Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100401

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

Patent Foramen Ovale as a Rare Focus of Origination of Atrial Tachycardia

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100405

JIAN L. TAN, MD¹ and SANDEEP SHARMA, MD²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, USA

²Department of Cardiology, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, USA

Complete Atrioventricular Block with Intact Retrograde Conduction in Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices: Implications of the Phenomenon

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100408

SUMER DHIR, MD, FACC, FHRS¹ and GRANT E. GOULD, BA²

¹University Of Kansas St. Francis Heart and Vascular Center, Topeka, KS, USA

²Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, USA

Optimal Strategies to Reduce Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Shocks

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100403

BLAKE E. FLEEMAN, MD¹ and RYAN G. ALEONG, MD, FHRS¹

¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

In Search of Alternate Implantation Sites for Pacemakers and Defibrillators: Pacing Along Creativity and Innovation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100406

ARASH ARYANA, MD, PhD, FHRS¹

¹Mercy General Hospital and Dignity Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA

Mapping and Ablation of Retrograde Conduction During a Nearly Incessant Pacemaker-mediated Tachycardia in a Patient with Third-degree Atrioventricular Block

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100402

VALENTINO DUCCESCHI, MD,¹ FRANCESCO MADDALUNO, MS,² LAURA CASARETTI, MD,³ and RAFFAELE SANGIUOLO, MD³

¹Pellegrini Hospital, Naples, Italy

²Boston Scientific Italia, Milan, Italy

³FateBeneFratelli Hospital, Naples, Italy

The Axillary Fossa: An Uncovered Hidden Site as a New Alternative for Cardiac Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100404

ESTEBAN M. KLOOSTERMAN, MD, FHRS, FACC,^1,2 JONATHAN ROSMAN, MD, FHRS, FACC,¹ and MURRAY ROSENBAUM, MD, FHRS, FACC¹

¹Department of Cardiology, Lynn Heart and Vascular Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, FL, USA

²Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

When Should the Electrophysiologist Be Involved in Managing Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices and Ventricular Arrhythmias?

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100407

JEFFREY S. ARKLES, MD¹ and FRANCIS MARCHLINSKI, MD, FHRS¹

¹Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA