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Volume 7 - Issue 5 - May 2007

05/03/2008

Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS, Sutter Heart Institute, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, and Nancy Diehl, RN, MSN, CNS, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Roseville, California

Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS, Sutte...
2007 Course For the upcoming 2007 course, we have reformatted the course content from past years. What was initially a five-day program is now a four-day program, with eight CEs awarded each day. Lectures are updated so that current trends...
2007 Course For the upcoming 2007 course, we have reformatted the course content from past years. What was initially a five-day program is now a four-day program, with eight CEs awarded each day. Lectures are updated so that current trends...
2007 Course For the upcoming...
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EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Interview by Jodie Elrod
Describe who participated in the Inter-Association Task Force. The Inter-Association Task Force was made up of representatives from 15 different national medical societies. Also participating in the task force were some invited...
Describe who participated in the Inter-Association Task Force. The Inter-Association Task Force was made up of representatives from 15 different national medical societies. Also participating in the task force were some invited...
Describe who participated in the...
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David Stein, Tyler, Texas

David Stein, Tyler, Texas
It’s amazing how events that make the biggest impact on our lives often happen inconspicuously. Moments we remember throughout the years are the ones that occur without any expectation. For example, in the spring of 2005, my family traveled...
It’s amazing how events that make the biggest impact on our lives often happen inconspicuously. Moments we remember throughout the years are the ones that occur without any expectation. For example, in the spring of 2005, my family traveled...
It’s amazing how events that...
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Condensed and edited by Jodie Elrod.
Condensed and edited by Jodie Elrod. ...
What are your thoughts about non-EPs implanting ICDs? Do you train such individuals? What about dealing with device recalls? New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, April 2007: Device recalls: We ve instituted more...
What are your thoughts about non-EPs implanting ICDs? Do you train such individuals? What about dealing with device recalls? New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, April 2007: Device recalls: We ve instituted more...
What are your thoughts about...
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Compiled and managed by Jodie Elrod, Managing Editor.

Compiled and managed by Jodie Elrod, ...
New Question: 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 Question: 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 Question: Skills List for...
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Mark S. Link, MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Mark S. Link, MD, Tufts-New England M...
Arrhythmias can be bradycardias or tachycardias. Bradycardias are further divided into sinus bradycardias and heart block. Tachycardias can be supraventricular or ventricular. One should be very careful to describe the arrhythmia before...
Arrhythmias can be bradycardias or tachycardias. Bradycardias are further divided into sinus bradycardias and heart block. Tachycardias can be supraventricular or ventricular. One should be very careful to describe the arrhythmia before...
Arrhythmias can be bradycardias...
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05/03/2008

Jose Nazari, MD, Associate Director of Electrophysiology at Evanston Northwestern Medical Group in Evanston, Illinois, and Susan J. Maller, PhD (patient), Professor at Purdue University

Jose Nazari, MD, Associate Director o...
Dr. Blair Grubb is among the well-known authors in the syncope literature, having co-edited one of the most important books in the last decade that specifically addressed syncope and a multitude of original research papers regarding...
Dr. Blair Grubb is among the well-known authors in the syncope literature, having co-edited one of the most important books in the last decade that specifically addressed syncope and a multitude of original research papers regarding...
Dr. Blair Grubb is among the...
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Lenore Cameron, Founder and President, Little Hearts, Inc.

Lenore Cameron, Founder and President...
In 1996, my son was born with a congenital heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). He has had three open-heart surgeries and today is doing very well. However, when he was a baby, it was important for me to find other...
In 1996, my son was born with a congenital heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). He has had three open-heart surgeries and today is doing very well. However, when he was a baby, it was important for me to find other...
In 1996, my son was born with a...
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Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA,...
In 1996, the American Heart Association and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE, now the Heart Rhythm Society) published a scientific statement on Personal and Public Safety Issues Related to Arrhythmias That May...
In 1996, the American Heart Association and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE, now the Heart Rhythm Society) published a scientific statement on Personal and Public Safety Issues Related to Arrhythmias That May...
In 1996, the American Heart...
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EP Lab Digest
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Mark Sierra, MD, Cardiology Fellow and Christian Machado, MD, FACC, Director of Electrophysiology and Cardiology Fellowship Program, Providence Heart Institute, Southfield, Michigan

Mark Sierra, MD, Cardiology Fellow an...
It is estimated that each year there are more than 900,000 implantable cardiac devices prescribed worldwide. There have also been an increasing number of MRI systems worldwide, with about 35 million magnetic imaging procedures performed...
It is estimated that each year there are more than 900,000 implantable cardiac devices prescribed worldwide. There have also been an increasing number of MRI systems worldwide, with about 35 million magnetic imaging procedures performed...
It is estimated that each year...
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