Volume 20 - Issue 7 - July 2020

Featured Article

Letter from the Editor

Neuromodulation for Heart Failure: An EP Perspective

06/30/2020

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

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...

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

Cover Story

Risk Factor Modification in Atrial Fibrillation: Approach From the UW Medicine AF Program

06/30/2020

Deanna M. Tregoning, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C; Teaching Associate, AF Program; University of Washington; Seattle, Washington

Deanna M. Tregoning, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C...

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

Cover Story

Atypical Presentation of COVID-19 with Complete Heart Block

06/30/2020

Sheharyar Minhas, MD,¹ Ahmed Minhas, MD,² Maira Malik, MD,² Sana Zubair Javaid, MD,³ Sunil Dhar, MD⁴
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; ²Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee; ³Department of Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan; ⁴Department of Cardiology, Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sheharyar Minhas, MD,1 Ahmed Minhas, ...

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

Real-World Evidence for VASCADE MVP: Discussion with Dr. Hranitzky

Column

EP Tips & Techniques

Achieving ACC Accreditation: Experience at Mon Health Medical Center

06/30/2020

Interview by Jodie Elrod

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

End-to-End Ablation Support: Interview with Dr. Kenneth Stein

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Feature Interview

End-to-End Ablation Support: Interview with Dr. Kenneth Stein

06/30/2020

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Dr. Kenneth Stein, senior vice president and chief medical officer for Rhythm Management and Global Health Policy at Boston Scientific, discusses how this technology uses impedance principals and applies a localized measurement for a unique...

Dr. Kenneth Stein, senior vice...

06/30/2020

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

Comprehensive Cryptogenic Stroke Patient Care: A Multidisciplinary Stroke Team Approach

06/30/2020

Interview with Stephanie Rubenstein, RN, SCRN, Stroke Program Coordinator, and Brian M. Snelling, MD, Medical Director of the Marilyn & Stanley Barry Center for Cerebrovascular Disease & Stroke at Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Boca Raton, Florida

Interview with Stephanie Rubenstein, ...

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

Spotlight Interview: Pranayam Lung and Heart Institute

06/30/2020

Dr. Vihang C. Shah
Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Dr. Vihang C. Shah Vadodara, Gujarat,...

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

Case Study

Mitral Isthmus Block by Vein of Marshall Alcohol Infusion in a Patient with Prior Cardiac Surgery and Catheter Ablation

06/30/2020

Daniel R. Frisch, MD, FACC,

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daniel R. Frisch, MD, FACC, Thomas ...

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

Case Study

A Wide Complex Tachycardia During Pregnancy

06/30/2020

Jacqueline Joza, MD, FRCPC, Martin Bernier, MD, Vidal Essebag, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec

Jacqueline Joza, MD, FRCPC, Martin Be...

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

Case Study

Coexistent “Classic” Atrioventricular and “Mahaim” Atriofascicular Pathways in Pediatric Patients with a Structurally Normal Heart

06/30/2020

Giorgi Papiashvili, MD, PhD, FESC

Head of Arrhythmia Section at the Jo Ann Medical Centre; Tbilisi, Georgia

Giorgi Papiashvili, MD, PhD, FESC H...

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

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Volume 20 - Issue 7 - July 2020