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Volume 7 - Issue 12 - December 2007

Pacemaker/ICD Puzzle<br />
05/03/2008
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, CCDS/AP, FHRS, FAHA, Director, Pacemaker & Arrhythmia Services, Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists, Akron, Ohio
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, CCDS/A...
Clinical History A 56-year-old female with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, an ejection fraction of 25%, congestive heart failure, recurrent atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, states that she has periodic...
Clinical History A 56-year-old female with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, an ejection fraction of 25%, congestive heart failure, recurrent atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, states that she has periodic...
Clinical History A 56-year-old...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Improved Anatomical Orientation During AF Catheter Ablation: Experience from Leipzig Heart Center
05/03/2008
Christopher Piorkowski, MD and Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Cardiology, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany
Christopher Piorkowski, MD and Gerhar...
As one of the premier heart centers in Germany, our institution performs catheter ablation with great frequency. Approximately 2,000 ablation cases per year are going to be performed in two EP labs, with an increasing number of those cases...
As one of the premier heart centers in Germany, our institution performs catheter ablation with great frequency. Approximately 2,000 ablation cases per year are going to be performed in two EP labs, with an increasing number of those cases...
As one of the premier heart...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
One EP Lab`s Solution to the Administration of Deep Sedation
05/03/2008
Tamara M. Metz, RN, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Tamara M. Metz, RN, Riverside Methodi...
In the EP lab setting, the most common procedure that conflicts with the new guidelines is defibrillation threshold (DFT) testing after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implants. To perform DFT testing, deep sedation must be...
In the EP lab setting, the most common procedure that conflicts with the new guidelines is defibrillation threshold (DFT) testing after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implants. To perform DFT testing, deep sedation must be...
In the EP lab setting, the most...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview: Northeast Georgia Medical Center
05/03/2008
Rick Smith, RT (R), EP Lab Coordinator, and Karthik Ramaswamy, MD, Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia
Rick Smith, RT (R), EP Lab Coordinato...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? We currently have one EP Stereotaxis lab and one implant room. We presently have six dedicated staff members (one radiology...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? We currently have one EP Stereotaxis lab and one implant room. We presently have six dedicated staff members (one radiology...
What is the size of your EP lab...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Emerging Technologies for the Electrophysiology Lab
05/03/2008
Jeffrey Mendel, MD, Chair, Department of Radiology, Caritas Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Jeffrey Mendel, MD, Chair, Department...
New technologies are emerging to integrate the 3D volume information obtained with multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanning to the electrophysiology lab. These offer a major improvement in the ability of the electrophysiologist to...
New technologies are emerging to integrate the 3D volume information obtained with multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanning to the electrophysiology lab. These offer a major improvement in the ability of the electrophysiologist to...
New technologies are emerging to...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
The Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium
05/03/2008
Michael Huntsman, Program Director, Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium
Michael Huntsman, Program Director, W...
The University of Utah Division of Cardiology is proud to announce the upcoming Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. The purpose of this Symposium is to bring together electrophysiologists, cardiologists, family practice physicians,...
The University of Utah Division of Cardiology is proud to announce the upcoming Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. The purpose of this Symposium is to bring together electrophysiologists, cardiologists, family practice physicians,...
The University of Utah Division...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
About the PRECEDE-HF Trial: Interview with William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA
05/03/2008
Describe the PRECEDE-HF trial. What is the purpose of the trial? PRECEDE HF is the first large, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the utility of implantable device-based monitoring technologies in heart failure. It has been designed...
Describe the PRECEDE-HF trial. What is the purpose of the trial? PRECEDE HF is the first large, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the utility of implantable device-based monitoring technologies in heart failure. It has been designed...
Describe the PRECEDE-HF trial....
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Overview on Shire and the Discontinuation of Ethmozine®: After the Heart Rhythm Society Intervenes, the Company Changes its D
05/03/2008
Bruce D. Lindsay, MD, FHRS, President, Heart Rhythm Society, Director of Clinical Electrophysiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Bruce D. Lindsay, MD, FHRS, President...
The week of August 11, 2007, the Heart Rhythm Society became aware of a decision by Shire Pharmaceuticals to discontinue the production of Ethmozine ® (morizine hydrochloride). The stated deadline was August 28, 2007. Sometimes manufacturers...
The week of August 11, 2007, the Heart Rhythm Society became aware of a decision by Shire Pharmaceuticals to discontinue the production of Ethmozine ® (morizine hydrochloride). The stated deadline was August 28, 2007. Sometimes manufacturers...
The week of August 11, 2007, the...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
10-Minute Interview:Minimizing the Risk of Infection at Children`s Sibley Heart Center:Interview with Nicole Jarrell, RNC,
05/03/2008
Nicole Jarrell, RNC, MSN Describe your roles in the CICU. What is a typical work day like for you? In the role of nurse expert, I wear various hats based on what goals need to be accomplished. It may be spending the day in the unit,...
Nicole Jarrell, RNC, MSN Describe your roles in the CICU. What is a typical work day like for you? In the role of nurse expert, I wear various hats based on what goals need to be accomplished. It may be spending the day in the unit,...
Nicole Jarrell, RNC,...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Is There a Link Between Gasoline Vapors and Brugada Syndrome?Interview with Darko Kranjcec, MD and Hugues Abriel, MD, PhD
05/03/2008
Tell us about this case report. A 46-year-old male presented to the ER after experiencing two short syncopal attacks while working the night shift at a gas station. The patient had had accidental exposure to important amounts of gasoline...
Tell us about this case report. A 46-year-old male presented to the ER after experiencing two short syncopal attacks while working the night shift at a gas station. The patient had had accidental exposure to important amounts of gasoline...
Tell us about this case report....
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest

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