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Volume 20 - Issue 9 - September 2020

Featured Article

Ablation of Long-Standing Persistent AF During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cover Story
08/31/2020

Jeffrey J. Senfield, MD, MS; Upstate Cardiology, Bon Secours Mercy St. Francis Health System; Greenville, South Carolina

Jeffrey J. Senfield, MD, MS; Upstate ...
We report a case of a patient with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPersAF) who underwent percutaneous AF ablation at our institution, and discuss our clinical decision-making pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We report a case of a patient with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPersAF) who underwent percutaneous AF ablation at our institution, and discuss our clinical decision-making pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We report a case of a patient...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest
Building a Joint Pediatric/Congenital Electrophysiology Program
Cover Story
08/31/2020

Shaun Mohan, MD, MPH, FHRS; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Electrophysiologist; Joint Pediatric Heart Care Program, Kentucky Children’s Hospital-UK Healthcare; Lexington, Kentucky

Shaun Mohan, MD, MPH, FHRS; Assistant...
Adults with CHD represent a unique subset of the population who often need the resources of pediatric and adult cardiology programs.
Adults with CHD represent a unique subset of the population who often need the resources of pediatric and adult cardiology programs.
Adults with CHD represent a...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest
Letter to the Editor in Response to “Neuromodulation for Heart Failure: An EP Perspective”
Feature
08/31/2020

Ishu V. Rao, MD, 

Medical Director, Impulse Dynamics 

Ishu V. Rao, MD,  Medical Director, ...
Recent advances in device-based therapy for the treatment of refractory heart failure herald an encouraging new era for patients with heart failure.
Recent advances in device-based therapy for the treatment of refractory heart failure herald an encouraging new era for patients with heart failure.
Recent advances in device-based...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest

Column

The Direction of Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation
Letter from the Editor
08/31/2020

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

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
Interventions for AF are headed in multiple directions.
Interventions for AF are headed in multiple directions.
Interventions for AF are headed...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest
The Evolving Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Feature Interview
08/31/2020

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Interview by Jodie Elrod
In this interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Julie Shea, MS, RNCS, FHRS, CCDS from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, about her role as a nurse practitioner in the EP setting.  Tell us about your medical background. How...
In this interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Julie Shea, MS, RNCS, FHRS, CCDS from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, about her role as a nurse practitioner in the EP setting.  Tell us about your medical background. How...
In this interview, EP Lab Digest...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview: National Heart Center at the Royal Hospital, Oman
Spotlight Interview
08/31/2020

Ghaliah Almohani, MD, EP II Msc, PHD, CEPS, FHRS, FESC
Senior consultant, adult cardiology and interventional electrophysiology; board member of Cardiology Fellowship program; Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) faculty; Royal Hospital research ethical committee; NHC Research and Education committee, and Cath Lab committe
Muscat, Oman

Ghaliah Almohani, MD, EP II Msc, PHD,...
The Royal Hospital is a large, tertiary-level, acute-care hospital in Muscat, Oman; it is part of the ministry of health hospitals and is an educational facility. Dr. Qasem Al-Salmi is the Director General and CEO of the Royal Hospital. The...
The Royal Hospital is a large, tertiary-level, acute-care hospital in Muscat, Oman; it is part of the ministry of health hospitals and is an educational facility. Dr. Qasem Al-Salmi is the Director General and CEO of the Royal Hospital. The...
The Royal Hospital is a large,...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest

Department

Compensatory Versus Non-Compensatory Pauses: It’s All About the P Waves
EP 101
08/31/2020

Jerry W. Jones, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

CEO and Chief Instructor, Medicus of Houston, 

Houston, Texas

Jerry W. Jones, MD, FACEP, FAAEM CEO...
Do not measure R-R intervals when determining the presence of compensatory pauses, non-compensatory pauses, and interpolated ectopic beats. It’s all about the P waves! 
Do not measure R-R intervals when determining the presence of compensatory pauses, non-compensatory pauses, and interpolated ectopic beats. It’s all about the P waves! 
Do not measure R-R intervals...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Local Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Monitoring for a Global Patient Population
Case Study
08/31/2020

Harish Duraiswami, CCDS, Jane Smyth-Melsky, RN, CCDS, Larry Chinitz, MD, FACC, FHRS, Chirag Barbhaiya, MD, FHRS

Heart Rhythm Center, New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center; New York, New York

Harish Duraiswami, CCDS, Jane Smyth-M...
We present a case report illustrating present challenges and solutions related to remote monitoring of patients residing internationally.
We present a case report illustrating present challenges and solutions related to remote monitoring of patients residing internationally.
We present a case report...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest
Rate-Related Left Bundle Branch Block-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Case Study
08/31/2020

Gregory P. Siroky, MD1, Hieu Huynh, DO1, Devendra Bisht, MD1, Ahsanuddin Ahmad, MD2, Asad Mohammad, DO1, Patrick Lam, MD1, Davendra Mehta, MD, PhD1

1Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology, Mount Sinai Morningside, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; 2Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey

Gregory P. Siroky, MD1, Hieu Huynh, D...
We present a case of a patient with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) implanted with a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) who was diagnosed with rate-related LBBB-induced CM (RR-LBBB-CM) after extraction of his device.
We present a case of a patient with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) implanted with a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) who was diagnosed with rate-related LBBB-induced CM (RR-LBBB-CM) after extraction of his device.
We present a case of a patient...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest
Dare to Go Zero: The First Ablation Without Fluoroscopy at an EP Lab in Germany
Case Study
08/31/2020

Dennis Höwel, MD, Heiko Frank, MD, Lea Seidlmayer, MD, Hanno Oswald, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Oldenburg, Germany 

Dennis Höwel, MD, Heiko Frank, MD, Le...
We describe our first experience with fluoroscopy-free ablation in Oldenburg.
We describe our first experience with fluoroscopy-free ablation in Oldenburg.
We describe our first experience...
08/31/2020
EP Lab Digest

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