Volume 17 - Issue 12 - December 2017
Cover Story
12/07/2017
Jeffrey Liu, MD, FHRS, St. Clair Hospital
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, South Hills Cardiology Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Liu, MD, FHRS, St. Clair Hosp...
A 26-year-old male with no medical history was brought by paramedics to the ED with ill-defined syncope after smoking illicit drugs. Reportedly, an indistinct tachycardia at 220 bpm was seen at some point, but no strips were recorded for...
A 26-year-old male with no medical history was brought by paramedics to the ED with ill-defined syncope after smoking illicit drugs. Reportedly, an indistinct tachycardia at 220 bpm was seen at some point, but no strips were recorded for...
A 26-year-old male with no...
12/07/2017
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
12/07/2017
Gianluigi Bisleri, MD, FRCSC, Kathryn Hong, BScH, Benedict Glover, MB BCh BAO, MRCP
Queen's Heart Rhythm Association, Queen's University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Gianluigi Bisleri, MD, FRCSC, Kathryn...
A combination of advanced catheter navigation and mapping along with simultaneous minimally invasive epicardial and endocardial ablation techniques have led to the development of a novel hybrid approach for the treatment of long-standing...
A combination of advanced catheter navigation and mapping along with simultaneous minimally invasive epicardial and endocardial ablation techniques have led to the development of a novel hybrid approach for the treatment of long-standing...
A combination of advanced...
12/07/2017
EP Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
12/10/2017
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
The subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) has been developed as a revolutionary alternative to a transvenous system. It avoids the implant-related and all too familiar long-term complications related to an intravascular system. It...
The subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) has been developed as a revolutionary alternative to a transvenous system. It avoids the implant-related and all too familiar long-term complications related to an intravascular system. It...
The subcutaneous implantable...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
12/10/2017
In this article, we speak with Dr. Rajesh Malik, Medical Director, about the creation of a second EP laboratory at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina.
In this article, we speak with Dr. Rajesh Malik, Medical Director, about the creation of a second EP laboratory at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina.
In this article, we speak with...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
12/07/2017
Assoc. Prof. Farid Aliyev, MD
Director of Cardiovascular Center,
Azerbaijan Medical University,
Baku, Azerbaijan
Assoc. Prof. Farid Aliyev, MD
Directo...
We have 2 cath labs at Azerbaijan Medical University, one of which functions as an EP lab. The EP program at our university began in November 2013.
We have 2 cath labs at Azerbaijan Medical University, one of which functions as an EP lab. The EP program at our university began in November 2013.
We have 2 cath labs at...
12/07/2017
EP Lab Digest
Feature
Clinical Images
12/10/2017
Bhavanesh Makanjee, MD1; Paul Galiwango, MD1; Subodh Verma, MD, PhD2; Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD2
1Division of Cardiology, Rouge Valley Health System; 2Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Bhavanesh Makanjee, MD1; Paul Galiwan...
Absent right SVC is usually accompanied by a persistent left SVC. We report the complete absence of an SVC in a patient without prior history of cardiac surgery or device implantation. This is a very rare congenital cardiac abnormality, which...
Absent right SVC is usually accompanied by a persistent left SVC. We report the complete absence of an SVC in a patient without prior history of cardiac surgery or device implantation. This is a very rare congenital cardiac abnormality, which...
Absent right SVC is usually...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest
Original Research
12/10/2017
Zohaib A. Shaikh, BSE1; Brandon S. Needelman, BS1; Melanie L. Gershman1; Daniel J. Kersten, BA1; Sam N. Schwarzwald, BS1; Daniel I. Meshoyrer, BS1; Brian R. Malone, RPh, MS2; Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS1,2
1Department of Medicine, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York;
2Department of Pharmacy, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, New York
Zohaib A. Shaikh, BSE1; Brandon S. Ne...
The purpose of this study was to review issues in receiving electronic prescriptions by patients’ pharmacies following implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices at NYU Winthrop Hospital’s EP Lab, and determine the degree of...
The purpose of this study was to review issues in receiving electronic prescriptions by patients’ pharmacies following implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices at NYU Winthrop Hospital’s EP Lab, and determine the degree of...
The purpose of this study was to...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest
12/10/2017
News compiled by Jodie Elrod
News compiled by Jodie Elrod
The American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2017, which took place this year from November 11-15th in Anaheim, California, is a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians....
The American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2017, which took place this year from November 11-15th in Anaheim, California, is a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians....
The American Heart Association’s...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest
Tips and Techniques
12/10/2017
Tara U. Mudd, MSN, APRN, Melissa Allen, LMR, CCT, CCDS, and Kent E. Morris, MD
Norton Heart Specialists, Heart Rhythm Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Tara U. Mudd, MSN, APRN, Melissa Alle...
As the rate of insertion and prevalence of implanted cardiac devices continues to rise, so does the burden of managing the collected data. The amount of physiologic data that can be gleaned from one device will progressively increase with...
As the rate of insertion and prevalence of implanted cardiac devices continues to rise, so does the burden of managing the collected data. The amount of physiologic data that can be gleaned from one device will progressively increase with...
As the rate of insertion and...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest
12/10/2017
In this interview, we speak with Rosalie Linver Ungar, author of a new book called In a Heartbeat: The Ups and Downs of Life with Atrial Fib.
In this interview, we speak with Rosalie Linver Ungar, author of a new book called In a Heartbeat: The Ups and Downs of Life with Atrial Fib.
In this interview, we speak with...
12/10/2017
EP Lab Digest