Volume 20 - Issue 10 - October 2020

Featured Article

Letter from the Editor

Making the Electronic Health Record Better: An EP’s Perspective

10/01/2020

Physicians are rarely given the opportunity to provide simple suggestions that could make the EHR better. Patient care will not improve until physicians have a greater voice related to the EHR.

Physicians are rarely given the...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Expanding the Pediatric Cardiac Monitoring Tool Box: Experience With Novel Ambulatory Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring Technologies

10/01/2020

Angela G. Romme , MSc;

Hoang Nguyen , MD, MSCR;

Recent innovations in ambulatory ECG monitoring technology have significantly improved both patient comfort and diagnostic yield.

Recent innovations in ambulatory...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

How to Protect the Esophagus: A Review of Past, Present, and Future Approaches

10/01/2020

Linda C. Moulton , RN, MS, MSN;

One of the most worrisome complications of AF ablation has been the development of atrioesophageal lesions post procedure, the rate of which has been reported at between 2-47%.

One of the most worrisome...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

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

Department

EP Update

COVID-19 Perspectives: Update From the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University

10/01/2020

Jodie Elrod ;

In EP Lab Digest’s November 2019 issue, we featured the EP program at the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, located in the city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the Hebei Province, approximately 280 kilometers south of Beijing,...

In EP Lab Digest’s November 2019...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Study

Partial Fracture of a Subcutaneous ICD Lead from Mechanical Trauma

10/01/2020

Asad Mohammad , DO;

Davendra Mehta , MD, PhD;

Gregory P. Siroky , MD;

Patrick Lam , MD;

Hieu Huynh , DO;

This case demonstrates the importance of a two-view chest x-ray in a patient with an S-ICD after mechanical fall or thoracic trauma, as well as the benefits of home monitoring.

This case demonstrates the...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

Simultaneous Axillary Venous Access for Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitor and Biventricular Defibrillator Implantation

10/01/2020

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Kyaw Khaing Soe , MD;

Skea Skendarian ;

Michael Rochon-Duck , MD;

We describe implantation via the axillary vein at the time of biventricular defibrillator implantation.

We describe implantation via the...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

Acute Flecainide Toxicity: A Case Report

10/01/2020

Ganesh Venkataraman , MD;

This case illustrates the importance of prompt symptom and ECG recognition, as well as the specific management of acute flecainide toxicity.

This case illustrates the...

10/01/2020

EP Lab Digest

Column

Spotlight Interview

Spotlight Interview: Edward Hospital

10/01/2020

Moeen Saleem , MD;

Edward Hospital is part of Edward- Elmhurst Health, which is one of the top 10 health systems for cardiovascular care in Illinois and ranked in the Top 15 Health Systems in the nation by IBM Watson in 2019 and 2020. Over 40,000 heart and...

Edward Hospital is part of...

10/01/2020

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Volume 20 - Issue 10 - October 2020