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SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 5 Ablation. See also Catheter ablation; Radiofrequency ablation atrial fibrillation biplane three-dimensional augmented fluoroscopy, 957, 965 cardiac image registration, 609 initiation, dynamic factors preceding, S22 novel approach to avoid esophageal injury, 624 spectral analysis during sinus rhythm, 968 atrial flutter, markers of inflammation in, 215, 222 atypical atrial flutter after, 618 atypical atrial tachycardias, congenital heart disease, 315 AV nodal, cardiac fibrosis and, 839 cryoballoon, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 802 EP challenges, adult congenital heart disease, 1464 fractionated electrogram during atrial fibrillation, 198, 206 automated algorithm for, 1134, 1142 HL-1 atrial monolayer model, 1029 with irrigated radiofrequency, 899 left atrial, focal left septal atrial tachycardia after, 1070 left atrium circumferential, conduction gap identification, 994 longstanding permanent AF, pulmonary vein antrum isolation, 1658, 1665 macroreentrant atrial tachycardia, S18 percutaneous epicardial, atrial fibrillation, 152 pulmonary vein isolation, atrioesophageal fistula after, 145 reentrant ventricular tachycardia, postinfarction patients, 981, 992 right bundle, ventricular tachycardia, S68 sequential dual chamber extrastimulation, concealed accessory pathway, 248 transcoronary ethanol, for ventricular tachycardia, 62, 69 univentricular heart, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, 604 ventricular arrhythmia, vicinity of His bundle, 37 ventricular fibrillation, initiated by VPBs, 1458 ventricular tachycardia, from right bundle branch, child, 142 Ablation gap reason for failure, atrial fibrillation, 1296, 1302 Accessory pathway aortomitral continuity, failed 12-lead ECG, 1206 concealed, sequential dual chamber extrastimulation, 248 differentiation of AVNRT from AVRT ⌬HA criterion, 83 metamorphosis of a tachycardia, 155 epicardium-derived cells and, EP News, 905 location identification, 12-lead ECG, 1763 tachycardia, ablation above the semilunar valves, 1625 trigger for AF, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, 1238, 1248

Acetylcholine activity triggered by, pacing-induced heart failure, 1170 Action potentials atrial fibrillation initiation, factors preceding, S22 calcium and ventricular vulnerability, Langendorff-perfused ventricles, 116 duration, arrhythmogenicity of quinidine, 1726 inhibition of IKur, atrial fibrillation, 1304 NS1643 effects, ventricular cell model, 734 Activation mapping sinus rhythm, postinfarction ventricular tachycardias, 981, 992 Adenosine triphosphate bidirectional ventricular tachycardia, 496 calcium channel blockers and, Andersen-Tawil syndrome, 498 Aging right atrial substrate properties, atrial flutter, 1144 American College of Cardiology (ACC) AHA/HRS Guidelines, device-based therapy, 934 American Heart Association (AHA) ACC/HRS Guidelines, device-based therapy, 934 Amiodarone chronic, atrial fibrillation, anti-selective effects, 1735, 1743 heart failure patients, versus ICD shocks, EP News, 1770 prevention of AF, after coronary artery bypass graft, EP News, 635 Amyloidosis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, reduction of sudden cardiac death, 235 Andersen-Tawil syndrome ventricular tachycardia and, calcium channel blockers and adenosine triphosphate, 498 Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor cardiac arrhythmias and, S12 Angiotensin II atrial fibrillation, JAK/STAT and rapid pacing model, 1285, 1294 Antiarrhythmic agents atrial fibrosis and fibrillation, in congestive heart failure, 451, 460, 636 chronic amiodarone, anti-selective effects of, 1735, 1743 fetal tachycardia, 1216 inhibition of IKur, atrial fibrillation, 1304 present and future, S26 QT interval, predictor of ventricular arrhythmias, 1210, 1213 ranolazine, pulmonary vein sleeve preparation, 1019, 1027 short QT syndrome, experimental model, 585, 590 suppression of AF, in long QT syndrome, 472

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Subject Index ventricular arrhythmias, psychosocial status effects, 361, 366 Antiarrhythmic effects conditional FKBP12.6 overexpression, EP News, 1089 Antiarrhythmogenic effect high-density lipoprotein, EP News, 1089 Anticoagulation atrial fibrillation, epidemiology and outcomes, 1365, 1373 Aortic cusp electrocardiographic characteristics, 663 ventricular arrhythmias originating, electrocardiographic characteristics, 184 ventricular tachycardia ablation, nonfluoroscopic guidance, 326 Aortic dilation ascending, with congenital complete heart block, 1704 Aortic valve ablation above the semilunar waves, ventricular tachycardia, 1485 Aortomitral continuity accessory pathways located at, failed 12-lead ECG, 1206 Arrhythmias. See also specific arrhythmia ablation of chronic AF, what we have learned, S36 acute ischemia, interventricular septum, conduction and, 1057 after bilateral lung transplantation, 149 atrial fibrillation converting to atrial flutter with fixed interval block, 1745, 1753 progression and management, 1501, 1508 biologic pacemakers, cautionary notes for development, 1318 cardiac calsequestrin gene and, EP News, 1633 catheter ablation DynaCT for, 1651 left atrial function and scar after, 656 pulmonary vein isolation, radiofrequency energy, 1635, 1643 chronic amiodarone, anti-selective effects, 1735, 1743 contemporary review, 742, 867 cryoablation outcomes, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, 230 electrocardiographic assessment, QT interval, teaching, 1015 fetal magnetocardiography in, 1073 tachycardia, treatment, 1216 focal ventricular tachycardia, catheter ablation, S64 gene deletions and duplications, in KCNQ1 and KCNH2, 1275, 1282 ischemic phase 1B, subepicardial reentry during, 1036, 1045 left bundle branch block morphology tachycardia, overdrive ventricular pacing, 1479 L-type calcium current recovery, versus ventricular repolarization, 271, 280 management, training in specialized electrophysiology, 332 mechanisms cellular bases, S1 midmyocardial Cx43, in heart failure, 1178, 1186 myocardial stem cell therapy, electrophysiology implications, S48 originating from papillary muscle, ventricular or fascicular, 1530

e13 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and, S32 percutaneous epicardial ablation, 152 persistent, recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, HERG mutations, 553, 562 pioglitazone effects, atrial structural remodeling, 451, 460, 636 predictive testing for familial disease, psychological consequences, 719 quinidine effects, late sodium current and, 1726 renin-angiotensin system and, S12 right ventricular, vulnerability, 438, 449 rotor meandering and, electrograms during AF, 846, 855 seasonal and circadian distribution, Brugada syndrome, 1523, 1528 short QT syndrome, experimental model, 585, 590 sodium channel mutation, 99 stellate ganglion nerve activity and, sudden cardiac death model, 131, 140 stem cells for cardiac repair and, clinical studies, 880 supraventricular tachycardia, mechanism, 1219, 1350 susceptibility, C-terminal KCNH2 mutations, 1159, 1168 sympathectomy treatment, 1461 taser application, electrocardiographic evaluation, EP News, 1634 U-waves and mutant ryanodine receptors, 1382, 1389 ventricular fibrillation, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, S45 Arrhythmogenesis begetting atrial fibrillation, 888 Arrhythmogenic disorders intracellular CA2⫹ waves and, EP News, 1633 right ventricular cardiomyopathy tachycardia in LBBB morphology, 895 ventricular aneurysm and, 1455 Asystole complete AV block and, with inferior acute MI, 1079 Athletes endurance, long term outcomes in assessment of hearts, EP News, 1634 exercise-related sudden cardiac death, survival trends in youth, 794, 801 highly-trained, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in, EP News, 906 ICD patients individual risk-benefit decision, 861 participation discouraged, 864 Atrial arrhythmias atypical, congenital heart disease, 315 curative ablation, markers of inflammation, 215, 222 pharmacotherapy for, present and future, S26 Atrial fibrillation ablation biplane three-dimensional augmented fluoroscopy, 957, 965 within coronary sinus, 19 intra-pericardial balloon retraction, 1473 in obese patients, EP News, 1227 pulmonary vein isolation, radiofrequency energy, 1635, 1643 acute, intravenous magnesium, EP News, 501 adrenergic regulation and, EP News, 328 after heart transplant, EP News, 635

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Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 after myocardial revascularization, sodium nitroprusside effects. EP News, 1634 Brugada syndrome patients, EP News, 1090 calcium and cholinergic, pacing-induced heart failure, 1170 cardiac fibrosis induced by, early rhythm control effects, 839 cardiac image registration, left atrium, 609 cardiac sodium channel variants, EP News, 1090 cardioversion, outcomes, EP News, 1498 catheter ablation CT location of esophagus before, 975 cycle-dependent left atrial dynamics, 787 DynaCT for, 1651 image integration with intracardiac ultrasound, 1548 left atrial appendage isolation, 475 left atrial function and scar after, 656 patient with cor triatriatum sinister, 903 rhythm analysis in pacemaker patients, EP News, 769 cellular bases for, S1 chronic, ablation, what we have learned, S36 chronic amiodarone, atrial-selective effects, 1735, 1743 circumferential pulmonary vein ablation, tachycardia after, EP News, 501 clinical performance measures, EP News, 769 complex fractionated electrograms ablation, 198, 206 spatial and temporal stability, 1127 conduction times, premitral and peritricuspid, 400 in congenital long QT syndrome, 704, 710 converting to atrial flutter with fixed interval block, 1745, 1753 early and late tachyarrhythmias, after pulmonary vein antrum isolation, 679 electrogram fractionation, HL-1 atrial monolayer model, 1029 epidemiology and outcomes, U. S., 1365, 1373 familial atrial natriuretic peptide mutation, EP News, 1497 first-degree family history, 826 genetics, 483 LQT-3 and, SCN5A mutation, 1434, 1441 FKBP12.6 deficiency, intracellular calcium leak due to, 1047, 1055 fractionated atrial electrograms automated algorithm for, 1134, 1142 consistency of, 406 gaps in ablation lines, ablation failure and, 1296, 1302 high-risk patients, catheter substrate ablation, EP news, 906 idiopathic, genetics, 483 IKur inhibition and, 1304 impact on pulmonary veins, EP News, 1498 incomplete ablation lines, image fusion in, 163 initiation, dynamic factors preceding, S22 interstitial Cajal cells, identification in pulmonary veins, 1063, 1068 intracardiac echocardiography, multislice CT and, ablation guidance, 1403 ion channels to rotors, contemporary review, 872 JAK/STAT and rapid pacing model, 1285, 1294 LAA filling defects, multidetector CT for, 253 left atrial ablation, focal left septal atrial tachycardia after, 1070

left atrium circumferential ablation, identification of conduction gaps, 994 lone, first-degree family history in, 826 lone recurrent, microvascular dysfunction and, EP News, 1226 longstanding permanent, ablation for, 1658, 1665 macroreentrant tachycardia after, catheter ablation, 43 mechanisms of action, spatiotemporal characterization, 686 metabolic syndrome and, EP News, 905 multielectrode catheter, real-time, CT geometry, 628 mutation in KCNE5, potassium current and, 427, 436 Nav fusion, image integration, 526, 536 novel ablative approach, to avoid esophageal injury, 624 paroxysmal arrhythmias and, S32 arrhythmogenic substrate in, EP News, 329 balloon catheter ablation, 353 cryoballoon ablation, 802 cryothermic ostial pulmonary vein, EP News, 769 gain-of-function TBX5 mutation, EP News, 1357 mesh catheter ablation, 1510 neural mechanisms, EP News, 1634 spectral analysis during sinus rhythm, 968 wide complex tachycardia in, 1621 percutaneous epicardial ablation of, 152 permanent, dronedarone for ventricular rate, EP News, 1770 persistent reduced risk of torsades de pointes and, EP News, 769 supraventricular tachycardia after ablation, 318 pharmacotherapy, atrial arrhythmias, S26 phrenic nerve, 3D reconstruction, pace mapping, 1120 postoperative, sodium nitroprusside and, EP News, 1497 potassium channels and, EP News, 634 potassium channels in, pathology-specific therapy, 758 predisposition, connexins and arrhythmogenesis, 888 progression and management, 5-year study, 1501, 1508 pulmonary vein isolation, atrioesophageal fistula after, 145 ranolazine effects, pulmonary vein sleeve preparations, 1019, 1027 reflection in accessory pathway, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, 1238, 1248 renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and, S12 resynchronization therapy, improvement of left atrial function after, 780 rhythm versus rate control, EP News, 1358 sodium channel mutation, 99 strategies for ablation, 174, 182 suppression by mexiletine, in long QT syndrome, 472 surgery, proarrhythmic aspects, EP news, 635 surgical treatment, lessons learned from, S40 susceptibility to electroporation, 592 thromboembolism and, idraparinux or vitamin K for prevention, EP News, 906 vernakalant hydrochloride, rapid conversion, EP News, 906 warfarin versus aspirin, elderly, EP News, 166 Atrial fibroblasts differential behaviors, EP News, 1089 Atrial flutter AF epidemiology and outcomes, U. S., 1365, 1373 age-related right atrial substrate properties, 1144 atrial fibrillation preceding, converting to atrial flutter with fixed interval block, 1745, 1753 atypical, 618

Subject Index common-type, robotic versus conventional ablation, 1556 cryoablation, cavotricuspid isthmus, 1009 curative ablation, markers of inflammation, 215, 222 early and late tachyarrhythmias, after pulmonary vein antrum isolation, 679 initiation, dynamic factors preceding, S22 macroreentrant tachycardia, S18 pace termination, after ablation for AF, 1619 as sign of arrhythmogenic substrate, in atrial fibrillation, EP News, 329 Atrial reentrant arrhythmia atypical atrial flutter, 618 single ventricle patient, 1615 Atrial reentrant circuits atypical, congenital heart disease, 315 Atrial septum substrates, intra-atrial and interatrial conduction, 1189, 1196 Atrial stunning susceptibility to electroporation, 592 Atrial tachyarrhythmia atypical atrial flutter, 618 Atrial tachycardia ablation, above semilunar valve, 1625 catheter ablation, sinus of Valsalva, 1265, 1273 donor-to-recipient, after bilateral lung transplantation, 149 focal epicardial left atrial appendage, 766 with exit block, after ablation of atrial fibrillation, 1070 with group beating, 760 isoproterenol infusion, mechanism, 1219, 1359 macroreentrant catheter ablation, 43 pathophysiological concepts, S18 postoperative, proarrhythmic aspects, EP News, 635 paroxysmal, neural mechanisms, EP News, 1634 Atrioesophageal fistula after pulmonary vein isolation, HIFU, 145 Atriofascicular pathway left bundle branch block, sustained tachycardia with, 1479 Atrioventricular block asystole and, with inferior acute MI, 1079 fetus, management of, 1347 long QT syndrome with, hERG mutation and SCN5A variant, 1567, 1575 tachycardia and, pediatric patients, 1391 Atrioventricular delay optimization resynchronization therapy, exercise, 378 Atrioventricular junction accessory, developing human heart, EP News, 1357 Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia with 2:1 block, pediatric patients, 1391 cryoablation for, outcomes, 230 differentiation from AVRT ⌬HA criterion, 83 metamorphosis of a tachycardia, 155 narrow QRS, with recent MI, 1758 paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia and, 318 Atrioventricular node twin, RAI patients, outcome, 224 Autonomic nervous system markers, unexpected cardiac death, 300, 306

e15 Bachmann bundle left atrial appendage isolation, during catheter ablation of AF, 475 Balloon catheter paroxysmal atrial fibrillation mesh catheter for pulmonary vein isolation, 1510 pulmonary vein isolation, 353 Baroreflex sensitivity autonomic neural activity, predictor of sudden death, 300, 306 cardiovascular mortality and, EP News, 500 Beta-1 adrenergic receptor resting heart rate, stepwise allele-dependent manner, 694, 701 Beta-adrenergic receptors sudden cardiac death and, patients with CAD, 814, 821 Beta3-AR agonist antiarrhythmic effects, ventricular tachycardia model, 289, 298 Beta blockers atrial fibrillation, mechanisms, S1 Beta-sympathomimetics management of atrioventricular block, fetus, 1347 Bilevel block atrial tachycardia, with group beating, 760 Biopsy stem cells, myocardial regeneration, 749 Biventricular pacing cardiac remodeling and, myocardial infarction model, 124 endothelial dysfunction in heart failure, 1229, 1236 Brugada syndrome atrial fibrillation, sodium channel mutation, 99 atrial fibrillation with, EP News, 1090 criteria, wide QRS complex tachycardia, 89 ECG patterns, sodium channel blocker tests, 1561, 1565 genetic analysis, 1495 GPD1-L mutation and, EP News, 328 inferolateral leads, early repolarization pattern in, 1685 interventricular mechanical dyssynchrony, 79 lidocaine-induced, cardiac sodium channel in, EP News, 1633 longer repolarization, epicardium, EP News, 1090 sodium channel beta 1 subunit mutations, EP News, 1227, 1357 ventricular fibrillation repolarization heterogeneity, 725 seasonal and circadian distribution of, 1523, 1528 ventricular repolarization restitution, EP News, 1090 Brugada-type ECG healthy European subjects, EP News, 501 Bundle branch block. See Left bundle branch; Right bundle branch block Cajal cells interstitial, in pulmonary veins, 1063, 1068 Calcium intracellular dynamics, pacing-induced heart failure, 1170 intracellular leak, FKBP12.6 deficiency, atrial fibrillation, 1047, 1055 Calcium channel blockers adenosine triphosphate and, in Andersen-Tawil syndrome, 498

e16 Cardiac arrest in-hospital, delayed defibrillation, EP News, 635 in schools, EP News, 166 sudden automated external defibrillators, EP News, 1358 early repolarization and, EP News, 1227 ventricular tachycardia and, psychosocial status and mortality, 361, 366 Cardiac calsequestrin gene mutation, arrhythmia and, EP News, 1633 Cardiac death. See Sudden cardiac death Cardiac fibrosis induced by AF, early rhythm control effects, 839 Cardiac mapping atrial fibrillation converting to atrial flutter with fixed interval block, 1745, 1753 rotor meandering and irregularity, 846, 855 catheter ablation, ventricular tachycardia, S59 ventricular arrhythmias, mechanistic insights, S53 Cardiac output steep fall in, vasovagal syncope, 1695 Cardiac perforation St. Jude Riata lead, time of delayed perforation, 1667, 1673 Cardiac resynchronization therapy biventricular pacing, microvolt T-wave alternans during, 348 device implantation training, pediatric and congenital patients, 907 dilated cardiomyopathy, hyper responders, 193 early and late effects, heart failure patients, 52, 60 endothelial dysfunction in heart failure, 1229, 1236 pediatric heart failure, 1476 EP challenges, adult congenital heart disease, 1464 improvement in left atrial function, incidence of AF and, 780 left ventricular pacing, repetitive tachycardia during, 1482 mechanical dyssynchrony, advanced decompensated heart failure, 1105 with narrow QRS complexes, EP News, 329 optimization of AV delay, exercise and, 378 real-time-3D echocardiography, prediction of response, 1257 reversal of global apoptosis, EP News, 905 Cardiac rhythm devices ACC/AHA/HRS Guidelines for Therapy, 934 Cardiac sodium channel atrial fibrillation and, EP News, 1090 double mutation, EP News, 1633 Cardiomyopathy arrhythmogenic right ventricular, tachycardia in LBBB morphology, 895 arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia CT, 1631 molecular phenotype, 1715, 1724 athletes with ICDs, sports participation discouraged, 864 desmosomal, ventricular aneurysms and, 1455 dilated catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia, S68 sodium channel mutations, EP News, 768 hypertrophic in athletes, EP News, 906 high-voltage ICD leads in, 1517

Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 intracardiac and surface T-wave alternans, predictor of ventricular arrhythmia, 1003 ischemic cardiac resynchronization use, 193 dynamic substrate mapping, 308 lamin A/C mutations, EP News, 500 nonischemic, T-wave alternans, EP News, 501 pediatric, cardiac resynchronization therapy for, 1476 tachycardia-induced, persistent left ventricular dilatation in, 1111 Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs). See Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia adenosine triphosphate and, 496 Catheter ablation. See also Ablation AF patients with obesity, EP News, 1227 arrhythmias, single ventricle patient, 1615 atrial fibrillation across mitral isthmus, 19 chronic, what we have learned, S36 CT location of esophagus, 975 cycle-dependent left atrial dynamics, 787 DynaCT for, 1651 image integration for, 526, 536 image integration with intracardiac ultrasound, 1548 incomplete lines, image fusion in, 163 left atrial appendage isolation, 475 left atrial function and scar after, 656 patient with cor triatriatum sinister, 903 pulmonary vein isolation, radiofrequency energy, 1635, 1643 5-year study of progression and management, 1501, 1508 atrial tachyarrhythmias, after pulmonary vein antrum isolation, 679 AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, outcomes, 230 conduction times, perimitral and peritricuspid, 400 epicardial atrial fibrillation, 152 endoscopic guidance, 1115 ventricular tachycardia, S73 epicardial activation before and after, Ebstein anomaly, ECGI, 857 excimer laser, after failed microdissection, 469 focal atrial tachycardia, epicardial left atrial appendage, 766 focal ventricular tachycardia, S64 high risk patients with AF, EP News, 906 intracardiac echocardiography, multislice CT guidance, 1403 intra-pericardial balloon retraction, left atrium, 1473 left atrial, supraventricular tachycardia after, 318 mesh, for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 1510 multielectrode, real-time, CT geometry, 628 noncontact mapping, infarct size and, 308 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, pulmonary vein isolation, 353 postinfarction ventricular tachycardia, pace mapping, 1709 prophylactic, prevention of defibrillator therapy, EP News, 501 robotic versus conventional, common-type atrial flutter, 1556 within the sinus of Valsalva, tachycardias, 1265, 1273 strategies, long-term AF, 174, 182 tachycardia, left atrial and pulmonary vein macroreentrant, 43

Subject Index ventricular arrhythmia characteristics, 419 vicinity of His bundle, 37 ventricular tachycardia, S59 bundle branch reentry, S68 cardiomyopathy, EP News, 166 ICE and 3D mapping, 1396 nonfluoroscopic mapping, 326 steam pops during, 1411 Catheter placement real-time magnetic resonance imaging, EP News, 1497 Cavotricuspid isthmus age-related right atrial substrate properties, atrial flutter, 1144 catheter cryoablation of, treatment of atrial flutter, 1009 conduction times, premitral and peritricuspid, 400 Cellular uncoupling subepicardial reentry, during ischemic phase 1B, 1036, 1045 Channelopathies LQT-3 and atrial fibrillation, 1434, 1441 Children. See Pediatric patients Chinese medicine atrial electrophysiology and, EP News, 1226 Clinical registries implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, 1250 Commotio cordis endocardial mapping of ventricular fibrillation, 1355 Complications advisory ICD replacement, 1675, 1682 impedance monitoring, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead, 775 lead disintegration, level of tricuspid valve, 1224 lead extraction infectious issues, 1083 noninfectious issues, 1221 Computed tomography arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy, 1631 atrial fibrillation, incomplete ablation lines, 163 geometry, multielectrode ablation catheters, 628 location of esophagus, before catheter ablation, 975 multidetector, LAA filling defects in atrial fibrillation, 253 multiphase multislice, pulmonary vein contraction, 1645 multislice, multisweep gated rotational fluoroscopy comparison, 513 multi-slice, ablation guidance, 1403 multislice vs DynaCT, for catheter ablation, 1651 Nav fusion, image integration, 526, 536 nongated cardiac, guide for AF ablation, 957, 965 positive emission tomography and with mapping, scar-related ventricular tachycardia, 1538, 1546 pericarditis induced by lead fixation, 1493 Computers electroanatomical mapping, comparison with 12-lead ECG, 413 Conduction AF initiation, dynamic factors preceding, S22 asymmetric suppression, ischemia of interventricular septum and, 1057 interatrial, substrates, atrial septum, 1189, 1196

e17 in ischemic ventricular fibrillation, STEMI, 71 right ventricular arrhythmia, vulnerability, 438, 449 velocity, dispersion in Cx43, model of heart failure, 1178, 1186 Conduction anisotropy antiarrhythmic protection, in hibernators, 1587, 1597 Conduction gaps identification, during left atrium circumferential ablation, 994 Congenital heart block ascending aortic dilation in, 1704 magnetocardiography, in fetal arrhythmias, 1073 Congenital heart disease adult, EP challenges, 1464 hERG mutation, symptomatic LQT2 and auditory-trigger syncope, 1577 ICD implant training, resynchronization device training and, 907 indications for ICD, young children, 1755 pacemaker interference, portable media players, 545, 551 pediatric, cardiac resynchronization therapy for, 1476 single ventricle, mechanism and treatment of arrhythmia, 1615 univentricular heart, noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging, 604 Congestive heart failure all-cause mortality, heart rate turbulence prediction, 1095, 1103 Connexin-43 arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, 1715, 1724 heterogeneously reduced, model of heart failure, 1178, 1186 ion channel dynamics, visualization of, S7 Connexins begetting atrial fibrillation, 888 Contractility beta3-adrenergic stimulation, ventricular tachycardia model, 289, 298 cardiac resynchronization therapy, heart failure patients, 52, 60 myocardial, initiation of cardiac memory, 106, 114 Coronary artery bypass graft AF after amiodarone cost-effectiveness, 635 Coronary artery disease (CAD) ␤-adrenergic receptors, risk of sudden death and, 814, 821 Coronary sinus intracardiac ultrasound, atrial fibrillation, 19 percutaneous lead extraction, 491 Cor triatriatum sinister atrial fibrillation with, catheter ablation, 903 Cosmic radiation electrical resets of ICDs, during air travel, 1201, 1204 Cost-benefit analysis primary prevention ICDs, sudden death in the elderly, 646 C-reactive protein before and after ablation, atrial flutter, 215, 222 Crista terminalis atrial arrhythmias, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and, S32 Cryoablation AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, outcomes, 230

e18 catheter, cavotricuspid isthmus, treatment of atrial flutter, 1009 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, pulmonary vein isolation, 353 pulmonary vein ablation, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 802 Cryothermal energy AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, outcomes, 230 Defibrillation athletes with ICDs, sports participation discouraged, 864 automated external, home use, EP News, 1358 electrical mapping, long-duration ventricular fibrillation, 1599, 1607 electrode orientations, comparison in children and adults, 565, 573 EP challenges, adult congenital heart disease, 1464 exercise-related sudden cardiac death, athletes in the U. S., 794, 801 non-transvenous, adult ICD indicated patients, 28, 35 postshock, tunnel propagation, EP News, 905 transvenous, superior vena cava coil position, 394 Defibrillation threshold testing complications, 387, 391 Depolarization QRS complex as ECG marker, sudden cardiac death, 1339, 1346 Digital media players electromagnetic interference, pacemakers, 538, 545, 551 Discriminant analysis T-wave morphology, quantitative assessment, 11 Dronedarone control of ventricular rate, in permanent AF, EP News, 1770 for severe heart failure, mortality and, EP News, 1358 Drug safety daytime QTc stability, ECG measurement, 1424, 1432 Dynamic substrate mapping myocardial infarct size, 308 Early afterdepolarizations torsades de pointes triggered by, long QT syndrome, 1444, 1453 Ebstein anomaly epicardial activation, ECGI of, before and after ablation, 857 Echocardiography improvement of LA function, after cardiac resynchronization therapy, 780 intracardiac aortic cusp region, 663 within coronary sinus, 19 3D mapping and, ventricular tachycardia, 1396 image integration in atrial fibrillation, 1548 with MRI, visualization of esophagus, 1088 multislice CT and, ablation guidance, 1403 measurement, daytime QTc stability, 1424, 1432 real-time-3D, prediction of response to CRT, 1257 tissue Doppler, Brugada syndrome, 79 transesophageal. See Transesophageal echocardiography Education accurate electrocardiography, QT interval, 1015 Ejection fraction prediction of sudden death, CAD patients, EP News, 329

Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 Elderly patients primary prevention ICDs, outcomes and costs of primary prevention ICDs, 646 Electrical mapping defibrillation, in long-duration ventricular fibrillation, 1599, 1607 Electrical remodeling atrial fibrillation cellular bases, S1 intracellular leak due to FKBP12.6 deficiency, 1047, 1055 Electrical resets ICDs, cosmic radiation induced, during air travel, 1201, 1204 Electrical stimulation premature, calcium and ventricular vulnerability, 116 Electrical storm ventricular fibrillation, seasonal and circadian distribution, Brugada syndrome, 1523, 1528 Electroanatomical mapping atrial fibrillation, incomplete ablation lines, 163 intracardiac echocardiography and aortic cusp region, 663 ventricular tachycardia, 1396 MRI-based catheter tracking, left ventricle, EP News, 1633 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, pulmonary vein isolation, 353 P-wave morphology, comparison, 413 ventricular arrhythmias originating from papillary muscle, 1530 originating in aortic sinus, 184 ventricular tachycardia, PET and CT integration, 1538, 1546 Electrocardiography altered ventricular stretch, initiation of cardiac memory, 106, 114 atrial fibrillation, rotor meandering and irregularity, 846, 855 Brugada syndrome, sodium channel blocker channel, 1561, 1565 catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, Uwaves, 1382, 1389 characteristics of aortic cusp, echocardiography and mapping in, 663 epicardial activation, patient with Ebstein anomaly, 857 factors in ischemic ventricular fibrillation, STEMI, 71 failed algorithm, accessory pathways located at aortomitral continuity, 1206 fractionated AF initiation, S22 automated algorithm for, 1134, 1142 spatial and temporal stability, persistent AF, 1127 12-lead, identification of accessory pathway, 1763 magnetocardiography, in fetal arrhythmias, 1073 noninvasive, univentricular heart, 604 P-wave morphology, comparison with electroanatomical mapping, 413 QRS complex as marker, sudden cardiac death, 1339, 1346 QT interval, accurate assessment, teaching, 1015 TASER-X26 application, ideal human cardiac axis, EP News, 1634 during treadmill exercise, long QT syndrome, 1690

Subject Index T-wave morphology, quantitative assessment, 11 ventricular fibrillation, self-terminating, 1198 Electrograms characteristics of conduction gaps, left atrium circumferential ablation, 994 complex fractionated, during atrial fibrillation, 406 fractionated, HL-1 atrial monolayer model, 1029 spectral analysis during sinus rhythm, in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 968 Electromagnetic interference pacemakers, caused by portable media players, 538 Electromechanical dissociation short QT syndrome, hypothesis of the U wave, 241, 246 Electrophysiology ablation, above semilunar valve, 1625 arrhythmogenesis, short QT syndrome, 585, 590 atrial, Chinese medicine Xuelianhua, EP News, 1226 atrial arrhythmias, pharmacotherapy, S26 atrial fibrillation, converting to atrial flutter with fixed interval block, 1745, 1753 challenges, adult congenital heart disease, 1464 in Egypt, 331 epicardial ablation, endoscopic guidance, 1115 ICD electrode orientations, comparison in children and adults, 565, 573 left atrium, cardiac image registration, 609 mitral isthmus anatomy, atrial fibrillation, 19 mutation in KCNE5, atrial fibrillation and, 427, 436 myocardial stem cell therapies, S48 myocardial substrate, cell therapy for, EP News, 768 practice in Thailand, 629 ranolazine, pulmonary vein sleeve preparation, 1019, 1027 recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, near absence of HERG, 553, 562 specialized, Task Force 6, 332 ventricular arrhythmia, stellate ganglion nerve activity and, 131, 140 ventricular tachycardia, ablation above the semilunar waves, 1485 Electroporation atrial vulnerability, 592 Endocardial mapping ventricular fibrillation in commotio cordis, 1355 Endocarditis lead, European perspective, 160, 320 Endoscopy guidance of epicardial ablation, feasibility, 1115 Endothelial dysfunction heart failure, response to CRT, 1229, 1236 Entrainment pacing maneuver, for supraventricular tachycardia, 1152 Epicardial mapping focal atrial tachycardia, epicardial left atrial appendage, 766 percutaneous ablation, atrial fibrillation, 152 right ventricular arrhythmia, vulnerability, 438, 449 Epicardium catheter ablation, ventricular tachycardia, S73 Epicardium-derived cells accessory pathway and, EP News, 905 Epsilon potentials QRS fragmentation, right ventricular dysplasiacardiomyopathy, 1417, 1422

e19 Esophageal injury ablation for atrial fibrillation, novel approach, 624 during catheter ablation, intra-pericardial balloon retraction to prevent, 1473 Esophagus location with CT, before catheter ablation, 975 visualization, intracardiac echocardiography with MRI, 1088 European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), monitoring of CIEDs, 907 Excimer laser catheter cross subclavian occlusion, after failed microdissection, 469 Excitation-contraction uncoupler altered ventricular stretch, initiation of cardiac memory, 106, 114 Exercise cardiac resynchronization therapy, AV delay, 378 cardiopulmonary capacity, after radiofrequency ablation, 1323 stress testing, ventricular ectopy during, long QT syndrome, 1690 Extraction technique superfluous lead, European perspective, 160, 320 Familial diseases atrial fibrillation. See Atrial fibrillation genetic predictive testing, psychological consequences, 719 short QT syndrome, cellular basis for arrhythmogenesis, 585, 590 Fasciculoventricular bypass tract preexcitation bypass tract, 1767 Fetal arrhythmia recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, HERG mutations, 553, 562 Fetus arrhythmias magnetocardiography in, 1073 recurrent intrauterine loss, HERG mutations, 553, 562 tachycardia, treatment, 1216 Fish oil inhibition of triggered activity, heart failure, EP News, 634 FKBP12.6 overexpression, antiarrhythmic effects, EP News, 1089 Fluorescence microscopy ion channel dynamics, visualization of, S7 Fluoroscopy biplane three-dimensional augmented, ablation for AF, 957, 965 Fontan surgery atypical atrial tachycardias, congenital heart disease, 315 Fourier analysis atrial fibrillation, rotor meandering and irregularity, 846, 855 Fractionated electrogram ablation, during atrial fibrillation, 198, 206 Frequency analysis atrial activation, persistent atrial fibrillation, 686 complex fractionated electrograms, during atrial fibrillation, 406 Fusion proteins ion channel dynamics, visualization of, S7

e20 Gap junction dispersion in Cx43 and conduction velocity, model of heart failure, 1178, 1186 ion channel dynamics, visualization of, S7 renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, cardiac arrhythmias and, S12 Gender differences ICD use in heart failure, EP News, 166, 1498 Gene deletions in KCNQ1 and KCNH2, long QT syndrome, 1275, 1282 Gene duplications in KCNQ1 and KCNH2, long QT syndrome, 1275, 1282 Gene expression cardiac resynchronization effects, heart failure patients, 52, 60 Gene therapy myocardial, electrophysiology implications, S48 Genetics atrial fibrillation, 483 ␤-adrenergic receptors, risk of sudden death in CAD patients, 814, 821 begetting atrial fibrillation, 888 Brugada analysis, 1495 mutation in KCNE5, with atrial fibrillation, 427, 436 predictive testing, long QT syndrome, psychological consequences, 719 SCN5A mutation, LQT-3 and atrial fibrillation, 1434, 1441 SCN1A mutation family, sudden cardiac death and epilepsy, EP News, 768 sudden infant death syndrome, mutations or polymorphisms in, 712, 716 Gene transfer If and IK1, induction of atrial automaticity, 1310 Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1-like mutation Brugada syndrome, EP News, 328 Group beating atrial tachycardia with, 760 HCN channel chimeras, ventricular tachycardias, If blockade and, 282 overexpression, induction of atrial automaticity, 1310 Heart failure atrial fibrillation and calcium and cholinergic, 1170 cellular bases, S1 early rhythm control effects, 839 atrial structural remodeling, pioglitazone effects, 451, 460, 636 beta2-adrenergic stimulation, arrhythymogenic effects, EP News, 1357 cardiac resynchronization early and late, 52, 60 endothelial dysfunction identifies responders, 1229, 1236 hyperresponders, 193 improvement of left atrial function, 780 real-time-3D echocardiography to predict response, 1257 chronic, non-Gaussian heart rate as predictor, 261, 269 contemporary review of arrhythmias, 742, 867 decompensated, mechanical dyssynchrony in, 1105 dronedarone, mortality after, EP News, 1358 fish oil, inhibition of triggered activity, EP News, 634 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, amyloidosis patients, 235

Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 importance of defibrillator shocks, EP News, 1770 microvolt T-wave alternans, during biventricular pacing, 348 midmyocardial Cx43 expression, dispersion, 1178, 1186 pediatric, cardiac resynchronization therapy for, 1476 preexcitation and, left ventricular dysfunction, infants, 1320 rhythm versus rate control, EP News, 1358 HEART Group statement of ethics, 770 Heart rate non-Gaussian, predictor in chronic heart failure, 261, 269 sinus, polymorphisms associated with, 694, 701 turbulence, prediction of death, congestive heart failure, 1095, 1103 variability, autonomic neural activity and, 300, 306 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) ACC/AHA Guidelines, device-based therapy, 934 European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), monitoring of CIEDs, 907 Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society, Clinical competency statement, 926 Heart transplantation atrial fibrillation after, EP News, 635 Hemorrhage warfarin therapy for AF, 1365, 1373 hERG channels NS1643 effects, ventricular cell model, 734 HERG mutations recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, persistent arrhythmias, 553, 562 SCN5A variant, lidocaine, long QT syndrome, 1567, 1575 symptomatic LQT2, auditory-trigger syncope and, 1577 Heterotaxy syndrome twin AV nodes, RAI patients, 224 Hibernation antiarrhythmic protection, electrophysiological mechanisms of, 1587, 1597 His bundle ventricular arrhythmias in, catheter ablation, 37 Holter monitoring ventricular fibrillation, aborted sudden death, 1198 Holt-Oram syndrome gain-of-function TBX5 mutation, EP News, 1357 Hypothermia antiarrhythmic protection, electrophysiological mechanisms, in hibernators, 1587, 1597 IKr channel blockade congenital long QT syndrome, 2, 8 Image integration atrial fibrillation 3D fluoroscopy, 957, 965 incomplete ablation lines, 163 intracardiac ultrasound guidance, 1548 3-D, NavX fusion, 526, 536 Image registration multielectrode ablation catheters, CT geometry and 3D electroanatomical mapping, 628 Impedance monitoring failure, ICD lead failure, 775 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). See also Pacemakers

Subject Index ACC/AHA/HRS Guidelines for Therapy, 934 adult ICD indicated patients, 28, 35 advisory replacement, outcome, 1675, 1682 amiodarone therapy or, EP News, 1770 athletes with individual risk benefit decision, 861 sports participation discouraged, 864 biventricular, right ventricular lead problem, 158 electrical resets, cosmic radiation induced, during air travel, 1201, 1204 electrode orientations, comparison in children and adults, 565, 573 electromagnetic interference, portable media players, 545, 551 gender differences in outcome, EP News, 1498 heart failure patients prognostic importance of shocks, EP News, 1770 sex and racial differences, EPNews, 166 shocks versus amiodarone, EP News, 1770 HRS/EHRA expert consensus on IEDs, 907 implant training, pediatric and congenital, 907 inappropriate shocks, avoidance, 762 indications, young children, 1755 lead advisory, outcome, 639, 643 lead disintegration, level of tricuspid valve, 1224 lead extraction complications, 1352 large single-center experience, 520 lead fracture, accelerating risk of, 1375, 1380 lead malfunctions, surgical revision, EP News, 1498 Lead Performance Conference, 1331 left ventricular systolic dysfunction, statin effects, 507, 511 population-based registry in Ontario, 1250 primary prevention, outcomes and costs, 646 prophylactic catheter ablation and, EP News, 501 prophylactic placement, amyloidosis patients, 235 recalled high-voltage, failure of impedance, 775 registry annual report, 1359 repetitive tachycardia induced by, during left ventricular pacing, 1482 Sprint Fidelis lead advisory, 639, 643 lead failure, 167 St. Jude Riata lead, time delayed perforation, 1667, 1673 sudden cardiac death progress beyond, S45 QRS duration and, MADIT-II, 807 superior vena cava coil position effects, 394 threshold testing, complications, 387, 391 training in specialized electrophysiology, 332 transvenous high-voltage, in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 1517 T-wave alternans, preceding ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, 670, 677 ventricular arrhythmias, antiarrhythmics versus, 361, 366 ventricular fibrillation, seasonal and circadian distribution, Brugada, 1523, 1528 ventricular tachycardia bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy, 1461 driving and, EP News, 329 Induced current low-frequency-induced, pacemaker, MRI environment, 462

e21 Infection advisory ICD replacement, 1675, 1682 lead extraction avoidance of, 1083 European perspective, 160, 320 transvenous, single-center experience, 520 Inflammation markers, ablation for atrial flutter, 215, 222 Insulin myocardial contractility and, EP News, 1089 Interatrial septum substrates for conduction, anatomical study, 1189, 1196 Interleukin-6 before and after ablation, atrial flutter, 215, 222 Interventricular asynchrony radiofrequency ablation, preexcitation during sinus rhythm, 1323 Intracardiac alternans compared to surface T-wave alternans, ventricular arrhythmias, 1003 Intramural foci during long duration fibrillation, EP News, 1226 Inward rectifier-funny current balance spontaneous automaticity, biologic pacemaker development, 1318 Ion channels early atrial fibrillation, in congenital long QT syndrome, 704, 710 HCN212 biological pacemakers, If blockade and, 282 L-type calcium current recovery, versus ventricular repolarization, in long QT, 271, 280 mechanisms, cardiac fibrillation, contemporary review, 872 mutation in KCNE5, with AF, 427, 436 mutations, genetics of atrial fibrillation, 483 NS1643 effects, ventricular cell model, 734 visualizing, plasma membrane, S7 Isovolumic relaxation mechanoelectrical hypothesis of wave short QT syndrome patients, 241, 246 Ivabradine biological pacemakers and, ventricular tachycardia, 282 pacemaker current inhibition, EP News, 1769 Junctional tachycardia simultaneous atrial and ventricular activation, 622 KCNH2 common variation, QT interval duration, young adults, EP News, 1770 C-terminal, cellular properties, 1159, 1168 identification with ECG Holter monitor, 11 KvLQT1 identification with ECG Holter monitor, 11 Lamin A/C mutations with cardiomyopathy, identification of, EP News, 500 Laser transvenous lead extraction, single-center experience, 520 Lead advisory Fidelis ICD, Canadian Heart Rhythm Society, 639, 643 Lead endocarditis extraction, European perspective, 160, 320

e22 Lead extraction complications infectious issues, 1083 noninfectious issues, 1221 procedural factors, 1352 malfunction coronary sinus and branch leads, 491 European perspective, 160, 320 pacemaker problem, 158 transvenous, large single-center experience, 520 Lead failure disintegration, level of tricuspid valve, 1224 fracture, accelerating risk of, 1375, 1380 impedance failure in detection, adverse clinical events, 775 perforation, St. Jude Riata defibrillator, 1667, 1673 surgical revision, EP News, 1498 Lead performance high-voltage ICD, in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 1517 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) Conference, 1331 implantation in young children, 1755 Left atrial appendage epicardial, focal atrial tachycardia, 766 filling defects, in atrial fibrillation, multidetector CT use, 253 potentials, during radiofrequency ablation, 475 Left atrial flutter pace termination, after ablation for AF, 1619 Left atrium breakthrough site, standard 12-lead ECG, 413 cycle-dependent dynamics, ablation for atrial fibrillation, 787 reverse remodeling, assessment, real-time-3D echocardiography, 1257 Left bundle branch block cardiac resynchronization, hyperresponders, 193 QRS complex morphology, sustained tachycardia, 1479 tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, 895 Left mitral isthmus conduction times, premitral and peritricuspid, 400 Left ventricular dilatation persistent, in tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, 1111 Left ventricular dyssynchrony assessment, real-time-3D echocardiography, 1257 heart failure and preexcitation, infants, 1320 Left ventricular systolic dysfunction ICD patients, effects of statins, 507, 511 Lidocaine ventricular tachycardia induced by, in utero onset long QT syndrome, 1567, 1575 Lipoprotein reconstituted high-density, antiarrhythmogenic effect, 1089 Lone atrial fibrillation genetics, 483 Long QT syndrome anti-KCNH2 antibody-induced, EP News, 165 atrial fibrillation, suppression by mexiletine, 472 and auditory-trigger syncope, c-terminal hERG mutation associated with, 1577 congenital atrial fibrillation in, 704, 710 hERG mutation and SCN5A variant, 1567, 1575

Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 C-terminal KCNH2 mutations, cellular properties, 1159, 1168 drug-induced reduced risk of torsades de pointes and, EP News, 769 sex, age, and arrhythmia, EP News, 1226 electrocardiographic assessment, teaching, 1015 exercise-induced ventricular ectopy, during treadmill exercise, 1690 familial atrial fibrillation and, sodium channel mutation, 1434, 1441 gene deletions and duplications, in KCNQ1 and KCNH2, 1275, 1282 hERG 1a/1b heteromeric currents, EP News, 1769 L-type calcium current recovery, versus ventricular repolarization, 271, 280 magnetocardiography, in fetal arrhythmias, 1073 Na⫹/Ca2⫹ exchanger, trigger for early afterdepolarizations, 1444, 1453 occult congenital, IKr channel blockade, 2, 8 predictive testing for, psychological consequences, 719 recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, near absence of HERG, 553, 562 repolarization heterogeneity, Brugada syndrome, 734 risk of death, sibling death and, 831, 837 S1103Y-SCN5A, in African-American SIDS, 712, 716 T-wave morphology, ECG Holter monitor, 11 Lung transplantation bilateral, donor-to-recipient atrial tachycardia, 149 Macroreentrant pattern tachycardia, left atrial and pulmonary vein, 43 Magnesium intravenous, treatment of acute AF, EP News, 501 Magnetic resonance imaging ablation, aortic sinus, treatment of tachycardias, 1265, 1273 catheter tracking, electroanatomical mapping with, left ventricle, EP News, 1633 cycle-dependent dynamics, ablation for atrial fibrillation, 787 dynamic substrate mapping, myocardial infarct size, 308 gradient field-induced current, pacemaker lead system, 462 intracardiac echocardiography integration, visualization of esophagus, 1088 left atrial function and scar, after catheter ablation, 656 real-time, catheter placement, 1497 Magnetocardiography in fetal arrhythmias, 1073 Managed ventricular pacing possibility or pitfall, 489 MAZE procedure atypical atrial flutter after, 618 surgical, treatment of AF, S40 Mechanical dyssynchrony advanced decompensated heart failure, hemodynamic response and, 1105 Metabolic syndrome atrial fibrillation and, EP News, 905 Mexiletine suppression of AF, in long QT syndrome, 472 Microdissection failed, excimer laser catheter, 469 Midorine evidence-based treatment of vasovagal syncope, 1609

Subject Index Mineralocorticoid receptor blocker renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, arrhythmias and, S12 Mitogen-activated protein kinase atrial fibrillation, JAK/STAT and rapid pacing model, 1285, 1294 Modeling excito-oscillatory dynamics, ventricular fibrillation, 575 ICD electrode orientations, comparison in children and adults, 565, 573 Mortality cardiovascular, baroreflex sensitivity and, EP News, 500 congestive heart failure patients, heart rate turbulence prediction, 1095, 1103 non-Gaussian heart rate, predictor in chronic heart failure, 261, 269 statin effects, ICD patients, 507, 511 ventricular tachycardia, psychosocial status effects, 361, 366 Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT-II) QRS duration, in sudden death, 807 Myocardial infarction acute, complete atrioventricular block and asystole with, 1079 biventricular pacing, cardiac remodeling and, 124 narrow QRS incessant tachycardia after, 1758 noninvasive risk assessment after, EP News, 329 premature ventricular complexes, scar-related ventricular tachycardia, 367, 375 repolarization timing after, scatter in, 208 ST elevation, ischemic VF in, 71 stem cell repair arrhythmic risks, 880 preclinical considerations, 749 ventricular fibrillation, catheter ablation of VPBs, 1458 Myocardial ischemia acute, interventricular septum, conduction and, 1057 chronic, reduced synchrony of calcium release, EP News, 768 Myocardial regeneration stem cells, arrhythmic risks, 880 Myocardial stretch alteration, initiation of cardiac memory, 106, 114 Myocytes excito-oscillatory dynamics, ventricular fibrillation, 575 L-type calcium current recovery, versus ventricular repolarization, in long QT, 271, 280 Myotonic dystrophy sudden death in, ECG abnormalities, EP News, 1358 Naⴙ/Ca2ⴙ exchanger torsades de pointes and, long QT syndrome, 1444, 1453 Narrow complex tachycardia mechanism, 487 Narrow QRS complexes heart failure with, CRT use in, EP News, 329 incessant tachycardia, with recent MI, 1758 Nitroglycerine vasovagal syncope induced by, cardiac output, 1695 Nkx2–5 perinatal loss, rapid conduction and contraction, EP News, 1769

e23 Noncontact mapping right atrial substrate properties, aging and, atrial flutter, 1144 Noncoronary cusp ventricular arrhythmias, vicinity of His bundle, 37 Nonentrant mechanism ventricular arrhythmias, cardiac mapping, S53 Nonfluoroscopic mapping aortic cusp, ventricular tachycardia ablation, 326 Non-Gaussian heart rate chronic heart failure, predictor of mortality, 261, 269 Nonsense-mediated decay HERG Q1070X, recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, 553, 562 NOS1AP common variation, QT interval duration, young adults, EP News, 1770 Optical mapping acute ischemia, interventricular septum, conduction and, 1057 electroporation, atrial vulnerability to, 592 intraventricular heterogeneity, Brugada syndrome, 725 Oxidative stress renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, cardiac arrhythmias and, S12 Pacemakers. See also Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators ACC/AHA/HRS Guidelines for Therapy, 934 alternans, terminated by telemetry wand, 1080 bioartificial, HCN-encoded pacemaker current, 1310 biological cautionary notes for development, 1318 If blockade and, 282 complications of lead extraction, procedural factors, 1352 current inhibition, EP News, 1769 electromagnetic interference with, portable media players, 538, 545 EP challenges, adult congenital heart disease, 1464 lead system, MRI low-frequency-induced current, 462 right ventricular lead problem, 158 transvenous lead extraction, large single-center experience, 520 Pace mapping calcium and cholinergic AF, in heart failure, 1170 high-output, postinfarction ventricular tachycardia, 1709 phrenic nerve, 3D reconstruction, 1120 spatial resolution, idiopathic ventricular tachycardia, 339, 345 Pace termination left atrial flutter, after ablation for AF, 1619 Pacing biventricular microvolt T-wave alternans during, 348 optimization of AV delay, exercise and, 378 entrainment, left bundle branch block morphology tachycardia, 1479 left ventricular, repetitive tachycardia in, 1482 sequential dual chamber extrastimulation, concealed accessory pathway, 248 single diagnostic maneuver, for supraventricular tachycardia, 1152 training in specialized electrophysiology, Task Force 6, 332

e24 ventricular, managed, 489 ventricular tachycardia caused by, novel cause, 1760 Papillary muscle electrical isolation, recurrent ventricular tachycardia, 479 ventricular arrhythmias comparison with fascicular arrhythmias, 1530 post-infarction, EP News, 1227 Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia ⌬HA criterion, AVNRT and AVRT differentiation, 83 Pathology-specific therapy potassium channels, in atrial fibrillation, 758 Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society Heart Rhythm Society and, Clinical competency statement, 926 Pediatric patients atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, with 2:1 block, 1391 congenital heart block, ascending aortic dilation in, 1704 defibrillator indications, ICDs in young children, 1755 electromagnetic interference with pacemakers, portable media players, 545, 551 fetus, management with atrioventricular block, 1347 heart failure, cardiac resynchronization therapy for, 1476 heart failure and preexcitation, infants, 1320 ICD electrode orientations, computer modeling for comparison, 565, 573 ICD implant and resynchronization device training, 907 ICD procedures, registry annual report, 1359 proximal right bundle branch, cryoablation, 142 single ventricle, mechanism and treatment of arrhythmia, 1615 Pericardial space epicardial ablation, endoscopic guidance, 1115 Pericarditis induced by active-fixation lead, PET/ET diagnosis, 1493 Pharmacology atrial arrhythmias, present and future, S26 ranolazine, pulmonary vein sleeve preparation, 1019, 1027 Phrenic nerve 3D reconstruction, pace mapping and, 1120 Pioglitazone atrial fibrosis and fibrillation, in congestive heart failure, 451, 460, 636 Plakoglobin desmosomal protein, genetic evaluation, 1455 Plakophilin-2 arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, 1715, 1724 Plasma membrane ion channel dynamics, visualization of, S7 Polymorphisms single nucleotide, sinus heart rate and, 694, 701 sodium channel promoter, EP News, 500 Positron emission tomography/Computed tomography pericarditis induced by lead fixation, 1493 with mapping, scar-related ventricular tachycardia, 1538, 1546 Potassium channels atrial fibrillation and, EP News, 634 blockade, in occult LQTS, 2, 8 pathology-specific therapy, atrial fibrillation, 758 T-wave morphology, LQT1 and LQT2, ECG Holter monitor, 11

Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 Potassium current delayed rectifier, mutation in KCNE5 with AF, 427, 436 Preexcitation 12-lead ECG accessory pathways located at aortomitral continuity, 1206 fasciculoventricular bypass tract, 1767 reentry in accessory pathway, trigger for AF, 1238, 1248 ventricular asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, 1323 left ventricular dysfunction and, infants, 1320 Premature ventricular complexes reentry circuit relations, scar-related ventricular tachycardia, 367, 375 Probability density function non-Gaussian heart rate, chronic heart failure, 261, 269 Progesterone cardiac repolarization and, women, EP News, 500 Prognosis primary prevention ICDs, sudden death in the elderly, 646 Psychological study genetic predictive testing, familial diseases, 719 Pulmonary artery idiopathic VT/PVCs arising from, 419 Pulmonary vein atrial arrhythmias, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and, S32 atrial fibrillation, impact on electrophysiologic properties, EP News, 1498 circumferential ablation, tachycardia after, EP News, 501 contraction, using multiphase multislice CT, 1645 identification of conduction gaps, left atrium circumferential ablation, 994 interstitial Cajal cells, identification and distribution, 1063, 1068 isolation balloon catheter ablation for AF, 353 CT location, before catheter ablation, 975 early and late tachyarrhythmias after, 679 mesh catheter ablation for AF, 1510 multielectrode ablation catheter, 1635, 1643 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 802 strategies for AF ablation, 174, 182 longstanding permanent AF, ablation for, 1658, 1665 macroreentrant tachycardia, catheter ablation, 43 multisweep gated rotational fluoroscopy, multislice CT comparison, 513 sleeve preparations, antiarrhythmic effects of ranolazine, 1019, 1027 Pulmonic valve ablation above the semilunar waves, ventricular tachycardia, 1485 Purkinje system initiating VPBs from, ablation of ventricular fibrillation, 1458 P-wave morphology standard 12-lead ECG, left atrial activation map comparison, 413 QRS complex narrow and tall, ECG marker for sudden death, 1339, 1346 QRS fragmentation diagnostic marker, right ventricular dysplasiacardiomyopathy, 1417, 1422

Subject Index QRS tachycardia ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden death, MADIT-II, 807 wide, new algorithm for diagnosis, 89 QT interval duration, variation in NOS1AP and KCNH2, young adults, EP News, 1770 prolongation unreliable predictor of ventricular arrhythmia, 1210, 1213 ventricular arrhythmia and, historical vignette, 892 QTc variability, daytime, 1424, 1432 quinidine, proarrhythmic and antiarrhythmic effects, 1726 repolarization heterogeneity, Brugada syndrome, 725 repolarization scatter, post-MI events, 208 Quality of life ventricular arrhythmias, psychosocial status effects, 361, 366 Quinidine torsade de pointes induced by, role of late sodium currents, 1726 Rac1 membrane translocation, atrial fibrillation, 1285, 1294 Racial differences African-American SIDS, S1103Y-SCN5A in, 712, 716 ICD use in heart failure, EP News, 166 Radiofrequency ablation. See also Ablation; Catheter ablation above semilunar valve, 1625 biophysics, 899 gaps in ablation lines, atrial fibrillation, 1296, 1302 improvement in exercise capacity, preexcitation during sinus rhythm, 1323 longstanding permanent AF, pulmonary vein antrum isolation, 1658, 1665 posterior atrial, vagus nerve injury, 1327 recurrent ventricular tachycardia, electrical isolation of papillary muscle, 479 within the sinus of Valsalva, ventricular tachycardia, 1265, 1273 ventricular arrhythmia arising in aortic sinus, 184 vicinity of His bundle, 37 ventricular tachycardia above the semilunar waves, 1485 bundle branch reentrant, S68 scar-related, premature ventricular complexes, 367, 375 scar-related, PET/CT with mapping, 1538, 1546 steam pops during, 1411 Ranolazine antiarrhythmic action, EP News, 165 Reentry accessory pathway, trigger for AF, 1238, 1248 calcium and ventricular vulnerability, premature electrical stimulation, 116 cardiac fibrillation, ion channels to rotors, contemporary review, 872 subepicardial, during ischemic phase 1B, 1036, 1045 ventricular tachycardia, postinfarction, 981, 992 Refractory period atrial fibrillation, cellular bases, S1 Remodeling atrium, pioglitazone effects, 451, 460, 636

e25 biventricular pacing and, myocardial infarction model, 124 cardiac resynchronization therapy, heart failure patients, 52, 60 potassium channels, atrial fibrillation, 758 Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system cardiac arrhythmias and, S12 Repolarization CAPON and, EP News, 905 disturbances, QT interval and ventricular arrhythmia, 1210, 1213 early inferolateral leads, Brugada syndrome, 1685 sudden cardiac arrest and, EP News, 1227 ECG abnormalities, athletes, outcome, EP News, 635 epicardium, right ventricular outflow tract, EP News, 1090 heterogeneity, right ventricular outflow tract, 725 intracardiac and surface T-wave alternans, predictor of ventricular arrhythmia, 1003 progesterone and, women, EP News, 500 scatter in, post-MI events, 208 ventricular restitution properties, Brugada ECG, EP News, 1090 Repolarization reserve IKr blockade, congenital long QT syndrome, 2, 8 Restitution atrial fibrillation initiation, factors preceding, S22 Retrospective cardiac gating left atrial anatomy, pulmonary veins and, 513 Right atrial isomerism tachycardia in, long-term outcomes, 224 Right bundle branch ventricular tachycardia arising from, cryoablation, child, 142 Right coronary cusp ventricular arrhythmias, vicinity of His bundle, 37 Right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy arrhythmogenic, CT, 1631 QRS fragmentation as marker, 1417, 1422 Right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia originating in, pace mapping, 339, 345 Risk factors advisory ICD replacement, 1675, 1682 atrial fibrillation, 5-year study of progression and management, 1501, 1508 Risk stratification Brugada syndrome, 79 defibrillation threshold testing, complications, 387, 391 long QT syndrome, sibling death and, 831, 837 microvolt T-wave alternans, during biventricular pacing, 348 repolarization scatter, post-MI events, 208 Robotic navigation system catheter ablation, for common-type atrial flutter, 1556 Rotors migrating, complex fractionated electrograms, 1029 RR-bin method T-wave morphology, quantitative assessment, 11 RR interval daytime QTc stability, cardiac safety studies, 1424, 1432 Ryanodine receptors intracellular calcium leak, atrial fibrillation, 1047, 1055

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SCN5A sodium channel mutation, in atrial fibrillation, 99 S1103Y in, African-American SIDS, 712, 716 variant, hERG mutation and, long QT, 1567, 1575 Semilunar valve ablation atrial tachycardia, 1625 ventricular tachycardia, 1485 Serotonin excessive autoinhibition, sudden infant death syndrome, EP News, 1497 Shock potential gradient external defibrillation and, in long-duration ventricular fibrillation, 1599, 1607 Short QT syndrome cellular basis for arrhythmogenesis, short QT syndrome, 585, 590 electromechanical coupling hypothesis of the U wave, 241, 246, 1091 Sinus of Valsalva catheter ablation, atrial and ventricular tachycardias, 1265, 1273 Sinus rhythm activation mapping, postinfarction ventricular tachycardias, 981, 992 Small GTPase membrane translocation, atrial fibrillation, 1285, 1294 Sodium channel mutation, LQT-3 and atrial fibrillation, 1434, 1441 Sodium channel blocker challenge, Brugada ECG pattern, 1561, 1565 ranolazine, pulmonary vein sleeve preparation, 1019, 1027 Sodium channel mutation in atrial fibrillation, 99 dilated cardiomyopathy, EP News, 768 gene variants, sudden cardiac death in women, EP News, 634 Sodium channel promoter polymorphisms in EP News, 500 sinus heart rate, 694, 701 Sodium current antiarrhythmic action EP News, 165 suppression of AF in long QT syndrome, 472 modulation of quinidine, 1726 Spatiotemporal organization atrial activation, persistent atrial fibrillation, 686 fractionated electrograms, persistent atrial fibrillation, 1127 Spectral analysis atrial activation, persistent atrial fibrillation, 686 during sinus rhythm, in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 968 Sports ICD patients individual risk benefit decision, 861 participation discouraged, 864 Statins effects on mortality, ICD patients, 507, 511 Statistics unplugged, 631

Steam pops during irrigated radiofrequency ablation, ventricular tachycardia, 1411 Stem cells cardiac arrhythmic risks, 880 preclinical considerations, 749 myocardial therapies, electrophysiologic implications, S48 Steroids fetus with atrioventricular block, 1347 Stroke defibrillation threshold testing, complications, 387, 391 outcome of atrial fibrillation, 1365, 1373 Subclavian occlusion excimer laser catheter, after failed microdissection, 469 Subcutaneous electrodes non-transvenous defibrillation, adult ICD indicated patients, 28, 35 Substrate right atrial, age-related properties, atrial flutter, 1144 subepicardial reentry, during ischemic phase 1B, 1036, 1045 Sudden cardiac death amyloidosis, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator effects, 235 arrhythmogenesis, short QT syndrome, 585, 590 athletes with ICDs, 864 autonomic markers, 300, 306 catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, sympathectomy treatment, 1461 contemporary review of arrhythmias, 742, 867 C-terminal hERG mutation, symptomatic LQT2 and auditory-trigger syncope, 1577 C-terminal KCNH2 mutations, cellular properties, 1159, 1168 early repolarization pattern, in inferolateral leads, Brugada syndrome, 1685 electrocardiographic assessment of QT interval, teaching of, 1015 epilepsy and, SCN1A mutation family, EP News, 768 exercise-related, youth, 794, 801 heart rate turbulence prediction, congestive heart failure patients, 1095, 1103 ischemic ventricular fibrillation, ECG factors, 71 long QT syndrome, sibling death and, 831, 837 microvolt T-wave alternans, during biventricular pacing, 348 myotonic dystrophy type 1, ECG abnormalities, EP News, 1358 non-transvenous defibrillation, 28, 35 prediction in CAD patients, ejection fraction, EP News, 329 prevention, ICDs, outcomes and costs, 646 QRS complex as ECG marker for, 1339, 1346 recurrent intrauterine fetal loss, near absence of HERG, 553, 562 risk, ␤-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and, 814, 821 seizures and, leaky ryanodine receptor 2, EP News, 1497 short QT syndrome, electromechanical coupling in, 241, 246, 1091 sodium channel blocker channel, Brugada ECG patterns, 1561, 1565

Subject Index sodium channel gene variants, women, EP News, 634 ventricular arrhythmia, stellate ganglion nerve activity and, 131, 140 ventricular fibrillation, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, S45 ventricular tachyarrhythmias and, QRS duration, 807 ventricular tachycardia, beta3-adrenergic receptor and, 289, 298 Sudden infant death syndrome African-American, S1103Y-SCN5A in, 712, 716 excessive serotonin autoinhibition, EP News, 1497 magnetocardiography, in fetal arrhythmias, 1073 Superior vena cava coil position, effect on transvenous defibrillation, 394 Supraventricular tachycardia after left atrial ablation, persistent atrial fibrillation, 318 with 2:1 block, pediatric patients, 1391 isoproterenol infusion, mechanism, 1219, 1350 nonreentrant, mechanism, 487 simultaneous atrial and ventricular activation, 622 single diagnostic pacing maneuver, 1152 wide QRS complex, new algorithm for diagnosis, 89 Surgical maze treatment of AF, S40 Survival amyloidosis, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator effects, 235 exercise-related sudden cardiac death, athletes in the U. S., 794, 801 primary prevention ICDs, sudden death in the elderly, 646 Sympathectomy bilateral thoracoscopic, treatment of ventricular tachycardia, 1461 Sympathetic nerve activity ventricular arrhythmia and, sudden cardiac death model, 131, 140 Syncope catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, sympathectomy treatment, 1461 complete atrioventricular block and asystole with, acute MI, 1079 early repolarization pattern, in inferolateral leads, Brugada syndrome, 1685 long QT syndrome, sibling death and, 831, 837 QRS complex as ECG marker, sudden death, 1339, 1346 sodium channel blocker channel, Brugada ECG patterns, 1561, 1565 vasovagal, evidence-based treatment, 1609 Tachyarrhythmias congenital long QT syndrome, 704, 710 early and late, after pulmonary vein antrum isolation, 679 ischemic VF, ECG factors, 71 life-threatening, psychosocial status effects, 361, 366 right ventricular, vulnerability, 438, 449 T-wave alternans preceding, ICD electrograms, 670, 677 Tachycardia atrial. See Atrial tachycardia cardiomyopathy induced by, persistent left ventricular dilatation in, 1111 fetal, treatment, 1216

e27 LBBB morphology, in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, 895 magnetocardiography, in fetal arrhythmias, 1073 narrow complex, mechanism, 487 outcomes, RAI patients, 224 pacemaker-mediated paroxysmal AF with, 1621 repetitive, 1482 supraventricular. See Supraventricular tachycardia U-waves, mutant ryanodine receptors, 1382, 1389 ventricular. See Ventricular tachycardia Telemetry wand pacemaker alternans terminated by, 1080 Thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation, idraparinux or vitamin K for prevention, EP News, 906 warfarin therapy for AF, 1365, 1373 Torsades de pointes C-terminal KCNH2 mutations, cellular properties, 1159, 1168 long QT syndrome, sibling death and, 831, 837 Na⫹/Ca2⫹ exchanger and, long QT syndrome, 1444, 1453 QT prolongation, unreliable predictor of ventricular arrhythmia, 1210, 1213 quinidine-induced, late sodium current effects, 1726 Total internal reflection microscopy (TIRF) ion channel dynamics, visualization of, S7 T peak-to-end interval IKr blockade, congenital long QT syndrome, 2, 8 Transcoronary ethanol ablation for ventricular tachycardia, 62, 69 Transesophageal echocardiography LAA filling defects in atrial fibrillation, multidetector CT comparison, 253 real-time 3-D, double transseptal catheterization, 324 Transmembrane action potential atrial fibrillation, cellular bases, S1 Transmural lesions ablative treatment of atrial fibrillation, 1296, 1302 Transseptal catheterization real-time 3-D TEE guidance, 324 Tricuspid valve ICD lead disintegration, 1224 T-wave alternans compared to intracardiac alternans, predictor of ventricular arrhythmia, 1003 effect of biventricular pacing, heart failure patients, 348 heart failure patients, nonischemic cardiomyopathy, EP News, 501 ICD, preceding ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, 670, 677 pacing-induced, cardiac memory and, 106, 114 Ultrasonography high-intensity focused pace mapping, phrenic nerve, 1120 pulmonary vein isolation, prevention of atrioesophageal fistula, 145 intracardiac, image integration, atrial fibrillation, 1548 U wave mechanoelectrical hypothesis short QT syndrome patients, 241, 246, 1091

e28 Vagus nerve injury after posterior atrial radiofrequency ablation, 1327 Vasovagal syncope cardiac output, steep fall in, 1695 evidence-based treatment, 1609 Ventricular aneurysms desmosomal cardiomyopathy and, 1455 Ventricular arrhythmias arising from pulmonary artery, characteristics, 419 ␤-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms, sudden death and, 814, 821 beta3-AR agonist, antiarrhythmic effects, 289, 298 ICD patients, statin effects, 507, 511 life-threatening, psychosocial status effects, 361, 366 mechanistic insights, from mapping studies, S53 originating in aortic sinus, electrocardiographic characteristics, 184 post-infarction, in papillary muscles, EP News, 1227 QT interval and, historical vignette, 892 stellate ganglion nerve activity and, sudden cardiac death, 131, 140 T-wave alternans as predictor, intracardiac alternans compared to, 1003 vicinity of His bundle, catheter ablation of, 37 Ventricular defibrillation non-transvenous system, adult ICD indicated patients, 28, 35 Ventricular ectopy during treadmill exercise, long QT syndrome, 1690 Ventricular fibrillation antiarrhythmic protection, in hibernators, 1587, 1597 autonomic neural activity, predictor of sudden death, 300, 306 Brugada syndrome, repolarization heterogeneity, 725 commotio cordis, endocardial mapping, 1355 dynamic initiation of, EP News, 1769 excito-oscillatory dynamics, 575 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, progress beyond, S45 initiated by VPBs, after myocardial infarction, 1458 ion channels to rotors, contemporary review, 872 ischemic, STEMI, 71 long duration, intramural foci, EP News, 1226 long-duration, electrical mapping of defibrillation, 1599, 1607 mechanistic insights, from mapping studies, S53 premature stimulation, Langendorff-perfused ventricles, 116 QT prolongation, unreliable predictor, 1210, 1213 seasonal and circadian distribution of, in Brugada syndrome, 1523, 1528 self-terminating, aborted sudden death, 1198 superior vena cava coil position, waveforms in, 394 T-wave alternans preceding, ICD electrograms, 670, 677 Ventricular fibroblasts differential behaviors, EP News, 1089 Ventricular tachycardia ablation above the semilunar waves, 1485 ICE and 3D mapping, 1396

Heart Rhythm, Vol 5, No 12, December 2008 bidirectional, calcium channel blockers and adenosine triphosphate, 498 bundle branch, catheter ablation, S68 cardiomyopathy, catheter ablation efficacy, EP News, 166 catecholaminergic polymorphic bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy, 1461 EP News, 328 catecholaminergic polymorphic, adenosine triphosphate effects, 496 catheter ablation, S59 sinus of Valsalva, 1265, 1273 cryoablation, child, 142 electroanatomical mapping, PET and CT integration, 1538, 1546 electrocardiographic characteristics, aortic cusp, 663 epicardial catheter ablation, S73 focal, catheter ablation, S64 ICD shocks for, driving, EP News, 329 idiopathic, pace mapping in, 339, 345 If blockade, biological pacemakers and, 282 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, progress beyond, S45 irrigated radiofrequency ablation, steam pops during, 1411 long QT syndrome with AV block, In utero onset, 1567, 1575 narrow QRS incessant, recent MI, 1758 noncontact mapping, infarct size and, 308 originating from papillary muscle, comparison with fascicular arrhythmias, 1530 pacing-facilitated short-long-short onset, novel cause, 1760 postinfarction mapping in sinus rhythm, 981, 992 mapping of, 1709 recurrent, electrical isolation of papillary muscle, 479 right coronary cusp ablation, nonfluoroscopic guidance, 326 scar-related, premature ventricular complex relations, 367, 375 self-terminating, aborted sudden death, 1198 transcoronary ethanol ablation, 62, 69 T-wave alternans preceding, ICD electrograms, 670, 677 wide QRS complex, new algorithm for diagnosis, 89 Vernakalant hydrochloride rapid conversion of AF, EP News, 906 Warfarin versus aspirin, atrial fibrillation, elderly, EP News, 166 epidemiology and outcomes, atrial fibrillation, 1365, 1373 Waveforms superior vena cava coil, position effects, defibrillation and, 394 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome asymptomatic, preexcitation during sinus rhythm, 1323 cardiac memory in, EP NEWS, 1633 epicardial activation, ECGI of, 857 reentry in accessory pathway, trigger for AF, 1238, 1248 univentricular heart, noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging, 604