LETTER FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021001

John Day, MD, FHRS, FACC

Pre-emptive Pericardial Access in Anticipation of Perforated Lead Extraction

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021008

CHRISTOPHER J. MCLEOD, MBChB, PhD, LAWRENCE J. SINAK, MD, RAUL E. ESPINOSA, MD and PAUL A. FRIEDMAN, MD

Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

Late Manifestation of a Transvenous ICD Lead Perforation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021007

ARNOLD J. GREENSPON, MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Obesity is Not Associated with Appropriate ICD Therapy in Veterans with Heart Failure and ICDs

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021006

¹RICHARD N. VEST III, MD, ²RADHIKA R. GADESAM, MD, ⁵SAMEERA RUKSHAN WIJAYAWARDANA, MS,^3,4RAVINDER R. VALADRI, MD, ^3,4MAZIAR ZAFARI, MD, PhD, ⁵KIRK A. EASLEY, MS and ^3,4HEATHER L. BLOOM, MD

¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
²Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
⁴Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA
⁵Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA

Clinical Utility of Plasma Amiodarone Level Measurement: A Single Center Experience

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021005

¹FANG WANG, ²ADHEESH AGNIHOTRI, ²SELCUK ADABAG, ²HENRI ROUKOZ, ²KRISTOPHER KRUEGER, ²VENKATAKRISHNA THOLAKANAHALLI and ²JIAN-MING LI

¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Affiliated 1st People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China
²Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Service, VA Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Epicardial Ablation of Hemodynamically Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia Using CT Imaging, Three-Dimensional Electro-Anatomic Mapping of the Coronary Arteries and the Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021004

ARTHUR C. KENDIG, MD, DWAYNE CAMPBELL, MD, MOHAN BRAR, MD, PHILIP HORWITZ, MD, GARDAR SIGURDSSON, MD, GARY GOLDSMITH, RCDS and ALEXANDER MAZUR, MD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

Contemporary Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography in the Electrophysiology Laboratory

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021002

ANDREW J. BRENYO, MD, BIPUL BAIBHAV, MD and MEHMET K. AKTAS, MD

University of Rochester Medical Center, Strong Memorial Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Rochester, NY

Under Blood Visualization: An Ongoing Fulfillment of the Initial Promise

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.021003

Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, FHRS, FACC