Volume 12 - Issue 11 - November 2012
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Carrie Hoefling, RCES, Alice Payne, RCES, Renee Trammell, RT RCES, John Goddard, RN, Frank Zupancic, RN, Jennifer Healey, RN
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Campus
Peoria, Illinois
Carrie Hoefling, RCES, Alice Payne, R...
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is a 616-bed facility located in Peoria, Illinois. In recent years, OSF Saint Francis has grown to become the fourth largest medical center in Illinois. The medical center is a major teaching affiliate of the...
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is a 616-bed facility located in Peoria, Illinois. In recent years, OSF Saint Francis has grown to become the fourth largest medical center in Illinois. The medical center is a major teaching affiliate of the...
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center...
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EP Lab Digest
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A collaboration between The Valley Health System in Ridgewood, New Jersey and New York, New York, and cardiologists in Siberia, Russia has led to the publication of a randomized, double-blind study showing that renal denervation prevented...
A collaboration between The Valley Health System in Ridgewood, New Jersey and New York, New York, and cardiologists in Siberia, Russia has led to the publication of a randomized, double-blind study showing that renal denervation prevented...
A collaboration between The...
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EP Lab Digest
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Dr. Ishu V. Rao, Director of Electrophysiology Services Ventura, California
Dr. Ishu V. Rao, Director of Electrop...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?Our EP lab is a single lab in a three-lab complex that houses procedures including interventional radiology, cardiology, and EP....
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?Our EP lab is a single lab in a three-lab complex that houses procedures including interventional radiology, cardiology, and EP....
What is the size of your EP lab...
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EP Lab Digest
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Patrick Hoier, BS, RCIS, FSICP, Invasive Cardiovascular Program Director, Southeast Technical Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, and President Elect, SICP
Patrick Hoier, BS, RCIS, FSICP, Invas...
The new officers for SICP’s 2012–2014 Executive Committee have recently been appointed, and we are beginning our action plans. As your new President Elect, I look forward to the next several years, as I serve the SICP membership and the...
The new officers for SICP’s 2012–2014 Executive Committee have recently been appointed, and we are beginning our action plans. As your new President Elect, I look forward to the next several years, as I serve the SICP membership and the...
The new officers for SICP’s...
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EP Lab Digest
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In this article EP Lab Digest® speaks with Jonathan Philpott, MD, director of the Sentara Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Program, and electrophysiologist Ian Woollett, MD of Cardiovascular Associates. Sentara Heart Hospital was the first in the...
In this article EP Lab Digest® speaks with Jonathan Philpott, MD, director of the Sentara Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Program, and electrophysiologist Ian Woollett, MD of Cardiovascular Associates. Sentara Heart Hospital was the first in the...
In this article EP Lab Digest®...
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EP Lab Digest
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Helen McFarland, RN
Device Clinic Nurse
University of Michigan Health System
Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Helen McFarland, RNDevice Clinic Nurs...
ICD Connection: Living with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator is a newly published book featuring ten personal stories in which seven ICD recipients and three family members (husband, father, and daughter) write about their unique...
ICD Connection: Living with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator is a newly published book featuring ten personal stories in which seven ICD recipients and three family members (husband, father, and daughter) write about their unique...
ICD Connection: Living with an...
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EP Lab Digest
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Kathryn A. Glatter, MD
Woodland Clinic
Woodland, California
Kathryn A. Glatter, MDWoodland Clinic...
Case DescriptionA 50-year-old healthy woman was relaxing at home with her husband watching TV. She didn’t take any medications or smoke, drink, or use drugs. Suddenly, he noticed that she had stopped talking to him. Concerned, he took her...
Case DescriptionA 50-year-old healthy woman was relaxing at home with her husband watching TV. She didn’t take any medications or smoke, drink, or use drugs. Suddenly, he noticed that she had stopped talking to him. Concerned, he took her...
Case DescriptionA 50-year-old...
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EP Lab Digest
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In this article we speak with W. Drew Palin, MD, Medical Innovation Officer at Preventice, about their recent FDA 510(k) clearance for the BodyGuardian Remote Monitoring System™, which was developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and...
In this article we speak with W. Drew Palin, MD, Medical Innovation Officer at Preventice, about their recent FDA 510(k) clearance for the BodyGuardian Remote Monitoring System™, which was developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and...
In this article we speak with W....
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EP Lab Digest
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Medicare Ruling Concerns Hospital CEOs, but Better Reporting, New Antibiotic Technology Can Lower Cardiac Device Infection RatesA new Medicare ruling that makes potentially avoidable surgical site infections (SSIs) following cardiac...
Medicare Ruling Concerns Hospital CEOs, but Better Reporting, New Antibiotic Technology Can Lower Cardiac Device Infection RatesA new Medicare ruling that makes potentially avoidable surgical site infections (SSIs) following cardiac...
Medicare Ruling Concerns...
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EP Lab Digest
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Dr. Kenneth Civello, MD, MPH, FACC
Electrophysiologist, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dr. Kenneth Civello, MD, MPH, FACC
El...
While atrial fibrillation is one of the most common heart rhythm disorders in the world, affecting more than five million people in the U.S., it is also one of the more challenging conditions to treat, particularly for patients with...
While atrial fibrillation is one of the most common heart rhythm disorders in the world, affecting more than five million people in the U.S., it is also one of the more challenging conditions to treat, particularly for patients with...
While atrial fibrillation is one...
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EP Lab Digest
