Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030501

John Day, MD, FHRS, FACC

Atrial Fibrillation Cryoablation Assisted by Three-Dimensional Rotational Angiography: A New and Promising Alliance

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030502

ADOLFO FONTENLA, MD, MARTA DE RIVA, MD, RICARDO SALGADO, MD, ELENA MEJÍA, MD, RAFAEL SALGUERO, MD, MARÍA LÓPEZ-GIL, PhD and FERNANDO ARRIBAS, PhD

Hospital 12 de Octubre, Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Cardiology Department, Madrid, Spain

Single Center Experience with a Closed-Loop Irrigated Ablation Catheter for the Treatment of Human Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030503

^1,2,3RAHUL N. DOSHI, MD, FHRS, ²LESLEY OLEY, MS, ²ANJALI DOSHI, ¹STEVEN CEBALLOS, CVT and ¹FAUSTO MENDEZ, CVT

¹St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA
²Fullerton Cardiovascular Medical Group, Fullerton, CA
³University of California Irvine, CA

The Use of New Anticoagulants in Electrophysiology During the Periprocedure Period

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030504

AYSHA ARSHAD, MBBS, JONATHAN S. STEINBERG, MD and SUNEET MITTAL, MD

The Valley Health System, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, and Ridgewood, NY

Reduction of Mitral Regurgitation by Biventricular Pacing with Intraventriuclar Timing Optimization in Patients without a Standard Indication: A Potential New Indication for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030505

¹HELBERT ACOSTA, MD, FACC, FHRS, ¹LINA M. VIAFARA, MD, ^1,2DAVID IZQUIERDO, MD, ¹DIANA ADAMS, RCDS, ³VIJAYASIMHA R. POTHULA, MD, ¹HARRY WALLNER, MD, ⁴MICHELLE M. FEDEWA, PhD, ¹CARI CONANT, RN, ¹CHRISSIE LOPEZ, RN, ¹CYNTHIA ANTONIO-DRABECK, RN, ¹SHRAVYA R. POTHULA and ⁵AGUSTIN CASTELLANOS, MD

¹Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island, IL
²General Surgery, Maywood, IL
³Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY
⁴Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN
⁵University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Device Rounds: The “Reel” Intracardiac Electrogram

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030506

OMEED ZARDKOOHI, MD and NIRAJ VARMA, MA, DM, FRCP

Section of Electrophysiology and Pacing, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Differentiation of Anterior Tricuspid Annular Atrial Tachycardia from Slow–Fast AV Node Re-entry: The Confounding Effect of First-Degree AV Nodal Block

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030507

SETH J. LESSNER, MD, STEVEN M. MARKOWITZ, JAMES IP, MD, CHRIS LIU, MD, JIM CHEUNG, MD, GEORGE THOMAS, MD and BRUCE B. LERMAN, MD

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY

Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Recurrent Stress Cardiomyopathy with Multiple Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardias

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2012.030508

MICHAEL BERNARD, MD, PhD, MICHAEL R. GOLD, MD, PhD and FRANK CUOCO, MD

Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC