Volume 4 - Issue 5 - May 2004
05/03/2008
Readers, thank you for your emails! This month, we have two new interesting questions for discussion.
Readers, thank you for your emails! This month, we have two new interesting questions for discussion.
Readers, thank you for your...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Column
Guest Editorial
05/03/2008
It's the most wonderful time of the year, in the field of electrophysiology, that is: the annual NASPE-Heart Rhythm Society meeting is here!
It's the most wonderful time of the year, in the field of electrophysiology, that is: the annual NASPE-Heart Rhythm Society meeting is here!
It's the most wonderful time of...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
05/01/2008
In this interview, this dedicated EP lab takes time to remember Dr. Brian McGovern, who was involved with starting the program in 1990.
In this interview, this dedicated EP lab takes time to remember Dr. Brian McGovern, who was involved with starting the program in 1990.
In this interview, this...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
05/01/2008
Cryoablation is making its way as the preferred technology in the treatment of arrhythmias. Dr. Strieper of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), recently began using the procedure in pediatric patients. In this article, she describes the...
Cryoablation is making its way as the preferred technology in the treatment of arrhythmias. Dr. Strieper of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), recently began using the procedure in pediatric patients. In this article, she describes the...
Cryoablation is making its way...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Feature
Case Study
05/01/2008
Occasionally, access may be difficult during a permanent pacemaker implant. Knowing the tricks of the trade are very important in order to perform an apparently complicated procedure quite easily.
Occasionally, access may be difficult during a permanent pacemaker implant. Knowing the tricks of the trade are very important in order to perform an apparently complicated procedure quite easily.
Occasionally, access may be...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
05/01/2008
The catheter used in this procedure is specially designed to allow creation of pulmonary vein isolating lesions near the os of the pulmonary veins.
The catheter used in this procedure is specially designed to allow creation of pulmonary vein isolating lesions near the os of the pulmonary veins.
The catheter used in...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Review
05/01/2008
Included here is a brief review of Brugada syndrome, an inherited ion channelopathy which causes unexplained sudden death.
Included here is a brief review of Brugada syndrome, an inherited ion channelopathy which causes unexplained sudden death.
Included here is a brief review...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
05/01/2008
PR-segment elevation in inferior leads is a very rare ECG finding. Any PR-segment shift in the presence of atrial arrhythmia, especially in the context of acute myocardial infarction, should arouse the clinical suspicion of atrial infarction.
PR-segment elevation in inferior leads is a very rare ECG finding. Any PR-segment shift in the presence of atrial arrhythmia, especially in the context of acute myocardial infarction, should arouse the clinical suspicion of atrial infarction.
PR-segment elevation in inferior...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Review
05/01/2008
The information gleaned from the study of antiarrhythmic drugs is often complicated by the multiple mechanisms by which arrhythmias are generated, including that we often do not fully understand the relationship between risks and benefits of...
The information gleaned from the study of antiarrhythmic drugs is often complicated by the multiple mechanisms by which arrhythmias are generated, including that we often do not fully understand the relationship between risks and benefits of...
The information gleaned from the...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
05/01/2008
The authors describe a case of left atrial ablation guided by the new EnSite NavX system (Endocardial Solutions Inc) together with its novel three-dimensional CT/MRI image importing function (Digital Image Fusion).
The authors describe a case of left atrial ablation guided by the new EnSite NavX system (Endocardial Solutions Inc) together with its novel three-dimensional CT/MRI image importing function (Digital Image Fusion).
The authors describe a case of...
05/01/2008
EP Lab Digest
