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Know Your Pulse: Providing Community-Wide Awareness About Atrial Fibrillation

10/05/2016

Do your patients know how to manually check their pulse? This simple, easy-to-use diagnostic tool (two fingers placed on the wrist for 30 seconds) could save their life.  With a rising global population aged over 65, the number of...

Do your patients know how to...

10/05/2016

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

Zero Fluoro AF Ablation Approach: Interview With Dr. Matthew Evans

10/04/2016

Jodie Elrod ;

EPLD speaks with Matthew Evans, MD, an electrophysiologist with Arrhythmia Management Heart Rhythm Specialists, a Baylor Scott & White Health – HealthTexas Affiliate, about performing zero fluoro atrial fibrillation ablations.

EPLD speaks with Matthew Evans,...

10/04/2016

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

AFib Perspectives: Interview with Debbe McCall

09/07/2016

Jodie Elrod ;

In this interview, we speak with cardiovascular patient researcher and advocate Debbe McCall. Debbe is the owner at Rowan Tree Perspectives Consulting, a patient representative to the FDA’s Cardiac Drug and Device Advisory Committee, Facebook...

In this interview, we speak with...

09/07/2016

EP Lab Digest

Resource

All About NewLifeOutlook’s AFib Community

07/13/2016

Jodie Elrod ;

In this interview we speak with Meaghan Coneybeare, Community Manager with NewLifeOutlook.com, about this resource.

In this interview we speak with...

07/13/2016

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

AF Ablation: Challenging the Current Paradigm

06/16/2016

David Weisman , MD, FHRS;

Complex electrophysiology procedures, including atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, can account for a large percentage of cases being performed in many EP labs worldwide. Since the inception of the original procedure, evolutionary changes have...

Complex electrophysiology...

06/16/2016

EP Lab Digest

Clinical Images

An Amulet to Say “Big is Not Enough“

01/31/2016

Giuseppe Tarantini , MD, PhD;

Gianpiero D'Amico , MD, PhD;

Marco Mojoli , MD;

Successful closure of a severely enlarged left atrial appendage with a narrow neck using a 34 mm Amplatzer Amulet device.

Successful closure of a severely...

01/31/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Perspectives

Women and Atrial Fibrillation: Serving the Underserved

12/02/2015

Kevin R. Campbell , MD, FACC;

Ultimately, we must all serve as advocates for women’s cardiac health. As leaders in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, we must all work to raise awareness of women and cardiovascular disease through advocacy, education, and research.

Ultimately, we must all serve as...

12/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

Perspectives

New Consensus Document Embraces Patient-Centered Approach to Atrial Fibrillation

09/07/2015

Mellanie True Hills ;

This consensus document could have a dramatic impact on clinical practice. One of the most crucial issues addressed is how highly symptomatic heart rhythm disturbances can cause a significant psychological impact on patients.

This consensus document could...

09/07/2015

EP Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Atrial and Brain Natriuretic Peptide Secretion After Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage With the Watchman Device

05/15/2015

Gerhard Schuler , MD;

Volker Adams , MD;

Marcus Sandri , MD;

Ingo Daehnert , MD;

Norman Mangner , MD;

Sven Moebius-Winkler , MD;

Nicolas Majunke , MD;

The left atrial appendage (LAA) plays an important role in the regulation of intravascular volume via release of of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). To date, there are no data suggesting substantial...

The left atrial appendage (LAA)...

05/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology