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18 EP PARENT HEART WATCH Continued from page 17 CONFERENCE MARCH 2008 From this view at 36,000 miles above the earth, in an airplane on my way back home to Phoenix, Arizona, I realized my contributions, love, prayers, support, and heart screening programs with Parent Heart Watch still matter to many. Blood pressure stations at Cardiac Screening Day with PHW volunteer nurses. Linette Derminer, PHW co-Founder, addressing PHW Leadership Conference attendees on January 21, 2008. Dr. Jonathan Drezner, Assoc. Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, addressing the PHW Leadership Conference attendees on Saturday, January 19, 2008. Seated are Stuart Berger, MD, Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Wisconsin, and Robert Campbell, MD, Prof. and Division Director of Cardiology at Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center. PHW member Rita Helgeson and husband, PHW board Treasurer Richard Helgeson, with Executive Director Linette Derminer. Watch still matter to many. Over the past seven years there were many times when the wall of defeat stared me in the face. It was just then that another door of opportunity would open, another parent would need to hear my compassionate story of hope, and so I continued on this journey. One step at a time, we can all make a difference in our own way, through our own healing and with our own compassionate story of loss, and then continue to share additional chapters of life full of victories and celebration. We have to keep on making a difference in our own way. We all matter, just as our children’s lives all mattered to us and to the world. The membership of Parent Heart Watch is of great importance to me, and just as important to the parent membership are the new survivor members. We need to hear and share in their victories, too. As hard as that might be for both sides, each survivor is a celebration of the children that are represented by PHW. I would also like to give a special thanks to Matt Nader for sharing his story of survival, inspiring us to believe that if things are done properly, more young lives will be rescued and saved. Meeting Overview Parent Heart Watch reached new heights, new connections, larger exposure and a greater audience at the 3rd Annual Leadership Conference. On January 17, 2008, the first day of heart health advocacy was launched with a heart screening event hosted by the local area high school (Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle). Parent Heart Watch, the Anthony Bates Foundation, Nick Of Time (NOT) Foundation, and event sponsors offered heart screenings to almost 300 young people. Local area cardiologists, medical professionals, See PARENT HEART WATCH page 20

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EP Lab Digest - March 2008 ECG 101: The Case of a Dizzy Patient with a Left Bundle Branch Block Delayed Defibrillation: Research and Results Interview with Paul S. Chan, MD Contents Letter from the Editor Spotlight Interview: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Parent Heart Watch from 36,000 Feet… Perspectives from the Annual Leadership Conference Clinical Trial Overview: 2008 Are MRI-Safe Pacemakers and Leads on the Horizon? Q & A with J. Rod Gimbel, MD Navigating Tortuous Coronary Sinus Anatomy Using a Bipolar Lead Email Discussion Group: March 2008 Guidelines on ECG Interpretation Spotlight Interview Update: What Have We Learned? The Value of Educating Staff Events Calendar Industry News and Products Classifieds Advertisers Index In Memoriam

EP Lab Digest - March 2008

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