Conduction properties of the inferior vena cava-tricuspid annular isthmus in patients with typical atrial flutter.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Atrial fibrillation (AF) in the left atrium (LA) is poorly defined in terms of regional differences in the degree of organization, characteristics of paroxysmal and persistent variants, and electrophysiologic events that develop at the onset of episodes. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population consisted ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Ndrepepa G,Karch MR,Schneider MA,Weyerbrock S,Schreieck J,Deisenhofer I,Zrenner B,Schömig A,Schmitt C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the annual incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is dropping in the United States, therapies for the patient who has survived a SCD episode or is at high risk of developing SCD in the future are now well established. The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has emerged from a series of well done ran...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Cannom DS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reduction of radiation exposure during cardiac arrhythmia ablation procedures is desirable. We sought to evaluate the utility of a new image integration module (CARTOUNIVU(TM) ) in reducing fluoroscopy times and dosages during left atrial arrhythmia (LAA) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation procedure...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Cano Ó,Alonso P,Osca J,Andrés A,Sancho-Tello MJ,Olagüe J,Salvador A,Martínez-Dolz L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:EnSite NavX (NavX) is a novel mapping and navigation system that allows visualization of conventional catheters for diagnostic and ablative purposes and uses them to create a three-dimensional (3D) geometry of the heart. NavX is particularly suitable for ablation procedures utilizing an anatomic approach, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Ventura R,Rostock T,Klemm HU,Lutomsky B,Demir C,Weiss C,Meinertz T,Willems S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite preserved left ventricular function, exercise capacity is often impaired after cardiac transplantation due to autonomic denervation of the donor's sinus node. We present our experience with atrio-atrial resynchronization in 2 pediatric heart transplant recipients. Both were highly active, suffered from chronot...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Cadrin-Tourigny J,Fournier A,Khairy P,Vobecky SJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a unique case where early proarrhythmic and late antiarrhythmic characteristics of interatrial conduction delay were observed during the long-term progression of HCM. Occurrence of AT constantly increased as the interatrial conduction delay became more prominent, while the P-wave width in sinus rhythm and t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Bauernfeind T,Caliskan K,Vletter WB,Ten Cate FJ,Dabiri L,de Groot N,Jordaens L,Szili-Torok T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We compared the efficacy and safety of amiodarone and dronedarone in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS:Five hundred and four amiodarone-naïve patients were randomized to receive dronedarone 400 mg bid (n = 249) or amiodarone 600 mg qd for 28 days then 200 mg qd (n = 255) for at le...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Le Heuzey JY,De Ferrari GM,Radzik D,Santini M,Zhu J,Davy JM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:AF can be induced by RAP or ISO in >85% of patients with PAF. METHODS:ISO was administered in escalating doses of 5, 10, 15, and 20 microg/min in 112 patients (age = 56 +/- 13 years) with PAF before radiofrequency catheter ablation. AF was inducible in 97 of 112 patients (87%) at a mean dose of 15 +/- 5 mic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Crawford T,Chugh A,Good E,Yoshida K,Jongnarangsin K,Ebinger M,Pelosi F Jr,Bogun F,Morady F,Oral H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The optimal left ventricular (LV) pacing site for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is unclear. The current study aims to explore the clinical significance of LV lead concordance to delayed contraction segment in CRT. METHODS AND RESULTS:Concordant LV lead position was defined as the lead tip locate...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Fung JW,Lam YY,Zhang Q,Yip GW,Chan WW,Chan GC,Chan JY,Yu CM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of a single left superior vena cava in the absence of complex congenital heart disease is uncommon, and, in the absence of hemodynamic consequences, it would not be expected to result in cardiovascular signs or symptoms. Single case reports and our anecdotal experience suggested to us that this ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Ratnasamy C,Idriss SF,Carboni MP,Kanter RJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia (VT) is becoming an essential component of the successful management of patients with structural heart disease and refractory ventricular arrhythmias. Despite detailed mapping and ablation from the endocardium, nearly a third of VT circuits remain inaccessible. Pericardial...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Tedrow U,Stevenson WG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man undergoing electrophysiologic study for recurrent palpitations was found to have a right bundle branch block during sinus rhythm and right bundle potentials occurring after ventricular activation. The sequence of activation of the proximal and distal right bundle potentials was suggestive of a retrog...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Jazayeri MR,Deshpande SS,Sra JS,Akhtar M

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pericardial constriction associated with defibrillator patches developing 4.5 years after implantation. This constriction was related to the presence of a large pericardial mass that had developed above the defibrillator patch. This mass, which had a calcified superior border, suggested former hema...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Le Tourneau T,Klug D,Lacroix D,Kacet S,Lekieffre J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A novel magnetic navigation system allows remote guidance of floppy radiofrequency (RF) ablation catheters. We evaluated the feasibility of mapping and ablation of left-sided accessory pathways (APs) using the retrograde transaortic approach with this system. This might open the gate to retrograde ablation...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Thornton AS,Rivero-Ayerza M,Knops P,Jordaens LJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of the substrate and mechanism of epicardial ventricular tachycardia (VT) associated with idiopathic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy is limited. We report a case of successful mapping and ablation of an epicardial VT by a percutaneous transthoracic approach in a patient with idiopathic dilated card...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Swarup V,Morton JB,Arruda M,Wilber DJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A male patient with an atriofascicular pathway underwent catheter ablation of the atriofascicular pathway during atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:The patient had preexcited atrial fibrillation both clinically and repeatedly during electrophysiologic study. A preexcited tachycardia with a 1:1 AV re...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Miller JM,Harper GR,Rothman SA,Hsia HH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:How cell-to-cell electrical coupling influences an antiarrhythmic agent's effect on conduction is largely unknown. To investigate this, we evaluated the effects of procainamide on myocardial conduction at decreasing degrees of cell-to-cell electrical coupling induced by graded doses of heptanol. METHODS A...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Spear JF,Hook BG,Josephson ME,Moore EN

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study was designed to record global high-density maps of left atrial endocardial activation during sinus rhythm and coronary sinus pacing. METHOD AND RESULTS:Noncontact mapping of the left atrium was performed in nine patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein ablation pro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Betts TR,Roberts PR,Morgan JM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Termination of Persistent AF During Mapping. Complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) may represent critical areas for the maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). While AF organization and termination have been reported with CFAE ablation, no reports of arrhythmia termination during left atrial mapping exist....

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Tzou WS,Sághy L,Lin D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data comparing dabigatran with rivaroxaban regarding the resolution of left atrial/left atrial appendage (LA/LAA) thrombus in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) are scarce. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of dabigatran vs rivaroxaban regarding the resolution of LA/LAA thro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Lin C,Quan J,Bao Y,Hua W,Ke M,Zhang N,Jin Q,Xie Y,Wei Y,Ling T,Pan W,Wu L,Xie Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of successful cardioversion of atrial fibrillation using intravenous ibutilide during pregnancy. One patient had atrial fibrillation, complicating the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and the other had a history of nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. No adverse maternal or fetal effects were...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Kockova R,Kocka V,Kiernan T,Fahy GJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Permanent right ventricular (RV) pacing leads have been traditionally implanted in the right ventricular apex (RVA). Nowadays, some deleterious effects of RVA pacing have been recognized. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different sites of RV pacing in patients with permanent atrial fibr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Muto C,Ottaviano L,Canciello M,Carreras G,Calvanese R,Ascione L,Iengo R,Accadia M,Celentano E,Tuccillo B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study sought to determine if the acute procedural outcome of ventricular tachycardia (VT) substrate ablation is associated with a mortality benefit in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD). METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 195 ICD recipients (65 ± 11years) with ischemic or nonisch...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Komatsu Y,Maury P,Sacher F,Khairy P,Daly M,Lim HS,Zellerhoff S,Jesel L,Rollin A,Duparc A,Mondoly P,Aurillac-Lavignolle V,Shah A,Denis A,Cochet H,Derval N,Hocini M,Haïssaguerre M,Jaïs P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, right anteroseptal accessory pathways are uncommon and run from the atrium to the ventricle in close anatomic proximity to the normal AV conduction system. Radiofrequency catheter ablation is the first-line therapy for elimination of these accessory pathways. Although t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Kimman GJ,Szili-Torok T,Theuns DA,Jordaens LJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Lesion dimension of cryoablation. BACKGROUND:Transvenous catheter cryoablation is a novel technique for treating cardiac arrhythmias. However, the relative importance of temporal application parameters on lesion dimension and clinical efficacy has not been studied. METHODS AND RESULTS:We investigated the e...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Tse HF,Ripley KL,Lee KL,Siu CW,Van Vleet JF,Pelkey WL,Lau CP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warning symptoms may provide an opportunity to diagnose genetic disorders leading to preventative therapy. We explored the symptom history of patients with apparently unexplained cardiac arrest to determine the frequency of sentinel symptoms. METHODS:Patients with apparently unexplained cardiac arrest and n...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Krahn AD,Healey JS,Simpson CS,Chauhan VS,Birnie DH,Champagne J,Gardner M,Sanatani S,Chakrabarti S,Yee R,Skanes AC,Leong-Sit P,Ahmad K,Gollob MH,Klein GJ,Gula LJ,Sheldon RS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We conducted this study to examine the effect of the ICD on the outcomes of patients with prior coronary revascularization enrolled in the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) and to assess the association of time from coronary revascularization to enrollment with death and sudden cardiac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Al-Khatib SM,Hellkamp AS,Lee KL,Anderson J,Poole JE,Mark DB,Bardy GH,scd-heft investigators.

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent studies have implicated repolarization lability in the genesis of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. However, few data exist on assessment of temporal QT interval variability and its relation to arrhythmogenesis. We tested the ability of the QT variability index (QTVI), a measure of beat-to-beat QT ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Atiga WL,Calkins H,Lawrence JH,Tomaselli GF,Smith JM,Berger RD

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the entrapment of an ablation catheter by chordae tendineae in the mitral valve during radiofrequency (RF) ablation of ventricular tachycardia. The entrapped tip had to be removed via open surgery. Great care must be taken when performing radiofrequency ablation around the mitral valve apparatus. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Kim KH,Choi KJ,Kim SH,Nam GB,Kim YH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodynamic instability hinders activation and entrainment mapping during ventricular tachycardia ablation. The Impella 2.5 microaxial flow device (MFD; Abiomed Inc., Danvers, MA, USA) is used to prevent hemodynamic instability during electrophysiologic study. However, electromagnetic interference (EMI) gene...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

authors： Vaidya VR,Desimone CV,Madhavan M,Noheria A,Shahid M,Walters J,Ladewig DJ,Mikell SB,Johnson SB,Suddendorf SH,Asirvatham SJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00