Volume 8 - Issue 8 - August 2008
09/05/2008
Tanya M. Holuczak, RN, BSN, Columbus, Ohio
Tanya M. Holuczak, RN, BSN, Columbus,...
When was the EP lab started at your institution? What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? Has your EP lab recently expanded in size and patient volume, or will it be in...
When was the EP lab started at your institution? What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? Has your EP lab recently expanded in size and patient volume, or will it be in...
When was the EP lab started at...
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EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Chirag Sandesara, MD and Brian Olshansky, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Chirag Sandesara, MD and Brian Olshan...
Case Presentation
A 63-year-old male without structural or ischemic heart disease has a history of longstanding paroxysmal palpitations that stop with vagal maneuvers. He underwent spinal fusion surgery for low back pain without...
Case Presentation
A 63-year-old male without structural or ischemic heart disease has a history of longstanding paroxysmal palpitations that stop with vagal maneuvers. He underwent spinal fusion surgery for low back pain without...
Case Presentation
A...
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EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
A new study shows that from January 2000 to December 2006, survival following exercise-related SCA in young student-athletes was low — in fact, overall survival was only 11% (4-21% survival per year).1 In this article, we speak with Dr....
A new study shows that from January 2000 to December 2006, survival following exercise-related SCA in young student-athletes was low — in fact, overall survival was only 11% (4-21% survival per year).1 In this article, we speak with Dr....
A new study shows that from...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Linda Moulton, RN, MS, Owner, Critical Care ED and C.C.E. Consulting, Faculty, Order and Disorder Electrophysiology Training Program, C.C.E. Consulting, New Berlin, Illinois
Linda Moulton, RN, MS, Owner, Critica...
for ICD/CRT Implantation in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Patients: What You Need to Know
The author provides an overview of the recently revised guidelines presented by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Pediatric and Congenital...
for ICD/CRT Implantation in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Patients: What You Need to Know
The author provides an overview of the recently revised guidelines presented by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Pediatric and Congenital...
for ICD/CRT Implantation in...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Dr. Liem provides a brief summary on the recently revised ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for device-based therapy.
Dr. Liem provides a brief summary on ...
Dr. Liem provides a brief summary on the recently revised ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for device-based therapy.
The 2008 ACC/AHA/HRS Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities1 are a further expansion to those...
Dr. Liem provides a brief summary on the recently revised ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for device-based therapy.
The 2008 ACC/AHA/HRS Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities1 are a further expansion to those...
Dr. Liem provides a brief...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Michaela J. Gagne, Fall River, Massachusetts
Michaela J. Gagne, Fall River, Massac...
Michaela Gagne, Miss Massachusetts 2006.
Friday, April 21, 2000 was a day I will never forget. I was 17 years old and sitting at the dinner table, about to take my first bite of salad, when the phone rang. My mom answered, and soon...
Michaela Gagne, Miss Massachusetts 2006.
Friday, April 21, 2000 was a day I will never forget. I was 17 years old and sitting at the dinner table, about to take my first bite of salad, when the phone rang. My mom answered, and soon...
Michaela Gagne, Miss...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Craig A. Swygman, CEPS, Senior Electrophysiology Technologist, Heart Rhythm Center, Providence St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon
Craig A. Swygman, CEPS, Senior Electr...
In EP Lab Digest’s new “How To” section, articles will focus on one learning objective each month.
Recent years have seen a rapid and steady increase in the number of patients undergoing interventional electrophysiology (EP)...
In EP Lab Digest’s new “How To” section, articles will focus on one learning objective each month.
Recent years have seen a rapid and steady increase in the number of patients undergoing interventional electrophysiology (EP)...
In EP Lab Digest’s new “How To”...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Salwa Beheiry, RN, CCRN, Director, Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services, Sutter Pacific Heart Centers, San Francisco, California
Salwa Beheiry, RN, CCRN, Director, El...
While electrophysiologists and clinical staff deal with the critical physiological aspects of electrophysiological (EP) procedures, the EP laboratory’s administrators must handle critical concerns of a different sort: business issues that...
While electrophysiologists and clinical staff deal with the critical physiological aspects of electrophysiological (EP) procedures, the EP laboratory’s administrators must handle critical concerns of a different sort: business issues that...
While electrophysiologists and...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Seth Keller, MD, FACC, Indrajit Choudhuri, MD, Ranjit Suri, MD, FACC, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, New York
Seth Keller, MD, FACC, Indrajit Choud...
At the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in 2004, the results of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) were first announced publicly and subsequently published.1 This led to expanded Medicare coverage of...
At the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in 2004, the results of the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) were first announced publicly and subsequently published.1 This led to expanded Medicare coverage of...
At the American Heart...
09/05/2008
EP Lab Digest
09/05/2008
Linda Moulton, RN, MS, Owner, Critical Care ED and C.C.E. Consulting, Faculty, Order and Disorder Electrophysiology Training Program, C.C.E. Consulting, New Berlin, Illinois
Linda Moulton, RN, MS, Owner, Critica...
What This Means for the Allied Health Professional
Allied health professionals play a major role in the follow-up of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). A recently released consensus document from the HRS...
What This Means for the Allied Health Professional
Allied health professionals play a major role in the follow-up of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). A recently released consensus document from the HRS...
What This Means for the Allied...
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EP Lab Digest
