Volume 12 - Issue 10 - October 2012
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TYRX® Receives New Product Innovation AwardTYRX, Inc., the leader in the commercialization of implantable medical devices designed to help reduce surgical-site infections associated with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)...
TYRX® Receives New Product Innovation AwardTYRX, Inc., the leader in the commercialization of implantable medical devices designed to help reduce surgical-site infections associated with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)...
TYRX® Receives New Product...
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EP Lab Digest
09/27/2012
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS
Editor-in-Chief, EP Lab Digest
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRSEdit...
The first acute hemodynamic studies that demonstrated the benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) investigated the impact of biventricular pacing in patients with a left bundle branch block (LBBB) and a very wide QRS complex....
The first acute hemodynamic studies that demonstrated the benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) investigated the impact of biventricular pacing in patients with a left bundle branch block (LBBB) and a very wide QRS complex....
The first acute hemodynamic...
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EP Lab Digest
09/27/2012
Deanne Wilk, RN and Jeffrey L.
Williams, MD, MS, FACC, FHRS†
The Good Samaritan Hospital and †Heart Rhythm Center, Lebanon
Cardiology Associates, PC
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Deanne Wilk, RN and Jeffrey L. Willia...
IntroductionWolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is one of a classification of preexcitation disorders that have been found to have a genetic component. Recent research has identified the gene (PRKAG2) with WPW associated with hypertrophic...
IntroductionWolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is one of a classification of preexcitation disorders that have been found to have a genetic component. Recent research has identified the gene (PRKAG2) with WPW associated with hypertrophic...
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EP Lab Digest
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Mark Mitchell, MD
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory
Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mark Mitchell, MDDirector, Cardiac El...
The demand to assess patients with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators increases yearly. Proper assessment of these patients currently requires: 1) access to the appropriate manufacturer’s programmer, 2) the presence of appropriately...
The demand to assess patients with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators increases yearly. Proper assessment of these patients currently requires: 1) access to the appropriate manufacturer’s programmer, 2) the presence of appropriately...
The demand to assess patients...
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EP Lab Digest
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Harsha V. Ganga, MD, MPH and
Justin B. Lundbye, MD, FACC†
Hospitalist, Henry Low Heart Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT;
†Chief of Cardiology, Hospital of
Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT
Harsha V. Ganga, MD, MPH and Justin B...
BackgroundOver the last decade, temperature management is being used widely and frequently as a tool to prevent neurological damage after cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest survivors can have devastating neurologic impairments after recovery....
BackgroundOver the last decade, temperature management is being used widely and frequently as a tool to prevent neurological damage after cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest survivors can have devastating neurologic impairments after recovery....
BackgroundOver the last decade,...
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EP Lab Digest
09/27/2012
Brad J. Mikaelian, MD
Memorial Hospital and Pike’s Peak Cardiology
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Brad J. Mikaelian, MDMemorial Hospita...
Advances in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) have dramatically changed the management of this condition over the last decade.1 Improvements in both procedural outcomes and complication rates have made this an attractive...
Advances in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) have dramatically changed the management of this condition over the last decade.1 Improvements in both procedural outcomes and complication rates have made this an attractive...
Advances in catheter ablation...
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EP Lab Digest
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Heather MacLeod, MS CGC
Genetic Counselor, Cardiac Team Leader, InformedDNA
St. Petersburg, Florida
Heather MacLeod, MS CGCGenetic Counse...
IntroductionGenetic counselors play an important role in assuring comprehensive cardiac care to patients with heart rhythm disorders. Many of the diagnoses seen in electrophysiology clinics have a genetic component, and therefore appropriate...
IntroductionGenetic counselors play an important role in assuring comprehensive cardiac care to patients with heart rhythm disorders. Many of the diagnoses seen in electrophysiology clinics have a genetic component, and therefore appropriate...
IntroductionGenetic counselors...
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EP Lab Digest
09/26/2012
Jonathan Sussman, MD is a cardiac electrophysiologist with the Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey. In this article he discusses his experience using Catheter Robotics’ Amigo™ Remote Catheter...
Jonathan Sussman, MD is a cardiac electrophysiologist with the Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey. In this article he discusses his experience using Catheter Robotics’ Amigo™ Remote Catheter...
Jonathan Sussman, MD is a...
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EP Lab Digest
09/26/2012
Ramesh Sivagnanam, MBA, Manager, Cardiac Electrophysiology; Peter Hall, RN, Nurse Coordinator, Cardiac Electrophysiology; Gregory Feld, MD, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Ramesh Sivagnanam, MBA, Manager, Card...
UC San Diego Health System is the San Diego region’s only academic health system and is composed of the UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, the UC San Diego Thornton Hospital, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Center, Sulpizio...
UC San Diego Health System is the San Diego region’s only academic health system and is composed of the UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, the UC San Diego Thornton Hospital, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Center, Sulpizio...
UC San Diego Health System is...
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EP Lab Digest
09/26/2012
Bryan Cannon, MD and Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN
Bryan Cannon, MD and Douglas Beinborn...
BackgroundCardiac rhythm disturbances are relatively common in the pediatric age group, occurring in about 1 in 1,000 children. Although most of these arrhythmias tend to be benign, some can be debilitating or life-threatening. These...
BackgroundCardiac rhythm disturbances are relatively common in the pediatric age group, occurring in about 1 in 1,000 children. Although most of these arrhythmias tend to be benign, some can be debilitating or life-threatening. These...
BackgroundCardiac rhythm...
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