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Volume 16 - Issue 2 - February 2016

Featured Article

Cover Story
Gender-Related and Age-Related Differences in Implantable Defibrillator Recipients: Results From the Pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator Leads Survival Study (“PAIDLESS”)
02/08/2016

Alyssa M. Feldman, MS;  Daniel J. Kersten;  Jessica A. Chung;  Wilbur J. Asheld, DO;  Joseph Germano, DO; Shahidul Islam, PStat, MPH;  Todd J. Cohen, MD
Department of Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York

Alyssa M. Feldman, MS;  Daniel J. Ker...
The purpose of this substudy was to determine whether age and gender influence defibrillator lead failure and patient mortality.
The purpose of this substudy was to determine whether age and gender influence defibrillator lead failure and patient mortality.
The purpose of this substudy was...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest
Cover Story
The Evolution of Shared Governance in the LG Health Heart & Vascular Institute
02/08/2016

Susan Deck, MBA, RN, FHRS, RCES, RCIS and 
Andrea Riefenstahl, MBA, RN 
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Susan Deck, MBA, RN, FHRS, RCES, RCIS...
In this article, we highlight how the cardiovascular procedural areas used a shared governance concept known to nursing to enhance staff engagement and provide opportunities for decision making by the staff at the point of service.
In this article, we highlight how the cardiovascular procedural areas used a shared governance concept known to nursing to enhance staff engagement and provide opportunities for decision making by the staff at the point of service.
In this article, we highlight...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest

Feature

Case Study
MRI-Compatible ICD for a Young Patient with Sudden Cardiac Death
02/09/2016

Firas El Sabbagh, MD, FHRS
Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Vice Chair, Department of Cardiology
Beebe Healthcare
Cardiovascular Consultants of Southern Delaware
Lewes, Delaware

Firas El Sabbagh, MD, FHRS Medical Di...
This advancement in ICD technology will allow patients receiving such devices to have a lifesaving MRI scan at any hospital in the near future, without any diagnostic or therapeutic limitations.
This advancement in ICD technology will allow patients receiving such devices to have a lifesaving MRI scan at any hospital in the near future, without any diagnostic or therapeutic limitations.
This advancement in ICD...
02/09/2016
EP Lab Digest
Case Study
WATCHMAN Device Implantation – Early Experience
02/08/2016

Richard P. Borge Jr., MD
Director, Atrial Fibrillation Program
Medical Director, Heart Rhythm Center
Abington Memorial Hospital
Abington, Pennsylvania

 

Richard P. Borge Jr., MD Director, At...
The following case relates observations from a busy, community-based hospital early in their WATCHMAN device experience.
The following case relates observations from a busy, community-based hospital early in their WATCHMAN device experience.
The following case relates...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest
Perspectives
It’s Time for a “No Change”: Simplifying the Perioperative Management of CIEDs
02/08/2016

Janet Gifford, MSN, ACNP,1 Karen Larimer, PhD, ACNP, FAHA,2 Celia Thomas, MSN, CNS,1 Patricia May, MS, ACNP,3 Apoor Gami, MD, FHRS4 
1Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois; 2School of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; 3Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois; 4Midwest Heart Specialists / Advocate Medical Group, Downers Grove, Illinois

Janet Gifford, MSN, ACNP,1 Karen Lari...
The goal of perioperative ICD management should be to minimize the sequelae of surgical EMI without increasing the risk of life-threatening dysrhythmias due to deactivated ICDs.
The goal of perioperative ICD management should be to minimize the sequelae of surgical EMI without increasing the risk of life-threatening dysrhythmias due to deactivated ICDs.
The goal of perioperative ICD...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest

Department

EP 101
Update on RV Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia or Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia (ARVC/D): Review of Consensus Guidelines
02/09/2016

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, Critical...
This article will review the information from these task groups that currently guides ARVC/D patient care.
This article will review the information from these task groups that currently guides ARVC/D patient care.
This article will review the...
02/09/2016
EP Lab Digest
Inside the EP Lab
LINQ™ing Cardiology and Neurology to Diagnose and Treat Cryptogenic Stroke
02/08/2016

Allan Nichols, MD, FACC, Jennifer Mejilla, DO, and Kay Nichols, MS, RN, CNP, CCRN
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

 

Allan Nichols, MD, FACC, Jennifer Mej...
By working together, we have been able to streamline a process that crosses departmental lines and involves the many members of this interdisciplinary team to achieve a better patient experience. The end result is early and accurate diagnosis...
By working together, we have been able to streamline a process that crosses departmental lines and involves the many members of this interdisciplinary team to achieve a better patient experience. The end result is early and accurate diagnosis...
By working together, we have...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest

Column

Spotlight Interview
Spotlight Interview: WakeMed Heart Center
02/08/2016

Kim Wooten, BSN, RN, RCIS, Manager, Invasive Cardiology & Electrophysiology, Angela Capone, BSN, RN, RCES, Team Leader Educator, Jeannine Volles, BSN, RN, Electrophysiology Supervisor
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
Raleigh, North Carolina

Kim Wooten, BSN, RN, RCIS, Manager, I...
The Invasive Cardiology Department at WakeMed Health & Hospitals consists of eight cardiac catheterization procedure rooms (three of which are both coronary and peripheral functional) and three electrophysiology rooms.
The Invasive Cardiology Department at WakeMed Health & Hospitals consists of eight cardiac catheterization procedure rooms (three of which are both coronary and peripheral functional) and three electrophysiology rooms.
The Invasive Cardiology...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
ACC’s NCDR® AFib Ablation Registry™: Coming Soon?
02/08/2016

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...
Monitoring and improving the quality of health care delivered to patients must be a top priority for physicians and hospitals. However, there are many arguments as to how this should be done.
Monitoring and improving the quality of health care delivered to patients must be a top priority for physicians and hospitals. However, there are many arguments as to how this should be done.
Monitoring and improving the...
02/08/2016
EP Lab Digest

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