Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030401

John Day, MD, FHRS, FACC

Strategies to Prevent Esophageal Injury During Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030402

MOSSAAB SHURAIH, MD, MELISSA FREDERICK, MD, KALYANAM SHIVKUMAR, MD, PhD and ERIC BUCH, MD

UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Atrial Flutter with Alternating Cycle Lengths: Mechanism and Mapping

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030403

¹JUNA MISIRI, MD, ²ROBERT J. KIM, MD and ¹FRED M. KUSUMOTO, MD

¹Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
²Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Commentary from the Section Editor

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030404

T. Jared Bunch, MD

Feasibility of Automated Heart Failure Decompensation Detection Using Remote Patient Monitoring: Results from the Decompensation Detection Study

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030405

¹F. ROOSEVELT GILLIAM III, MD, FACP, FACC, FHRS, ²GREGORY A. EWALD, MD and ³ROBERT J. SWEENEY, PhD

¹Cardiology Associates of Northeast Arkansas, Jonesboro, AR
²Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
³Boston Scientific CRM, St Paul, MN

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The Remaining Challenges

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030406

ERNEST W. LAU, MD

Department of Cardiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

Combination of Azygous Vein Coil and Subcutaneous Array Required for Adequate Defibrillation Efficacy

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030407

GANESH VENKATARAMAN, MD and S. ADAM STRICKBERGER, MD

Washington Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

Preliminary Observations from Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibition in Symptomatic Orthostatic Hypotension of Parkinson’s Disease

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030408

¹KHALIL KANJWAL, MD, ¹BEVERLY KARABIN, PhD, ²LAWRENCE ELMER, MD, PhD, ¹YOUSUF KANJWAL, MD and ¹BLAIR P. GRUBB, MD

¹Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
²Department of Neurology University Medical Center, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH

Health and Lifestyle Benefits Resulting from Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030409

JASON WHITING and MICHELLE SIMON

ZOLL, Pittsburgh, PA