Journal of Innovation in Cardiac Rhythm Management
Articles Articles 2018

August 2018 - Volume 9 Issue 8

Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090808

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

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Considerations Regarding the Periprocedural Use of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090806

JAMES A. REIFFEL, MD1

1Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

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Scoring System Assessment of Cephalic Vein Access for Device Implantation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090802

JANE TALESKI, MD,1 LIDIJA POPOSKA, MD, PhD,1 FILIP JANUSEVSKI, MD,1 BEKIM POCESTA, MD,1 VLADIMIR BOSKOV, MD,1 and NOEL G. BOYLE, MD, PhD2

1Department of Electrostimulation and Electrophysiology, University Clinic of Cardiology, Skopje, R. Macedonia

2University of California Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Periprocedural Use of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090801

ILIR MARAJ, MD,1 MARIO D. GONZALEZ, MD,1 and GERALD V. NACCARELLI, MD1

1Cardiology Division/EP Section, Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Pediatrics

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090804

ALLISON C. HILL, MD,1,2 MICHAEL J. SILKA, MD,1,2 and YANIV BAR-COHEN, MD1,2

1Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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AngioVac Debulking in Endocarditis Patients with Large, Device-related Vegetations

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090803

NIKHIL PATEL, BA,1 M. LAWSON MCDONALD, BS,1 NATALIE S. BRADFORD, MD,2 JUSTIN W. SMITH, MD,2 ELIJAH H. BEATY, MD,2 JASON A. RYTLEWSKI, MD,2 TONY W. SIMMONS, MD,2 PATRICK WHALEN, MD,2 DAVID X. ZHAO, MD, PhD,2 and PRASHANT D. BHAVE, MD2

1Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

2Section on Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

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Minimizing Radiation—Why Aren’t We Down to Zero?

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090807

ALAN SUGRUE, MBChB,1 KATHERINE Y. LE, MD,1 PATRICK DEARANI,1 and SAMUEL J. ASIRVATHAM, MD1,2

1Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

2Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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Minimizing Radiation in the Modern Electrophysiology Laboratory

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090805

ALBERT J. ROGERS, MD, MBA1 and CHAD R. BRODT, MD1

1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

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