Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120608

MOUSSA MANSOUR, MD, FHRS, FACC

Association Between Pad Placement and the Return of Spontaneous Circulation for Defibrillation During Ventricular Fibrillation: A Systematic Review

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120607

DAVID PARÉ, MD, FRCPC,¹ JULIEN BLAIS L’ÉCUYER, MD, MSc, FRCPC¹, and ÉRIC MERCIER, MD, MSc, FRCPC²

¹Département de médecine familiale et médecine d’urgence, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

²VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable de l’Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Presence of a Septal Occluder Is No Longer an Obstacle for Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Cryoablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120602

SANTIAGO GIRALDO RAMíREZ, MD,¹ JUAN FERNANDO AGUDELO URIBE, MD,² JUAN DAVID RAMíREZ BARRERA, MD,² RAFAEL CORREA VELáSQUEZ, MD,² and GLORIA SAENZ JARAMILLO, MD²

¹Cardiology Fellowship, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

²Clínica Cardiovid, Medellín, Colombia

Initial Experience with a Novel Pericardiocentesis Training Simulator Incorporating a Three-dimensional Printed Cardiac Model

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120603

SAM L. TSAI, BA¹ and STEPHEN P. SESLAR, MD, PhD²

¹Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

²Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Intermittent Epicardial Lead Failure Detected Using a Continuous Ambulatory Electrocardiogram Monitor

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120601

JAMES K. GABRIELS, MD,¹ JOSE RUIZ-MORALES, MD,² ASHLEY TISCHLER, MSN, APRN,² CLAUDE S. ELAYI, MD,² JOHN N. MAKARYUS, MD,^1,3 and JOHN N. CATANZARO, MD²

¹Department of Cardiology, Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA

²Department of Electrophysiology, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

³The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA

Importance of Polarity Reversal in Leads I/aVL in the Diagnosis of an Accessory Pathway Originating from the Aortomitral Continuity

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120604

ENES ELVIN GUL, MD, FESC, FEHRA¹ and SOHAIB HASEEB, BSc²

¹Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Madinah Cardiac Centre, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

²College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Tips and Tricks for Safe Retrieval of Tine-based Leadless Pacemakers

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120606

MUHAMMAD R. AFZAL, MD, FACC,¹ SHAKEEL M. JAMAL, MD,² JAE H. SON, DO,³ JAE-HOON CHUNG, MD, PhD,¹ JAMES GABRIELS, MD,⁴ TOSHIMASA OKABE, MD,¹ JOHN D. HUMMEL, MD, FHRS,¹ and RALPH S. AUGOSTINI, MD, FHRS¹

¹Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

²Department of Internal Medicine, Central Michigan University, College of Medicine, Saginaw, MI, USA

³Department of Internal Medicine, Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH, USA

⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Clinical Outcomes and Disease Burden in Amyloidosis Patients with and Without Atrial Fibrillation—Insight from the National Inpatient Sample Database

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2021.120605

SHAKEEL JAMAL, MD,¹ ASIM KICHLOO, MD,¹ BETH BAILEY, PhD,¹ JAGMEET SINGH, MD,² HAFEEZ VIRK, MD,³ RONAK SONI, MD,⁴ FARAH WANI, MD,⁵ MUHAMMAD AJMAL, MD,⁶ SINDHURA ANANTHANENI, MD,¹ EHIZOGIE EDIGIN, MD,⁷ RAJEEV SUDHAKAR, MD,⁸ and KHALIL KANJWAL, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS(P)⁹

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Central Michigan University, College of Medicine, Saginaw, MI, USA

²Division of Nephrology, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, USA

³Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

⁴Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, USA

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, NY, USA

⁶Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA

⁷Department of Internal Medicine, John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA

⁸Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ascension Medical Group, Central Michigan University, Saginaw, MI, USA

⁹Division of Electrophysiology, McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA