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Volume 16 - Issue 11 - November 2016

Featured Article

Cover Story
Spotlight Interview: University of Chicago Medicine
11/06/2016
The Center for Care and Discovery, a 10-story, 1.2 million square foot hospital, opened in 2013. The Heart and Vascular Center (HVC), which just opened last month, is located on the entire fourth floor of this new facility. There are 2 EP...
The Center for Care and Discovery, a 10-story, 1.2 million square foot hospital, opened in 2013. The Heart and Vascular Center (HVC), which just opened last month, is located on the entire fourth floor of this new facility. There are 2 EP...
The Center for Care and...
11/06/2016
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
The Future of Remote Patient Monitoring
11/06/2016
Remote monitoring has evolved significantly since its inception. Not too long ago, remote monitoring represented a convenient alternative to frequent visits to the arrhythmia clinic. However, now remote monitoring is a class I recommendation...
Remote monitoring has evolved significantly since its inception. Not too long ago, remote monitoring represented a convenient alternative to frequent visits to the arrhythmia clinic. However, now remote monitoring is a class I recommendation...
Remote monitoring has evolved...
11/06/2016
EP Lab Digest

Column

Editorial
The Quest for Painless, Device-Based Antiarrhythmic Therapy
11/07/2016
A high-voltage electrical shock to the heart is highly effective in restoring a normal rhythm in a patient with either an atrial or ventricular tachyarrhythmia. The main limitation, however, is intense pain. The source of the pain is...
A high-voltage electrical shock to the heart is highly effective in restoring a normal rhythm in a patient with either an atrial or ventricular tachyarrhythmia. The main limitation, however, is intense pain. The source of the pain is...
A high-voltage electrical shock...
11/07/2016
EP Lab Digest
EP Tips & Techniques
Cardiac Resynchronization with Para-Hisian Pacing
11/07/2016
Permanent His bundle/para-Hisian pacing can be used to achieve a narrow paced QRS even in the setting of existing conduction disease. This offers another method of cardiac resynchronization and may be preferable to right ventricular apical...
Permanent His bundle/para-Hisian pacing can be used to achieve a narrow paced QRS even in the setting of existing conduction disease. This offers another method of cardiac resynchronization and may be preferable to right ventricular apical...
Permanent His bundle/para-Hisian...
11/07/2016
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
Use of Bridge™ Occlusion Balloon in Lead Extraction: Interview with Dr. Roger Carrillo
11/06/2016
In this feature interview, we speak with Roger Carrillo, MD, Chief of Surgical Electrophysiology at University of Miami Hospital, about his experience with Bridge™ Occlusion Balloon (Spectranetics) for lead extraction.
In this feature interview, we speak with Roger Carrillo, MD, Chief of Surgical Electrophysiology at University of Miami Hospital, about his experience with Bridge™ Occlusion Balloon (Spectranetics) for lead extraction.
In this feature interview, we...
11/06/2016
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Study
Non-responder to Responder: Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using Gas Exchange
11/07/2016
In this case report, we describe the role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in device optimization in a patient with CRT implantation for ambulatory New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV congestive heart failure (CHF). 
In this case report, we describe the role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in device optimization in a patient with CRT implantation for ambulatory New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV congestive heart failure (CHF). 
In this case report, we describe...
11/07/2016
EP Lab Digest
Original Research
Capnographic Observations Utilized to Facilitate Confirmation of Pulmonary Vein Occlusion During Cryoballoon Ablation in Patients with AF
11/07/2016
In this retrospective examination of observational data, we evaluated the clinical charts and electrophysiology laboratory records of 15 patients with drug-refractory and symptomatic AF treated by cryoballoon catheter ablation at Inova...
In this retrospective examination of observational data, we evaluated the clinical charts and electrophysiology laboratory records of 15 patients with drug-refractory and symptomatic AF treated by cryoballoon catheter ablation at Inova...
In this retrospective...
11/07/2016
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
Failed Defibrillation in a Young Patient With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
11/06/2016
This case study reports on the management of high DFT in a young patient who required five maximum-output shocks at 42 J to terminate her clinical arrhythmia.
This case study reports on the management of high DFT in a young patient who required five maximum-output shocks at 42 J to terminate her clinical arrhythmia.
This case study reports on the...
11/06/2016
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
Coming Full Circle: A Story of Collaboration
11/06/2016
Multidisciplinary medical-surgical physician teams have revolutionized many fields including endocrinology, oncology, and gastroenterology/hepatology. Recently, the treatment of various cardiovascular disease processes have markedly been...
Multidisciplinary medical-surgical physician teams have revolutionized many fields including endocrinology, oncology, and gastroenterology/hepatology. Recently, the treatment of various cardiovascular disease processes have markedly been...
Multidisciplinary...
11/06/2016
EP Lab Digest

Insights

Early Experience
Utilization of Newer Fluoroscopic Imaging Equipment for LAA Closure in a Hybrid EP Lab: Initial Experience at a Community Hospital
11/07/2016
Significant changes have occurred over the last decade in imaging systems and other technologies in the EP lab. These newer technologies have been developed to address issues such as reducing radiation dose, enhancing image quality, and...
Significant changes have occurred over the last decade in imaging systems and other technologies in the EP lab. These newer technologies have been developed to address issues such as reducing radiation dose, enhancing image quality, and...
Significant changes have...
11/07/2016
EP Lab Digest

Department

EP 101
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia
11/06/2016
For this article, we review the possible mechanisms, diagnostic workup, and available treatment options for inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST). 
For this article, we review the possible mechanisms, diagnostic workup, and available treatment options for inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST). 
For this article, we review the...
11/06/2016
EP Lab Digest
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Bradley Knight, MD

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Jodie Elrod

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