Volume 15 - Issue 5 - May, 2015

Featured Article

EP Spotlight: Kalispell Regional Healthcare

Spotlight Interview

Spotlight Interview: Kalispell Regional Healthcare

05/02/2015

Ilyas K. Colombowala, MD, FHRS, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Rocky Mountain Heart & Lung, Kalispell Regional Healthcare, Kalispell, Montana

Ilyas K. Colombowala, MD, FHRS, Direc...

Kalispell Regional Healthcare is a non-profit community hospital serving as the main regional referral center for Northwest Montana.

Kalispell Regional Healthcare is...

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Left Atrial Thrombus Aspiration Guided by ICE During Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Utilizing Cerebral Protection Devices

05/02/2015

Adel Mina, MD, FACC, FHRS, Joel Kupfer, MD, SCAI, Nicholas Warnecke, PA-C, Unity Point Health Methodist, Peoria, Illinois

Adel Mina, MD, FACC, FHRS, Joel Kupfe...

Data is scarce for optimal strategies to help prevent thrombus formation. This case demonstrates the importance of utilizing heparin prior to transseptal puncture to avoid sheath thrombus formation.

Data is scarce for optimal...

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Engagement of ICD Patients: Direct Electronic Messaging of Remote Monitoring Data via a Personal Health Record

05/02/2015

Carly Daley, BA, CCRC, Clinical Research Coordinator¹; Tina Allmandinger, RN, BSN, PPG Cardiology Arrhythmia Diagnostic Supervisor¹; Lisa Heral, RNBA, CCRC, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator¹; Tammy Toscos, PhD, Research Scientist¹; Rob Plant, PharmD, CCRC, Director of Parkview Research Center¹; Michael J. Mirro, MD, FACC, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Chief Academic Research Officer^2, 1Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, Indiana; ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Carly Daley, BA, CCRC, Clinical Resea...

This research presents an innovative way to improve patient care and clinic workflow by enhancing patient engagement using a standardized technology that can be applied to remote monitoring data from devices regardless of vendor.

This research presents an...

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Study

When Interventions Collide: Challenges in Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation After PARACHUTE Device Placement

05/02/2015

J. Jenkins Thompson, MD, Jayanthi N. Koneru, MBBS, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, Pauley Heart Center, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia

J. Jenkins Thompson, MD, Jayanthi N. ...

Recently, additional investigational percutaneous therapies have been developed for patients with refractory heart failure and ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Recently, additional...

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

A Case of Flecainide Toxicity

05/02/2015

Snigdha Kola, MD, Indrajeet Mahata, MD, Abraham G. Kocheril, MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Snigdha Kola, MD, Indrajeet Mahata, M...

A clinically important but infrequent consequence of flecainide toxicity is its organization of atrial fibrillation into atrial flutter, as seen in this case. With resolution of the toxicity, the atrial flutter converted back to AF.

A clinically important but...

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Column

Feature Interview

Advances in Lead Extraction Techniques: Interview With Roger A. Freedman, MD

05/02/2015

Interview by Jodie Elrod

EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. Roger Freedman from the University of Utah about his advanced lead extraction techniques.

EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr....

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Practical Advice Related to Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond the Guidelines

05/02/2015

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

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

All providers of care to patients with anticoagulation should review the comprehensive “Practical Management of Anticoagulation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation."

All providers of care to...

05/02/2015

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Volume 15 - Issue 5 - May, 2015