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Volume 20 - Issue 7 - July 2020

Featured Article

Neuromodulation for Heart Failure: An EP Perspective
Letter from the Editor
06/30/2020
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a major source of human suffering and premature death. Fortunately, there have been major advances in the medical therapy for patients with HF in the past three decades. However, despite...
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a major source of human suffering and premature death. Fortunately, there have been major advances in the medical therapy for patients with HF in the past three decades. However, despite...
Heart failure with reduced...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest
Risk Factor Modification in Atrial Fibrillation: Approach From the UW Medicine AF Program
Cover Story
06/30/2020
In this article, the author discusses risk factor modification (RFM) as the focus of care at the UW Medicine AF Program in Seattle, Washington.
In this article, the author discusses risk factor modification (RFM) as the focus of care at the UW Medicine AF Program in Seattle, Washington.
In this article, the author...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest
Atypical Presentation of COVID-19 with Complete Heart Block
Cover Story
06/30/2020
With the increasing number of confirmed cases and accumulating clinical data, the cardiac manifestations induced by COVID-19 have generated great concern.
With the increasing number of confirmed cases and accumulating clinical data, the cardiac manifestations induced by COVID-19 have generated great concern.
With the increasing number of...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest

Column

Achieving ACC Accreditation: Experience at Mon Health Medical Center
EP Tips & Techniques
06/30/2020
Mon Health Medical Center recently became the first hospital in West Virginia to be recognized by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as earning the Atrial Fibrillation (AF) with Electrophysiology (EPS) Accreditation for its expertise...
Mon Health Medical Center recently became the first hospital in West Virginia to be recognized by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as earning the Atrial Fibrillation (AF) with Electrophysiology (EPS) Accreditation for its expertise...
Mon Health Medical Center...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest
Comprehensive Cryptogenic Stroke Patient Care: A Multidisciplinary Stroke Team Approach
Feature Interview
06/30/2020
Personalized health assessments and treatment strategies are critical to long-term prevention of stroke recurrence. According to the Centers for Disease Control  and Prevention (CDC), approximately 795,000 people suffer from a stroke annually...
Personalized health assessments and treatment strategies are critical to long-term prevention of stroke recurrence. According to the Centers for Disease Control  and Prevention (CDC), approximately 795,000 people suffer from a stroke annually...
Personalized health assessments...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview: Pranayam Lung and Heart Institute
Spotlight Interview
06/30/2020
The Pranayam Lung and Heart Institute opened in September 2012 with the mission to give the people of Gujarat an institute dedicated to all treatment of pulmonary disease. In April 2016, we began offering treatment of all cardiac disease,...
The Pranayam Lung and Heart Institute opened in September 2012 with the mission to give the people of Gujarat an institute dedicated to all treatment of pulmonary disease. In April 2016, we began offering treatment of all cardiac disease,...
The Pranayam Lung and Heart...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Mitral Isthmus Block by Vein of Marshall Alcohol Infusion in a Patient with Prior Cardiac Surgery and Catheter Ablation
Case Study
06/30/2020
In complex cases, having a variety of techniques to accomplish the ablation goal has significant value.
In complex cases, having a variety of techniques to accomplish the ablation goal has significant value.
In complex cases, having a...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest
A Wide Complex Tachycardia During Pregnancy
Case Study
06/30/2020
This case explores the diagnostic dilemma, definitive management, and the supportive literature of the underlying diagnosis associated with a wide complex tachycardia presenting during pregnancy.
This case explores the diagnostic dilemma, definitive management, and the supportive literature of the underlying diagnosis associated with a wide complex tachycardia presenting during pregnancy.
This case explores the...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest
Coexistent “Classic” Atrioventricular and “Mahaim” Atriofascicular Pathways in Pediatric Patients with a Structurally Normal Heart
Case Study
06/30/2020
We present two cases of multiple accessory pathways of different characteristics (“classic” and “Mahaim” type) in pediatric patients without any structural heart disease.
We present two cases of multiple accessory pathways of different characteristics (“classic” and “Mahaim” type) in pediatric patients without any structural heart disease.
We present two cases of multiple...
06/30/2020
EP Lab Digest