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Volume 7 - Issue 4 - April 2007

05/03/2008
What are the five most important factors in building a successful AF program in a private practice? Describe some of the support staff and services needed for a complete AF program. To answer the first question, one needs to understand that...
What are the five most important factors in building a successful AF program in a private practice? Describe some of the support staff and services needed for a complete AF program. To answer the first question, one needs to understand that...
What are the five most important...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common type of supraventricular tachycardia (excluding atrial fibrillation) with a normal resting 12-lead ECG and accounts for about 60% of all narrow complex tachycardias in...
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common type of supraventricular tachycardia (excluding atrial fibrillation) with a normal resting 12-lead ECG and accounts for about 60% of all narrow complex tachycardias in...
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant...
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? At Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), we have two dedicated cardiac EP laboratory rooms. Both rooms are equipped for...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? At Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), we have two dedicated cardiac EP laboratory rooms. Both rooms are equipped for...
What is the size of your EP lab...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Case History The patient is a 43-year-old man with a ten-year history of palpitations. The patient is very active, running at least 4 times per week. He describes initially feeling occasional skipped beats, which have increased over the...
Case History The patient is a 43-year-old man with a ten-year history of palpitations. The patient is very active, running at least 4 times per week. He describes initially feeling occasional skipped beats, which have increased over the...
Case History The patient is a...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
When was the original International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) exam created? For what purpose? The original exam, which was previously called the NASPExAM, was first delivered in 1986. At the time NASPExAM was born, there was...
When was the original International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) exam created? For what purpose? The original exam, which was previously called the NASPExAM, was first delivered in 1986. At the time NASPExAM was born, there was...
When was the original...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
How long has your lab been participating in the ACC-NCDR ICD Registry? What are your thoughts on using the registry? Is it easy to use? At Lancaster General, EP has been using the ACC ICD registry/database since April 2006. Prior to that,...
How long has your lab been participating in the ACC-NCDR ICD Registry? What are your thoughts on using the registry? Is it easy to use? At Lancaster General, EP has been using the ACC ICD registry/database since April 2006. Prior to that,...
How long has your lab been...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA, is the Director of Pacemaker & Arrhythmia Services at Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists in Akron, Ohio. In this article, she describes the importance of the IBHRE exam as well as provides...
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA, is the Director of Pacemaker & Arrhythmia Services at Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists in Akron, Ohio. In this article, she describes the importance of the IBHRE exam as well as provides...
Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS,...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
New Questions: Skills List for Nurses Working in the EP Lab We are revising our policies and procedures manual, and I wanted to include a skills list for EP nurses. Would you know where I could find this information in order to tailor one...
New Questions: Skills List for Nurses Working in the EP Lab We are revising our policies and procedures manual, and I wanted to include a skills list for EP nurses. Would you know where I could find this information in order to tailor one...
New Questions: Skills List for...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest