Mapping/Ablation

It is exciting what it is going on now with cryo, but I think the most exciting thing is the potential particularly taking it to the left atrium in the pulmonary veins and eliminating pulmonary vein stenosis.

The HeartStart Home Defibrillator received FDA clearance in November 2002. This was for prescription-use only. It was the first of a new generation of defibrillators specifically designed for home use.

There is certainly tremendous enthusiasm for nonpharmacologic therapies, particular pulmonary vein isolation (focal AF ablation). Techniques have certainly improved, and success rates are improving.

Hospital administrators at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian consider cath lab supervisor Joanne Colley amazing for the routine reports she generates monthly, but an absolute star on custom reports.

Cryoablation is making its way as the preferred technology in the treatment of arrhythmias. Dr. Strieper of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), recently began using the procedure in pediatric patients. In this article, she describes the...

Patients and physicians across the country will now have access to better information on implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), as the national ICD Registry becomes the official database for Medicare patients.

The EP laboratory at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center discusses their use of dexmedetomidine for sedation of atrial fibrillation patients.