Volume 16 - Issue 6 - June 2016

Featured Article

Cover Story

Unipolar LV Pacing with Bipolar Lead Vectors: One Center’s Chance Finding of Presumed Insulation Degradation

06/17/2016

Lynn Brewer, CCDS, Kelly Fritsch,
Jill Repoley, MSN, CRNP, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS
The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health - Penn Medicine
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lynn Brewer, CCDS, Kelly Fritsch, Jil...

We report a case of presumed unipolar LV lead insulation degradation resulting in an atypical impedance pattern and LV capture from non-existing bipolar pacing vectors.

We report a case of presumed...

06/17/2016

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

AF Ablation: Challenging the Current Paradigm

06/16/2016

David Weisman, MD, FHRS
Good Samaritan Medical Center
West Palm Beach, Florida

David Weisman, MD, FHRS Good Samarita...

Complex electrophysiology procedures, including atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, can account for a large percentage of cases being performed in many EP labs worldwide. Since the inception of the original procedure, evolutionary changes have...

Complex electrophysiology...

06/16/2016

EP Lab Digest

Column

Editorial

Pradaxa Bind

06/19/2016

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

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

A 56-year-old man with multiple defibrillator therapies for recurrent post-infarct monomorphic ventricular tachycardia presents for an outpatient ablation procedure under general anesthesia. He takes warfarin for infrequent paroxysmal atrial...

A 56-year-old man with multiple...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

Perks of Being a Travel Nurse in the EP Lab, Part 2: Interview with Kristen English, RN

06/19/2016

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In the second installment of this article series, we explore what it’s like to be a travel nurse in the cardiac electrophysiology laboratory. Here we speak with Kristen English, RN about her experience as a travel RN with Soliant Health.

In the second installment of...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Spotlight Interview

Spotlight Interview: Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

06/17/2016

Claudia Tarin, RN and Debbie Klose, RT(R)
Electrophysiology Department-Cath Lab
Phoenix, Arizona

Claudia Tarin, RN and Debbie Klose, R...

Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix campus, formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, is a 733-bed, non-profit academic medical center in Phoenix, with approximately 1600 physicians on medical staff, 8 residency programs, and 9...

Banner University Medical...

06/17/2016

EP Lab Digest

Feature

EP Research

Using Discrete Event Simulation to Model the Economic Value of Shorter Procedure Times on EP Lab Efficiency in the VALUE PVI Study

06/19/2016

Marcin Kowalski, MD¹; J. Brian DeVille, MD²; J. Thomas Svinarich, MD³; Dan Dan, MD⁴; Andrew Wickliffe, MD⁵; Charan Kantipudi, MD⁵; Jason D. Foell, PhD⁶; Giovanni Filardo, PhD, MPH²; Reece Holbrook, BSEE⁶; James Baker, MD⁷; Hassan Baydoun, MD⁸; Mark Jenkins, MD⁹; Peter Chang-Sing, MD¹⁰
¹Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, Staten Island, New York; ²The Heart Hospital, Baylor Plano, Plano, Texas; ³St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado; ⁴InterMountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah; ⁵Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia; ⁵Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia; ⁶Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; ⁷Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee; ⁸Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York; ⁹Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia; and ¹⁰Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California

Marcin Kowalski, MD1; J. Brian DeVil...

The current study developed a discrete event simulation to model the data from the VALUE PVI study. This model predicts meaningful economic benefits in terms that are understandable and actionable to those who have to make choices about how...

The current study developed a...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Review

Wireless Remote Monitoring: The New Standard of Care

06/19/2016

David Slotwiner, MD, FACC, FHRS
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, New York Presbyterian Queens; Assistant Professor of Medicine, School of Health Policy and Research, Weill-Cornell Medical College

David Slotwiner, MD, FACC, FHRS Direc...

This brief review will summarize the evidence supporting the advantages of a strategy that includes wireless remote monitoring, including recommendations on how to incorporate the technology into clinical practice, and key recommendations...

This brief review will summarize...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Perspectives

A Mediterranean Diet for Optimal Heart Health: Extending the Results of ARREST-AF to All Our Patients

06/19/2016

James Kneller, MD, PhD, FHRS, CCDS

Regional Health System,

Yakima, Washington

James Kneller, MD, PhD, FHRS, CCDS R...

ARREST-AF demonstrated how healthy living might improve outcomes for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, with partial reversal of the underlying pathologic substrate. When intensive RFM programs are difficult to implement, similar...

ARREST-AF demonstrated how...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Feature Story

The 4th International Symposium on Left Atrial Appendage: Updates in the Science of the Left Atrial Appendage

06/19/2016

Valay Parikh, MD, Misty Jaeger, RN, BSN and Donita Atkins, RN, BSN

Valay Parikh, MD, Misty Jaeger, RN, B...

The 4th International Symposium on Left Atrial Appendage (ISLAA), sponsored by the ISLAA Foundation, was held March 11-12, 2016 in New York City. ISLAA is supported by the University of Kansas Hospital, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute,...

The 4th International Symposium...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

Scalability With BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®: A Case Study at a New York Electrophysiology Practice

06/19/2016

Jo Ann LeQuang

A confluence of new trends is directly impacting cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) therapy in the U.S. Expanding device indications, shifts in population demographics (the graying of America), and new technological innovations have...

A confluence of new trends is...

06/19/2016

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