Volume 7 - Issue 6 - June 2007
05/03/2008
How did you get into the field of cardiac electrophysiology (EP)?
I always enjoyed reading electrocardiograms as a medical student. Then, while a resident at Georgetown University Medical Center, I had the opportunity to work with Drs. Al...
How did you get into the field of cardiac electrophysiology (EP)?
I always enjoyed reading electrocardiograms as a medical student. Then, while a resident at Georgetown University Medical Center, I had the opportunity to work with Drs. Al...
How did you get into the field...
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EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center, Marietta, Georgia, and CardioStreamâ„¢, Alpharetta, Georgia
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibl...
Nine-year-old Miriam Rouse has had quite a remarkable medical journey in her short life. She was born with DiGeorge Syndrome, or Velocardiofacial Syndrome, which is a rare immunodeficiency disorder characterized by various congenital...
Nine-year-old Miriam Rouse has had quite a remarkable medical journey in her short life. She was born with DiGeorge Syndrome, or Velocardiofacial Syndrome, which is a rare immunodeficiency disorder characterized by various congenital...
Nine-year-old Miriam Rouse has...
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EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
New Questions:
Catheter Placement Competency Check-Offs
I would like a job description, and/or competency check-off list for placement of EP catheters during diagnostic studies by allied health professionals. Does any facility out there...
New Questions:
Catheter Placement Competency Check-Offs
I would like a job description, and/or competency check-off list for placement of EP catheters during diagnostic studies by allied health professionals. Does any facility out there...
New Questions:
Catheter...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS
The expert consensus can be downloaded from the Heart Rhythm Society s Web site (www.hrsonline.org); it is available in the complete comprehensive version or a shortened and succinct Executive Summary. The comprehensive version extensively...
The expert consensus can be downloaded from the Heart Rhythm Society s Web site (www.hrsonline.org); it is available in the complete comprehensive version or a shortened and succinct Executive Summary. The comprehensive version extensively...
The expert consensus can be...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
How did the SCA Coalition come about? How did you become involved as Co-Chair?
A few years ago, a predecessor group called the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Alliance had been formed, although this group didn t have as much of a public presence....
How did the SCA Coalition come about? How did you become involved as Co-Chair?
A few years ago, a predecessor group called the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Alliance had been formed, although this group didn t have as much of a public presence....
How did the SCA Coalition come...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Stuart Berger, MD; Robert Campbell, MD
The goal of this symposium was to present a state-of-the-art, succinct review of the issues important in understanding and preventing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death in children and adolescents. The symposium was divided...
The goal of this symposium was to present a state-of-the-art, succinct review of the issues important in understanding and preventing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death in children and adolescents. The symposium was divided...
The goal of this symposium was...
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EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
While monitoring during cases, we notice that the compensatory and non-compensatory pauses create different pressure levels. Why is this? RCIS Review Course Participant
Yes, they often do. We’ll try to explain why, briefly. A detailed...
While monitoring during cases, we notice that the compensatory and non-compensatory pauses create different pressure levels. Why is this? RCIS Review Course Participant
Yes, they often do. We’ll try to explain why, briefly. A detailed...
While monitoring during cases,...
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EP Lab Digest
Feature
Feature Story
05/03/2008
William H. Wendt
While insurance carriers use different schemes to not pay, they do pay for services out-of-network if the right conditions are met. Here are 9 steps to improve your out-of-network billing.
While insurance carriers use different schemes to not pay, they do pay for services out-of-network if the right conditions are met. Here are 9 steps to improve your out-of-network billing.
While insurance carriers use...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
Column
Spotlight Interview
05/03/2008
Debbie D. Ellis, RN
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? Also, when was the EP lab started at your institution? We are a new EP lab facility, having opened in October 2006. At the...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? Also, when was the EP lab started at your institution? We are a new EP lab facility, having opened in October 2006. At the...
What is the size of your EP lab...
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EP Lab Digest
Department
EP 101
05/03/2008
Ali A. Sovari, MD, FACC, FHRS; Abraham G. Kocheril, MD, FHRS, FACC, FACP
Bradyarrhythmia is defined as having a ventricular rate of less than 60 beats per minute (bpm) and is due to dysfunction of the cardiac conduction system at the level of the sinus node, atria or the atrioventricular (AV) node/His-Purkinje...
Bradyarrhythmia is defined as having a ventricular rate of less than 60 beats per minute (bpm) and is due to dysfunction of the cardiac conduction system at the level of the sinus node, atria or the atrioventricular (AV) node/His-Purkinje...
Bradyarrhythmia is defined as...
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EP Lab Digest
