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Volume 19 - Issue 3 - March 2019

Featured Article

Cover Story
02/26/2019

Elaine Y. Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS

Esther Aboodi Assistant Professor of Medicine, 

Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, 

Columbia University, New York

Elaine Y. Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS ...
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
02/26/2019

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Interview by Jodie Elrod
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
02/27/2019

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
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
02/26/2019

Janet Gifford, MSN, NP,1 Kathleen Szymanek, MS, BSN, RN-BC, CV,2 and Karen Larimer, PhD, ACNP-BC3

1 Cardiology Nurse Practitioner, Edward Hospital with Advocate Cardiology, Naperville, Illinois;

2 Clinical Leader Center for Cardiac Health, Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois;

3 Assistant Professor School of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Janet Gifford, MSN, NP,1 Kathleen Szy...
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
02/26/2019

Todd J. Cohen, MD1, Brandon S. Needelman2, Brian Harper, MD3, Jerry Balentine, DO4

1 Founder and Director at Long Island Heart Rhythm Center, and Chief of Cardiology at New York Institute of Technology; 2 Long Island Heart Rhythm Center; 3 Medical Director and Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM); 4 Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Vice President, Health Sciences and Medical Affairs, NYITCOM

Old Westbury, New York

Todd J. Cohen, MD1, Brandon S. Needel...
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
02/26/2019

Benjamin Leis, MD,1 Jeff Booker, MD,2 and Payam Dehghani, MD2

1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada;

2 Prairie Vascular Health Network, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada

Benjamin Leis, MD,1 Jeff Booker, MD,2...
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
02/26/2019

Jesse Mace, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Vero Beach, Florida

Jesse Mace, MSN, APRN, FNP-C Vero Be...
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
02/27/2019

Robert Lee Percell, Jr., MD, FACC, FHRS, 

Electrophysiology Department, Bryan Heart Institute, 

Lincoln, Nebraska

Robert Lee Percell, Jr., MD, FACC, FH...
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
02/27/2019

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Interview by Jodie Elrod
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
02/26/2019

Devon L. Olesen, MSN, RN, RN-BC, Staff Nurse

Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Devon L. Olesen, MSN, RN, RN-BC, Staf...
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
EP Lab Digest

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