Catheter Ablation

EP Research

Using Discrete Event Simulation to Model the Economic Value of Shorter Procedure Times on EP Lab Efficiency in the VALUE PVI Study

06/19/2016

Marcin Kowalski, MD¹; J. Brian DeVille, MD²; J. Thomas Svinarich, MD³; Dan Dan, MD⁴; Andrew Wickliffe, MD⁵; Charan Kantipudi, MD⁵; Jason D. Foell, PhD⁶; Giovanni Filardo, PhD, MPH²; Reece Holbrook, BSEE⁶; James Baker, MD⁷; Hassan Baydoun, MD⁸; Mark Jenkins, MD⁹; Peter Chang-Sing, MD¹⁰
¹Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, Staten Island, New York; ²The Heart Hospital, Baylor Plano, Plano, Texas; ³St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado; ⁴InterMountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah; ⁵Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia; ⁵Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia; ⁶Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; ⁷Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee; ⁸Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York; ⁹Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia; and ¹⁰Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California

Marcin Kowalski, MD1; J. Brian DeVil...

The current study developed a discrete event simulation to model the data from the VALUE PVI study. This model predicts meaningful economic benefits in terms that are understandable and actionable to those who have to make choices about how...

The current study developed a...

06/19/2016

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

A Systematic Approach to Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Ablation

04/07/2016

¹Mauricio Hong, MD and ²Kristin Carpenter, Senior EPTSS, RN, BSN
¹Seton Heart Institute, Austin, Texas; ²St. Jude Medical, Austin, Texas

1Mauricio Hong, MD and 2Kristin Carpe...

In many institutions, ablation of IST is not frequently attempted due to low efficacy rates and recurrence of the arrhythmia and patient’s symptoms. In this case study of a young patient with a documented decrease in EF and basal heart rate...

In many institutions, ablation...

04/07/2016

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

When Interventions Collide: Challenges in Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation After PARACHUTE Device Placement

05/02/2015

J. Jenkins Thompson, MD, Jayanthi N. Koneru, MBBS, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, Pauley Heart Center, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia

J. Jenkins Thompson, MD, Jayanthi N. ...

Recently, additional investigational percutaneous therapies have been developed for patients with refractory heart failure and ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Recently, additional...

05/02/2015

EP Lab Digest

EP Tips & Techniques

PVC Ablation – An Evolving Niche for Adult Electrophysiologists

11/30/2014

James Kneller, MD, MSc, PhD, FHRS, CCDS,

Regional Health System,

Yakima, Washington

James Kneller, MD, MSc, PhD, FHRS, CC...

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