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Volume 19 - Issue 3 - March 2019

Featured Article

Cover Story
Women in Electrophysiology: Supporting Each Other to Achieve Success
02/26/2019
The rapid evolution of new technologies, drugs, and devices to treat arrhythmias has made cardiac electrophysiology a fertile field for research and development. Such progress was made possible by the brilliant male and female scientists who...
The rapid evolution of new technologies, drugs, and devices to treat arrhythmias has made cardiac electrophysiology a fertile field for research and development. Such progress was made possible by the brilliant male and female scientists who...
The rapid evolution of new...
02/26/2019
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
Digital Health Summit: Inaugural Event at Heart Rhythm 2019
02/26/2019
In this interview, we learn more about Heart Rhythm Society’s first-ever Digital Health Summit taking place May 8, 2019, at the 40th Annual Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. EP Lab Digest speaks with Nassir F. Marrouche, MD,...
In this interview, we learn more about Heart Rhythm Society’s first-ever Digital Health Summit taking place May 8, 2019, at the 40th Annual Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. EP Lab Digest speaks with Nassir F. Marrouche, MD,...
In this interview, we learn more...
02/26/2019
EP Lab Digest

Column

Letter from the Editor
A Systematic Approach to the Evaluation of Patients with Ventricular Ectopy
02/27/2019
Cardiologists and electrophysiologists are commonly asked to evaluate and manage patients with premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). A systematic flow diagram summarizing the evaluation and treatment of patients with PVCs is below...
Cardiologists and electrophysiologists are commonly asked to evaluate and manage patients with premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). A systematic flow diagram summarizing the evaluation and treatment of patients with PVCs is below...
Cardiologists and...
02/27/2019
EP Lab Digest
EP Tips & Techniques
Remote Interrogation of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in Hospital Settings: A Nurse-Run Program
02/26/2019
Introduction Placement of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) including pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and loop recorders, has risen rapidly over the past several years.1,2 Management of these...
Introduction Placement of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) including pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and loop recorders, has risen rapidly over the past several years.1,2 Management of these...
Introduction Placement of...
02/26/2019
EP Lab Digest
EP Tips & Techniques
The Long Island Heart Rhythm Center: Using Digital Health Innovation to Create a New Paradigm in the EP Office-Based Practice
02/26/2019
INTRODUCTION Large healthcare systems and practices can be very complex and cost intensive. Specifically, their brick and mortar locations, extensive staffing, and IT/server-based infrastructures make it difficult to maintain their function...
INTRODUCTION Large healthcare systems and practices can be very complex and cost intensive. Specifically, their brick and mortar locations, extensive staffing, and IT/server-based infrastructures make it difficult to maintain their function...
INTRODUCTION Large healthcare...
02/26/2019
EP Lab Digest
EP Tips & Techniques
Support for Use of PFO in Selected Cases to Access the Left Atrium During LAA Device Implantation
02/26/2019
Case Description A 79-year-old male with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, a high CHADS2 score, and a history of intracranial hemorrhage on anticoagulation was referred to our center for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure with the WATCHMAN...
Case Description A 79-year-old male with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, a high CHADS2 score, and a history of intracranial hemorrhage on anticoagulation was referred to our center for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure with the WATCHMAN...
Case Description A 79-year-old...
02/26/2019
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
Spotlight Interview: Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital
02/26/2019
In 1932, a 29-year-old registered nurse named Garnett Lunsford Radin purchased a hotel in Vero Beach, Florida and opened Indian River Hospital. It had 21 beds, an artesian well water system, and a wood-burning stove that provided the...
In 1932, a 29-year-old registered nurse named Garnett Lunsford Radin purchased a hotel in Vero Beach, Florida and opened Indian River Hospital. It had 21 beds, an artesian well water system, and a wood-burning stove that provided the...
In 1932, a 29-year-old...
02/26/2019
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Study
The SANS FLUORO Approach to Ablation
02/27/2019
Fluoroscopy reduction to the point of elimination is a growing trend in the EP community. In this article, we briefly review our SANS FLUORO technique.
Fluoroscopy reduction to the point of elimination is a growing trend in the EP community. In this article, we briefly review our SANS FLUORO technique.
Fluoroscopy reduction to the...
02/27/2019
EP Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education
New Online Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologist Certification
02/27/2019
In this interview, we learn more about the certified cardiac electrophysiology technologist program created at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. Bill Fisher, MEd, RCIS, RCES is a Professor and Program Chair of Cardiovascular...
In this interview, we learn more about the certified cardiac electrophysiology technologist program created at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. Bill Fisher, MEd, RCIS, RCES is a Professor and Program Chair of Cardiovascular...
In this interview, we learn more...
02/27/2019
EP Lab Digest
Initiatives
Safely Decreasing Bed Rest in the EP Lab and Invasive Cardiology Pre/Post Holding Area: Experience at Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health
02/26/2019
Can bed rest time for the EP ablation patient population be safely decreased to two hours? In the Invasive Cardiology Department at Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health, we recently noticed a significant difference in the ordered bed rest...
Can bed rest time for the EP ablation patient population be safely decreased to two hours? In the Invasive Cardiology Department at Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health, we recently noticed a significant difference in the ordered bed rest...
Can bed rest time for the EP...
02/26/2019
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Bradley Knight, MD

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Jodie Elrod

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