December 2012

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Volume 12 Issue 12

Editorial Staff

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

Editorial Correspondence

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Social Media, mHealth and Medicine: 2012 in Review and Hopes for the Future
In this new article by Kevin R. Campbell, MD, FACC, he notes how several innovations in social media and healthcare developed in 2012.
Patients’ Attitudes and Perceptions of ICDs: Interview with Rachel Lampert, MD
In this feature interview, we speak with Dr. Rachel Lampert about newly published research on patient attitudes and perceptions regarding primary prophylaxis with implantable cardioverter- defibrillators (ICDs). Dr. Lampert is an Associate Professor…
Physician Satisfaction Soars at Cooper University Hospital with New EP Module
As a member of the Heart Rhythm Society, Andrea Russo, MD, had grown accustomed to searching in vain for a cutting-edge solution to solve the traditional business issues associated with electrophysiology (EP): silos of information; manual, paper-inte…
AHA Scientific Sessions 2012: Meeting Highlights
Did you miss the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2012? Provided here is a compilation of clinical news highlights from the meeting.
Initial Experience with the PentaRay NAV Catheter: Clinical and Operational Considerations
The authors discuss how the Arrhythmia Center at Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital recently utilized a new technology, Biosense Webster’s PentaRay NAV catheter, during an atrial tachycardia ablation.
Spotlight Interview: Mission Hospital
This month’s Spotlight Interview comes from an EP program in Mission Viejo, California.
PulsePredic Technology: Interview with Samuel Dudley, MD, PhD
PulsePredic is a new blood test that helps determine who benefits most from an ICD. Dr. Dudley is the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is also P…
Percutaneous Catheter-Based Left Atrial Appendage Ligation and Management of Periprocedural Left Atrial Appendage Perforation With the LARIAT Suture Delivery System
ABSTRACT: We report an 88-year-old male with coronary artery disease, previously placed left main coronary artery drug-eluting stent, and atrial fibrillation unable to tolerate anticoagulation with warfarin in addition to dual antiplatelet therapy wh…
The Survival of Survival Curves
Survival analysis, or Kaplan-Meier analysis, is a powerful tool that is critical to randomized clinical trials.
Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) Update
Read the SICP update for information on Heart Month 2013, HealtheCareers, legislation and advocacy awareness, and more.