EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARRHYTHMIA & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY – VOLUME 6 ISSUE 1 – SUMMER 2020

Welcome to the summer edition of European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. The COVID-19 pandemic is proving extremely challenging for patients with arrhythmia, as well as cardiologists and electrophysiologists. As new data continue to emerge on the impact of COVID-19 on arrhythmias, new management strategies are evolving. This edition begins with a review by Guettler, […]

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias. It affected 33.5 million people worldwide in 2010, a number that is expected to double by 2050.1 AF prevalence increases with age, and approximately 25% of individuals aged 40 years or older will develop AF during their lifetime.2,3 Irrespective of age, AF incidence also increases with diabetes […]

Over the past years, several reports have drawn attention to the need to consider sex-specific differences in cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). Most importantly, there is growing concern on the underrepresentation of women in CRT landmark trials which laid the foundation for present guidelines. Patients with symptomatic heart failure, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% […]

Athletes represent the fittest individuals in our society, yet paradoxically carry an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) when compared to sedentary individuals with the same cardiac disease.1,2 Two recent studies have provided a realistic prevalence of young SCD in both the general population and in elite athletes. A population-based study from Australia and […]

Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) can cause significant left ventricular (LV) dysfunction leading to debilitating symptoms.1 Multiple single-centre studies have shown that the catheter ablation is effective in curing these PVCs.2,3 However, catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) originating from papillary muscles can be challenging.2 This is because of the heterogenous electrophysiological substrate which is characteristically […]

Idiopathic left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia (ILPFVT) is rare form of ventricular tachycardia (VT) that is characterised by right bundle‐branch block (RBBB) morphology and superior axis in the presence of a structurally normal heart.1–3 The tachycardia is exquisitely sensitive to intravenous verapamil,1 and predominantly affects young adults.2,3,5 The most common symptoms include palpitations, presyncope, syncope […]