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Volume 14 - Issue 10 - October 2014

Featured Article

Cover Story
10/17/2014
Primary Stroke Centers were established in 2003 by The Joint Commission as a result of recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association. Mount Nittany Medical Center, located in State College, PA, began the...
Primary Stroke Centers were established in 2003 by The Joint Commission as a result of recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association. Mount Nittany Medical Center, located in State College, PA, began the...
Primary Stroke Centers were...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
10/17/2014
Korea University Anam Hospital has two EP labs. The electrophysiology program was started in 1993, and atrial fibrillation ablation was performed here for the first time in Korea in 1998.
Korea University Anam Hospital has two EP labs. The electrophysiology program was started in 1993, and atrial fibrillation ablation was performed here for the first time in Korea in 1998.
Korea University Anam Hospital...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest

Column

PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
10/17/2014
Now that I work in the medical device industry, I see myself in the patients I treat and care for.
Now that I work in the medical device industry, I see myself in the patients I treat and care for.
Now that I work in the medical...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
10/17/2014
Dear Readers, Dr. Rory Childers was a pillar of the Cardiology Faculty at the University of Chicago for 50 years. He died on August 27th, 2014 after a cardiac arrest while on vacation.  Rory was classic Irish and classic “U of C”. After...
Dear Readers, Dr. Rory Childers was a pillar of the Cardiology Faculty at the University of Chicago for 50 years. He died on August 27th, 2014 after a cardiac arrest while on vacation.  Rory was classic Irish and classic “U of C”. After...
Dear Readers, Dr. Rory Childers...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
10/17/2014
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington, located on the campus of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, recently earned full Atrial Fibrillation Certification status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). In...
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington, located on the campus of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, recently earned full Atrial Fibrillation Certification status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). In...
Texas Health Heart &...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Feature Story
10/17/2014
KCHRS 2014 took place August 16-17 at the Sheraton Kansas City at Crown Center hotel in Kansas City. The conference included world-renowned EP experts, clinicians, and scientists who discussed their innovative ideas, outcomes of their...
KCHRS 2014 took place August 16-17 at the Sheraton Kansas City at Crown Center hotel in Kansas City. The conference included world-renowned EP experts, clinicians, and scientists who discussed their innovative ideas, outcomes of their...
KCHRS 2014 took place August...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Case Report
10/17/2014
Introduction  The superior vena cava (SVC) is the major vein responsible for draining blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and upper thorax. A partial or complete obstruction of the SVC results in a variety of symptoms collectively...
Introduction  The superior vena cava (SVC) is the major vein responsible for draining blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and upper thorax. A partial or complete obstruction of the SVC results in a variety of symptoms collectively...
Introduction  The superior vena...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest