Volume 10 - Issue 3 - March 2010
03/05/2010
Cable Disorganization
Our lab has an abundance of cables that often becomes tangled and inevitably damaged. Last week, damaged cable resulted in an intraprocedure delay of over 1 hour. Our Biomedical Engineers have authorized our department...
Cable Disorganization
Our lab has an abundance of cables that often becomes tangled and inevitably damaged. Last week, damaged cable resulted in an intraprocedure delay of over 1 hour. Our Biomedical Engineers have authorized our department...
Cable Disorganization
Our lab...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
Mark S. Patterson, MSc, MRCP, Richard van der Jagt, RN, Muchtiar Khan, MD
Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mark S. Patterson, MSc, MRCP, Richard...
This report demonstrates the production and use of 3-D reconstruction of a coronary sinus from a single-injection rotational angiogram. The detailed virtual model enabled easy magnetic navigation of a wire for device placement in cardiac...
This report demonstrates the production and use of 3-D reconstruction of a coronary sinus from a single-injection rotational angiogram. The detailed virtual model enabled easy magnetic navigation of a wire for device placement in cardiac...
This report demonstrates the...
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EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital recently switched to the PerfectServe system to reduce communication breakdowns among its clinicians. PerfectServe is a clinical communications system linking hospitals and practices that automatically routes calls...
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital recently switched to the PerfectServe system to reduce communication breakdowns among its clinicians. PerfectServe is a clinical communications system linking hospitals and practices that automatically routes calls...
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
The AFib Support Team, brought together by sanofi-aventis U.S., is a new national public awareness campaign that provides information for atrial fibrillation patients to help them manage their condition. The AFib Support Team is made up of an...
The AFib Support Team, brought together by sanofi-aventis U.S., is a new national public awareness campaign that provides information for atrial fibrillation patients to help them manage their condition. The AFib Support Team is made up of an...
The AFib Support Team, brought...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
Juan C. Alejos, MD, Professor
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Mattel Children’s Hospital- UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Juan C. Alejos, MD, Professor
Divisio...
Hearts with Hope (Corazones Con Esperanza) Foundation was incorporated in 2005. However, its roots go back many years before that — it was the result of many years of volunteer efforts in Latin America.
Hearts with Hope started out as a...
Hearts with Hope (Corazones Con Esperanza) Foundation was incorporated in 2005. However, its roots go back many years before that — it was the result of many years of volunteer efforts in Latin America.
Hearts with Hope started out as a...
Hearts with Hope (Corazones Con...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
In this interview we speak with Matthew M. Burg, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Burg is the Principal Investigator of the Reducing Vulnerability to ICD Shock Treated Ventricular...
In this interview we speak with Matthew M. Burg, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Burg is the Principal Investigator of the Reducing Vulnerability to ICD Shock Treated Ventricular...
In this interview we speak with...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
Dr. Sauer is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Director of Electrophysiology Laboratories at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) in Aurora, Colorado.
Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the field...
Dr. Sauer is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Director of Electrophysiology Laboratories at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) in Aurora, Colorado.
Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the field...
Dr. Sauer is an Assistant...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS
Editor-in-Chief, EP Lab Digest
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS
Edi...
Dear Readers,
Anyone involved in pacemaker and defibrillator implantation understands that there is a significant risk of infection after device implantation and that the management of these infections can be particularly challenging. Two...
Dear Readers,
Anyone involved in pacemaker and defibrillator implantation understands that there is a significant risk of infection after device implantation and that the management of these infections can be particularly challenging. Two...
Dear Readers,
Anyone involved in...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
Bonnie McDonald, RN, CEPS, RCES, Kim Clawson, RN, RCES, Tharen Leesch, CVT-AAS, RCES
Zephyrhills, Florida
Bonnie McDonald, RN, CEPS, RCES, Kim ...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
We have one dedicated EP lab with three staff members, including two RNs and one cardiovascular technologist. We are all...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
We have one dedicated EP lab with three staff members, including two RNs and one cardiovascular technologist. We are all...
What is the size of your EP lab...
03/05/2010
EP Lab Digest
03/05/2010
John Mandrola, MD
Louisville Cardiology, PSC
Louisville, KY
John Mandrola, MD
Louisville Cardiol...
Fifteen years of donning a lead apron has taught me many lessons. A very wise friend once told me success in any endeavor really involves mastering the obvious. This is clearly the case in practicing medicine and more specifically, achieving...
Fifteen years of donning a lead apron has taught me many lessons. A very wise friend once told me success in any endeavor really involves mastering the obvious. This is clearly the case in practicing medicine and more specifically, achieving...
Fifteen years of donning a lead...
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