Please describe your medical background and education. Why did you choose to work in the field of electrophysiology?
I attended the University of Massachusetts Medical School (class of 1986) and completed my entire postgraduate training, including re…
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What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff?
We have two dedicated electrophysiology rooms. One is a biplane room that is used for ablations and device implants. The second is a single-plane room, used primarily for device implants…
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R2 Pads
Does anyone routinely position the R2 pads under fluroscopy so that they are placed exactly over the heart?
R. Sparrow, RN
No. We place the chest pad on the right subclavian area close to the sternum and the sec…
Case report. The patient is an 82-year-old man with a medical history significant for atherosclerotic heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, coronary artery bypass surgery, aortic valve replacement, New York Heart Association class III congestive heart…