Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16063

Dr. DEVI NAIR, MD, FACC, FHRS

Impact of a Practice-wide Switch from Traditional Right Ventricular Pacing to Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16064

DAVID FRITZ,^1,* BEN OSE, MPH,^1,* HANNAH ZERR,¹ MACI CLARK,¹ CAROLINE TRUPP,^1,† AMULYA GUPTA,² AHMED SHAHAB, MBBS, MPH,^2,3 SETH H. SHELDON, MD,² and AMIT NOHERIA, MBBS, SM²

¹The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA

²Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

³Department of Cardiology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA

Comparison Between Efficacy and Safety of Remote Magnetic Navigation and Manual Catheter Navigation for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: An Updated Meta-analysis and Systematic Review

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16065

RANA IJAZ, MBBS,¹ AJEET SINGH, MBBS,² MAIDA QAZI, MBBS,³ MEET KACHHADIA, MBBS,⁴ LAIBA QAYOOM, MBBS,⁵ SUMAIRA RIAZ, MS,⁶ HAMZA NASIR CHATHA, MBBS,⁷ MANAHIL NAZIR, MBBS,⁸ ZULEKHA FAISAL, BIOSCIENCES,⁹ MUHAMMAD SAQIB, MBBS,¹⁰ IQRA YASEEN KHAN, MBBS,¹¹ RIMSHA BINT-E-HINA, MBBS,³ ARHAM IQBAL, MBBS,¹² ALINA SAMI KHAN, MBBS,⁵ SATESH KUMAR, MBBS, MD,¹³ and MAHIMA KHATRI, MBBS, MD¹⁴

¹Department of Medicine, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

²Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

³Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

⁴PDU Medical College, Rajkot, India

⁵Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

⁶PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

⁷Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan

⁸Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

⁹Shaheed Zulfikar Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology University, Karachi, Pakistan

¹⁰Chandka Medical College, SMBBMU, Larkana, Pakistan

¹¹King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

¹²Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

¹³Department of Medicine, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

¹⁴Department of Cardiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation by Sex and Within High and Low Stroke Risk Populations

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16062

WILLIAM J. TATE, MD,¹ DARIUS WHITE, MD,¹ GRACE HA, MS,² JAMES ALZATE, MD,¹ DOLPHURS HAYES, MD,¹ LEON M. PTASZEK, MD, PhD,² JEREMY RUSKIN, MD,² JOSEPH R. BETANCOURT, MD,¹ OYERE ONUMA, MD,² JASON H. WASFY, MD, MPhil,² MALISSA J. WOOD, MD,² and MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD²

¹Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

²Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Double Trouble in a Patient with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Severe Mitral Regurgitation: A Case Report

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16061

AHMET TAHA SAHIN, MD,¹ HASAN KAN, MD,² MUHAMMET FATIH KALELI, MD,² AHMET LUTFU SERTDEMIR, MD,² and ENES ELVIN GUL, MD²

¹Department of Cardiology, Beyhekim Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey

²Department of Cardiology, Necmettin Erbakan University, School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16046

DEVI NAIR, MD, FACC, FHRS

Dual-morphology Bundle Branch Re-entrant Ventricular Tachycardia in Non-dilated Cardiomyopathy

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16045

IBRAHIM ALSHAGHDALI, MBBS,^1,2 TYLER ALDERSON, MD, MPH,³ HAKAN PAYDAK, MD, FACC, FHRS,⁴ JOHN PAUL MOUNSEY, BM, BCh, PhD, FRCP, FACC,⁴ and SUBODH DEVABHAKTUNI, MD, FACC, FHRS⁴

¹University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

²University of Ha’il College of Medicine, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

³Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Missouri Hospitals, Columbia, MO, USA

⁴Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

Impacts of Premature Atrial Contractions and Biochemical Markers Early After Cryoballoon Versus Radiofrequency Ablation on the Late Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16043

KENICHI SASAKI, MD, PhD,¹ DAISUKE TOGASHI, MD,¹ AKIRA KASAGAWA, MD, PhD,¹ IKUTARO NAKAJIMA, MD, PhD,¹ TAKUMI HIGUMA, MD, PhD,² TOMOO HARADA, MD, PhD,¹ and YOSHIHIRO J. AKASHI, MD, PhD¹

¹Department of Cardiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

²Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

Digoxin Dilemma: Diagnosing Toxicity Amidst Dementia

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16041

PARTH SUSHIL BAJORIA, MBBS¹ and VINOD NOOKALA, MD, FACP²

¹GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gandhinagar, India

²New York Medical College at St. Clare’s Health, Denville, NJ, USA

Risk Factors Associated with Unsuccessful Dofetilide Initiation Due to Excessive QT Interval Prolongation: A Retrospective Study

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16042

JOHNATHON RAST, MD,¹ GRANT WHITEBLOOM, BS,¹ OMAR M. MAKRAM, MD, MPH,¹ PRIYANSHU NAIN, MD,¹ LAKSHYA SETH, BA,¹ NATHANIEL WAYNE, PHARMD,² PATRICK HOULIHAN, DO,¹ ALEXANDER WARNER, MD,¹ and DANIEL SOHINKI, MD, MSc²

¹Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA

²Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA