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List of works by Katja Zeppenfeld

2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

article by Paulus Kirchhof et al published 27 August 2016 in EP Europace

2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS.

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A new method for objective myocardial scar characterization using MR late gadolinium enhancement and post-contrast look-locker sequences

A new prediction model for ventricular arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

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Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Congenital and Infiltrative Heart Disease

scientific article published on 24 December 2016

Ablation of focal atrial arrhythmia in patients with congenital heart defects after surgery: role of circumscribed areas with heterogeneous conduction

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease

scientific article published on March 2008

Acceleration-dependent left bundle branch block with severe left ventricular dyssynchrony results in acute heart failure: are there more patients who benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy?

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Acute effects of right ventricular apical pacing on left ventricular synchrony and mechanics

scientific article published on 18 February 2009

Anatomical Substrates and Ablation of Reentrant Atrial and Ventricular Tachycardias in Repaired Congenital Heart Disease

scientific article published on August 2016

Anatomical observations of the pulmonary veins with intracardiac echocardiography and hemodynamic consequences of narrowing of pulmonary vein ostial diameters after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Arrhythmogenic anatomical isthmuses identified by electroanatomical mapping are the substrate for ventricular tachycardia in repaired tetralogy of Fallot

Automated quantitative assessment of myocardial infarction in late enhancement MRI

Automated segmentation of myocardial scar in late enhancement MRI using combined intensity and spatial information

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Beneficial effects of catheter ablation on left ventricular and right ventricular function in patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions and preserved ejection fraction

scientific article published in August 2010

Bipolar ablation of ventricular tachycardia in a patient after atrial switch operation for dextro-transposition of the great arteries.

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Cardiac MRI visualization for ventricular tachycardia ablation

scientific article published on 3 July 2012

Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia after repair of congenital heart disease: electroanatomic identification of the critical right ventricular isthmus

scientific article published on 29 October 2007

Clinical Aspects and Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Tetralogy of Fallot

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Comparison of left atrial volumes and function by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in patients having catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation with persistence of sinus rhythm versus recurrent atrial fibrillation three months later

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

Connexin43 silencing in myofibroblasts prevents arrhythmias in myocardial cultures: role of maximal diastolic potential

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Contrast-enhanced MRI-derived scar patterns and associated ventricular tachycardias in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: implications for the ablation strategy

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Current trends in the use of cardiac implantable electronic devices and interventional electrophysiological procedures in the European Society of Cardiology member countries: 2015 report from the European Heart Rhythm Association

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Detailed characterization of familial idiopathic ventricular fibrillation linked to the DPP6 locus

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Duty-cycled bipolar/unipolar radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic atrial fibrillation induces significant pulmonary vein narrowing at long-term follow-up

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Dynamical anchoring of distant arrhythmia sources by fibrotic regions via restructuring of the activation pattern

ECG identification of scar-related ventricular tachycardia with a left bundle-branch block configuration

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Early reperfusion during acute myocardial infarction affects ventricular tachycardia characteristics and the chronic electroanatomic and histological substrate

scientific article published on 19 April 2010

Early reperfusion therapy affects inducibility, cycle length, and occurrence of ventricular tachycardia late after myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Effect of Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Tracking on Radiation Exposure during Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Comparison of Four ablation systems.

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on inducibility of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in cardiac arrest survivors with either ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in May 2005

Effect of intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells on perfusion, function, and viability in patients with drug-refractory chronic ischemia

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Effect of left ventricular remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy on frequency of ventricular arrhythmias

scientific article published in July 2004

Effect of pulmonary vein anatomy and left atrial dimensions on outcome of circumferential radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published in January 2011

Effect of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on left atrial cavity size

scientific article published on 2 March 2006

Electrophysiological and arrhythmogenic effects of intramyocardial bone marrow cell injection in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease

scientific article published on 10 November 2006

Electrophysiological characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in cardiac sarcoidosis versus arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 13 October 2012

Endocardial or epicardial ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy? The role of 12-lead ECG criteria in clinical practice.

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Epicardial ablation for ventricular tachycardia: a European multicenter study

scientific article published on 13 August 2011

Epicardial substrate mapping for ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: a new algorithm to differentiate between scar and viable myocardium developed by simultaneous integration of computed tomography and con

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Fast nonclinical ventricular tachycardia inducible after ablation in patients with structural heart disease: Definition and clinical implications

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Fatigue as Presenting Symptom and a High Burden of Premature Ventricular Contractions Are Independently Associated With Increased Ventricular Wall Stress in Patients With Normal Left Ventricular Function

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Five-year clinical follow-up from the MISSION! Intervention Study: sirolimus-eluting stent versus bare metal stent implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published in January 2012

Founder mutations in the Netherlands: familial idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and DPP6

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Fusion of multislice computed tomography imaging with three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping to guide radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures.

scientific article published in October 2005

Guía ESC 2016 sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la fibrilación auricular, desarrollada en colaboración con la EACTS

Haplotype-sharing analysis implicates chromosome 7q36 harboring DPP6 in familial idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

scientific article published on 12 March 2009

Head-to-head comparison of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and electroanatomical voltage mapping to assess post-infarct scar characteristics in patients with ventricular tachycardias: real-time image integration and reversed registratio

scientific article published on 23 September 2010

Identification of successful catheter ablation sites in patients with ventricular tachycardia based on electrogram characteristics during sinus rhythm

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Epicardial radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in the vicinity of coronary arteries is facilitated by fusion of 3-dimensional electroanatomical mapping with multislice computed tomography.

scientific article published in July 2006

Imaging-guided Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

Impact of left atrial box surface ratio on the recurrence after ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Impact of left atrial fibrosis and left atrial size on the outcome of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Impact of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation compared to bare-metal stent implantation for acute myocardial infarction on coronary plaque composition at nine months follow-up: a Virtual Histology intravascular ultrasound analysis. Results from the

scientific article published in November 2009

Impact of surgery on presence and dimensions of anatomical isthmuses in tetralogy of Fallot

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In-ambulance abciximab administration in STEMI patients prior to primary PCI is associated with smaller infarct size, improved LV function and lower incidence of heart failure: results from the Leiden MISSION! acute myocardial infarction treatment o

scientific article published in August 2009

Incessant ventricular tachycardia in fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis: Evidence for origin in the Purkinje system and successful treatment with ablation

scientific article published on 09 September 2006

Infarct tissue heterogeneity assessed with contrast-enhanced MRI predicts spontaneous ventricular arrhythmia in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

scientific article published on 23 March 2009

Influence of steroid therapy on the incidence of pericarditis and atrial fibrillation after percutaneous epicardial mapping and ablation for ventricular tachycardia

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Isolated Subepicardial Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Scar in Athletes With Ventricular Tachycardia

scientific article published in February 2017

Left atrial strain predicts reverse remodeling after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Long-Term Arrhythmic and Nonarrhythmic Outcomes of Lamin A/C Mutation Carriers.

scientific article published on November 2016

Long-term improvement in left ventricular strain after successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function

scientific article published on 17 April 2009

Long-term outcome after atrial correction for transposition of the great arteries

scientific article published on 10 November 2018

Longitudinal mechanics of the periinfarct zone and ventricular tachycardia inducibility in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in October 2010

Multicenter Experience With Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia in Lamin A/C Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in August 2016

Myocardial scar identification based on analysis of Look-Locker and 3D late gadolinium enhanced MRI.

scientific article published on 19 March 2014

Myocardial scar predicts monomorphic ventricular tachycardia but not polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Myocardial scar surface area identified by LGE MRI is an independent predictor of mortality in post-infarction patients

Natriuretic peptide levels predict recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency catheter ablation

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Noninvasive Identification of Ventricular Tachycardia-Related Anatomical Isthmuses in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: What Is the Role of the 12-Lead Ventricular Tachycardia Electrocardiogram

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Optimizing ablation duration using dormant conduction to reveal incomplete isolation with the second generation cryoballoon: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 29 March 2019

Optogenetic manipulation of anatomical re-entry by light-guided generation of a reversible local conduction block

scientific article published on March 2017

Optogenetic termination of ventricular arrhythmias in the whole heart: towards biological cardiac rhythm management

scientific article published on 23 December 2016

Outcome of ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy: the impact of noninducibility

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

Patients with scar-related right ventricular tachycardia: determinants of long-term outcome

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

Predictive value of programmed ventricular stimulation after catheter ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

Preprocedural magnetic resonance imaging for image-guided catheter ablation of scar-related ventricular tachycardia

scientific article published on 24 October 2014

Prognostic Impact of the Timing of Recurrence of Infarct-Related Ventricular Tachycardia After Catheter Ablation

scientific article published on December 2016

Programmed electrical stimulation-guided encircling cryoablation concomitant to surgical ventricular reconstruction for primary prevention of ventricular arrhythmias

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

QRS prolongation after premature stimulation is associated with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: Results from the Leiden Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Study.

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Radio-frequency ablation as primary management of well-tolerated sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease and left ventricular ejection fraction over 30%.

scientific article published on 16 February 2014

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias

scientific article published on January 2013

Real-time integration of MDCT-derived coronary anatomy and epicardial fat: impact on epicardial electroanatomic mapping and ablation for ventricular arrhythmias

scientific article published in January 2013

Real-time integration of intracardiac echocardiography and multislice computed tomography to guide radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

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Recurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic secondary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients: long-term follow-up of the Leiden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest study (LOHCAT)

scientific article published on 02 June 2009

Reversed polarity of bipolar electrograms for predicting a successful ablation site in focal idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias

scientific article published on 04 January 2011

Right ventricular cardiomyopathy meeting the arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia revised criteria? Don't forget sarcoidosis!

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Serial reevaluation for ARVD/C is indicated in patients presenting with left bundle branch block ventricular tachycardia and minor ECG abnormalities.

scientific article published in June 2006

Similar arrhythmicity in hypertrophic and fibrotic cardiac cultures caused by distinct substrate-specific mechanisms.

scientific article published on 12 September 2012

Sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: 9-month angiographic and intravascular ultrasound results and 12-month clinical outcome results from the MISSION! Intervention Study

scientific article published in February 2008

Statistics on the use of cardiac electronic devices and electrophysiological procedures in 55 ESC countries: 2013 report from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).

scientific article published in April 2014

Statistics on the use of cardiac electronic devices and electrophysiological procedures in the European Society of Cardiology countries: 2014 report from the European Heart Rhythm Association

scientific article published on January 2015

Stent malapposition after sirolimus-eluting and bare-metal stent implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: acute and 9-month intravascular ultrasound results of the MISSION! intervention study.

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Successful integration of MRI derived scar distribution during VT ablation procedures. Initial experience in 12 patients

Super-resolution reconstruction of late gadolinium enhanced MRI from multiple views.

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Super-resolution reconstruction of late gadolinium-enhanced MRI for improved myocardial scar assessment.

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The Impact of Advances in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Devices on the Incidence and Prevention of Complications

The infarct characteristics on magnetic resonance imaging and ventricular tachycardia: do we see what we need to see?

scientific article published on 04 February 2011

The relationship between time from myocardial infarction, left ventricular dyssynchrony, and the risk for ventricular arrhythmia: speckle-tracking echocardiographic analysis

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

Three-year outcome of sirolimus-eluting versus bare-metal stents for the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (from the MISSION! Intervention Study).

scientific article published on 13 May 2010

Twelve-lead ECG of ventricular tachycardia in structural heart disease

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Unipolar Endocardial Voltage Mapping in the Right Ventricle: Optimal Cutoff Values Correcting for Computed Tomography-Derived Epicardial Fat Thickness and Their Clinical Value for Substrate Delineation

scientific article published in August 2017

Usefulness of intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells in patients with severe angina pectoris and stress-induced myocardial ischemia.

scientific article published on 20 March 2006

Ventricular tachycardia ablation in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: a need to catch up with current recommendations

scientific article published on February 29, 2012

Ventricular tachycardia in repaired congenital heart disease

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Voltage and activation mapping: how the recording technique affects the outcome of catheter ablation procedures in patients with congenital heart disease

scientific article published on 29 September 2003

Whole human heart histology to validate electroanatomical voltage mapping in patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia

scientific article published on 29 March 2018