简介:Developinganewjournalisnotaneasytask.Icanthinkoffourgoodreasons,andthereareprobablymore.Thesereasonsareasfollows:1.Potentialauthorsmaybereluctanttosendmanuscriptstoanunknown"newjournal."2.Potentialauthorsmaybeconcernedaboutthelackofan"impactfactor."3.Potentialauthorsmayhaveconcernsaboutreadershipoftheauthors'work.4.Potentialreviewersmaybereluctanttoreviewmanuscriptssenttoanewjournalbecausemosthavemultiplemanuscriptstoreviewsenttothemfromknownjournals.
简介:Atrialfibrillation(AF)isthemostcommoncardiacarrhythmiaaffectingmillionsofpeopleworldwidewithincreasingincidenceandprevalence.RadiofrequencycatheterablationhasevolvedasthetreatmentofchoiceforbothparoxysmalandpersistentAF.Severalstudieshavebeenreportedoncatheterablationasthefirst-linetreatmentforparoxysmalAFanddifferentstrategiesforpersistentAF.Newtechnologiessuchascontact-forcesensingcathetersandcryoballoonhavebeenrecentlyusedandtheprocedurecarriestheriskofcomplicationslikehematoma,arteriovenousfistula,cardiactamponade,pulmonaryveinstenosis,atrio-esophagealfistulaanddeath.