EP Lab Digest - January 2008 - (Page 3) JANUARY 2008 VOLUME 8 NO. 1 3 In the Next Issue… ECG 101: February Installment In our next issue, look for another edition of the popular “ECG 101” article series. Readers, if you are interested in submitting an article for EP Lab Digest, please email us at “jelrod@hmpcommunications.com”. www.eplabdigest.com EDITORIAL TODD J. COHEN, MD Editor-in-Chief Winthrop University Hospital Mineola, New York LAURIE GUSTAFSON Executive Editor JODIE ELROD Managing Editor MONICA MCLAUGHLIN Production Manager In This Issue FEATURES 1 1 Page 12 An AED for Every School: New National Legislation Being Introduced Legislation is being introduced to Congress that would propose an AED for every school in the United States, replicating a similar program already in place in the state of Ohio. Dr.Terry Gordon, who created the Ohio AED program, discusses the nationwide proposal. CONSULTING EDITORS Editor-in-Chief: Todd J. Cohen, MD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York Electrophysiology Year in Review: 2007 The Three “R’s” of Electrophysiology Traditionally, the three R’s of education have been “Reading, Riting, and Rrithmetic.” But for the field of electrophysiology in the year 2007, the three R’s should be renamed “Robotics, Recalls, nd Reimbursement.” Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Betty Ching, RN, FHRS, Testamur NASPExam/AP The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio 12 Spotlight Interview: University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf With 14 centers today, and 80 clinics, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides medical treatment to patients throughout Germany and worldwide, and the large staff of physicians and scientists carry out extensive medical research. Section Editor: Kathryn A. Glatter, MD Woodland Clinic Medical Group Woodland, California Mario D. Gonzalez, MD Penn State Heart & Vascular Institute Hershey, Pennsylvania 17 20 10-Minute Interviews: Mo al-Ahdab, MD and Sambit Mondal, MD Drs. Mondal and al-Ahdab from Cypress Heart in Wichita, Kansas were recently nominated by a colleague for EP Lab Digest’s 10-Minute Interview. Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA Northeast Cardiovascular Specialists Akron, Ohio David L. Hayes, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Hybrid Cryo-RF Ablation Approach for Atrial Fibrillation Dr. Bengt Herweg relocated to Tampa in 2002 to develop the EP program for the University of South Florida and to start an AF ablation program at Tampa General Hospital. The first case was done in January of 2003, and since that time, a total of 280 AF ablations have been performed. Warren Jackman, MD Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alan Kadish, MD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois Bradley P Knight, MD . University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 22 Page 22 Detection of Esophageal Injury After AF Ablation In a recent abstract presented at this year’s American College of Gastroenterology meeting, researchers evaluated the utility of esophageal capsule endoscopy for early identification of post radiofrequency ablation related esophageal injury. Abraham Kocheril, MD University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois Section Editor: L. Bing Liem, DO New Mexico Heart Institute Albuquerque, New Mexico 24 Mark S. Link, MD Tufts New England Med. Center Boston, Massachusetts Inventory Management Upgrade: How One EP Lab Transitioned to WaveMark CIMS UMass Memorial Medical Center wanted a streamlined solution for managing inventory. The staff was also looking to decrease the volume of items being stored in the labs and store rooms, while also differentiating between OEM products and reprocessed items. Linda C. Moulton, RN, MS CCE Consulting & Critical Care ED Springfield, Illinois Andrea Natale, MD California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco, California 28 30 34 Pacemaker/ICD Puzzle: Revealed! EP 101: Tilt Table Testing In the next installment of EP Lab Digest’s EP 101 series, we look into the topic of tilt table testing. Section Editor: Jose Nazari, MD Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Brian Olshansky, MD University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa Laurie Potter, RN Saginaw, Michigan Weilun Quan, PhD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York The Heart of Your Team: Fostering Collaboration and Positive Attitude “Teamwork” is a term with many connotations and is often used in today’s corporate world.The healthcare setting specifically has been very progressive in terms of team creation and recognition. Walid Saliba, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio J. 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