EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARRHYTHMIA & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY – VOLUME 5 ISSUE 2 – WINTER 2019

Welcome to the winter 2019 edition of the European Journal of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology, which is my first edition as a member of the Editorial Board for this excellent free-to-access publication. This issue shines with an amazing array of articles which we are sure you will enjoy reading. All the key bases in arrhythmia and […]

It is well established that chronic right ventricular apical pacing may have an adverse effect on left ventricular systolic function,1,2 leading, in the long term, to adverse clinical outcomes such as heart failure,3 atrial fibrillation4,5 and even death.6 As an alternative to right ventricular apical pacing, the interventricular septum or right ventricular outflow tract have […]

Long-term follow-up of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) has confirmed a significant increase in cardiovascular events, long-term risk of stroke, heart failure and all-cause mortality (89% in those with AF compared to 27% in those without AF).1 Not only is AF associated with a five-fold increased risk of stroke, AF-related stroke is also likely to […]

The global disease burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) is considerable, and a significant proportion is attributable to the associated thromboembolic risk. The pro-thrombotic environment resulting from AF accrues a five-fold increase in stroke risk, with the arrhythmia implicated in 30% of all strokes.1,2 Evaluating thromboembolic risk should be a primary concern for any healthcare practitioner […]

A survivor of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation (VF), without a cardiac, respiratory, metabolic, or toxicological explanation, is diagnosed with idiopathic VF.1 Idiopathic VF is estimated to account for approximately 5–7% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases.2,3 Furthermore, the Cardiac Arrest Survivors With Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry (CASPER) showed that 44% of out-of-hospital cardiac […]