Consulting Editors
RANJAN K. THAKUR, MD, MPH, MBA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine and Director, Arrhythmia Service, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Sparrow Health System, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA
ANDREA NATALE, MD, FACC, FHRS
Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA; Consulting Professor, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Director, Interventional Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California, USA; Senior Clinical Director, EP Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
Editors
KENNETH A. ELLENBOGEN, MD
Kimmerling Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, VCU School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University/Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
PUGAZHENDHI VIJAYARAMAN, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Program Director, CCEP Fellowship, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Geisinger Heart Institute, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
SANTOSH PADALA, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Authors
ANGELO AURICCHIO, MD, PhD
Director of Electrophysiology Unit, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
ENRICO BARACCA, MD
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Specialistic Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
TIMOTHY R. BETTS, MD
Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre; Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
PIERRE BORDACHAR, MD, PhD
Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Cardio-Thoracic Unit, Pessac, France; IHU Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France
HARAN BURRI, MD
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
MARCO CENTIONI, MD
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Specialistic Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
KENNETH A. ELLENBOGEN, MD
Kimmerling Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, VCU School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University/Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
MARK K. ELLIOTT, MBBS
School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
MICHAEL E. FIELD, MD
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
DARREL P. FRANCIS, MD
Professor, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
MICHAEL R. GOLD, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
ZAIN S. GOWANI, MD
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
PEREGRINE G. GREEN, BMBCh
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford; Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), University of Oxford; Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
LUUK HECKMAN, MD
Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
NEIL HERRING, DPhil
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford; Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
BENGT HERWEG, MD, FACC, FHRS
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
WEIJIAN HUANG, MD
Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, The Key Lab of Cardiovascular Disease of Wenzhou, Wenzhou, China
SANDEEP K. JAIN, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
MAREK JASTRZĘBSKI, MD, PhD
Professor, First Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Kraków, Poland
NANDITA KAZA, MBChB
National Heart and Lung Institute, Research Fellow, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
DANIEL KEENE, PhD
National Heart and Lung Institute, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cardiology (Clinical Electrophysiology), Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
JUSTIN LUERMANS, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre (RadboudUMC), Nijmegen, the Netherlands
JOOST LUMENS, PhD
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
LINA MARCANTONI, MD
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Specialistic Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
VISHAL S. MEHTA, MBBS
School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
ALEJANDRA A. MIYAZAWA, MBChB
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
TARDU ÖZKARTAL, MD
Consultant Cardiologist, Electrophysiology Unit, Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
GIANNI PASTORE, MD
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Specialistic Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
SYLVAIN PLOUX, MD, PhD
Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Cardio-Thoracic Unit, Pessac, France; IHU Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France
SHUNMUGA SUNDARAM PONNUSAMY, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Madurai, India
FRITS PRINZEN, PhD
Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
JOHN RICKARD, MD, MPH
Staff Physician, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
JESSE RIJKS, MD
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), the Netherlands
CHRISTOPHER A. RINALDI, MD, FHRS
School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, Department of Cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
SAMIR SABA, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief, Cardiology, Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
MARC STRIK, MD, PhD
Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Cardio-Thoracic Unit, Pessac, France; IHU Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France
LAN SU, MD
Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, The Key Lab of Cardiovascular Disease of Wenzhou, Wenzhou, China
BRETT TOMASHITIS, MD
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
JEREMY S. TREGER, MD, PhD
The University of Chicago Medicine, Center for Arrhythmia Care, Heart and Vascular Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
GAURAV A. UPADHYAY, MD, FACC, FHRS
Heart and Vascular Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Heart Station, Section of Cardiology, Center for Arrhythmia Care, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
ANTONIUS M.W. VAN STIPDONK, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), the Netherlands
NIRAJ VARMA, MA, MD, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine, Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
KEVIN VERNOOY, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre (RadboudUMC), Nijmegen, the Netherlands
PUGAZHENDHI VIJAYARAMAN, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Program Director, CCEP Fellowship, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Geisinger Heart Institute, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
CHAU N. VO, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
ALLAN WELTER-FROST, MD, MPH
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
ZACHARY I. WHINNETT, BM, BS, FRCP, PhD
Reader in Cardiac Electrophysiology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
DAVID R. WILSON II, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
FRANCESCO ZANON, MD, FESC, FHERA, FHRS
Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Specialistic Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
ALWIN ZWEERINK, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Cardiology and Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences (ACS), Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), Location VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
