Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15076

Dr. DEVI NAIR, MD, FHRS, FACC

Utility of an Externalized Temporary Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator System in the Setting of Ventricular Tachycardia Storm and Concurrent Device Infection Requiring Extraction

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15071

RONUK M. MODI, MD,¹ MARIANNA LOZANO CRUZ MARQUEZ, MD,² SHU YANG, MD,¹ ROBERT N. D’ANGELO, MD,¹ TIMOTHY R. MAHER, MD,¹ BAHIJ KREIDIEH, MD,¹ NICHOLAS O. PALMERI, MD,³ HANS F. STABENAU, MD, PhD,¹ DANA GOLDENSE, PA-C,¹ EMILY WACKS, PA-C,¹ PATRICIA TUNG, MD,¹ ANDRE D’AVILA, MD, PhD,¹ JONATHAN WAKS, MD,¹ PETER ZIMETBAUM, MD,¹ and ANDREW H. LOCKE, MD¹

¹Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

²Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil

³South Denver Cardiology, Littleton, CO, USA

Trends in Atrial Fibrillation and Ablation Therapy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15074

ANMOL JOHAL, MD,¹ JOSEPH HEATON, MD,¹ ABBAS ALSHAMI, MD,² NDAUSUNG UDONGWO, MD,¹ STEVEN IMBURGIO, MD,¹ ANTON MARARENKO, MD,¹ BRETT SEALOVE, MD,² JESUS ALMENDRAL, MD,² JEFFREY SELAN, MD,² and RIPLE HANSALIA, MD²

¹Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, NJ, USA

²Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, NJ, USA

Effects of Irradiation During Computed Tomography Scanning on the Function of Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15073

YUSAKU NISHIKAWA, MS,^1,2 NAOKI FUJIMOTO, MD, PhD,¹ TOMOAKI KURATA, MS,³ TAKASHI SASOU, BS,⁴ AKIO YAMAZAKI, BS,³ YASUTAKA ICHIKAWA, MD, PhD,⁵ HAJIME SAKUMA, MD, PhD,⁵ and KAORU DOHI, MD, PhD¹

¹Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

²Department of Clinical Engineering, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Japan

³Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan

⁴Department of Clinical Engineering, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan

⁵Department of Radiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

Flecainide Toxicity in a Patient with a Functioning Pacemaker

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15075

SNEHA CHEBROLU, MD,¹ JONATHAN MAYL, MD,² and PRASHANT BHAVE, MD²

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

²Department of Cardiology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

ChatGPT for Patients: A Comprehensive Study on Atrial Fibrillation Awareness

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15072

RAHUL VYAS, MD,¹ ARPITA PAWA, MD,² CHANZA SHAIKH, MD,¹ ANAIYA SINGH, MD,¹ HETVI SHAH, MBBS,³ SHUBHIKA JAIN, MBBS,⁴ and VIJAYWANT BRAR, MD⁵

¹Department of Internal Medicine, LSU, Shreveport, LA, USA

²Department of Internal Medicine, Willis-Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, USA

³R.C.S.M Government Medical College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

⁴Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India

⁵Department of Cardiology, LSU, Shreveport, LA, USA