Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16105

Dr. DEVI NAIR, MD, FACC, FHRS

Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Patients with the Micra™ Leadless Pacemaker

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16103

NATALIA BETANCOURT-GUZMAN, MD,¹ JEREMY MARKOWITZ, MD,² ERICK JIMENEZ, MD,¹ DANIEL CORTEZ, MD,³ BRENDA DUGAS, RN,¹ DANIEL PECK, MD,¹ MATTHEW AMBROSE, MD,¹ and BRADLEY C. CLARK, MD¹

¹Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Masonic Children’s Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

²Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

³Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Totally Fluoroless Versus Limited Fluoroscopy-assisted Implantation: Identifying the Role of Fluoroscopy During Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Implantation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16101

STEFANOS ARCHONTAKIS, MD, PhD,¹ EVANGELOS OIKONOMOU, MD, PhD,² PANAGIOTIS DOURVAS, MD,¹ NIKIAS MILARAS, MD,¹ DAMIANOS KOLIOS, MD,¹ TZONATAN KLOGKERI, MD,¹ EPAMEINONDAS TRIANTAFYLLOU, MD,¹ CHRISTOS NIKOLAROS, MD,¹ ANASTASIOS MARKAKOS, MD,¹ ARTEMIS PAPADIMA, MD, PhD,³ DIMITRA TYROVOLA MD¹, DIMITRIOS VENETSANOS, MD, PhD,¹ DIMITRIOS SIRSELOUDIS, MD, PhD,¹ SOTIRIOS TSALAMANDRIS, MD, PhD,¹ and SKEVOS SIDERIS, MD, PhD¹

¹Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece

²Third Cardiology Division, University of Athens, Medical School, Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece

³Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Sick Sinus Syndrome: Trends in Incidence and Pacemaker Implantation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16102

DHARMINDRA DULAL, MD,¹ AHMED MARAEY, MD,² and BLAIR GRUBB, MD²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Toledo, OH, USA

²Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA

A Novel Three-dimensional Mapping Device to Guide Lead Placement for Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2025.16104

MAHMOUD ALI, MD,^1,2 LYNN ERICKSON, MS,³ SISIR SIDDAMSETTI, MD,^1,2 TAREK AJAM, MD,^1,2 MOHAMMED DJELMAMI-HANI, MD,^1,2 and IMRAN K. NIAZI, MD, FHRS^1,2

¹Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA

²Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI, USA

³Academic Affairs, Cardiovascular Research, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI, USA