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Volume 9 - Issue 12 - December 2009

12/03/2009
Medtronic Launches Global Clinical Trial Evaluating Outcomes From Comprehensive Attain® Family of Left-Heart Leads and Delivery Catheters Medtronic, Inc announced the first enrollment in the global Attain Success trial that will evaluate...
Medtronic Launches Global Clinical Trial Evaluating Outcomes From Comprehensive Attain® Family of Left-Heart Leads and Delivery Catheters Medtronic, Inc announced the first enrollment in the global Attain Success trial that will evaluate...
Medtronic Launches Global...
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EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
Please click here to view survey (PDF)
Please click here to view survey (PDF)
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EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
Dear Readers, The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) currently does not have a national coverage policy for reimbursement of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In the absence of national policy, coverage is at the...
Dear Readers, The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) currently does not have a national coverage policy for reimbursement of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In the absence of national policy, coverage is at the...
Dear Readers, The Center for...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
Do you have an EP topic that you would like to see addressed by our discussion group? Email us at eplabdigest@hotmail.com or post your question on https://eplabdigest.com/discussion-questions. We look forward to hearing from...
Do you have an EP topic that you would like to see addressed by our discussion group? Email us at eplabdigest@hotmail.com or post your question on https://eplabdigest.com/discussion-questions. We look forward to hearing from...
Do you have an EP topic that you...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
Electrophysiology (EP) as a subspecialty of cardiac care dates back 2 millennia ago, when a physician by the name of Pien Ch’iao reported variations of what seemed to be heart block. Since that time, the field of EP has grown astronomically,...
Electrophysiology (EP) as a subspecialty of cardiac care dates back 2 millennia ago, when a physician by the name of Pien Ch’iao reported variations of what seemed to be heart block. Since that time, the field of EP has grown astronomically,...
Electrophysiology (EP) as a...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
In this interview from Cath Lab Digest, Joel Sherwood, RN, CCRN, CV Line Educator, Chest Pain Center Coordinator; Dr. Martin Weiss, Medical Director, Cardiovascular Services; Kathleen Whelan, MHA, VP of Operations; and Terry Rives, PhD,...
In this interview from Cath Lab Digest, Joel Sherwood, RN, CCRN, CV Line Educator, Chest Pain Center Coordinator; Dr. Martin Weiss, Medical Director, Cardiovascular Services; Kathleen Whelan, MHA, VP of Operations; and Terry Rives, PhD,...
In this interview from Cath Lab...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
One year ago, Lehman Brothers, the well-known investment bank, collapsed, representing the single largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. This singular occurrence heralded a recession, the likes of which had not been seen in the U.S. since...
One year ago, Lehman Brothers, the well-known investment bank, collapsed, representing the single largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. This singular occurrence heralded a recession, the likes of which had not been seen in the U.S. since...
One year ago, Lehman Brothers,...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
In this interview we speak with Jamie Beth Conti, MD, FACC, FHRS, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Florida. Why did you choose to work in the field of cardiac electrophysiology? When...
In this interview we speak with Jamie Beth Conti, MD, FACC, FHRS, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Florida. Why did you choose to work in the field of cardiac electrophysiology? When...
In this interview we speak with...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
In this article, the authors describe their use of the Shape-HF system in patients with cardiovascular disease. They also discuss other applications of the technology, such as in cardiac resynchronization therapy and pulmonary arterial...
In this article, the authors describe their use of the Shape-HF system in patients with cardiovascular disease. They also discuss other applications of the technology, such as in cardiac resynchronization therapy and pulmonary arterial...
In this article, the authors...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest
12/03/2009
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center is led by internationally recognized cardiologist Dr. Andrea Natale and staffed by a team that includes some of the most prominent physicians and researchers in the...
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center is led by internationally recognized cardiologist Dr. Andrea Natale and staffed by a team that includes some of the most prominent physicians and researchers in the...
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia...
12/03/2009
EP Lab Digest