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Volume 7 - Issue 12 - December 2007

05/03/2008
New Questions: EP Lab Work Schedule Our EP lab will be going to 8-hour shifts, 5 days a week in a couple of months. This is a decision that is widely unpopular with our nurses and techs. I am wondering if any other EP labs work 8-hour shifts...
New Questions: EP Lab Work Schedule Our EP lab will be going to 8-hour shifts, 5 days a week in a couple of months. This is a decision that is widely unpopular with our nurses and techs. I am wondering if any other EP labs work 8-hour shifts...
New Questions: EP Lab Work...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
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
05/03/2008
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
05/03/2008
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
05/03/2008
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
05/03/2008
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
05/03/2008
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
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
05/03/2008
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
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