The Editor's Forum: Applied Research and the Increasing Toll of a Rush to Judgment

Sanjeev Saksena

Linear Lesion Radiofrequency Ablation in Canine Vagal Atrial Fibrillation: Effects of Special Catheters Designed for Efficiency, and the Critical Role of Lesions from the Crista Terminalis to the Superior Vena Cava

John D. Fisher, Shoshana Kahn, Jennifer Han, Alex Kogan, Michele Nanna

Electrogram-Guided Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tissue Comparison with Thermometry-Guide Ablation

David Schwartzman, John J. Michele, Christine T. Trankiem, Jian-Fang Ren

Atrial Fibrillation: A Risk Factor for Increased Mortality – An AVID Registry Analysis

D. George Wyse, John C. Love, Qing Yao, Mark D. Carlson, Peggy Cassidy, Leon H. Greene, James B. Martins, Celeste Ocampo, Merritt H. Raitt, Eleanor Schron, Nicholas J. Stamato, Anna Olarte

Effectiveness of Bi-atrial Pacing for Reducing Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Edward P Gerstenfeld, Michelle Khoo, Raquel C Martin, James R Cook, Robert Lancey, Karen Rofino, Thomas J Vander Salm, Robert S Mittleman

Early Reinitiation of Atrial Fibrillation Following External Electrical Cardioversion in Amiodarone-Treated Patients

Christopher Reithmann, Uwe Dorwarth, Andrea Gerth, Thomas Remp, Gerhard Steinbeck, Ellen Hoffmann

Preterm Infants with Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Presentation, Response to Therapy, and Outcome

Lauren E. Goldman, Nicole K. Boramanand, Valeria Acevedo, Patrick Gallagher, Rodrigo Nehgme

Interactions Between Pacing and Arrhythmia Detection Algorithms in the Dual Chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Barbara Dijkman, Hein J.J. Wellens

Merits and Limitations of the Mode Switching Rate Stabilization Pacing Algorithms in the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Barbara Dijkman, Hein J.J. Wellens

Characterization of the 16 Blanking Periods of the Medtronic GEM DR Dual Chamber Defibrillators

S. Serge Barold, Fernando Cantens

Noncontact Mapping for Radiofrequency Ablation of Complex Cardiac Arrhythmias

Jasbir Sra, Atul Bhatia, David Krum, Masood Akhtar

Case Report: Severe Skin Burn at the Site of the Indifferent Electrode After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Typical Atrial Flutter

Andreas Goette, Seven Reek, Helmut U. Klein, J. Christoph Geller

History

Section editor: Berndt Lüderitz

Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology International Calendar of Events

The World of Pacing and Electropysiology: Report of the NASPE/NHLBI Round Table on Future Research Directions in Atrial Fibrillation

Sanjeev Saskena, Michael J. Domanski, Emelia J. Benjamin, A. John Camm, Michael D. Ezekowitz, Bernard J. Gersh, Jose Jalife, Gerald V. Naccarelli, Ronald E. Vlietstra, D. George Wyse