Volume 18 - Issue 7 - July 2018

Featured Article

Cover Story

Successful Ablation of Re-Entrant and Focal Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Pericardial Adhesions

07/05/2018

Krittapoom Akrawinthawong, MD, MSc, Alejandro Velasco, MD, Vineet Kumar, MD, FHRS

Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

Birmingham, Alabama

Krittapoom Akrawinthawong, MD, MSc, A...

We present a case of a patient with VT, HIT, and inferior pericardial adhesions that was successfully ablated epicardially despite adhesions in the inferior pericardial space.

We present a case of a patient...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Putting a Focus on Patient Education: Interview with Dr. Jeffrey L. Williams

07/05/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Interview by Jodie Elrod

Jeffrey L. Williams, MD, MS, FACC, FHRS, CPE is the Co-Director of the Heart Rhythm Center and Assistant Quality and Medical Informatics Officer at Lakeland Regional Health System in Florida.

Jeffrey L. Williams, MD, MS,...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

“Symptomatic” Pre-excitation in Pediatrics: Review of Two Cases

07/05/2018

Edward K. Rhee, MD, FACC¹ and

G. Joseph Orme, DO, MPH²

¹Department of Cardiology, Phoenix Children - Heart Center, Phoenix, Arizona;

²Department of Cardiology, Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Edward K. Rhee, MD, FACC1 and G. Jo...

Drs Rhee and Orme present 2 cases of “symptomatic” pre-excitation in which the pre-excitation variant was incapable of supporting any arrhythmia and in which ablation would be unnecessary or contraindicated.

Drs Rhee and Orme present 2...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

The 6th International Symposium on Left Atrial Appendage: Highlights from the Annual Conference

07/05/2018

Tawseef Dar, MD,¹ Bharath Yarlagadda, MD,¹ Misty Jaeger, RN,¹ Donita Atkins, RN,² and Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS²

¹Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kansas University Medical Center,

Kansas City, Kansas

²Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, Kansas

Tawseef Dar, MD,1 Bharath Yarlagadda,...

The 6th International Symposium on Left Atrial Appendage (ISLAA) took place February 9-10, 2018 at the Westin Long Beach in Long Beach, California. ISLAA is a multidisciplinary cardiovascular educational symposium focused on the emerging...

The 6th International Symposium...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

Column

Feature Interview

Bringing the World’s Newest Technology to the Country’s Oldest City: Building an EP Program at Flagler Hospital

07/05/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

EP Lab Digest speaks with Donna Wagner, BSN, MS, RN, and Administrator of Cardiovascular and Critical Care Services at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Florida.

EP Lab Digest speaks with Donna...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Changing the Outpatient Clinic Model for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

07/05/2018

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

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

Twenty-five years ago, cardiac electrophysiologists (EPs) who performed catheter ablation took care of very different types of patients than they do today. The model then was to see and evaluate patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome,...

Twenty-five years ago, cardiac...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

Initial Experience with High-Density Grid Mapping: Interview with Dr. Roger A. Winkle

07/05/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this feature interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. Roger A. Winkle about his experience using the new Advisor™ HD Grid Mapping Catheter, Sensor Enabled™ (Abbott) at Silicon Valley Cardiology / Sutter Health in East Palo Alto,...

In this feature interview, EP...

07/05/2018

EP Lab Digest

Spotlight Interview

Spotlight Interview: Maine Medical Center

07/02/2018

Jill Knutson, BSN, RN, Electrophysiology Program Manager; Megan Lowell, BSN, RN, Electrophysiology Lab Nurse Manager; Andrew Corsello, MD, Electrophysiology Lab Medical Director; Joanne Connolly, Cardiac Cath Lab Business Manager; Kyle Cunningham, BSN, RN, Arrhythmia Patient Educator; John Love, MD, Electrophysiology; Charles Carpenter, MD, Electrophysiology; Joel Cutler, MD, Electrophysiology
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine

Jill Knutson, BSN, RN, Electrophysiol...

EP Lab Digest talks with the EP program at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

EP Lab Digest talks with the EP...

07/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Feature

EP Research

Mechanisms of Lead Failure by Recall Status and Manufacturer: Results From the Pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator Leads Survival Study (“PAIDLESS”)

07/02/2018

Sam N. Schwarzwald, BS; Daniel J. Kersten, BA; Zohaib A. Shaikh, BSE; Brandon S. Needelman, BS; Alyssa M. Feldman, MS; Joseph Germano, DO; Shahidul Islam, PStat¬Æ, MPH, CPH; Todd J. Cohen, MD Department of Medicine,

NYU Winthrop Hospital Mineola, New York

Sam N. Schwarzwald, BS; Daniel J....

The aim of this study was to determine the differences in lead failure mechanisms across the major United States implantable defibrillator lead manufacturers (Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and St. Jude Medical), between all non-recalled and...

The aim of this study was to...

07/02/2018

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Jodie Elrod

Design Operations Manager
Beth Vasil

Jodie Elrod, Managing Editor, EP Lab Digest
HMP Global, 70 E. Swedesford Rd.,
Suite 100, Malvern, PA 19355
Email: jelrod@hmpglobal.com