Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030601

John Day, MD, FHRS, FACC

Mechanical Approaches to Stroke Prevention in Atrial Arrhythmias

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030602

¹JOEL A. LARDIZABAL, MD, FACC and ²SANJIV SHARMA, MD, FACC, FSCAI

¹Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
²Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Bakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield, CA

Commentary from the Section Editor

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030603

Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, FHRS, FACC

Recent Developments in the Prevention of Thromboembolism from Atrial Fibrillation: Novel Oral Anticoagulants and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030604

ELIAS G. AKL, MD, MARK K. ABI NADER, MD and GRANT R. SIMONS, MD, FACC, FHRS

Department of Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ

Successful Cardiac Resynchronization Defibrillator Placement in a Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot, Widened QRS Duration, and Mechanical Tricuspid Valve Replacement Using Dual-Site Left Ventricular Venous Lead Placement

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030605

JONATHAN SALCEDO, MD and RAHUL N. DOSHI, MD, FHRS

University of California Irvine, CA

Inappropriate Shocks Due to Externalized Riata Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Conductors with Normal Lead Parameters

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030606

¹ASHISH A. BHIMANI, MD, ²SUNIL SHROFF, MD, ²AHMAD ABDUL-KARIM, MD, ²JOHN DONGAS, MD and ¹BRUCE S. STAMBLER, MD

¹University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
²Heartland Cardiovascular Center, New Lenox, IL

Unusual Presentations of Cavotricuspid Isthmus-Dependent Right Atrial Flutter Following Robotic Bi-atrial CryoMaze Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030607

¹WILLIAM R. MADDOX, MD, ²W. RANDOLPH CHITWOOD, JR, MD, ³CRYSTAL B. OGLESBY, RN, BSN and ¹ADAM E. BERMAN, MD

¹Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology; Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA
²East Carolina Heart Institute and Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
³Georgia Health Sciences Health System, Augusta, GA

Mapping and Ablation of Atrial Arrhythmias Late After Bilateral Lung Transplant

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030608

ROY M. JOHN, MD, PhD, FRCP, FHRS

Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA