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462 Three-dimensional visualization of the entire reentrant circuit of bundle branch reentrant tachycardia
EP News: Clinical N.A. Mark Estes
IN MEMORIAM (see page 411)
Takeshi Machino, Hiroshi Tada, Yukio Sekiguchi, Kazutaka Aonuma
Barouh V. Berkovits, MSEE (1926–2012) Samuel Le´vy, Victor A. Medina-Ravell, Agustin Castellanos
EP NEWS—ASSOCIATE EDITORS: PENG -SHENG CHEN AND N.A. MARK ESTES III
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EP News: Basic and Translational Peng-Sheng Chen
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR e9
Letters to the Editor
The cover illustrations appear on pages 328 and 446. We are pleased to announce the following 4 clinical and 4 basic articles judged by the editors of HeartRhythm as the most notable published in 2012 for presentation at the HRS Scienti¿c Session in Denver, May 2013. CLINICAL: 1. Atrial remodeling in obstructive sleep apnea: implications for atrial ¿brillation: Hany Dimitri, MBBS, Michelle Ng, BSc, Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Pawel Kuklik, PhD, Martin K. Stiles, MBChB, PhD, Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, PhD, Nicholas Antic, MBBS, PhD, Andrew Thornton, PhD, David A. Saint, PhD, Doug McEvoy, MBBS, MD, Ral Antic, MBBS, Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD. March 2012. 2. Distinguishing “benign” from “malignant early repolarization”: The value of the ST-segment morphology: Raphael Rosso, MD, Eran Glikson, MD, Bernard Belhassen, MD, Amos Katz, MD, Amir Halkin, MD, Arie Steinvil, MD, Sami Viskin, MD. February 2012 3. Torsades de pointes following acute myocardial infarction: Evidence for a deadly link with a common genetic variant: Lia Crotti, MD, PhD, Dan Hu, MD, PhD, Hector Barajas-Martinez, PhD, Gaetano M. De Ferrari, MD, Antonio Oliva, MD, PhD, Roberto Insolia, PhD, Guido D. Pollevick, PhD, Federica Dagradi, PhD, Alejandra Guerchicoff, PhD, Federica Greco, BSc, Peter J. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FHRS, Sami Viskin, MD, Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA. July 2012 4. Combined assessment of sex- and mutation-speci¿c information for risk strati¿cation in type 1 long QT syndrome: Jason Costa, MA, Coeli M. Lopes, PhD, Alon Barsheshet, MD, Arthur J. Moss, MD, Dmitriy Migdalovich, BS, Gregory Ouellet, MA, Scott McNitt, MS, Slava Polonsky, MS, Jennifer L. Robinson, MS, Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD, Jesaia Benhorin, MD, Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, Pyotr G. Platonov, MD, Wataru Shimizu, MD, PhD, Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, G. Michael Vincent, MD, Arthur A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD, Ilan Goldenberg, MD. June 2012 BASIC: 1. Biological pacemaker created by percutaneous gene delivery via venous catheters in a porcine model of complete heart block. Eugenio Cingolani, MD, Kristine Yee, DVM, Michael Shehata, MD, FHRS, Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FHRS, Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, FHRS, Hee Cheol Cho, PhD. August 2012 2. Estradiol promotes sudden cardiac death in transgenic long QT type 2 rabbits while progesterone is protective: Katja E. Odening, MD, Bum-Rak Choi, PhD, Gong Xin Liu, PhD, Kathryn Hartmann, BS, Ohad Ziv, MD, Leonard Chaves, BA, Lorraine Scho¿eld, BS, Jason Centracchio, MA, Manfred Zehender, MD, Xuwen Peng, DVM, Michael Brunner, MD, Gideon Koren, MD. May 2012 3. Genetic suppression of atrial ¿brillation using a dominant-negative ether-ago-go-related gene mutant. Radim Soucek, MD, Dierk Thomas, MD, Kamilla Kelemen, MD, Olympia Bikou, MD, Claudia Seyler, PhD, Frederik Voss, MD, Rüdiger Becker, MD, Michael Koenen, PhD, Hugo A. Katus, MD, Alexander Bauer, MD. February 2012 4. Remodeling of mechanical junctions and of microtubule-associated proteins accompany cardiac connexin43 lateralization. Halina S. Chkourko, MS, Guadalupe Guerrero-Serna, PhD, Xianming Lin, PhD, Nedal Darwish, BS, Joshua R. Pohlmann, BS, Keith E. Cook, PhD, Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, Eli Rothenberg, PhD, Hassan Musa, PhD, Mario Delmar, MD, PhD, FHRS. July 2012
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Contents continued from pp. A8
462 Three-dimensional visualization of the entire reentrant circuit of bundle branch reentrant tachycardia
EP News: Clinical N.A. Mark Estes
IN MEMORIAM (see page 411)
Takeshi Machino, Hiroshi Tada, Yukio Sekiguchi, Kazutaka Aonuma
Barouh V. Berkovits, MSEE (1926–2012) Samuel Le´vy, Victor A. Medina-Ravell, Agustin Castellanos
EP NEWS—ASSOCIATE EDITORS: PENG -SHENG CHEN AND N.A. MARK ESTES III
461
EP News: Basic and Translational Peng-Sheng Chen
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR e9
Letters to the Editor
The cover illustrations appear on pages 328 and 446. We are pleased to announce the following 4 clinical and 4 basic articles judged by the editors of HeartRhythm as the most notable published in 2012 for presentation at the HRS Scienti¿c Session in Denver, May 2013. CLINICAL: 1. Atrial remodeling in obstructive sleep apnea: implications for atrial ¿brillation: Hany Dimitri, MBBS, Michelle Ng, BSc, Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Pawel Kuklik, PhD, Martin K. Stiles, MBChB, PhD, Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, PhD, Nicholas Antic, MBBS, PhD, Andrew Thornton, PhD, David A. Saint, PhD, Doug McEvoy, MBBS, MD, Ral Antic, MBBS, Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD. March 2012. 2. Distinguishing “benign” from “malignant early repolarization”: The value of the ST-segment morphology: Raphael Rosso, MD, Eran Glikson, MD, Bernard Belhassen, MD, Amos Katz, MD, Amir Halkin, MD, Arie Steinvil, MD, Sami Viskin, MD. February 2012 3. Torsades de pointes following acute myocardial infarction: Evidence for a deadly link with a common genetic variant: Lia Crotti, MD, PhD, Dan Hu, MD, PhD, Hector Barajas-Martinez, PhD, Gaetano M. De Ferrari, MD, Antonio Oliva, MD, PhD, Roberto Insolia, PhD, Guido D. Pollevick, PhD, Federica Dagradi, PhD, Alejandra Guerchicoff, PhD, Federica Greco, BSc, Peter J. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FHRS, Sami Viskin, MD, Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA. July 2012 4. Combined assessment of sex- and mutation-speci¿c information for risk strati¿cation in type 1 long QT syndrome: Jason Costa, MA, Coeli M. Lopes, PhD, Alon Barsheshet, MD, Arthur J. Moss, MD, Dmitriy Migdalovich, BS, Gregory Ouellet, MA, Scott McNitt, MS, Slava Polonsky, MS, Jennifer L. Robinson, MS, Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD, Jesaia Benhorin, MD, Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, Pyotr G. Platonov, MD, Wataru Shimizu, MD, PhD, Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, G. Michael Vincent, MD, Arthur A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD, Ilan Goldenberg, MD. June 2012 BASIC: 1. Biological pacemaker created by percutaneous gene delivery via venous catheters in a porcine model of complete heart block. Eugenio Cingolani, MD, Kristine Yee, DVM, Michael Shehata, MD, FHRS, Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FHRS, Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, FHRS, Hee Cheol Cho, PhD. August 2012 2. Estradiol promotes sudden cardiac death in transgenic long QT type 2 rabbits while progesterone is protective: Katja E. Odening, MD, Bum-Rak Choi, PhD, Gong Xin Liu, PhD, Kathryn Hartmann, BS, Ohad Ziv, MD, Leonard Chaves, BA, Lorraine Scho¿eld, BS, Jason Centracchio, MA, Manfred Zehender, MD, Xuwen Peng, DVM, Michael Brunner, MD, Gideon Koren, MD. May 2012 3. Genetic suppression of atrial ¿brillation using a dominant-negative ether-ago-go-related gene mutant. Radim Soucek, MD, Dierk Thomas, MD, Kamilla Kelemen, MD, Olympia Bikou, MD, Claudia Seyler, PhD, Frederik Voss, MD, Rüdiger Becker, MD, Michael Koenen, PhD, Hugo A. Katus, MD, Alexander Bauer, MD. February 2012 4. Remodeling of mechanical junctions and of microtubule-associated proteins accompany cardiac connexin43 lateralization. Halina S. Chkourko, MS, Guadalupe Guerrero-Serna, PhD, Xianming Lin, PhD, Nedal Darwish, BS, Joshua R. Pohlmann, BS, Keith E. Cook, PhD, Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, Eli Rothenberg, PhD, Hassan Musa, PhD, Mario Delmar, MD, PhD, FHRS. July 2012