Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081202

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

Predictors of Elevated Defibrillation Threshold with the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081203

KHUYEN DO, MD¹, PHILIP CHANG, MD, FHRS¹, TOMAS KONECNY, MD, PhD¹, STEVEN K. CARLSON, MD¹, HAN TUN, MPH, MBA, MBBS¹, MARY HUNTSINGER, ACNP¹ and RAHUL N. DOSHI, MD, FHRS¹

¹Keck USC Medical Center and LAC-USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Development of Innovative Handheld Devices to Augment Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Therapy and External Cardioversion and Defibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081201

MELANIE L. GERSHMAN¹, BRANDON S. NEEDELMAN, BS¹, SAM N. SCHWARZWALD, BS¹ and TODD J. COHEN, MD¹

¹NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

Left Atrial Appendage Closure to Prevent Strokes and Ligation to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081204

CHRISTOPHER R. ELLIS, MD, FACC, FHRS¹

¹Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN, USA

Innovations in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Challenges and Upcoming Solutions in 2018 and Beyond

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081206

VAIBHAV R. VAIDYA, MBBS¹, ALAN SUGURE, MBChB¹ and SAMUEL J. ASIRVATHAM, MD^1,2

¹Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
²Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Intriguing Developments in Cardiac Mapping, Defibrillation, and Pacing

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081208

CLAUDIO TONDO, MD, PhD¹

¹Heart Rhythm Center at Monzino Cardiac Center, IRCCS, Department of Cardiac Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Review on Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081209

RAHUL N. DOSHI, MD, FHRS, FACC¹

¹University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Electrical Therapy of Heart Failure

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081207

IMRAN NIAZI, MD¹

¹Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Therapy in the Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: Still a Black Box

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2017.081205

TRAVIS RICHARDSON, MD¹ and CHRISTOPHER R. ELLIS, MD, FACC, FHRS¹

¹Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN, USA