November 2010

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Volume 10 Issue 11

Editorial Staff

Clinical Editor
Bradley Knight, MD
Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson
Managing Editor
Jodie Elrod
Production Manager
Alexa Flinn

Editorial Correspondence

Jodie Elrod, Managing Editor, EP Lab Digest
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Tour of the New Hybrid, Robotic Operating Room at Methodist: Interview with Dr. Miguel Valderrábano
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center recently opened an innovative hybrid, robotic operating suite, which integrates advanced robotics, imaging and navigation with surgery to offer patients the least invasive and safest surgical and inte…
Initial Experience with the Carto® 3 Navigation System (See Full Title Below)
Initial Experience with the Carto® 3 Navigation System: System Provides Enhanced Efficacy and Precision of Electroanatomical Mapping Electrophysiologists at Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute were the first in the nation to use a new 3-D mapping syste…
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion with the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug
In June 2010, Dr. William Nicholson and colleagues at York Hospital became the first hospital in the country to implant a cardiac plug device. Learn more about this technology below. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountere…
Medical Mission in Iraq: Highlighting the Work of the Preemptive Love Coalition
In this interview we speak with Matt Willingham from the Preemptive Love Coalition (PLC), a medical coalition that helps to provide lifesaving heart surgery for Iraqi children. How did you get started? Describe Preemptive Love Coalition’s backgroun…
Case Report: Pacing With Closed Loop Stimulation
Neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) in patients who are refractory to conventional measures such as pharmacological treatment and/or implantation of standard pacemakers can be trying to both patient and physician. Quality of life as well as the importance…
10-Minute Interview: Chee H. Kim, MD
Dr. Chee Kim is an electrophysiologist with Buffalo Medical Group (BMG) and director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) in Buffalo, New York. Tell us about your medical background and how you came to work in the…
Considerations for Travel Nursing: An Update
In this feature interview, we get an update on travel nursing considerations from Kim Windsor, Vice President of Clinical Services and Quality Services at AMN Healthcare, the nation’s largest healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company. AMN H…
Trinity Health System
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab? Trinity operates one EP lab. There are four staff members assigned as core staff. These staff members also rotate to the cardiac holdin…
When Will Health Insurance Companies Start Denying Coverage for Implantable Defibrillators? They’ve Already Started.
Dear Readers, The Affordable Care Act prohibits health insurance plans from putting “lifetime” dollar limits on covered services. It will also prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage of patients with preexisting medical conditions. These…
Subcutaneous ICD Implantation
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