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Volume 15 - Issue 7 - July, 2015

Featured Article

Spotlight Interview
07/08/2015
The UNC Health Care System is an academic medical center and anon-profit integrated health care system that furthers the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and provides state-of-the-art care.
The UNC Health Care System is an academic medical center and anon-profit integrated health care system that furthers the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and provides state-of-the-art care.
The UNC Health Care System is an...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
07/08/2015
Heidi Dohse is an endurance cyclist and pacemaker patient whose goal is to provide hope and inspiration to people with heart disease and their families.
Heidi Dohse is an endurance cyclist and pacemaker patient whose goal is to provide hope and inspiration to people with heart disease and their families.
Heidi Dohse is an endurance...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
07/08/2015
David Weisman, MD, FHRS, discusses his protocol for performing atrial fibrillation ablation.
David Weisman, MD, FHRS, discusses his protocol for performing atrial fibrillation ablation.
David Weisman, MD,...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest

Department

Coding and Billing
07/08/2015
In recent months, providers across the United States were prosecuted for implanting dual-chamber pacemakers when Medicare policy suggested that only a single-chamber device was indicated.
In recent months, providers across the United States were prosecuted for implanting dual-chamber pacemakers when Medicare policy suggested that only a single-chamber device was indicated.
In recent months, providers...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
EP 101
07/08/2015
Quiz provided by Ulhas M. Pandurangi, MD, Chief - Cardiac Electrophysiology & Pacing, The Madras Medical Mission, Mogappair, Chennai, India.
Quiz provided by Ulhas M. Pandurangi, MD, Chief - Cardiac Electrophysiology & Pacing, The Madras Medical Mission, Mogappair, Chennai, India.
Quiz provided by Ulhas M....
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
Inside the EP Lab
07/08/2015
The authors prospectively studied the interaction of the PEAK PlasmaBlade with ICD function when used in cutting or coagulation within 6 inches from the location of the ICD generator in the chest in 11 consecutive patients. 
The authors prospectively studied the interaction of the PEAK PlasmaBlade with ICD function when used in cutting or coagulation within 6 inches from the location of the ICD generator in the chest in 11 consecutive patients. 
The authors prospectively...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
Cryo Techniques
07/08/2015
EPLD speaks with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, director of cardiology at Asklepios Klinik St. Georg in Hamburg, Germany, about his first case using the Arctic Front Advance ST Cryoballoon (Medtronic).
EPLD speaks with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, director of cardiology at Asklepios Klinik St. Georg in Hamburg, Germany, about his first case using the Arctic Front Advance ST Cryoballoon (Medtronic).
EPLD speaks with Prof....
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
Challenges In The EP Lab
07/08/2015
The cath/EP lab at John C. Lincoln Medical Center has faced, and is continuously striving to overcome, many challenges to become clinically efficient and autonomous in the EP lab.
The cath/EP lab at John C. Lincoln Medical Center has faced, and is continuously striving to overcome, many challenges to become clinically efficient and autonomous in the EP lab.
The cath/EP lab at John C....
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
07/08/2015
The authors present a recent case of LAA exclusion using thorascopic delivery of the AtriClip. 
The authors present a recent case of LAA exclusion using thorascopic delivery of the AtriClip. 
The authors present a recent...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest
Review
07/08/2015
In this book review, Christine Chiu-Man, MSc, FHRS, RCES, CEPS, CCDS, describes the new second-edition set of EP Exam Review - Volume 1 Basics: RCES and CEPS Basics, and EP Exam Review - Volume 2: Diagnosis & Therapy for RCES and CEPS.
In this book review, Christine Chiu-Man, MSc, FHRS, RCES, CEPS, CCDS, describes the new second-edition set of EP Exam Review - Volume 1 Basics: RCES and CEPS Basics, and EP Exam Review - Volume 2: Diagnosis & Therapy for RCES and CEPS.
In this book review, Christine...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education
07/08/2015
Beginning in August 2015, the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences will be offering an online Professional Certificate in Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Beginning in August 2015, the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences will be offering an online Professional Certificate in Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Beginning in August 2015, the...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest

Column

Letter from the Editor
07/08/2015
My recent editorial was devoted to advice for incoming EP fellows with the purpose of optimizing the training experience. This editorial is devoted to EP fellows who are graduating and beginning their career.
My recent editorial was devoted to advice for incoming EP fellows with the purpose of optimizing the training experience. This editorial is devoted to EP fellows who are graduating and beginning their career.
My recent editorial was devoted...
07/08/2015
EP Lab Digest