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Letter from the Editor

Defibrillator Cutoff Rates – Turn It Up

12/10/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

When taking care of a patient with an implantable defibrillator (ICD), it is important to program the device optimally to minimize the likelihood of an inappropriate shock without reducing the ability of the device to accurately detect and...

When taking care of a patient...

12/10/2016

EP Lab Digest

Editorial

The Quest for Painless, Device-Based Antiarrhythmic Therapy

11/07/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

A high-voltage electrical shock to the heart is highly effective in restoring a normal rhythm in a patient with either an atrial or ventricular tachyarrhythmia. The main limitation, however, is intense pain. The source of the pain is...

A high-voltage electrical shock...

11/07/2016

EP Lab Digest

Editorial

Defibrillator Therapy for Patients with a Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Is There Something Rotten in the State of Denmark?

10/05/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

A 33-year-old man is referred to you for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy for primary prevention of sudden death. He was healthy until one year ago, when he was diagnosed with a nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM),...

A 33-year-old man is referred to...

10/05/2016

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Snaring Atrial Fibrillation

09/07/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

There has been much progress in the development of nonpharmacological therapeutic options for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) to prevent stroke focused on removal or exclusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA). For example, after many...

There has been much progress in...

09/07/2016

EP Lab Digest

Editorial

Basic Do’s and Don’ts When Treating Patients with AF

08/04/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

Sometimes the goal in medicine is to push the envelope to drive sophisticated advances in patient care. At other times, the goal is simply to make sure that everyone is providing the minimal level of expected care. In an effort to “accelerate...

Sometimes the goal in medicine...

08/04/2016

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Chillin’ or Grillin’? More Data from FIRE AND ICE

07/14/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

The recent publication of FIRE AND ICE, a large randomized trial comparing the cryoballoon (CB) to radiofrequency catheter (RF) ablation to perform pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF),...

The recent publication of FIRE...

07/14/2016

EP Lab Digest

Editorial

Pradaxa Bind

06/19/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

A 56-year-old man with multiple defibrillator therapies for recurrent post-infarct monomorphic ventricular tachycardia presents for an outpatient ablation procedure under general anesthesia. He takes warfarin for infrequent paroxysmal atrial...

A 56-year-old man with multiple...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Baked or Frozen?

05/04/2016

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

Debate continues regarding the relative pros and cons of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) compared to point-by-point radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to achieve pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) as a treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).

Debate continues regarding the...

05/04/2016

EP Lab Digest