Volume 14 - Issue 10 - October 2014
Cover Story
10/17/2014
Susan Maynard, MS, RN-BC, CCNS, CCRN-CMC, Stroke Coordinator, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pennsylvania
Susan Maynard, MS, RN-BC, CCNS, CCRN-...
Primary Stroke Centers were established in 2003 by The Joint Commission as a result of recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association. Mount Nittany Medical Center, located in State College, PA, began the...
Primary Stroke Centers were established in 2003 by The Joint Commission as a result of recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association. Mount Nittany Medical Center, located in State College, PA, began the...
Primary Stroke Centers were...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
10/17/2014
Jaemin Shim, MD, Electrophysiologist, Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital Seoul, South Korea
Jaemin Shim, MD, Electrophysiologist,...
Korea University Anam Hospital has two EP labs. The electrophysiology program was started in 1993, and atrial fibrillation ablation was performed here for the first time in Korea in 1998.
Korea University Anam Hospital has two EP labs. The electrophysiology program was started in 1993, and atrial fibrillation ablation was performed here for the first time in Korea in 1998.
Korea University Anam Hospital...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Column
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
10/17/2014
Ashley Shepherd, EP TSS, St. Jude Medical
Ashley Shepherd, EP TSS, St. Jude Med...
Now that I work in the medical device industry, I see myself in the patients I treat and care for.
Now that I work in the medical device industry, I see myself in the patients I treat and care for.
Now that I work in the medical...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
10/17/2014
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
Dear Readers,
Dr. Rory Childers was a pillar of the Cardiology Faculty at the University of Chicago for 50 years. He died on August 27th, 2014 after a cardiac arrest while on vacation.
Rory was classic Irish and classic “U of C”. After...
Dear Readers,
Dr. Rory Childers was a pillar of the Cardiology Faculty at the University of Chicago for 50 years. He died on August 27th, 2014 after a cardiac arrest while on vacation.
Rory was classic Irish and classic “U of C”. After...
Dear Readers,
Dr. Rory Childers...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Feature Interview
10/17/2014
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington, located on the campus of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, recently earned full Atrial Fibrillation Certification status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). In...
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington, located on the campus of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, recently earned full Atrial Fibrillation Certification status from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC). In...
Texas Health Heart &...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Feature
Feature Story
10/17/2014
Sampath Gunda, MD, Donita Atkins, RN, and Misty Jaeger, RN
Sampath Gunda, MD, Donita Atkins, RN,...
KCHRS 2014 took place August 16-17 at the Sheraton Kansas City at Crown Center hotel in Kansas City. The conference included world-renowned EP experts, clinicians, and scientists who discussed their innovative ideas, outcomes of their...
KCHRS 2014 took place August 16-17 at the Sheraton Kansas City at Crown Center hotel in Kansas City. The conference included world-renowned EP experts, clinicians, and scientists who discussed their innovative ideas, outcomes of their...
KCHRS 2014 took place August...
10/17/2014
EP Lab Digest
Case Report
10/17/2014
Archana Kodali, MD1 and Koroush Khalighi, MD, MS, CPE, FACP, FCCP, FACC, FHRS2,
1Medical Resident, Easton Hospital, Easton, Pennsylvania; 2Medical Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory, Easton Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Drexel University Easton, Pennsylvania
Archana Kodali, MD1 and Koroush Khali...
Introduction
The superior vena cava (SVC) is the major vein responsible for draining blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and upper thorax. A partial or complete obstruction of the SVC results in a variety of symptoms collectively...
Introduction
The superior vena cava (SVC) is the major vein responsible for draining blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and upper thorax. A partial or complete obstruction of the SVC results in a variety of symptoms collectively...
Introduction
The superior vena...
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EP Lab Digest
