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HMP Communications Pope Benedict XVI Accepts Gift of Defibtech Automated External Defibrillator Pope Benedict XVI personally accepted the gift of a Defibtech automated external defibrillator (AED) from Defibtech’s president, Gintaras Vaisnys, and Fabio Rangoni, president of Mortara, the Italian distributor of the Defibtech Lifeline® AED. www.eplabdigest.com A PRODUCT, NEWS AND CLINICAL UPDATE FOR THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROFESSIONAL MAY 2008 page 70 St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Approval of the Merlin Programmer for Pacemakers, ICDs and CRT Devices St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for the Merlin™ Patient Care System, a universal programmer for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers. Is There an Under-Referral of Women for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation? Interview with Andrea M. Russo, MD Interview by Jodie Elrod t this year’s ACC meeting, Dr. Russo et al presented research on the under-referral of women for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Andrea M. Russo, MD is the Electrophysiology Laboratory Director and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at the University of Pennsylvania. A primarily pulmonary vein isolation procedures, since 1999, so our data included over 1,100 cases of men and women who underwent AF ablation from November 2000 to July 2007 at the University of Pennsylvania. continued on page 8 page 70 CryoCath Introduces Arctic Front in Australia CryoCath Technologies Inc. announced the introduction of Arctic Front ® in Australia. Arctic Front, the company’s lead product for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), is a cryoablation balloon catheter that allows physicians to safely and effectively isolate all four pulmonary veins to stop PAF. Tell us about your research. What population of patients were studied? When were the patients studied? We had been performing AF ablations, A Hybrid Approach to the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation Gorav Ailawadi, MD* and Srijoy Mahapatra, MD Departments of Surgery* and Medicine University of Virginia Charlottesville,Virginia See our Spotlight Interview on the University of Michigan Health System page 72 A ttempts to cure atrial fibrillation (AF) often require multiple drugs that usually fail over the long term. Our case report from the University of Virginia demonstrates how a collaborative relationship between the electrophysiologist and the cardiovascular surgeon can lead to a winning result. continued on page 10 http://www.eplabdigest.com

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EP Lab Digest - May 2008 Is There an Under-Referral of Women for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation? A Hybrid Approach to the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation Contents Letter from the Editor Spotlight Interview: University of Michigan Health System 10-Minute Interview: Amit J. Shanker, MD Modular EP Units: Are They Possible? One Hospital’s Experience All About My Job: Technician Supervisor (New Column!) Alcohol Septal Ablation in the Cath Lab: What is it All About? About the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society: Interview with Martin J. Gardner, MD, FRCP(C), FACC Email Discussion Group: May 2008 Second Annual Salary Survey My First Year in Electrophysiology: What Have I Got Myself Into? Highlight on Technology: Video-Audio Integration for the EP Lab On the Horizon: A New Remote Catheter Manipulation System Striving for Excellence in the Care of Cardiac Patients Five Reasons to Participate with a Professional Organization Suspected Shunting of Defibrillation Energy in the EP Lab Can Digital Music Players Cause Interference with Implantable Devices? ECG 101: Ambulatory ECG Monitoring Events Calendar Industry News and Products Classifieds Advertisers Index

EP Lab Digest - May 2008

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