Journal of Innovation in Cardiac Rhythm Management
Articles Articles 2026

July 2026 - Volume 17 Issue 7

Evaluation and Classification of Atrial Arrhythmias from Signatures in Electrographic Flow Metrics

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17075

STEVEN CASTELLANO, PhD,1 MELISSA H KONG, MD, FHRS,1 JOSHUA D’ARCY, MD, MENG,2 DMYTRO PEREKRESTENKO, PhD,3 KENT R NILSSON, MD,4,5,* and JOHN D HUMMEL, MD, FHRS6,*

1Cortex, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA

2Department of Computer Science, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

3Ablacon, Inc., Zurich, Switzerland

4Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Piedmont Heart Institute, Athens, GA, USA

5Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Augusta University—University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

6Department of Cardiology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

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Impact of Frailty on Recurrence After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17076

MUSTAFA BILAL OZBAY, MD,1 MEHMET ESAD DEMIRHAN, MD,2 SERHAT DEGIRMEN, MD,3 and FIRAT OZCAN, MD4

1Department of Medicine, Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro, NJ, USA

2Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

3Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA

4Department of Cardiology, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey

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Pulsed Field Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias: Industry Landscape and US Food and Drug Administration–approved Platforms (2025)

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17073

AMAR GHALEB, BS,1 ABIMBOLA KOLAWOLE, BS,1 USHER KHAN, MD,1 and ARFAAT M. KHAN, MD2

1Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA

2Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, USA

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Postextrastimulus Termination of Ventricular Tachycardia: An Indicator of a Good Ablation Site?

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17072

MERYEM KARA, MD,1 OZCAN OZEKE, MD,1 ELIF HANDE OZCAN CETIN, MD,1 DUYGU KOCYIGIT BURUNKAYA, MD,1 MUHAMMET GENES, MD,2 AHMET KORKMAZ, MD,1 FIRAT OZCAN, MD,1 SERKAN CAY, MD,1 DURSUN ARAS, MD,3 and SERKAN TOPALOGLU, MD1

1Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

2Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif İnan Training and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey

3Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Medipol University, İstanbul, Turkey

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Failure of Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Pacing Capture in BRASH Syndrome with Severe Hyperkalemia

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17071

STEPHEN ROCHE, MD,1 MICHAEL KANAN, MD,1 and DEANA MIKHALKOVA, MD1,2

1Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

2Department of Cardiology, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA

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