Volume 11 - Issue 6 - June 2011
05/25/2011
Sorin Group Receives CE Mark Approval for PARADYM™ RF ICDs and CRT-DsSorin Group announced the CE mark approval for the PARADYM™ RF1 family of implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.Sorin Group, a...
Sorin Group Receives CE Mark Approval for PARADYM™ RF ICDs and CRT-DsSorin Group announced the CE mark approval for the PARADYM™ RF1 family of implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.Sorin Group, a...
Sorin Group Receives CE Mark...
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EP Lab Digest
05/25/2011
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
As a service to all incoming clinical electrophysiology fellows starting around the country, the following “Ten Commandments” are offered as a guide to optimize the training experience.
As a service to all incoming clinical electrophysiology fellows starting around the country, the following “Ten Commandments” are offered as a guide to optimize the training experience.
As a service to all incoming...
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EP Lab Digest
05/25/2011
Joshua Romero, BA, Lindsey Gakenheimer, Nathan E. Sovitch, Thomas Crawford, MD, Kim A. Eagle, MD, Timir S. Baman, MD
University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joshua Romero, BA, Lindsey Gakenheime...
Over the past 30 years, cardiac device implantation has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with brady- and tachyarrhythmias in the industrialized world. In the United States alone, 250,000 pacemakers and 100,000...
Over the past 30 years, cardiac device implantation has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with brady- and tachyarrhythmias in the industrialized world. In the United States alone, 250,000 pacemakers and 100,000...
Over the past 30 years, cardiac...
05/25/2011
EP Lab Digest
05/24/2011
This month we speak with electrophysiologist David Gilligan, MD from CJW Medical Center-The Levinson Heart Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the field of electrophysiology. What...
This month we speak with electrophysiologist David Gilligan, MD from CJW Medical Center-The Levinson Heart Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the field of electrophysiology. What...
This month we speak with...
05/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
05/24/2011
M. Obadah Al Chekakie, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
Cheyenne, Wyoming
M. Obadah Al Chekakie, MD
Medical Dir...
Clinical cardiac electrophysiology services are the fastest growing branch of cardiology. A lot of hospitals and private groups are looking to establish this service or expand it. Invariably, they look to hire fresh new graduates who are well...
Clinical cardiac electrophysiology services are the fastest growing branch of cardiology. A lot of hospitals and private groups are looking to establish this service or expand it. Invariably, they look to hire fresh new graduates who are well...
Clinical cardiac...
05/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
05/24/2011
Michael Neal, CRNA, MSN, Anesthesia Clinical Team Leader, EP Lab
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
Durham, North Carolina
Michael Neal, CRNA, MSN, Anesthesia C...
Ablations are performed to treat multiple types of cardiac arrhythmias, ranging from atrial fibrillation to ventricular tachycardia. Ablation procedures improve the lives of individuals who are either unresponsive to anti-arrhythmic...
Ablations are performed to treat multiple types of cardiac arrhythmias, ranging from atrial fibrillation to ventricular tachycardia. Ablation procedures improve the lives of individuals who are either unresponsive to anti-arrhythmic...
Ablations are performed to treat...
05/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
05/24/2011
Jessica E. Umfleet, RT(R)(CI)(VI)-Cardiovascular, Electrophysiology Technologist, and Brooke Harrell, BSN, RN-Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Jessica E. Umfleet, RT(R)(CI)(VI)-Car...
When was the EP lab started at your institution?Our EP lab, the Southeast Hospital Arrhythmia and Cardiac Electrophysiology Center, was given a new name and direction in August 2008 with the arrival of electrophysiologist Gabe Soto, MD, PhD,...
When was the EP lab started at your institution?Our EP lab, the Southeast Hospital Arrhythmia and Cardiac Electrophysiology Center, was given a new name and direction in August 2008 with the arrival of electrophysiologist Gabe Soto, MD, PhD,...
When was the EP lab started at...
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EP Lab Digest
05/24/2011
Dr. Aung Tun, Cardiologist, Dr. Ghazanfar Khadim, Cardiologist, Dr. Nadim Khan, Electrophysiologist, Dr. Moethu Win, Cardiologist, Bonnie McDonald, RN, CEPS, RCES, and Kimberly Clawson, RN, RCES
Florida Hospital Zephyrhills
Zephyrhills, Florida
Dr. Aung Tun, Cardiologist, Dr. Ghaza...
In this next case installment from the Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, the authors describe a diagnosis of Brugada Syndrome, leaving the authors with questions about “might be” and “maybe” conclusions.IntroductionA 28-year-old Caucasian male...
In this next case installment from the Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, the authors describe a diagnosis of Brugada Syndrome, leaving the authors with questions about “might be” and “maybe” conclusions.IntroductionA 28-year-old Caucasian male...
In this next case installment...
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EP Lab Digest
05/24/2011
Jing Tian, MD, PhD, Research Associate at the University of Maryland, and Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD, Chief of Electrophysiology at the VA Baltimore, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, and Director of the Maryland Arrhythmia and Cardiology Imaging Group (MACIG)
Baltimore, Maryland
Jing Tian, MD, PhD, Research Associat...
BackgroundVentricular tachycardia (VT) ablation is the next frontier in clinical electrophysiology. The indications for life-saving defibrillator therapy have been extended to an increasing number of patients in multiple clinical trials. A...
BackgroundVentricular tachycardia (VT) ablation is the next frontier in clinical electrophysiology. The indications for life-saving defibrillator therapy have been extended to an increasing number of patients in multiple clinical trials. A...
BackgroundVentricular...
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EP Lab Digest
