Europace

• Left Ventricular Lead Placement in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Where and How? Left ventricular lead placement continues to pose a number of challenges regarding the delivery of effective CRT.
  Europace, May 2009
• Treatment Of Persistent Sinus Bradycardia With Intermittent Symptoms: Are Guidelines Clear? A guide to the guidelines may be helpful for managing patients with persistent sinus bradycardia and intermittent syncope. Should the focus be on the bradycardia or the syncope?
  Europace, May 2009
• WPW Syndrome: The 'Rosetta stone' of Rhythmology. The History of the Rosetta Stone Cracking the code of Wolfe-Parkinson-White syndrome is compared to deciphering hieroglyphic writing in this article.
  Europace, March 2009
• Routine Echocardiography After Radiofrequency Ablation: To Flog a Dead Horse? Should echocardiography be standard practice for detecting pericardial effusions post-radiofrequency ablation?
  Europace, February 2009
• Cost-Effectiveness of Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Radiofrequency catheter ablation has become an established treatment option for patients with atrial fibrillation, but further steps are needed to refine techniques and increase therapeutic efficacy.
  Europace, February 2009
• Endurance Sport Practice as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter What is the relationship between regular, long-term endurance sport practice and atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter? The authors review existing studies and examine potential physiologic links.
  Europace, January 2009
• Remote Control of Implanted Devices Through Home Monitoring Technology Improves Detection and Clinical Management of Atrial Fibrillation Implanted cardiac pacing devices allow for remote monitoring, but what are the potential benefits of remote detection of atrial fibrillation? Authors analyze data from 166 patients.
  Europace, January 2009
• Optimized Post-Operative Surveillance of Permanent Pacemakers by Home Monitoring: The OEDIPE Trial The OEDIPE trial examined the safety and effectiveness of home monitoring when implemented during the high-risk first month that follows the primary implantation or replacement of a pacemaker.
  Europace, December 2008
• The Relationship Between Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Vasovagal Syncope: A Case-Control Study Previous studies reported an overlap between carotid sinus hypersensitivity, vasovagal syncope and orthostatic hypotension. The authors conducted a case-control study evaluating this relationship.
  Europace, December 2008
• The Significance of Preoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Preoperative Atrial Fibrillation-Still Underestimated Opponent Recent developments in invasive cardiology together with improved pharmacological treatments are making cardiac surgery possible for patients with atrial fibrillation, but what impact does it have?
  Europace, November 2008
• Impact of Advanced Age on Survival in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators The influence of age on mortality is clear, but does it change after lifesaving ICD implantation? Authors of this retrospective cohort study explore the question.
  Europace, November 2008
• Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients: A Safe, Time-Saving, and Cost-Effective Means for Follow-up Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can require frequent monitoring. Does remote ICD monitoring provide a reasonable alternative to office visits for ICD follow up?
  Europace, October 2008
• Rate-Responsive Pacing in Patients With Heart Failure: Long-Term Results of a Randomized Study Chronotropic incompetence (CI) develops frequently with beta-blocker and amiodarone therapy in patients with congestive heart failure, but not all types of pacing work to reduce the CI.
  Europace, October 2008
• Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Heart Failure and the Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Should cardiac resynchronizaton therapy be used as an adjunct for the treatment sleep disordered breathing in patients with heart failure?
  Europace, September 2008
• Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death Using Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Risk stratification, clinical trial results, and the efficacy of combined use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators with cardiac resynchronization therapy are detailed in this article.
  Europace, September 2008
• Circulating Homocysteine Levels in Patients With Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Do higher homocysteine levels predict post ablation recurrence of atrial fibrillation and other cardiovascular events?
  Europace, August 2008
• Reperfusion Ventricular Arrhythmia 'Bursts' in TIMI 3 Flow Restoration With Primary Angioplasty for Anterior ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction: A More Precise Definition of Reperfusion Arrhythmias How common are ventricular arrhythmia bursts following angioplasty? The authors sought to define reperfusion-induced ventricular arrhythmias more precisely in STEMI patients.
  Europace, August 2008
• Benefit of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Patients vs. Patients in Sinus Rhythm: the Role of Atrioventricular Junction Ablation Does atrial fibrillation have a negative effect on CRT outcomes? Find out how atroventricular junction ablation evens the odds of survival and clinical improvement
  Europace, July 2008
• Association Between Statin Therapy and Reductions in Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter and Inappropriate Shock Therapy Are atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and inappropriate ICD shocks reduced for patients who take statins? The answer may shock you.
  Europace, July 2008
• Anti-arrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Current Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs, Investigational Agents, and Innovative Approaches Anti-arrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation has expanded. Explore the current slate of conventional and non-conventional agents in this thought provoking review.
  Europace, June 2008