Volume 7 - Issue 7 - July 2007
05/03/2008
Tell us about your role as a cardiac clinical nurse specialist at St. Joseph s Regional Medical Center. What is a typical work day like for you?
Let me start by saying there is no such thing as a typical day. Theoretically, my role as CNS...
Tell us about your role as a cardiac clinical nurse specialist at St. Joseph s Regional Medical Center. What is a typical work day like for you?
Let me start by saying there is no such thing as a typical day. Theoretically, my role as CNS...
Tell us about your role as a...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
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William M. Novick, MD and Thomas G. Di Sessa, MD*, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee-Memphis; *International Children's Heart Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky
William M. Novick, MD and Thomas G. D...
Medical and surgical services for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in most industrialized countries are easily available and all-inclusive, regardless of the cost. In many parts of the world, nevertheless, children with...
Medical and surgical services for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in most industrialized countries are easily available and all-inclusive, regardless of the cost. In many parts of the world, nevertheless, children with...
Medical and surgical services...
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EP Lab Digest
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Current Questions Under Discussion:
Catheter Placement Competency Check-Offs
I would like a job description and/or competency check-off list for placement of EP catheters during diagnostic studies by allied health professionals. Does any...
Current Questions Under Discussion:
Catheter Placement Competency Check-Offs
I would like a job description and/or competency check-off list for placement of EP catheters during diagnostic studies by allied health professionals. Does any...
Current Questions Under...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Chirag Sandesara, MD and Brian Olshansky, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Chirag Sandesara, MD and Brian Olshan...
Causes for wide complex tachycardia include: 1) ventricular tachycardia (VT), 2) supraventricular (and sinus) tachycardia with aberration (or with preexisting intraventricular conduction delay), and 3) preexcitation. Wide complex tachycardia...
Causes for wide complex tachycardia include: 1) ventricular tachycardia (VT), 2) supraventricular (and sinus) tachycardia with aberration (or with preexisting intraventricular conduction delay), and 3) preexcitation. Wide complex tachycardia...
Causes for wide complex...
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EP Lab Digest
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Joe K. Bissett, MD, FACC and Zakaria Matin, MPH Research Associate*, Central Arkansas Veterans Hospital (Little Rock), *Central Arkansas HealthCare System, Cardiology Division, Little Rock, Arkansas
Joe K. Bissett, MD, FACC and Zakaria ...
Many patients in the outpatient cardiology clinics, electrophysiology clinics and geriatric clinics have permanent pacemakers. These devices are mainly fifth-generation pacemakers with electrogram storage of arrhythmic events.
Background
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Many patients in the outpatient cardiology clinics, electrophysiology clinics and geriatric clinics have permanent pacemakers. These devices are mainly fifth-generation pacemakers with electrogram storage of arrhythmic events.
Background
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Many patients in the outpatient...
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EP Lab Digest
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Tom Foley, RCIS, NASPE/EP Testamur, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tom Foley, RCIS, NASPE/EP Testamur, S...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? There are two dedicated EP labs and one implant lab. Our EP staff is comprised of six electrophysiologists and a core group of...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? There are two dedicated EP labs and one implant lab. Our EP staff is comprised of six electrophysiologists and a core group of...
What is the size of your EP lab...
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EP Lab Digest
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Paul Kligfield, MD, Jay W. Mason, MD and Leonard S. Gettes, MD
Paul Kligfield, MD, Jay W. Mason, MD ...
Part I of this series,8-10 evaluating the relationship of the ECG to its technology, appeared in March 2007. Its purposes are: 1) to examine the relation of the resting ECG to its technology; 2) to increase understanding of how the modern ECG...
Part I of this series,8-10 evaluating the relationship of the ECG to its technology, appeared in March 2007. Its purposes are: 1) to examine the relation of the resting ECG to its technology; 2) to increase understanding of how the modern ECG...
Part I of this series,8-10...
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EP Lab Digest
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Ralph Augostini, MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, OSU Medical Center, Ross Heart Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Ralph Augostini, MD, Assistant Profes...
Case History
A 70-year-old female presented with fatigue, chest pain and heart palpitations. She had a history of hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF); in the preceding two years, she had been treated for hypertension and...
Case History
A 70-year-old female presented with fatigue, chest pain and heart palpitations. She had a history of hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF); in the preceding two years, she had been treated for hypertension and...
Case History
A 70-year-old...
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EP Lab Digest
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Mary Jo Gordon, Executive Director, Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation, Inc.
Mary Jo Gordon, Executive Director, C...
The CARE Foundation is a nationally recognized non-profit organization with the mission to formulate, promote and lead initiatives to prevent sudden cardiac death due to acquired and heritable heart rhythm disorders, including electrical...
The CARE Foundation is a nationally recognized non-profit organization with the mission to formulate, promote and lead initiatives to prevent sudden cardiac death due to acquired and heritable heart rhythm disorders, including electrical...
The CARE Foundation is a...
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EP Lab Digest
