Mapping/Ablation

Feature Story

Case Report: Impact of Recommended Replacement Time Pacing Behavior in a Pacemaker Programmed to Atrial Antibradycardia Pacing Mode Secondary to Known Ventricular Lead Failure

08/02/2022

Karen Hansen, RN, Clinical Device Specialist, PaceMate™

Karen Hansen, RN, Clinical Device Spe...

08/02/2022

EP Lab Digest

Feature Story

Managing Alert Burden: A Case Study Illustrating the Need for Tailored Implantable Loop Recorder Programming

07/13/2022

Rebecca Revell, BSN, RN, CCDS, Director of PaceMate™ Patient Communications

Rebecca Revell, BSN, RN, CCDS, Direct...

An implantable loop recorder's ability to detect, record, and report episodes and alert conditions provides valuable data to patients and their care teams. When detection parameters and alerts are not tailored over time, it can result in...

An implantable loop recorder's...

07/13/2022

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Abnormal Ventricular Mechanics Just Before a Premature Ventricular Contraction! Difficult to Predict What Will be Predictive

07/05/2022

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

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

The observation that LV mechanical function is abnormal just before a PVC is fascinating. This implies that the PVC is not the original sin—it is the beat before it. Although it is difficult to predict how this discovery might lead to a...

The observation that LV...

07/05/2022

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Atrial Fibrillation in Emergency Department Patients With COVID-19: Review of Literature

07/04/2022

Katherine Dickerson Mayes, MD, PhD¹; Lachlan Driver, MD¹; Da’Marcus Baymon, MD²

¹Resident Physician; Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts;

²Attending Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Katherine Dickerson Mayes, MD, PhD1; ...

The authors explore current knowledge about the impact of COVID-19 on atrial fibrillation presentations to the emergency department.

The authors explore current...

07/04/2022

EP Lab Digest

Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia Moulton EPLD

Cover Story

The Atrial Fibrillation-Dementia Connection: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

07/04/2022

Linda Moulton, RN, MS

Faculty: Order and Disorder EP Training Program, Critical Care ED/CCE Consulting, Calistoga, California

Linda Moulton, RN, MS Faculty: Order...

The incidence of atrial fibrillation and dementia are increasing as the population ages. Finding ways to slow down these processes will benefit all.

The incidence of atrial...

07/04/2022

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

The Problem of Highlighting Benign Nonsustained Supraventricular Tachycardias on Heart Rhythm Monitoring Reports

07/04/2022

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

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

Dr. Knight questions why 4-beat runs of atrial tachycardia are prominently displayed on Holter monitor reports, noting it has led to an overemphasis of these arrhythmias, meaningless diagnoses of SVT, and unnecessary referrals to specialists.

Dr. Knight questions why 4-beat...

07/04/2022

EP Lab Digest

Feature Story

Automation and Integration: Realizing Operational Excellence with PaceMate™

06/21/2022

Robin Leahy, MSPH, BSN, RN, FHRS, CCDS, PaceMate™ Vice President of Customer Experience, and Jason Hale, CCDS, PaceMate™ Co-Founder and Vice President of Commercial Excellence

Robin Leahy, MSPH, BSN, RN, FHRS, CCD...

PaceMate™ facilitates high-quality care and safety for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) while also providing significant clinical and operational efficiencies.

PaceMate™ facilitates...

06/21/2022

EP Lab Digest

Original Research

A Pilot Study: Effects of Ice Therapy on Vascular Access Site Pain Following Atrial Fibrillation Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

06/05/2022

Laura J. Wentworth, RN, CNS,¹ Elizabeth L. Bechtum, RN,¹ Joseph B. Hejlik, RN,⁴ Christopher G. Scott,² Thomas M. Munger, MD,³ Peter A. Brady, MB, ChB, MD,³ Jennifer K. Bridley, RN¹¹Department of Nursing, ²Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, and ³Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and ⁴Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

Laura J. Wentworth, RN, CNS,1 Elizabe...

Laura J. Wentworth, RN, CNS and colleagues present new research that suggests that ice application immediately before and after sheath removal may reduce both pain and the overall use of pain and anxiolytic medications following AF ablation.

Laura J. Wentworth, RN, CNS and...

06/05/2022

EP Lab Digest

Feature Story

Cardiac Syncope Versus Seizure: The Value of the EP Consult

06/05/2022

Dhimesh P. Patel, MD and Todd J. Cohen, MD* Acting Research Coordinator, Department of Electrophysiology, Research Assistant, Department of Electrophysiology; *Director of Electrophysiology, Director of the Pacemaker Arrhythmia Center, Director of Advanced EP Technologies and Innovations Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York

Dhimesh P. Patel, MD and Todd J. Cohe...

Dhimesh P. Patel, MD, and Todd J. Cohen, MD, briefly summarize the confusion between syncope and seizure disorder.

Dhimesh P. Patel, MD, and Todd...

06/05/2022

EP Lab Digest

Feature Story

Initial Experience Using the LARIAT Device

06/05/2022

Grant R. Simons, MD, FACC, FHRS Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Englewood, New Jersey

Grant R. Simons, MD, FACC, FHRS Chief...

Grant R. Simons, MD, FACC, FHRS describes use of the LARIAT device for intra-pericardial ligation of the LAA in two patients with multiple risk factors for stroke and absolute contraindications to systemic anticoagulation.

Grant R. Simons, MD, FACC, FHRS...

06/05/2022

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