EP Lab Digest - January 2008 - (Page 16) 16 SPOTLIGHT SPOTLIGHT Continued from page 14 INTERVIEW JANUARY 2008 procedures or do you also do pediatric cases? Is there cross training for pediatric cases? We perform approximately 30 pediatric cases a year in our labs and have a very close relationship with our pediatric EP colleagues. Do your nurses/techs participate in the follow up of pacemakers and ICDs? If so, how many device visits per week do they handle? Do you use any particular software for follow up? How many of your ICD/pacemaker patients require a doctor for their visits? Our staff is trained to do routine follow up, and in approximately 20 percent of the cases, a physician is needed for the routine follow up. The software is provided by the pacemaker companies. What trends do you see emerging in the practice of electrophysiology? How is your lab preparing for these future changes? We believe that AF and VT ablation will be the major issues in upcoming years. Thus, we try to keep in touch with other EP centers to follow and develop new ablation strategies. Professor Willems seated at the Sensei Robotic Catheter system remote workstation performing a procedure with stability and accuracy. Is your EP lab currently involved in any clinical research studies or special projects? Which ones? Our lab is primarily involved in small multi-center or single-center studies. One of the larger studies we participate in is the German AF network. Describe your city or general regional area. In terms of EP, there is a special situation in Hamburg because two of the biggest EP groups are located here. Otherwise, Hamburg is known as one of the world’s most beautiful cities! Please tell our readers what you consider unique or innovative about your EP lab and staff. We profit from a unique atmosphere in our EP lab in terms of clinical and scientific challenges, as well as personal contact with our patients. We are also open to new, innovative techniques and we stay in a close contact with other EP institutions worldwide. Nicole Obertop, nurse, preparing the catheter at the arm of the Sensei Robotic Catheter system for an atrial fibrillation procedure. Do you want to be showcased in EP Lab Digest’s Spotlight Interview in 2008? There is still time to get your Spotlight Interview published in 2008, so submit your completed Spotlight Interview questionnaire as soon as possible! Email all Spotlights to: “jelrod@hmpcommunications.com”
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