Linda Moulton, RN, MS contributes a review of the highlights and major changes seen in the new guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
Adel Mina, MD, FACC and Nicholas Warnecke, PA-C stress that cases must be individualized when it comes to stroke risk reduction prior to pursuing direct current cardioversion and/or ablation.
Mary P. Orencole, MS, ANP-BC and colleagues provide information on MADIT-CHIC, the first prospective study of the cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) in chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy.
Luann Hallahan, RN, BSN, BC presents a study that was done to determine if a single, dedicated EP lab at UPMC Passavant Hospital could improve its TAT efficiency to compare to the Operating Room TAT national average of 20-25 minutes.
Senthil Thambidorai, MD, FHRS details a case from the Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, a community-based hospital that recently performed their first S-ICD implantation.
Daniel S. Goldman, MD, FACC, FHRS and Linda Moulton, RN, MSN describe a new “non-invasive” device for skin closure that was recently approved for low-tension surgical wounds.
