Mapping/Ablation

Dr. Gbadebo became interested in EP during his residency at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals. It was a unique opportunity to train at a program with such an established reputation in the field, and to become exposed to leaders in the...

Dr. Marcus, from the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, Arizona, is a founding member of its cardiology program and Principal Investigator of the Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (ARVD) study.

In April 2003, Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport launched one of the nation's biggest automatic external defibrillator programs, Hartsfield Operation HartBeat. EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. Winston Gandy, Medical Director for...

In this interview, Dr. James Reiffel discusses the recent findings of the Rythmol Atrial Fibrillation Trial (RAFT).

In his new book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell observes that the success or failure of a social phenomenon, the momentum behind a cause or issue, or the rise and fall of a business venture often resides in a series of small events that...

Central Baptist has one of the busiest and most respected heart programs in the state: the Baptist Heart Institute. We were recently offered the opportunity to conduct research protocols for a revolutionary new system for interventional...

Electrophysiologists and cardiologists should lobby to amend the MADIT II indications to that approved by the FDA as well as other cardiology societies.

The following accounts of staff management and organizational practices in the electrophysiology lab were taken from Spotlight Interviews published in EP Lab Digest in a 2-year period. The labs were all located in the United States, and were...

In the third installment of the Cryotherapy section, Dr. Constantin describes his experience using the CryoCath Freezor ablation system. In this article, he outlines the benefits of using cryoablation and compares its uses with radiofrequency.