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Volume 20 - Issue 1 - January 2020

Featured Article

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Without X-Rays: The Zero Fluoro Technique
Cover Story
01/02/2020
The case presented here shows how multiple targets in both atria can be precisely reached and successfully ablated, even in the presence of previously implanted pacemaker leads.
The case presented here shows how multiple targets in both atria can be precisely reached and successfully ablated, even in the presence of previously implanted pacemaker leads.
The case presented here shows...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest
Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Update on the CAF and PLUG Dementia Trials
Cover Story
01/02/2020
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and it is increasing worldwide due to augmented longevity, higher incidences of AF-related risk factors, societal shifts that decrease activity and increase obesity, and...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and it is increasing worldwide due to augmented longevity, higher incidences of AF-related risk factors, societal shifts that decrease activity and increase obesity, and...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest

Column

Use of Electrocardiography to Detect AF: Hard to Beat
Letter from the Editor
01/02/2020
This weekend, a colleague sent an email related to a mutual patient who has a history of atrial fibrillation (AF). Attached to the email was a patient-acquired rhythm strip in the form of a PDF clearly showing AF (Figure 1). The rhythm strip...
This weekend, a colleague sent an email related to a mutual patient who has a history of atrial fibrillation (AF). Attached to the email was a patient-acquired rhythm strip in the form of a PDF clearly showing AF (Figure 1). The rhythm strip...
This weekend, a colleague sent...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest
Starting a His Bundle Pacing Program: Our Experience at Rush University Medical Center
EP Tips & Techniques
01/02/2020
In this article, we discuss key considerations to starting a successful HBP program, with a focus on HBP device follow-up.
In this article, we discuss key considerations to starting a successful HBP program, with a focus on HBP device follow-up.
In this article, we discuss key...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview: Shanghai General Hospital
Spotlight Interview
01/02/2020
Shanghai General Hospital was founded in 1864 by French consuls as one of the largest and earliest Western medicine hospitals in China. For the past 155 years, Shanghai General Hospital has remained a leader in national and local medical...
Shanghai General Hospital was founded in 1864 by French consuls as one of the largest and earliest Western medicine hospitals in China. For the past 155 years, Shanghai General Hospital has remained a leader in national and local medical...
Shanghai General Hospital was...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest
Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department: Strategies to Achieve Best Outcomes
01/02/2020
Emergency physicians play a unique role in creating innovative strategies and driving future AF management.
Emergency physicians play a unique role in creating innovative strategies and driving future AF management.
Emergency physicians play a...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest
Three-Dimensional Printing in Cardiac Electrophysiology: Current Applications and Future Directions
01/02/2020
We review the concept of 3D printing and present some of the current uses of 3D printing in clinical, teaching, and research settings within our institution.
We review the concept of 3D printing and present some of the current uses of 3D printing in clinical, teaching, and research settings within our institution.
We review the concept of 3D...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest

Feature

A Streamlined Approach to Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Review
01/02/2020
The authors explore the various logistic, heuristic, clinical, and technological factors that, when aligned with appropriate protocols, have resulted in the desirable confluence of high success rates, low complication rates, and minimal...
The authors explore the various logistic, heuristic, clinical, and technological factors that, when aligned with appropriate protocols, have resulted in the desirable confluence of high success rates, low complication rates, and minimal...
The authors explore the various...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest
Women and Atrial Fibrillation: Persistent Higher Risk of Morbidity and Mortality
Review
01/02/2020
Sex-specific differences with AF can be found in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, outcomes, and response to therapy.
Sex-specific differences with AF can be found in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, outcomes, and response to therapy.
Sex-specific differences with AF...
01/02/2020
EP Lab Digest