The most important papers on arrhythmias and electrophysiology published in 2017, selected by the editors of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Review (AER).
CLINICAL PRACTICE
- Ortiz M, Martín A, Arribas F, et al. Randomized comparison of intravenous procainamide vs. intravenous amiodarone for the acute treatment of tolerated wide QRS tachycardia: the PROCAMIO study. Eur Heart J 2017;38:1329–35.
Crossref | PubMed - Khan SU, Winnicka L, Saleem MA, et al. Amiodarone, lidocaine, magnesium or placebo in shock refractory ventricular arrhythmia: a Bayesian network meta-analysis. Heart Lung 2017;46:417–24.
Crossref | PubMed - Mazzanti A, Maragna R, Vacanti G, et al. Hydroquinidine prevents life-threatening arrhythmic events in patients with short QT syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;70:3010–5.
Crossref | PubMed - Boersma L, Barr C, Knops R, et al.; EFFORTLESS Investigator Group. Implant and midterm outcomes of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry: the EFFORTLESS study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;70:830–41.
Crossref | PubMed - Leyva F, Zegard A, Acquaye E, et al. Outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillation in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;70:1216–27.
Crossref | PubMed - Al-Khatib SM, Gillis AM, Curtis AB. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' decision to reconsider coverage indications for ICDs: where to now? Circulation 2018;137:317–9.
Crossref | PubMed - Bongiorni MG, Kennergren C, Butter C, et al.; ELECTRa Investigators. The European Lead Extraction ConTRolled (ELECTRa) study: a European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) registry of transvenous lead extraction outcomes. Eur Heart J 2017;38:2995–3005.
PubMed - Calkins H, Willems S, Gerstenfeld EP, et al.; RE-CIRCUIT Investigators. Uninterrupted dabigatran versus warfarin for ablation in atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med 2017;376:1627–36.
Crossref | PubMed - Kapel GF, Sacher F, Dekkers OM, et al. Arrhythmogenic anatomical isthmuses identified by electroanatomical mapping are the substrate for ventricular tachycardia in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Eur Heart J 2017;38:268–76.
PubMed - Pappone C, Brugada J, Vicedomini G, et al. Electrical substrate elimination in 135 consecutive patients with Brugada syndrome. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017;10:e005053.
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THE FUTURE
- Cuculich PS, Schill MR, Kashani R, et al. Noninvasive cardiac radiation for ablation of ventricular tachycardia. N Engl J Med 2017;377:2325–36.
Crossref | PubMed - Reddy VY, Miller MA, Neuzil P, et al. Cardiac resynchronization therapy with wireless left ventricular endocardial pacing: the SELECT-LV study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;69:2119–29.
Crossref | PubMed - Trayanova NA, Pashakhanloo F, Wu KC, Halperin HR. Imaging-based simulations for predicting sudden death and guiding ventricular tachycardia ablation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2017;10:e004743.
Crossref | PubMed - Baruscotti M, Bucchi A, Milanesi R, et al. A gain-of-function mutation in the cardiac pacemaker HCN4 channel increasing cAMP sensitivity is associated with familial inappropriate sinus tachycardia. Eur Heart J 2017;38:280–8.
Crossref | PubMed - Chu M, Novak SM, Cover C, et al. Increased cardiac arrhythmogenesis associated with gap junction remodeling with upregulation of RNA-binding protein FXR1. Circulation 2018;137:605–18.
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