Describe your city or general regional area. How does it differ from the rest of the U.S.?

Situated in sunny South Florida, Holy Cross Hospital serves a broad range of patients. Our patient volume has a distinct seasonal ebb and flow, with patients from the northeast corridor of the United States and Canada affectionately referred to as “snowbirds.”

“Hard to treat and harder to diagnose” is how many clinicians have often thought of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). As electrophysiologists, it hasn’t always been on the radar since it’s often viewed as a rare, somewhat obscure disease. However, according to Dr. Barry J. Maron, one of the world’s experts on HCM and an investigator at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, HCM is the most common cause of sudden death in young people.¹ As such, new developments on HCM are critical for EPs to understand and integrate into their practice. This article outlines the newly published recommendations for treating HCM patients.

This month, Dr. James Reiss from PeaceHealth Southwest Heart and Vascular Clinic in Vancouver, Washington, was nominated by colleagues. Learn more about Dr. Reiss’ work here.

In this article we speak with J. Brian DeVille, MD, FACC, FHRS, cardiac electrophysiologist at THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano, which is the first in the world to implement the new Stereotaxis Epoch^™ platform for use in their EP and cath labs. On December 13, THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano became the first hospital in the world to perform an electrophysiology procedure using the new Epoch^™ platform. THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano is located in Plano, Texas.