Volume 19 - Issue 10 - October 2019
Cover Story
09/29/2019
In this interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Samuel F. Sears, PhD about his research in the psychological care and quality of life outcomes of ICD patients. Dr. Sears is the Director of Health Psychology and Professor in the Departments of...
In this interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Samuel F. Sears, PhD about his research in the psychological care and quality of life outcomes of ICD patients. Dr. Sears is the Director of Health Psychology and Professor in the Departments of...
In this interview, EP Lab Digest...
09/29/2019
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
09/29/2019
In this interview, we speak with Anil K. Gehi, MD, FHRS and T. Jennifer Walker, MSN, ANP-BC about creating an atrial fibrillation (AFib) care model at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Gehi is the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at...
In this interview, we speak with Anil K. Gehi, MD, FHRS and T. Jennifer Walker, MSN, ANP-BC about creating an atrial fibrillation (AFib) care model at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Gehi is the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at...
In this interview, we speak with...
09/29/2019
EP Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
10/02/2019
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
Major defibrillator trials such as SCD-HeFT showed a mortality benefit in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF),1,2 led to our current guideline-based indications for device therapy, and informed Medicare...
Major defibrillator trials such as SCD-HeFT showed a mortality benefit in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF),1,2 led to our current guideline-based indications for device therapy, and informed Medicare...
Major defibrillator trials such...
10/02/2019
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
09/29/2019
In this feature interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. Joseph Manfredi about his use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) management software (Murj). Dr. Manfredi is with Carolina Cardiology and the...
In this feature interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. Joseph Manfredi about his use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) management software (Murj). Dr. Manfredi is with Carolina Cardiology and the...
In this feature interview, EP...
09/29/2019
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
09/29/2019
Nicole Fant, MSN, RN, SCRN, RN Program Manager – Trauma/Stroke/Chest Pain; Kevin Hayes, MD, EP Medical Director; Renae Temples, RN, Cath Lab Clinical Nurse Specialist; Lisa Patterson, BS, CNMT, RT(N), Director of Radiology Services; Leah Harper, RT(R), ARRT, Manager, Cath Lab and Special Procedures
Texarkana, Texas
Nicole Fant, MSN, RN, SCRN, RN Progra...
When was the EP program started at your institution? By whom?
Texarkana Cardiology Associates, in conjunction with CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, recruited Dr. Kevin Hayes, the area’s first and only cardiac electrophysiologist, to...
When was the EP program started at your institution? By whom?
Texarkana Cardiology Associates, in conjunction with CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, recruited Dr. Kevin Hayes, the area’s first and only cardiac electrophysiologist, to...
When was the EP program started...
09/29/2019
EP Lab Digest
Feature
EP Research
10/02/2019
Frances Munkenbeck, MD, FHRS, CCDS1 and Tracy Lofty, MSA, CAE2
1Ambassador, International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners, Washington, DC, and McKenzie Heart Group, Springfield, Oregon;
2Executive Director, International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners, Washington, DC
Frances Munkenbeck, MD, FHRS, CCDS1 a...
Quality care in heart rhythm management requires a diverse team of physicians, nurses, technicians, engineers, educators, and device industry representatives. In addition, standards must be set for individuals who practice throughout the...
Quality care in heart rhythm management requires a diverse team of physicians, nurses, technicians, engineers, educators, and device industry representatives. In addition, standards must be set for individuals who practice throughout the...
Quality care in heart rhythm...
10/02/2019
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
10/02/2019
Daniel Alyesh, MD, Ryan Jordan, MD, William Choe, MD, Sri Sundaram, MD
South Denver Cardiology Associates
Littleton, Colorado
Daniel Alyesh, MD, Ryan Jordan, MD, W...
Introduction
Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias typically arise in structurally normal hearts. They may present as frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) or sustained ventricular tachycardia. They classically arise from the right...
Introduction
Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias typically arise in structurally normal hearts. They may present as frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) or sustained ventricular tachycardia. They classically arise from the right...
Introduction
Idiopathic...
10/02/2019
EP Lab Digest
10/02/2019
Carol Wesley, Consultant,
Corazon, Inc.
Carol Wesley, Consultant,
Corazon, ...
While these fast-developing advances in technology often support high-quality cardiovascular care and have value for improving clinical outcomes or reducing procedural time, they come with high costs, both fixed and variable.
While these fast-developing advances in technology often support high-quality cardiovascular care and have value for improving clinical outcomes or reducing procedural time, they come with high costs, both fixed and variable.
While these fast-developing...
10/02/2019
EP Lab Digest
10/02/2019
Martha G. Ferrara, DNP, FNP, CCDS, FHRS, Assistant Director of EP Services, Daniel Y. Wang, MD, FHRS, Director of EP Services, and James Peacock, MD, MS
White Plains Hospital, a member of the Montefiore Health System
White Plains, New York
Martha G. Ferrara, DNP, FNP, CCDS, FH...
Background
White Plains Hospital, founded in 1893 by 22 women and 3 men, is a non-profit community hospital and a member of the Montefiore Health System network. When it first opened its doors, the hospital was located in a four-room house...
Background
White Plains Hospital, founded in 1893 by 22 women and 3 men, is a non-profit community hospital and a member of the Montefiore Health System network. When it first opened its doors, the hospital was located in a four-room house...
Background
White Plains...
10/02/2019
EP Lab Digest
10/02/2019
Compilation by Jodie Elrod
Compilation by Jodie Elrod
The first-ever Catheter and Surgical for Atrial Fibrillation (CAST-AF) Program took place August 16 and 17, 2019 at the Loews Hotel Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The event was sponsored by the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern...
The first-ever Catheter and Surgical for Atrial Fibrillation (CAST-AF) Program took place August 16 and 17, 2019 at the Loews Hotel Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The event was sponsored by the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern...
The first-ever Catheter and...
10/02/2019
EP Lab Digest
