Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100705

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

Left Subclavian and Innominate Vein Balloon Venoplasty Followed by Permanent Pacemaker Implantation: A Case Report

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100704

BALIJEPALLI G. SUDHAKAR, MD¹

¹Department of Cardiology, KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad, India

Use of Light Sensor and Focused Local Atrial Electrogram Recordings for the Monitoring of Thermal Injury to the Esophagus and Lungs During Laser Catheter Ablation of the Posterior Atrial Walls: Preclinical In Vitro Porcine and In Vivo Canine Experimental Studies

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100703

HELMUT P. WEBER, MD,¹ PETER SCHAUR, MSc,² and MICHAELA SAGERER-GERHARDT, MD¹

¹Section of Research and Development, CCEP Centre Taufkirchen, Taufkirchen, Germany

²Hamamatsu Photonics, Herrsching, Germany

Utility of a Leadless Pacemaker as a Backup to Left Ventricle–only Pacing in a Patient with Prior Device-related Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100706

OSCAR GARZA OVALLE, MD,¹ JARED LIEBELT, MD,¹ ADRIAN GARZA OVALLE, MS,³ AMY KAUFMAN, MD,⁴ JAY ALEXANDER, MD,² and MARK METZL, MD, FHRS²

¹Department of Cardiology, University of Chicago/NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA

²Department of Cardiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA

³Department of Medicine, Universidad de Montemorelos, Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

⁴Department of Medicine, University of Chicago/NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA

Percutaneous Interventricular Septal Access Guided by Subcostal Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in a Patient with Aortic and Mitral Mechanical Valves

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100702

DURSUN ARAS, MD,¹ SERKAN TOPALOGLU, MD,¹ OZCAN OZEKE, MD,¹ FIRAT OZCAN, MD,¹ SERKAN CAY, MD,¹ and ZEHRA GOLBASI, MD¹

¹Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey

The Mysterious Case of an Athletic Woman with Recurrent Syncope and a “Normal” Heart

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100701

SAMUEL L. JOHNSTON, MD,¹ MAHI ASHWATH, MD,² BARRY LONDON, MD, PhD,² JENNIFER TORGERSON, ARNP, DNP,³ ALEKSANDRA TOSIC, RN,³ and BRIAN OLSHANSKY, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA, FESC^1,4

¹Department of Cardiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

³Covenant Cardiology Group, Waterloo, IA, USA

⁴Department of Cardiology, Mercy Medical Center, Mason City, IA, USA

Considering the Need to Expand the Indications for Wearable Defibrillator Therapy

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100707