Seth Worley, MD and colleagues discuss a rarely used but valuable alternative for percutaneous implantation of a dual-chamber pacing system via the femoral vein.
EP Lab Digest speaks with Russell Greenlees, a graduate of the Arrhythmia Technologies Institute who is now employed at Medtronic. In his youth, Russell was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Magnetic navigation needs a local champion for local success. It needs at least one physician in the hospital where it is installed who is invested in using the system for most, if not all, of his or her cases.
Ahmed Al Fagih, MD and colleagues describe a new technique to facilitate axillary vein puncture, which in turn may minimize the contrast media requirement and the time to axillary vein puncture during implantation of CRT devices.
Daniel S. Goldman, MD, FACC, FHRS and Linda Moulton, RN, MS present information on the ARISTA™ AH Hemostat (Bard Davol Inc.), which provides hemostatic and desiccant properties.
