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"Near-zero" fluoroscopic exposure in supraventricular arrhythmia ablation using the EnSite NavX™ mapping system: personal experience and review of the literature

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A closer look at incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography.

scientific article published in February 2010

Ablation Index as a predictor of long-term efficacy in premature ventricular complex ablation: A regional target value analysis

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Ablation Versus Amiodarone for Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure and an Implanted Device: Results From the AATAC Multicenter Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Ablation for longstanding permanent atrial fibrillation: results from a randomized study comparing three different strategies

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Ablation of Perimitral Flutter Following Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Impact on Outcomes from a Randomized Study (PROPOSE)

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

Ablation of Stable VTs Versus Substrate Ablation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: The VISTA Randomized Multicenter Trial.

scientific article published in December 2015

Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

Acute outcome after a single cryoballoon ablation: Comparison between Arctic Front Advance and Arctic Front Advance PRO

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

An ablation index operator-independent approach to improve efficacy in atrial fibrillation ablation at 24-month follow-up: a single center experience

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Analysis of catheter contact force during atrial fibrillation ablation using the robotic navigation system: results from a randomized study.

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Arrhythmic risk prediction in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: external validation of the arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy risk calculator

scientific article published in 2022

Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: the Guilty Party in Adipogenesis.

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Atrial fibrillation ablation strategies for paroxysmal patients: randomized comparison between different techniques.

scientific article published on 18 February 2009

Atrial fibrillation and the risk of incident dementia: a meta-analysis.

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Baseline NT-Pro-BNP levels and arrhythmia recurrence in outpatients undergoing elective cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation: a survival analysis.

scientific article published on 7 January 2009

Benefits of electroanatomic ablation of conventional cardiac arrhytmias: from fluoroscopy to zero X-ray mapping.

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Bimetallic PtSn/C catalysts obtained via SOMC/M for glycerol steam reforming

scientific article published on 04 August 2015

Biomarkers of myocardial injury with different energy sources for atrial fibrillation catheter ablation.

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CMR for Identifying the Substrate of Ventricular Arrhythmia in Patients With Normal Echocardiography

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Cardiac mesenchymal stromal cells are a source of adipocytes in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with mild heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Cardiac surgeon and electrophysiologist shoulder-to-shoulder approach: Hybrid room, a kingdom for two. A zero mortality transvenous lead extraction single center experience

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation alone vs. cardiopulmonary resuscitation plus automated external defibrillator use by non-healthcare professionals: a meta-analysis on 1583 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

scientific article published on 17 September 2007

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Results from a Randomized Study Comparing Pulmonary Vein Isolation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy

scientific article published on 03 September 2008

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: long-term outcomes and mechanisms of arrhythmia recurrence

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with mechanical mitral valve: long-term outcome of single procedure of pulmonary vein antrum isolation with or without nonpulmonary vein trigger ablation

scientific article published on 19 May 2014

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: randomized controlled trials and registries, a look back and the view forward.

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Characterization of the electroanatomic substrate in a case of noncompaction left ventricle

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Clinical and Molecular Data Define a Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy in a Carrier of a Brugada-Syndrome-Associated PKP2 Mutation

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Collateral findings during computed tomography scan for atrial fibrillation ablation: Let's take a look around

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Combined LASER and femoral approach to remove a previous failure of Riata lead extraction

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Combined use of cryoballoon and focal open-irrigation radiofrequency ablation for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: Results from a pilot study

scientific article published on 24 December 2009

Comparison between First- and Second-Generation Cryoballoon for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Comparison of cardiac computed tomography versus cardiac magnetic resonance for characterization of left atrium anatomy before radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 8 November 2014

Concealed cardiomyopathies in competitive athletes with ventricular arrhythmias and an apparently normal heart: role of cardiac electroanatomical mapping and biopsy

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Concomitant cryoballoon ablation and percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage in patients with atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 11 July 2016

Correlation Between Signal-Averaged ECG and the Histologic Evaluation of the Myocardial Substrate in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Arrhythmias

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

Cryoballoon pulmonary vein ablation and left atrial appendage closure combined procedure: A long-term follow-up analysis

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Cyclophilin A in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Cardiac Remodeling.

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cell line EURACi004-A from skin fibroblasts of a patient with Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy carrying the heterozygous PKP2 mutation c.2569_3018del50

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Detection of concealed structural heart disease by imaging in patients with apparently idiopathic premature ventricular complexes: A review of current literature

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Difficult case of a trans-septal puncture: Use of a "SafeSept" guidewire.

scientific article published on August 2015

Does Fluoroscopy Induce DNA Oxidative Damage in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation?

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

Drug-Refractory Ventricular Tachycardias After Myocarditis

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Effect of periprocedural amiodarone on procedure outcome in patients with longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation undergoing extended pulmonary vein antrum isolation: results from a randomized study (SPECULATE).

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Electrical storm in systemic sclerosis: Inside the electroanatomic substrate.

scientific article published on October 2014

Electrical storm: A clinical and electrophysiological overview

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Electroanatomical mapping systems and intracardiac echo integration for guided endomyocardial biopsy

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

Endo-Epicardial Homogenization of the Scar Versus Limited Substrate Ablation for the Treatment of Electrical Storms in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Endomyocardial biopsy guided by intracardiac echocardiography as a key step in intracardiac mass diagnosis

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Entrapped air and normal saline in the pericardium after epicardial ablation

scientific article published on 10 December 2008

Epicardial ablation as a bailout in electrical storm?

scientific article published on 19 June 2014

Exploring digenic inheritance in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Feasibility and safety of catheter ablation of electrical storm in ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

Feasibility of combined unipolar and bipolar voltage maps to improve sensitivity of endomyocardial biopsy.

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Fossa ovalis radiofrequency perforation in a difficult case of conventional transseptal puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation

scientific article published on 15 February 2008

Fragmented and delayed electrograms within fibrofatty scar predict arrhythmic events in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: results from a prospective risk stratification study.

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

Gender differences in clinical outcome and primary prevention defibrillator benefit in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 07 April 2010

Gender-related differences in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 18 July 2007

Heart Rate Turbulence as a Noninvasive Risk Predictor of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

High Prevalence of Myocarditis Mimicking Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

High-density mapping at pulmonary veins antrum: a new tool for atrial fibrillation ablation.

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

High-density substrate-guided ventricular tachycardia ablation: role of activation mapping in an attempt to improve procedural effectiveness.

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia: Transcatheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs?

scientific article published on 28 February 2015

Imaging of Scar in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias of Right Ventricular Origin: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Versus Electroanatomic Mapping

scientific article published on 07 July 2011

Impact of Uncontrolled Hypertension on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Outcome

scientific article published on 20 April 2015

Impact of pre-existent areas of complex fractionated atrial electrograms on outcome after pulmonary vein isolation

scientific article published on 07 March 2008

Initial international multicenter human experience with a novel epicardial access needle embedded with a real-time pressure/frequency monitoring to facilitate epicardial access: Feasibility and safety

scientific article published on 3 March 2017

Intracardiac echocardiogram-guided use of a Dormia basket to prevent major vegetation embolism during transvenous lead extraction.

scientific article published on 25 June 2013

Intraventricular conduction abnormalities in young patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Isolation and Characterization of Cardiac Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Endomyocardial Bioptic Samples of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Patients.

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

Lead extraction: a new effective tool to overcome fibrous binding sites.

scientific article published on 6 November 2008

Left Atrial Appendage

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Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients With Longstanding Persistent AF Undergoing Catheter Ablation: BELIEF Trial.

scientific article published in November 2016

Left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy diagnosed at cardiac CT

scientific article published on 11 September 2018

Lesion index: a novel guide in the path of successful pulmonary vein isolation

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

Letter by Santangeli et al regarding article, "High-density substrate mapping in Brugada syndrome: combined role of conduction and repolarization heterogeneities in arrhythmogenesis"

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Long-term follow-up after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: role of the acute procedure outcome and of the clinical presentation

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Manifold benefits of choosing a minimally fluoroscopic catheter ablation approach.

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Mass spectrometry detection of fraudulent use of cow whey in water buffalo, sheep, or goat Italian ricotta cheese.

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

Meta-analysis: age and effectiveness of prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

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MiR-320a as a Potential Novel Circulating Biomarker of Arrhythmogenic CardioMyopathy.

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Monitoring Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation.

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

Nationwide survey on the current practice of ventricular tachycardia ablation

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Near zerO fluoroscopic exPosure during catheter ablAtion of supRavenTricular arrhYthmias: the NO-PARTY multicentre randomized trial

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New Imaging Technologies To Characterize Arrhythmic Substrate

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New high-density mapping catheter: helpful tool to assess complete pulmonary veins isolation.

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Noninvasive Diagnosis of Electroanatomic Abnormalities in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 11 October 2010

Novel Application of 3-Dimensional Real-Time Cardiac Imaging to Guide Stem Cell-Based Therapy

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

Pacemaker (PM)/implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead masses.

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Periprocedural stroke and bleeding complications in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation with different anticoagulation management: results from the Role of Coumadin in Preventing Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) P

scientific article published on 17 April 2014

Periprocedural stroke and management of major bleeding complications in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the impact of periprocedural therapeutic international normalized ratio.

scientific article published on June 2010

Predictors of arrhythmia recurrence after balloon cryoablation of atrial fibrillation: the value of CAAP-AF risk scoring system

scientific article published on 18 April 2017

Prevalence and clinical significance of collateral findings detected by chest computed tomography in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation.

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

Prevalence of left atrial thrombus in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Prevention of phrenic nerve injury during epicardial ablation: Comparison of methods for separating the phrenic nerve from the epicardial surface

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Prior myocarditis and ventricular arrhythmias: the importance of scar pattern

scientific article published on 18 December 2020

Proven isolation of the pulmonary vein antrum with or without left atrial posterior wall isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 13 August 2015

Pulmonary Vein Antral Isolation Using an Open Irrigation Ablation Catheter for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

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Pulmonary Vein Isolation to Reduce Future Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Typical Flutter Ablation: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study (REDUCE AF).

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Pulmonary-vein isolation for atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure.

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Radiofrequency Ablation of Premature Ventricular Ectopy Improves the Efficacy of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Nonresponders

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias Caused by Left Ventricular Metastatic Infiltration

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: safety and feasibility

scientific article published on 19 May 2010

Rate and Predictors of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Current Status

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Rationale and design of the NO-PARTY trial: near-zero fluoroscopic exposure during catheter ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias in young patients

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

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Residual fibrous tissue floating in the right atrium after percutaneous pacemaker lead extraction: an unusual complication early detected by intracardiac echocardiography.

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Response by Di Biase et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Ablation Versus Amiodarone for Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure and an Implanted Device: Results From the AATAC Multicenter Randomized Tria

scientific article published in September 2016

Results from a single-blind, randomized study comparing the impact of different ablation approaches on long-term procedure outcome in coexistent atrial fibrillation and flutter (APPROVAL).

scientific article published on 09 April 2013

Reversible atrial gap junction remodeling during hypoxia/reoxygenation and ischemia: a possible arrhythmogenic substrate for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on December 2012

Right ventricular substrate mapping using the Ensite Navx system: Accuracy of high-density voltage map obtained by automatic point acquisition during geometry reconstruction

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Risk of Arrhythmias in MYotonic Dystrophy: trial design of the RAMYD study

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Role of Intracardiac echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

scientific article published on 06 April 2013

Role of tissue C-reactive protein in atrial cardiomyocytes of patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: pathogenetic implications

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Safety and effectiveness of transvenous lead extraction in octogenarians.

scientific article published on 6 August 2012

Safety and outcomes of cryoablation for ventricular tachyarrhythmias: Results from a multicenter experience

scientific article published on 03 March 2011

Safety of Single Transseptal Puncture for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Retrospective Study from a Large Cohort of Patients

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Scar Homogenization Versus Limited-Substrate Ablation in Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Tachycardia

scientific article published in November 2016

Simultaneous assessment of contact pressure and local electrical coupling index using robotic navigation.

scientific article published on 16 March 2014

Stepwise endo-/epicardial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: The Mediterranea approach

scientific article published on 12 July 2021

Sustained right ventricular tachycardia originating close to defibrillator lead tip in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

scientific article published on 6 March 2007

The Growing Culture Of A Minimally Fluoroscopic Approach In Electrophysiology Lab

scientific article published on 31 August 2014

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scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Ultra-high-definition mapping in biatrial macro-reentrant tachycardia: a case study

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Uncommon ventricular tachycardia originating from an interventricular septal aneurism: Mapping and ablation guided by real-time image integration

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Use of video capsule endoscopy in a patient with an implantable cardiac defibrillator.

scientific article published on 10 November 2006

Usefulness of intracardiac echocardiography during pulmonary vein isolation with the novel multipolar irrigated ablation catheter (nMARQ™).

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Usefulness of intracardiac echocardiography for the diagnosis of cardiovascular implantable electronic device-related endocarditis

scientific article published in April 2013

Usefulness of statins in preventing atrial fibrillation in patients with permanent pacemaker: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 26 February 2010

Ventricular arrhythmias induced by long-term use of ephedrine in two competitive athletes

scientific article published on 04 January 2014

Widespread Electroanatomic Alterations of Right Cardiac Chambers in Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

X-Ray Exposure in Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Retrospective Analysis in 8150 Patients Over 7 Years of Activity in a Modern, Large-Volume Laboratory.

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