Panteleimon E Papakonstantinou, Kifayat Qazalbash, Gabor Szeplaki
{"title":"Breaking barriers in atrial ablations: pulsed field ablation over left atrial scar lesions.","authors":"Panteleimon E Papakonstantinou, Kifayat Qazalbash, Gabor Szeplaki","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02032-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02032-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1381-1382"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143811494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian M Petzl, Michael I Gurin, Francis E Marchlinski
{"title":"Right bundle branch block pattern with right ventricular pacing in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Adrian M Petzl, Michael I Gurin, Francis E Marchlinski","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02051-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02051-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1383-1385"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436551/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144013858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Pepplinkhuizen, N Kors, J A de Veld, L A Dijkshoorn, N R Bijsterveld, A de Weger, L Smeding, A A M Wilde, L R A Olde Nordkamp, R E Knops
{"title":"Antithrombotic therapy and the risk of pocket hematoma after subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.","authors":"S Pepplinkhuizen, N Kors, J A de Veld, L A Dijkshoorn, N R Bijsterveld, A de Weger, L Smeding, A A M Wilde, L R A Olde Nordkamp, R E Knops","doi":"10.1007/s10840-024-01973-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-024-01973-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Little data exists regarding the optimal antithrombotic strategy during S-ICD implantation to prevent pocket hematomas. This study explores the association between perioperative antithrombotic management and the occurrence of pocket hematoma following S-ICD implantation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All patients who underwent de novo S-ICD implantation between February 2009 and January 2023 at Amsterdam UMC were included. Data was collected retrospectively from electronic patient records. Clinically significant pocket hematomas were defined as an accumulation of blood at the pocket site within 30 days after implantation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 347 patients were included of which 224 (64.6%) patients used antithrombotic therapy pre-implantation. The median age at implantation was 50 years (IQR 36-61 years), 33.4% of the patients were female, and the majority of implants were intermuscular (90.2%). A total of 18 patients (5.2%) developed a clinically significant pocket hematoma. There were significantly more pocket hematomas in patients with continued vitamin K antagonists (VKA) compared to patients with interrupted VKA (27.3% (6/22) vs. 4.3% (2/47), respectively, p = 0.01), and continuation of VKA was an independent predictor for pocket hematoma formation in the VKA group (p = 0.04). Moreover, continuation of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with ticagrelor was associated with significantly more pocket hematomas post-implantation compared to continuation of DAPT with clopidogrel (4/12 vs. 1/28, respectively, p = 0.02).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Continuation of VKA during S-ICD implantation was associated with an increased risk of pocket hematoma formation compared to interruption of VKA. This supports the need for specific perioperative antithrombotic therapy guidelines for S-ICD implantations to reduce the risk of pocket hematomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1437-1446"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436547/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143006816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fatima M Ezzeddine, Qiying Dai, Nathaniel E Davis, Jingjing Chen, Alan Sugrue, Ammar Killu, Malini Madhavan, Siva K Mulpuru, Paul Friedman, Yong-Mei Cha
{"title":"Predictors of cardiac resynchronization with conduction system pacing.","authors":"Fatima M Ezzeddine, Qiying Dai, Nathaniel E Davis, Jingjing Chen, Alan Sugrue, Ammar Killu, Malini Madhavan, Siva K Mulpuru, Paul Friedman, Yong-Mei Cha","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02012-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02012-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1509-1511"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucio Addeo, Stefano Valcher, Chiara Valeriano, Michele Mattia Viscusi, Vincenza Abbate, Raffaella Mistrulli, Dimitri Buytaert, Sara Corradetti, Koen De Schouwer, Tom De Potter
{"title":"Atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis undergoing pulmonary veins isolation.","authors":"Lucio Addeo, Stefano Valcher, Chiara Valeriano, Michele Mattia Viscusi, Vincenza Abbate, Raffaella Mistrulli, Dimitri Buytaert, Sara Corradetti, Koen De Schouwer, Tom De Potter","doi":"10.1007/s10840-024-01959-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-024-01959-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1501-1503"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alireza Ghajar, Maeve M Sargeant, John N Catanzaro, Binu Philips, Fabrizio R Assis, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Samuel F Sears, Ghanshyam Shantha
{"title":"US National trends in mortality related to ventricular tachycardia/ ventricular fibrillation.","authors":"Alireza Ghajar, Maeve M Sargeant, John N Catanzaro, Binu Philips, Fabrizio R Assis, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Samuel F Sears, Ghanshyam Shantha","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-01979-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-01979-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1505-1507"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142971203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jannis Dickow, Nele Gessler, Omar Anwar, Johannes Feldhege, Tim Harloff, Jens Hartmann, Mario Jularic, Rahin Wahedi, Borislav Dinov, Peter Wohlmuth, Stephan Willems, Melanie Gunawardene
{"title":"Safety of immediate catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients admitted via the emergency department.","authors":"Jannis Dickow, Nele Gessler, Omar Anwar, Johannes Feldhege, Tim Harloff, Jens Hartmann, Mario Jularic, Rahin Wahedi, Borislav Dinov, Peter Wohlmuth, Stephan Willems, Melanie Gunawardene","doi":"10.1007/s10840-025-02020-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-025-02020-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In patients with ventricular arrhythmias (VA) admitted via the emergency department (ED), immediate catheter ablation (CA-VA) might be indicated to stabilize patients. However, the unstable condition of these patients may increase periprocedural risk. This study evaluated the periprocedural safety of immediate CA-VA in patients admitted via the ED.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>In total, 223 ED patients who underwent immediate CA-VA from 01/2017 to 12/2022 (mean age 66 ± 13 years, 19% female, 55% heart failure, 59% coronary artery disease) were analyzed in terms of in-hospital outcomes (periprocedural death, pericardial tamponade, thromboembolic events, major bleedings). To address differences to elective patients, ED patients were compared with 784 elective CA-VA patients (mean age 59 ± 15 years, 34% female, 20% heart failure, 33% coronary artery disease, all p < 0.001): ED patients experienced higher rates of periprocedural complications (6.3% vs. 2.0%, p = 0.002) driven by thromboembolic events (2.2% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.02). Life-threatening complications were not different between groups (cardiac tamponade: 2.2% vs. 1.4%, p = 0.56; stroke: 0.9% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.67). Seven ED patients (3.1%) died unrelated to the procedure during hospitalization vs. none in the elective CA-VA group. Emergency admission (OR 3.07, 95% CI 1.48-6.38), age (OR 2.12, 95% CI 1.22-3.70), and heart failure (OR 1.99, 95% CI 0.96-4.15) were independently associated with periprocedural complications and overall death during hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with VA admitted via the ED were older, sicker, and more often presented with ventricular tachycardia than elective CA-VA patients. Immediate CA-VA was associated with higher rates of periprocedural complications, driven by thromboembolic events; however, no procedure-related death occurred.</p>","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1257-1266"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Constantine Tarabanis, Meytal Segev, Shaked Weiss, Larry Chinitz, Lior Jankelson
{"title":"Novel algorithm for fully automated rapid and accurate high definition electrogram acquisition for electroanatomical mapping.","authors":"Constantine Tarabanis, Meytal Segev, Shaked Weiss, Larry Chinitz, Lior Jankelson","doi":"10.1007/s10840-023-01669-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-023-01669-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1167-1169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49678395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulo Medeiros, Pedro A Sousa, Carolina Saleiro, Natália António, Patrícia Alves, João Ferreira, Luís Elvas, Lino Gonçalves
{"title":"Peak frequency mapping in Brugada Syndrome.","authors":"Paulo Medeiros, Pedro A Sousa, Carolina Saleiro, Natália António, Patrícia Alves, João Ferreira, Luís Elvas, Lino Gonçalves","doi":"10.1007/s10840-024-01925-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-024-01925-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1161-1163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142372062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving a steady pulse with pulse field ablation.","authors":"Rachel M Kaplan, Matthew Long, Sergio L Pinski","doi":"10.1007/s10840-024-01902-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10840-024-01902-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"1159-1160"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12399692/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141995861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}