Volume 8 - Issue 7 - July 2008
07/31/2008
Tell us about the creation of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center. What attracted you to move to St. David's?
It was a combination of factors — the most important one is because of the group of very...
Tell us about the creation of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center. What attracted you to move to St. David's?
It was a combination of factors — the most important one is because of the group of very...
Tell us about the creation of...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
The AtriCure Minimally Invasive Platform Highlighted by Prominent Cardiac Surgeons and Electrophysiologists at Cardiostim in Nice, France
AtriCure, Inc. announced that its minimally invasive platform was highlighted during Cardiostim. On...
The AtriCure Minimally Invasive Platform Highlighted by Prominent Cardiac Surgeons and Electrophysiologists at Cardiostim in Nice, France
AtriCure, Inc. announced that its minimally invasive platform was highlighted during Cardiostim. On...
The AtriCure Minimally Invasive...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
New Question:
Protocol for Tilt Table Study
I recently encountered a superior manager who halted all tilt studies unless the physician was at the bedside. Prior to this we were performing these exams while the MD was in the lab, within close...
New Question:
Protocol for Tilt Table Study
I recently encountered a superior manager who halted all tilt studies unless the physician was at the bedside. Prior to this we were performing these exams while the MD was in the lab, within close...
New Question:
Protocol for Tilt...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Timm Reed, MBA, MSN, BS, RRT, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing & School of Health Sciences at University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Registered Nurse, Parkview Hospital/Fort Wayne Cardiology Cardiac Cath Lab, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Timm Reed, MBA, MSN, BS, RRT, RN Assi...
What Does the Literature Tell Us About Anxiety?
Over the years there has been a great deal of research supporting the contention that the majority of patients suffer from anxiety prior to invasive procedures. Anxiety, as defined by...
What Does the Literature Tell Us About Anxiety?
Over the years there has been a great deal of research supporting the contention that the majority of patients suffer from anxiety prior to invasive procedures. Anxiety, as defined by...
What Does the Literature Tell Us...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Tell us about what happened to Carolyn the day of her SCA.
My wife Carolyn and I had recently married and had moved from Australia to Boston, where at the time she was working for IBM. She had a business trip in Dallas shortly after we were...
Tell us about what happened to Carolyn the day of her SCA.
My wife Carolyn and I had recently married and had moved from Australia to Boston, where at the time she was working for IBM. She had a business trip in Dallas shortly after we were...
Tell us about what happened to...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Measuring the Effectiveness of Wearable Defibrillators and Implantable Devices: EP Lab Digest Speaks with Jeffrey Olgin, MD About the VEST/PREDICTS Study
Tell us about the new VEST/PREDICTS study. What are the main objectives of both...
Measuring the Effectiveness of Wearable Defibrillators and Implantable Devices: EP Lab Digest Speaks with Jeffrey Olgin, MD About the VEST/PREDICTS Study
Tell us about the new VEST/PREDICTS study. What are the main objectives of both...
Measuring the Effectiveness of...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Medical Director Chad E. Bonhomme, MD and Regional Executive Ted Paarlberg, Hinsdale, Illinois
Medical Director Chad E. Bonhomme, MD...
When was the EP lab started at your institution?
We’ve been doing device implants and EP studies for years, but we did not have a dedicated EP lab when Dr. Bonhomme joined us in December of 2006. With Dr. Bonhomme’s guidance, we developed a...
When was the EP lab started at your institution?
We’ve been doing device implants and EP studies for years, but we did not have a dedicated EP lab when Dr. Bonhomme joined us in December of 2006. With Dr. Bonhomme’s guidance, we developed a...
When was the EP lab started at...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Kevin O’Sullivan, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts
Kevin O’Sullivan, Charlton Memorial...
“If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
— Sir Isaac Newton
I have been involved with cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology for almost 30 years. I started out as a biomedical technician and then...
“If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
— Sir Isaac Newton
I have been involved with cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology for almost 30 years. I started out as a biomedical technician and then...
“If I have seen farther, it is...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Todd J. Cohen, MD, Alexandru Mitrache, PA, Ilyssa Scheinbach Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York
Todd J. Cohen, MD, Alexandru Mitrache...
Abstract
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) was mapped and ablated in a 34-year-old man with a history of a traumatic ventricular septal defect. Nonfluoroscopic three-dimensional (3D) mapping was used to guide the VT ablation.
Case Report
The...
Abstract
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) was mapped and ablated in a 34-year-old man with a history of a traumatic ventricular septal defect. Nonfluoroscopic three-dimensional (3D) mapping was used to guide the VT ablation.
Case Report
The...
Abstract
Ventricular...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
07/31/2008
Jason Riley, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Institute of Australasia (CEPIA)
Jason Riley, Director, Cardiac Electr...
Background
Despite the many excellent conferences and symposiums available to the EP community, for those residing in the Asia-Pacific region, there was no dedicated and comprehensive educational program designed to educate allied...
Background
Despite the many excellent conferences and symposiums available to the EP community, for those residing in the Asia-Pacific region, there was no dedicated and comprehensive educational program designed to educate allied...
Background
Despite the many...
07/31/2008
EP Lab Digest
