Volume 17 - Issue 9 - September 2017

Featured Article

Cover Story

Radiation Protection: What Does Your EP Program Use?

09/07/2017

Compilation by Jodie Elrod

For this article, we asked various EP programs about what they use for radiation protection for lab staff.

For this article, we asked...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Utility of Compound Motor Action Potentials as a Superior Predictor of Phrenic Nerve Injury in Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

09/07/2017

Srinath Polasani, MS, MBA, CVT, Sripadh Upadhya, MD,
Raghu Prasad, MD, Pankaj Sidharam Gundad, MD,
Dhruva Kumar Krishnan, MD, Ravi Kishore Amancharla, MD, FACC
Health City Cayman Islands
Grand Cayman

Srinath Polasani, MS, MBA, CVT, Sripa...

The authors characterize their experience with different monitoring techniques for phrenic nerve injury in a patient who developed a transient PNP during cryoablation of paroxysmal AF.

The authors characterize their...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Column

Letter from the Editor

Reaching for the STARs in the EP Lab: Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation

09/08/2017

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

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

Despite progressive advances over the past 30 years in radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias, several limitations remain.

Despite progressive advances...

09/08/2017

EP Lab Digest

EP Tips & Techniques

Achieving Milestones in Lead Management, Atrial Fibrillation, and Accreditation: Experience at Winchester Medical Center

09/07/2017

Daniel V. Alexander, DO, FACC, CCDS
Winchester Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Winchester Medical Center
Winchester, Virginia

Daniel V. Alexander, DO, FACC, CCDS W...

Winchester Medical Center (WMC) is a 455-bed regional referral medical center located in Virginia. Established in 1903, the medical center forms the flagship facility of the Valley Health System, which is comprised of six hospitals within the...

Winchester Medical Center (WMC)...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

New Collaboration to Develop an Integrated Solution for Treating Arrhythmias

09/07/2017

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this feature interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Steve Wedan, CEO of Imricor Medical Systems, and Dr. Philipp Fischer, Head of Cardiology at Siemens Healthineers, about the companies’ new partnership to develop an integrated solution that...

In this feature interview, EP...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Spotlight Interview

Spotlight Interview: Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

09/07/2017

Abby Doerr, APN, Manager, Neurointerventional Surgery and Electrophysiology, and Omeed Zardkoohi, MD, FHRS, Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute West, Northwestern Medicine, Faculty, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois

Abby Doerr, APN, Manager, Neurointerv...

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital is a 392-bed acute care facility that has provided quality healthcare to the residents of DuPage County and beyond for more than 50 years.

Northwestern Medicine Central...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Feature

Perspectives

Supplements to Bolster Myocardial Function: Beyond Optimal Medical Therapy

09/07/2017

James Kneller, MD, PhD, FHRS, CCDS
Regional Health System
Yakima, Washington

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

Many of our patients already spend a considerable amount of money on supplements, and appreciate receiving guidance from their electrophysiologist.

Many of our patients already...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

Use of the FlexAbility Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled at MUSC Health

09/07/2017

Jeffrey Winterfield, MD
Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Service
MUSC Health
Charleston, South Carolina

Jeffrey Winterfield, MD Director, Ve...

A workflow with the FlexAbility Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled as an ablation tool, coupled with the steerable diagnostic catheter, has enabled us to explore more mechanistic concepts in VT substrates without relying as much on voltage...

A workflow with the FlexAbility...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Implementing Quality Improvement Measures with the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Program: Experience at Palmetto General Hospital

09/07/2017

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this interview, we speak with Julie Garcia, RN, MSN, Chief Quality Officer from Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Florida, about their cardiac program achieving the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure...

In this interview, we speak with...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

Determining the Effectiveness of Impedance Monitoring in Heart Failure Patients with Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators

09/07/2017

Amanda Franchuk, RN, BSN, DNP and Jaclyn Conelius, PhD, FNP-BC, FHRS
Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut

Amanda Franchuk, RN, BSN, DNP and Jac...

The purpose of this study is to determine if ICDs with impedance monitoring appropriately measure hemodynamic changes in heart failure patients, and to assess patient perceptions of self-care maintenance, management, and confidence of his or...

The purpose of this study is to...

09/07/2017

EP Lab Digest

News

Guideline Updates

Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices and MRI: A Challenge Met

09/07/2017

Linda Moulton, RN, MS
Owner, Critical Care ED and C.C.E. Consulting
Faculty, Order and Disorder Electrophysiology Training Program
C.C.E. Consulting
New Berlin, Illinois

Linda Moulton, RN, MS Owner, Critical...

The following is a review of the latest recommendations for patients with CIEDs who need to undergo MRI; also included is a discussion of the difference between MR conditional and MR nonconditional systems.

The following is a review of the...

09/07/2017

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Volume 17 - Issue 9 - September 2017