Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2015.060601

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

The Left Atrial Appendage and Thromboembolic Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: Rationale for Ligation by an Epicardial Approach: The AtriClip Stroke Trial

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2015.060602

¹CHRISTOPHER R. ELLIS, MD, FHRS, FACC, ²SAM G AZNAUROV, MD

¹Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

²Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Device-based Approach to Prevention of Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2015.060603

¹TIFFANY Y. HU, BS, ¹VIDHUSHEI YOGESWARAN, BS, ²ABHISHEK J. DESHMUKH, MBBS, ²³SAMUEL J. ASIRVATHAM, MD

¹Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

²Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

³Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Improved Signal Interpretation using Mini Electrodes during Ablation of Right Atrial Arrhythmia in Structural and Congenital Heart Disease

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2015.060604

ANDREW P. MARTIN, MBChB, STEPHEN W. LORD, DM, and NEIL SELLER, MBChB,

Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

A Rationale for Minimally Invasive Permanent Pediatric Pericardial Pacing Device Implantation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2015.060605

¹CHRISTOPHER P. JORDAN, MD, ²FAHAD A. ALFARES, MD, ¹JEFFREY P. MOAK, MD, ²DILIP S. NATH, MD, ¹CHARLES I. BERUL, MD

¹Division of Cardiology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

²Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC