February 2016

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Volume 16 Issue 2

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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MRI-Compatible ICD for a Young Patient with Sudden Cardiac Death
Firas El Sabbagh, MD, FHRS presents a case describing implantation of a single-chamber Evera MRI XT ICD with SureScan technology (Medtronic plc).
Update on RV Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia or Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia (ARVC/D): Review of Consensus Guidelines
Linda Moulton, RN, MS presents an overview on arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D), an inherited cardiomyopathy.
WATCHMAN Device Implantation – Early Experience
Richard P. Borge Jr., MD provides a case relating observations from a busy, community-based hospital early in their WATCHMAN device experience.
LINQ™ing Cardiology and Neurology to Diagnose and Treat Cryptogenic Stroke
Allan Nichols, MD, FACC and colleagues discuss that in order to help address the issue of underdetection of atrial fibrillation, OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians began partnering with their neurology colleagues.
It’s Time for a “No Change”: Simplifying the Perioperative Management of CIEDs
Janet Gifford, MSN, ACNP and colleagues describe how a global approach to magnet use may be unnecessary, and that doing nothing preoperatively to the ICD is often the best approach.
Spotlight Interview: WakeMed Heart Center
Kim Wooten, BSN, RN, RCIS, Manager, Invasive Cardiology & Electrophysiology, and colleagues share information about the EP program at WakeMed Heart Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Gender-Related and Age-Related Differences in Implantable Defibrillator Recipients: Results From the Pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator Leads Survival Study (“PAIDLESS”)
Todd J. Cohen, MD and colleagues discuss the PAIDLESS study.
The Evolution of Shared Governance in the LG Health Heart & Vascular Institute
Susan Deck, MBA, RN, FHRS, RCES, RCIS and Andrea Riefenstahl, MBA, RN highlight how the cardiovascular procedural areas used a shared governance concept known to nursing to enhance staff engagement and provide opportunities for decision making by the…
ACC’s NCDR® AFib Ablation Registry™: Coming Soon?
Efforts to improve the quality of care of patients with heart rhythm disorders must continue, and registries play a part in those efforts.