg twice a day in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Michael D. Ezekowitz, John Eikelboom, Jonas Oldgren, Paul A. Reilly, Martina Brueckmann, Anthony P. Kent,
Janice Pogue, Judith Spahr, Andreas Clemens, Herbert Noack, Hans-Christoph Diener, Lars Wallentin, Salim Yusuf,
and Stuart J. Connolly
1023
Bifocal left ventricular stimulation or the optimal left ventricular stimulation site in cardiac
resynchronization therapy: a pressure —volume loop study
Gerben Jan de Roest, LiNa Wu, Carel C. de Cock, Peter-Paul H.M. Delnoy, Matthijs L. Hendriks,
Albert C. van Rossum, and Cornelis P. Allaart
1030
Pacemakers implantation and radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures during medical missions in
Morocco: an 8-year experience
Sok-Sithikun Bun, Decebal Gabriel Latcu, Abdelkarim Errahmouni, Naı̈ma Zarqane, Khelil Yaı̈ci,
Abdelhamid Moustaghfir, Amale Tazi-Mezalek, and Nadir Saoudi
1038
Leads and lead extraction
Initial experience with the TightRaile Rotating Mechanical Dilator Sheath for transvenous lead extraction
Kudret Aytemir, Hikmet Yorgun, Uğur Canpolat, M. Levent Şahiner, Ergün Bar{ş Kaya, Banu Evranos, and
Necla Özer
1043
Incidence, predictors, and outcome of inadvertent malposition of transvenous pacing or defibrillation lead in
the left heart
Marc-Alexander Ohlow, Marcus Roos, Bernward Lauer, Hubertus Von Korn, and Johann Christoph Geller
1049
Cardiac electrophysiology
Transbaffle catheter ablation of atrial re-entrant tachycardia within the pulmonary venous atrium in adult
patients with congenital heart disease
Ulrich Krause, David Backhoff, Sophia Klehs, Heike E. Schneider, and Thomas Paul
1055
Focal atrial tachycardia originating from the septal mitral annulus: electrocardiographic and
electrophysiological characteristics and radiofrequency ablation
Yunlong Wang, Ding Li, Junmeng Zhang, Zhihong Han, Ye Wang, Xuejun Ren, Xuebin Li, and Fang Chen
1061
Electrocardiology and risk stratification
Non-sustained wide complex tachycardia: an underappreciated sign to aid in diagnosis
Santosh K. Padala, Mandeep S. Sidhu, Jeremiah R. Brown, Jonathan S. Zipursky, David A. Steckman,
Dhaval R. Parikh, and Mark L. Greenberg
1069
T-wave area as biomarker of clinical response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Eszter M. Végh, Elien B. Engels, Caroline J.M. van Deursen, Béla Merkely, Kevin Vernooy, Jagmeet P. Singh, and
Frits W. Prinzen
1077
Channelopathies
Phenotypic expression is a prerequisite for malignant arrhythmic events and sudden cardiac death in
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Alessandro Zorzi, Ilaria Rigato, Kalliopi Pilichou, Martina Perazzolo Marra, Federico Migliore, Elisa Mazzotti,
Dario Gregori, Gaetano Thiene, Luciano Daliento, Sabino Iliceto, Alessandra Rampazzo, Cristina Basso,
Barbara Bauce, and Domenico Corrado
1086
Expert cardiologists cannot distinguish between Brugada phenocopy and Brugada syndrome
electrocardiogram patterns
Byron H. Gottschalk, Daniel D. Anselm, Josep Brugada, Pedro Brugada, Arthur A. Wilde, Pablo A. Chiale,
Andres R. Pérez-Riera, Marcelo V. Elizari, Antoni Bayés De Luna, Andrew D. Krahn, Hanno L. Tan,
Pieter G. Postema, and Adrian Baranchuk
1095
Syncope and event loop recorders
Modified criteria for carotid sinus hypersensitivity are associated with increased mortality in a
population-based study
Claire McDonald, Mark S. Pearce, Julia L. Newton, and Simon R.J. Kerr
1101
Tilt testing results are influenced by tilt protocol
Dorota Zyśko, Artur Fedorowski, David Nilsson, Jerzy Rudnicki, Jacek Gajek, Olle Melander, and Richard Sutton
1108
EP WIRE
Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: the results of the
European Heart Rhythm Association Survey
Pascal Vranckx, Tatjana Potpara, Nikolaos Dagres, and Hein Heidbuchel
1113
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Pacing and resynchronization therapy
Effects of right ventricular pacing sites on blood pressure variation in upright posture: a comparison of septal
vs. apical pacing sites
Ritsuko Kohno, Haruhiko Abe, Hiroshi Nakajima, Katsuhide Hayashi, Yasushi Oginosawa, and David G. Benditt
CASE EXPRESS REPORTS
Giant epsilon waves in 12 leads in a patient with severe arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Erika López-Moreno, Juan Jiménez-Jáimez, and Luis Tercedor
972
Perimitral atrial flutter ablation by transaortic radiofrequency application
Alejandro Estrada, David Doiny, and José L. Merino
1037
A novel approach to detect phrenic nerve stimulation in cardiac resynchronization therapy
Daniel Kiblboeck, Peter Siostrzonek, and Johann Reisinger
1076
Standard heart rate variability spectral analysis: does it purely assess cardiac autonomic function?
L. Sidorenko, J.F. Kraemer, and N. Wessel
1085
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