Letter from the Editor in Chief

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15096

Dr. DEVI NAIR, MD, FACC, FHRS

Pacing-facilitated Short–long–short Sequences Leading to Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias: A Brief Report

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15093

HAFEZ GOLZARIAN, DO,¹ MOHAMMAD SHAIKH, MD,¹ and FAYAZ A. HAKIM, MD, FACC, FHRS²

¹Internal Medicine Residency, Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, OH, USA

²Heart Rhythm Services, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, OH, USA

Detection of Ventricular Tachycardia by an Implantable Cardiac Monitor 8 Months Post–myocardial Infarction

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15094

MARIO VOLPICELLI, MD,¹ MICHELE CAPASSO, MD,¹ SAVERIO AMBROSINO, MD,¹ ORLANDO MUNCIGUERRA, MD,¹ ANTONELLA LAEZZA, MD,¹ CIRO PIROZZI, MD,¹ LUIGI SENA, MD,¹ FRANCESCO TERRACCIANO, MD,¹ PASQUALE MERONE, MD,² CARLO CARBONE, MD,³ LUIGI NUNZIATA, MD,¹ ANDREA SPADARO GUERRA, MSc,⁴ DANIELE GIACOPELLI, PhD,⁴ and LUIGI CALIENDO, MD¹

¹Cardiology Department, Ospedale Santa Maria della Pietà, Nola, Italy

²Emergenze Cardiovascolari, Medicina Clinica e dell’invecchiamento, Università degli studi Federico II, Naples, Italy

³Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università degli Studi Federico II, Naples, Italy

⁴Clinical Unit, Biotronik Italia Spa, Milan, Italy

Permanent Pacing Reduces Blood Pressure in Older Patients with Drug-resistant Hypertension: A New Pacing Paradigm?

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15091

BICH LIEN NGUYEN, MD, PhD,¹ MICHAEL H. BURNAM, MD,^2,3 FRANCESCO ACCARDO, MD,¹ ANGELA ANGIONE, MD,¹ ROBERTO SCACCIAVILLANI, MD,⁴ CARLY PIERSON, MD,⁵ and ELI S. GANG, MD, FACC, FHRS^5,6

¹Cardiology Department, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

²BaroPace, Ashland, OR, USA

³Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, CA, USA

⁴Agostino Gemelli University, Rome, Italy

⁵Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA, USA

⁶Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Diltiazem Versus Metoprolol in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response in the Emergency Department: A Comprehensive Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15095

FNU JAYA, MBBS,¹ MARIA AFZAL, MBBS,² FNU ANUSHA, MBBS,³ MUSKAN KUMARI, MBBS,⁴ AJAY KUMAR, MBBS,⁴ SAQIB SALEEM, MBBS,⁴ AMAN KUMAR, MBBS,³ VISHAL BHATIA, MBBS,⁵ RABIA ISLAM, MBBS,⁶ MANOJ KUMAR, MBBS,⁴ RAMEET KUMAR, MBBS,⁴ HAMZA ISLAM, MBBS,⁶ MUHAMMAD ALI MUZAMMIL, MBBS,⁷ SATESH KUMAR, MBBS,⁸ and MAHIMA KHATRI, MBBS⁷

¹Department of Medicine, Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

²Department of Medicine, Bahria University of Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan

³Department of Medicine, Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College, Sukkur, Pakistan

⁴Department of Medicine, Chandka Medical College SMBBMU Larkana, Larkana, Pakistan

⁵Department of Medicine, Khairpur Medical College, Khaipur, Pakistan

⁶Department of Medicine, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan

⁷Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

⁸Department of Medicine, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Sequential Isolation of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Right Superior Vena Cava Using Pulsed-field Ablation with a Pentaspline Catheter for Recurrent Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2024.15092

AMULYA GUPTA, MBBS,¹ MURTAZA SUNDHU, MBBS,¹ MADHU REDDY, MD,¹ SETH H. SHELDON, MD,¹ and AMIT NOHERIA, MBBS, SM¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA