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Volume 14 - Issue 12 - December, 2014

Featured Article

Cover Story
Aggressive Global Focus and Action Needed to Combat Cardiovascular Disease
11/30/2014
In order to positively affect health care, prevent cardiovascular disease, and improve overall health, we must work collectively from an individual level, reaching patients and the population around us, as well as on a global level, with...
In order to positively affect health care, prevent cardiovascular disease, and improve overall health, we must work collectively from an individual level, reaching patients and the population around us, as well as on a global level, with...
In order to positively affect...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
Patient Perspectives: Long-Distance Running and Mountain Biking in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation
11/30/2014
Being in persistent atrial fibrillation (afib) is sort of like being a pickup truck with a four-speed manual transmission, but you can only use second and third gear. I’m a 55-year-old distance runner and mountain biker in permanent atrial...
Being in persistent atrial fibrillation (afib) is sort of like being a pickup truck with a four-speed manual transmission, but you can only use second and third gear. I’m a 55-year-old distance runner and mountain biker in permanent atrial...
Being in persistent atrial...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest

Column

EP Tips & Techniques
PVC Ablation – An Evolving Niche for Adult Electrophysiologists
11/30/2014
The localization and catheter ablation of PVCs represent everything we love about clinical electrophysiology. PVC ablation requires conceptualizing cardiac anatomy in 3D, and how a focal impulse arising from any source of ventricular...
The localization and catheter ablation of PVCs represent everything we love about clinical electrophysiology. PVC ablation requires conceptualizing cardiac anatomy in 3D, and how a focal impulse arising from any source of ventricular...
The localization and catheter...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
The LARIAT Procedure: New Registry Data
11/30/2014
There is clearly a need for a nonpharmacological alternative to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and it is logical to assume that removal or occlusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA) would be a valid...
There is clearly a need for a nonpharmacological alternative to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and it is logical to assume that removal or occlusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA) would be a valid...
There is clearly a need for a...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview
Spotlight Interview-Washington Regional Medical Center
11/30/2014
Walker Heart & Vascular Institute at Washington Regional Medical Center (WRMC) is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The current hospital facility was constructed in 2002, and is licensed for 366 beds.
Walker Heart & Vascular Institute at Washington Regional Medical Center (WRMC) is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The current hospital facility was constructed in 2002, and is licensed for 366 beds.
Walker Heart & Vascular...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest

News

Guideline Updates
Education, Justification, and Optimization: Guideline Overview on Approaches to Enhancing Radiation Safety in Cardiovascular Imaging
11/30/2014
The American Heart Association (AHA) recently published a scientific statement promoting the enhancement of radiation safety in cardiovascular imaging.1 The document outlined three approaches for achievement of that goal: through education,...
The American Heart Association (AHA) recently published a scientific statement promoting the enhancement of radiation safety in cardiovascular imaging.1 The document outlined three approaches for achievement of that goal: through education,...
The American Heart Association...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest
Inside the EP Lab
Second Generation Cryoballoon Led to Efficient Scheduling, Staff Utilization, and EP Lab Occupancy: An Economic Consideration for AF
11/30/2014
In this article, we examine the potential efficiencies that may be possible with the cryoballoon system through short and predictable time usage to help maximize staff and EP lab utilization. It is important to note that this study only...
In this article, we examine the potential efficiencies that may be possible with the cryoballoon system through short and predictable time usage to help maximize staff and EP lab utilization. It is important to note that this study only...
In this article, we examine the...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest
EP Highlights
An Update from Parent Heart Watch
11/30/2014
Almost a decade ago, four mothers who each lost a child to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) came together and founded Parent Heart Watch (PHW), a grassroots network of parents turning their tragedy into positive actions to save young...
Almost a decade ago, four mothers who each lost a child to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) came together and founded Parent Heart Watch (PHW), a grassroots network of parents turning their tragedy into positive actions to save young...
Almost a decade ago, four...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education
Bringing Back the Art of ECG Interpretation
11/30/2014
Advanced ECG Interpretation Boot Camp In 2011, I established Medicus of Houston, a provider of continuing education for physicians and other medical personnel specializing in advanced ECG interpretation and dysrhythmia analysis. Over the...
Advanced ECG Interpretation Boot Camp In 2011, I established Medicus of Houston, a provider of continuing education for physicians and other medical personnel specializing in advanced ECG interpretation and dysrhythmia analysis. Over the...
Advanced ECG Interpretation Boot...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
Utility of an Implantable Loop Recorder in a Patient with a History of Syncope and Neurologic Disorder of Unknown Etiology
11/30/2014
This case highlights the potential applications of a novel, miniaturized, subcutaneous injectable loop recorder for the diagnosis and treatment of syncope of unknown etiology, potentially helping with a previously undiagnosed neurological...
This case highlights the potential applications of a novel, miniaturized, subcutaneous injectable loop recorder for the diagnosis and treatment of syncope of unknown etiology, potentially helping with a previously undiagnosed neurological...
This case highlights the...
11/30/2014
EP Lab Digest

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Bradley Knight, MD

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Jodie Elrod

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