EP Lab Digest - March 2008 - (Page 3)

MARCH 2008 VOLUME 8 NO. 3 3 In the Next Issue… New Section: “All About My Job” In our April issue, we will introduce a new monthly section in which staff will describe their role (RN, CVT, RCIS, RTR, manager, MD, etc.) in the EP lab. www.eplabdigest.com EDITORIAL TODD J. COHEN, MD Editor-in-Chief Winthrop University Hospital Mineola, New York In This Issue FEATURES 1 1 Readers, if you are interested in submitting an article for EP Lab Digest, please email us at “jelrod@hmpcommunications.com”.”. JODIE ELROD Managing Editor ECG 101: The Case of a Dizzy Patient with a Left Bundle Branch Block In the next installment of EP Lab Digest’s ECG 101 section, authors Chirag Sandesara, MD and Brian Olshansky, MD examine a case in which the patient suffers from episodes of dizziness. MONICA MCLAUGHLIN Production Manager LAURIE GUSTAFSON Executive Editor RENEE OLSZEWSKI Special Projects Manager Delayed Defibrillation: Research and Results Interview with Paul S. Chan, MD In this issue, we feature an interview with Dr. Paul Chan, who recently published research about the factors leading to and consequences of delayed defibrillation in hospitals. Dr. Chan is located at Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. CONSULTING EDITORS Editor-in-Chief: Todd J. Cohen, MD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Page 10 12 17 Spotlight Interview: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center In this issue we feature an EP lab in Syracuse, New York. Betty Ching, RN, FHRS, Testamur NASPExam/AP The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio Section Editor: Kathryn A. Glatter, MD Woodland Clinic Medical Group Woodland, California Parent Heart Watch from 36,000 Feet… Perspectives from the Annual Leadership Conference The 3rd Annual Parent Heart Watch Leadership Conference was held January 18-21 at the Marriott Waterfront in Seattle,Washington.The PHW meeting also included the CME Conference entitled “Prevention of Sudden Death in Athletes.” This article comes from one of the attendees, PHW co-Founder Sharon Bates. Mario D. Gonzalez, MD Penn State Heart & Vascular Institute Hershey, Pennsylvania Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA Northeast Cardiovascular Specialists Akron, Ohio David L. Hayes, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 24 28 Clinical Trial Overview: 2008 The following is a listing of some of the electrophysiology-related clinical trials taking place in 2008. Warren Jackman, MD Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alan Kadish, MD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois Are MRI-Safe Pacemakers and Leads on the Horizon? Q & A with J. Rod Gimbel, MD In this interview with J. Rod Gimbel, MD, he provides information about the EnRhythm MRI trial, which is studying the safety and efficacy of a pacemaker and lead system designed for MRIconditional use. Dr. Gimbel is located at East Tennessee Heart Consultants and is an investigator in the trial. Bradley P. Knight, MD University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Abraham Kocheril, MD University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois Page 12 Section Editor: L. Bing Liem, DO New Mexico Heart Institute Albuquerque, New Mexico 34 38 40 44 Navigating Tortuous Coronary Sinus Anatomy Using a Bipolar Lead Author Matthew Trojan, MD describes a case in which an 80-year-old male patient presented to his primary care physician with reoccurring panic attacks and dyspnea. Mark S. Link, MD Tufts New England Med. Center Boston, Massachusetts Linda C. Moulton, RN, MS CCE Consulting & Critical Care ED Springfield, Illinois Andrea Natale, MD California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco, California Email Discussion Group: March 2008 Guidelines on ECG Interpretation In this article, we speak with Frank G. Yanowitz, MD, who created the Alan E. Lindsay ECG Learning Center website as a method of teaching the science of ECG interpretation. Section Editor: Jose Nazari, MD Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Brian Olshansky, MD University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa Spotlight Interview Update: What Have We Learned? Since September 2001, we’ve published 65 Spotlighted labs; however, during this time we’ve not yet taken a step back and looked at the data collected over the years.Therefore, we pooled some of the most frequently answered questions and put the data in charts and percentages. Laurie Potter, RN Saginaw, Michigan Weilun Quan, PhD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York 48 Page 17 The Value of Educating Staff In this article, author Carol Dombrowicki provides various resources for furthering your medical education. Although written with the cath lab professional in mind, her advice can be applied to those of us in the electrophysiology lab as well. Walid Saliba, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio J. Philip Saul, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Los Angeles, California DEPARTMENTS 4 Letter from the Editor 52 Events Calendar 55 Industry News and Products 60 Classifieds 62 Advertisers Index 62 In Memoriam John Marcus Wharton, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Stephen Winters, MD Morristown Memorial Hospital Morristown, New Jersey Stanley A. 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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

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