Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090808

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

Considerations Regarding the Periprocedural Use of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090806

JAMES A. REIFFEL, MD¹

¹Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Scoring System Assessment of Cephalic Vein Access for Device Implantation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090802

JANE TALESKI, MD,¹ LIDIJA POPOSKA, MD, PhD,¹ FILIP JANUSEVSKI, MD,¹ BEKIM POCESTA, MD,¹ VLADIMIR BOSKOV, MD,¹ and NOEL G. BOYLE, MD, PhD²

¹Department of Electrostimulation and Electrophysiology, University Clinic of Cardiology, Skopje, R. Macedonia

²University of California Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Periprocedural Use of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090801

ILIR MARAJ, MD,¹ MARIO D. GONZALEZ, MD,¹ and GERALD V. NACCARELLI, MD¹

¹Cardiology Division/EP Section, Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Pediatrics

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090804

ALLISON C. HILL, MD,^1,2 MICHAEL J. SILKA, MD,^1,2 and YANIV BAR-COHEN, MD^1,2

¹Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

²Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

AngioVac Debulking in Endocarditis Patients with Large, Device-related Vegetations

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090803

NIKHIL PATEL, BA,¹ M. LAWSON MCDONALD, BS,¹ NATALIE S. BRADFORD, MD,² JUSTIN W. SMITH, MD,² ELIJAH H. BEATY, MD,² JASON A. RYTLEWSKI, MD,² TONY W. SIMMONS, MD,² PATRICK WHALEN, MD,² DAVID X. ZHAO, MD, PhD,² and PRASHANT D. BHAVE, MD²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

²Section on Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Minimizing Radiation—Why Aren’t We Down to Zero?

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090807

ALAN SUGRUE, MBChB,¹ KATHERINE Y. LE, MD,¹ PATRICK DEARANI,¹ and SAMUEL J. ASIRVATHAM, MD^1,2

¹Division of Heart Rhythm Services, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

²Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Minimizing Radiation in the Modern Electrophysiology Laboratory

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2018.090805

ALBERT J. ROGERS, MD, MBA¹ and CHAD R. BRODT, MD¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA