Volume 10 - Issue 5 - May 2010
05/02/2010
Freddy M. Abi-Samra, MD
Syncope, the transient loss of consciousness and postural tone with spontaneous recovery, is one of the most frequent and frustrating symptom complexes with which patients and physicians alike have to cope. Its myriad causes can render...
Syncope, the transient loss of consciousness and postural tone with spontaneous recovery, is one of the most frequent and frustrating symptom complexes with which patients and physicians alike have to cope. Its myriad causes can render...
Syncope, the transient loss of...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Katie Morganti, MS, NP; Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD, DPhil
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, currently affecting more than 2.5 million people in the United States alone. The prevalence of this arrhythmia has reached epidemic proportions, and such...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, currently affecting more than 2.5 million people in the United States alone. The prevalence of this arrhythmia has reached epidemic proportions, and such...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Do you have a new question you would like to submit? You can also follow our EP discussion online at https://eplabdigest.com/discussion-questions.
Under Discussion:
Cable Disorganization
Our lab has an abundance of cables that often...
Do you have a new question you would like to submit? You can also follow our EP discussion online at https://eplabdigest.com/discussion-questions.
Under Discussion:
Cable Disorganization
Our lab has an abundance of cables that often...
Do you have a new question you...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, FACC
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
We currently have two dedicated rooms for EP, and we also have a third room that is shared with another service that can be used...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
We currently have two dedicated rooms for EP, and we also have a third room that is shared with another service that can be used...
What is the size of your EP lab...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS; Wilbur J. Asheld, DO; Vatsal Inamdar, MD; Gerald Doorty, RN
Reprinted with permission from J Invasive Cardiology 2010;22:247–250.
Patients who are entirely dependent on ventricular pacing are typically at the mercy of a single ventricular lead and pacemaker output in order to provide physiologic...
Reprinted with permission from J Invasive Cardiology 2010;22:247–250.
Patients who are entirely dependent on ventricular pacing are typically at the mercy of a single ventricular lead and pacemaker output in order to provide physiologic...
Reprinted with permission from J...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
04/28/2010
Joshua G. Vose, MD; Mark A. Marieb, MD
The PEAK PlasmaBlade (PEAK Surgical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA) is a novel, low-temperature electrosurgical device originally designed for precision dissection with minimal thermal injury to adjacent tissue. However, there is an additional benefit...
The PEAK PlasmaBlade (PEAK Surgical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA) is a novel, low-temperature electrosurgical device originally designed for precision dissection with minimal thermal injury to adjacent tissue. However, there is an additional benefit...
The PEAK PlasmaBlade (PEAK...
04/28/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Paul Konowitz, MD; Ken Wilan
Every patient has a story to tell, and here’s why sharing that story is so important: The act of writing decreases patient stress around procedures, improves provider-patient communications and provides unique data to healthcare providers to...
Every patient has a story to tell, and here’s why sharing that story is so important: The act of writing decreases patient stress around procedures, improves provider-patient communications and provides unique data to healthcare providers to...
Every patient has a story to...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Ian H. Law, MD
In preparation for our fourth medical relief trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, we thought we had everything figured out — what could possibly go wrong?
More than an hour and a half had passed since we were asked to take a seat in the customs...
In preparation for our fourth medical relief trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, we thought we had everything figured out — what could possibly go wrong?
More than an hour and a half had passed since we were asked to take a seat in the customs...
In preparation for our fourth...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS
Dear Readers,
A 65-year-old truck driver with hypertension is referred for further management of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF). He had visited his internist six months ago for lower back pain and was found to have an elevated heart...
Dear Readers,
A 65-year-old truck driver with hypertension is referred for further management of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF). He had visited his internist six months ago for lower back pain and was found to have an elevated heart...
Dear Readers,
A 65-year-old...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
05/02/2010
I am taking the IBHRE CEPS exam instead as I consider it a much more meaningful credential. If I fail to pass the CEPS, I probably will take the RCES exam!
— Paul Haidri, RN, BSN
I have taken and passed the RCES exam and both of the IBHRE...
I am taking the IBHRE CEPS exam instead as I consider it a much more meaningful credential. If I fail to pass the CEPS, I probably will take the RCES exam!
— Paul Haidri, RN, BSN
I have taken and passed the RCES exam and both of the IBHRE...
I am taking the IBHRE CEPS exam...
05/02/2010
EP Lab Digest
