Volume 11 - Issue 4 - April 2011
03/24/2011
Rebecca Ortega
To educate the interventional cardiology community about heart disease in women, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) launched an initiative titled Women in Innovations (WIN). Heart disease is the number one...
To educate the interventional cardiology community about heart disease in women, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) launched an initiative titled Women in Innovations (WIN). Heart disease is the number one...
To educate the interventional...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Ahmad Edris, MD; Subramaniam C. Krishnan, MD, FHRS
ABSTRACT: Objective. Atrial tachyarrhythmias are often located in the pulmonary veins or antrum of the left atrium, and successful catheter ablation of this arrhythmia often necessitates needle puncture of the fossa ovalis. Occasionally, in...
ABSTRACT: Objective. Atrial tachyarrhythmias are often located in the pulmonary veins or antrum of the left atrium, and successful catheter ablation of this arrhythmia often necessitates needle puncture of the fossa ovalis. Occasionally, in...
ABSTRACT: Objective. Atrial...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Shallynn Burggraff, RCIS, RCES
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
Our EP lab at Manatee Memorial Hospital consists of one EP lab. We currently have four electrophysiologists doing a variety of...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
Our EP lab at Manatee Memorial Hospital consists of one EP lab. We currently have four electrophysiologists doing a variety of...
What is the size of your EP lab...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Ann C. Garlitski, MD; John A. Kalin, MD
In this article, the authors describe a brief case on atrial tachycardia, which can sometimes be a challenging arrhythmia to identify, treat and ablate.
Background
The patient is a 64-year-old female with a past medical history of...
In this article, the authors describe a brief case on atrial tachycardia, which can sometimes be a challenging arrhythmia to identify, treat and ablate.
Background
The patient is a 64-year-old female with a past medical history of...
In this article, the authors...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Jodie Elrod
Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, APRN from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing recently reviewed three of the most widely used instruments for negative thinking — the Crandell Cognitions Inventory (CCI), Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire...
Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, APRN from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing recently reviewed three of the most widely used instruments for negative thinking — the Crandell Cognitions Inventory (CCI), Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire...
Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, APRN...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Jodie Elrod
Cardiology 2011, the 15th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, took place February 2–6, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference was sponsored by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In this article we...
Cardiology 2011, the 15th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, took place February 2–6, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference was sponsored by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In this article we...
Cardiology 2011, the 15th...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Jodie Elrod
Andrea Riefenstahl, MBA, RN is the Director of Electrophysiology and Pacing at Lancaster General Hospital (LGH).
Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the field of electrophysiology. What interested you about...
Andrea Riefenstahl, MBA, RN is the Director of Electrophysiology and Pacing at Lancaster General Hospital (LGH).
Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the field of electrophysiology. What interested you about...
Andrea Riefenstahl, MBA, RN is...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Antonio Navarrete, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS
Fascicular ventricular tachycardia is often confused with supraventricular tachycardia because of its relatively narrow QRS and termination with verapamil. Prompt recognition of this arrhythmia is necessary because it is curable with...
Fascicular ventricular tachycardia is often confused with supraventricular tachycardia because of its relatively narrow QRS and termination with verapamil. Prompt recognition of this arrhythmia is necessary because it is curable with...
Fascicular ventricular...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Jodie Elrod
In this interview, we speak with Dr. William Sauer, Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratories at the University of Colorado Hospital, about his recent research on the utility of postoperative testing of ICDs.1
What was the purpose of...
In this interview, we speak with Dr. William Sauer, Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratories at the University of Colorado Hospital, about his recent research on the utility of postoperative testing of ICDs.1
What was the purpose of...
In this interview, we speak...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
03/24/2011
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Initiates First-In-Man CE Mark Clinical Trial to Study Innovative Catheter System for the Treatment of Atrial Arrhythmias
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc., a developer of innovative temperature-sensing...
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Initiates First-In-Man CE Mark Clinical Trial to Study Innovative Catheter System for the Treatment of Atrial Arrhythmias
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc., a developer of innovative temperature-sensing...
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics...
03/24/2011
EP Lab Digest
