Mapping/Ablation

PulsePredic is a new blood test that helps determine who benefits most from an ICD. In this interview, EPLD speaks with Dr. Dudley, President and CEO of ROS Technologies, the innovator in the development of this blood test. 

The following cases (concealed para-Hisian pathway and mid-septal WPW) illustrate techniques and observations that may be useful to others gaining experience with cryoablation.

It seems reasonable to consider anticoagulation in patients with subclinical AF detected at the time of a pacemaker interrogation if it lasted more than 18 hours. The harder decision at this time might actually be which drug to start.

Jeff Schoeben, RCIS, recently wrote and self-published a patient's guide to heart arrhythmias, entitled "I Can See Your Heart Beat: A Patient’s Guide to the Heart’s Electrical System." Featured is an excerpt.

EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. E. Martin Kloosterman, Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, about the remote-K-viewer technology he developed.

Based on their early experience, Christopher Hudson, MD, and Angela Park, MD, envision the cryoballoon procedure becoming the cornerstone of therapy for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Featured is a discussion with Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS) Coordinator Cyndi Ciocco, RHIT, Robert F. Malacoff, MD, Hari Joshi, MD, and Project Manager Carolyn Suess, RN, about implementation of the Centricity CVIS system (GE...