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Complimentary Accredited Breakfast Symposium Remove Barriers to Your EP Practice Growth: Education of Your Referring Physicians and Your Patients May 15, 2008 • 6:00AM – 7:45AM San Francisco Marriott 55 Fourth Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Room: Nob Hill Invited Faculty Jonathan Steinberg, MD – Chair Education of Referring Physicians about Advancements in Atrial Flutter Ablation: Developing an Increase in Referrals The St. Lukes – Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY Suneet Mittal, MD The Traditional Pharmacological Approach to the Management of Atrial Flutter: Clinical and Economic Limitations The St. Lukes – Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY Richard C. Klein, MD Education of Patients through Resources on the Benefits of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Flutter Cardiology Clinic University Hospitals and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT Kevin Wheelan, MD Economical Impact of Atrial Flutter Ablation Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital Dallas,TX Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to: • Provide data on the underserved patient population with flutter (statistics for the United States), ie, discuss the standard treatment path and how much money and time are wasted on drug treatments • Empower attending physicians with approaches and tools to speak to the referring physicians about ablation as the treatment of choice for simple arrhythmias • Provide patient education tools on arrhythmias to a referral community. Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, and technologists To register, please visit www.naccme.com There is no fee for this educational activity. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Biosense Webster. This activity is sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education. This program is not part of the Heart Rhythm 2008 Official Scientific Sessions as planned by the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions Committee.This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society. MD/DO: This activity is sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME). NACCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. NACCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Policies. Nurses: ANCC: NACCME is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the PA State Nurses Association for 1.5 contact hours (Provider Number 110-3-E-06). Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13255, for 1.5 contact hours. Technologists: Approved by the AHRA for 1.5 Category A, ARRT continuing education credits. Faculty Disclosures: All those with control over the content of continuing education programs sponsored by NACCME are expected to disclose whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). It is not assumed that these relationships will have an adverse impact on presentations. Full faculty disclosures will be presented at the meeting. http://www.naccme.com http://www.naccme.com

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Cath Lab Digest - May 2008 The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Cell Therapy in the Cath Lab for Heart Failure: A Look at MyoCell® Therapy and the SEISMIC Trial Performance Improvement Strategies Speed Up Treatment Times in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients Contents Clinical Editor’s Corner Commentary: Performance Improvement Strategies Speed Up Treatment Times in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients Ask the STEMI Expert Comparing Drug-Eluting Stents and Bare-Metal Stents SICP: The Ten-Minute Interview with… Christopher Kambak, RT(R) Cardiac Cath Lab Economics in a Public Hospital of a Developing Country Keeping Your Heart & Vascular Employees: Proven Ideas for an Effective Retention Plan Unspoken Words Ask the Clinical Instructor Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals Meetings Calendar Education Center What Do You Think? Clinical & Industry News Classifieds Advertisers Index

Cath Lab Digest - May 2008

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