Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17036

DEVI NAIR, MD, FACC, FHRS

Termination of Ventricular Tachycardia by Prepotential Exit Block

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17034

OZCAN OZEKE, MD,¹ DURSUN ARAS, MD,² and SERKAN TOPALOGLU, MD¹

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

²Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Medipol University, İstanbul, Turkey

Flecainide Provides Comparable Rhythm Control Efficacy to Repeat Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation After Failed Cryoballoon Ablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17035

MUSTAFA LÜTFULLAH ARDIÇ, MD,¹ HALIL COSKUN, MD,¹ HILMI ERDEM SUMBUL, MD,² YAHYA KEMAL ICEN, MD,¹ ABDULLAH EREN ÇETIN, MD,³ and MEVLUT KOÇ, MD¹

¹Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Adana Health Practice and Research Center, Adana, Turkey

²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Adana Health Practice and Research Center, Adana, Turkey

³Department of Cardiology, 25 Aralık State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey

A Novel Low Right Atrial–approach Transseptal Puncture Technique for Large-bore Deflectable Sheaths: Enhancing Control, Precision, and Safety

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17031

ESTEBAN MARTIN KLOOSTERMAN, MD, FHRS¹

¹Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Boca Raton, FL, USA

Leadless Pacemaker for Sinus Pauses and Syncope in Pregnancy: A Feasible Alternative to Conventional Pacing

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17032

MIKI YOKOKAWA, MD,¹ SHAURYA SRIVASTA, DO,¹ and ALI H. SHEIKH, DO²

¹Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Health Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI, USA

²Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Michigan Health Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI, USA

Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Outcomes in Patients Without Previous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Insertion: A Propensity Score–matched Analysis

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2026.17033

ALI SAAD AL-SHAMMARI, MBCHB,^1,12 ANKUR SINGLA, MD,² AMEER AWASHRA, MD,³ ADISHWAR RAO, MD,⁴ AHMED SERMED AL SAKINI, MD,¹ AHMED AL-KAISEY, MD,⁵ TARIQUE AHMED, MD,⁶ SIMA RAWAL, MD,⁷ MOHAMMED SAIFUDDIN, MD,⁸ MOHAMED WAGDY, MD,⁹ MUHAMMAD BILAL MUNIR, MD,¹⁰ SAIF SYED, MD,¹¹ KEERAT RAI AHUJA, MD,² and YASAR SATTAR, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI^7,12

¹Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

²Department of Internal Medicine, Northwest Health–Porter, Valparaiso, IN, USA

³Department of Internal Medicine, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA, USA

⁵Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

⁶Department of Cardiology, Doctor Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, NY, USA

⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur, India

⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt

¹⁰Department of Cardiology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

¹²Department of Cardiology, West Virginia University Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg, WV, USA