EP Lab Digest - May 2008 - (Page 3)

MAY 2008 VOLUME 8 NO. 5 3 In the Next Issue… Holter Monitoring Software In our next issue, we will feature an article about updated Holter monitoring software for EP. 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 In This Issue FEATURES 1 1 14 18 Page 14 JODIE ELROD Managing Editor MONICA MCLAUGHLIN Production Manager Is There an Under-Referral of Women for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation? Interview with Andrea M. Russo, MD A Hybrid Approach to the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation 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: A Case Study of Multiple-shock Incidents Using Biphasic External Defibrillators Following Induced Ventricular Fibrillation Can Digital Music Players Cause Interference with Implantable Devices? Interview with Dr. Charles Berul ECG 101: Ambulatory ECG Monitoring 77 Classifieds 78 Advertisers Index LAURIE GUSTAFSON Executive Editor RENEE OLSZEWSKI Special Projects Manager CONSULTING EDITORS Editor-in-Chief: Todd J. Cohen, MD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 20 25 26 32 34 Page 20 Betty Ching, RN, FHRS, Testamur NASPExam/AP The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio Section Editor: Kathryn A. Glatter, MD Woodland Clinic Medical Group Woodland, California 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 Warren Jackman, MD Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alan Kadish, MD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois 38 42 46 48 50 53 Bradley P. Knight, MD University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Abraham Kocheril, MD University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois Section Editor: L. Bing Liem, DO New Mexico Heart Institute Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 Section Editor: Jose Nazari, MD Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Page 26 54 Brian Olshansky, MD University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa Laurie Potter, RN Saginaw, Michigan Weilun Quan, PhD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York 59 60 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 John Marcus Wharton, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina DEPARTMENTS Page 46 Stephen Winters, MD Morristown Memorial Hospital Morristown, New Jersey Stanley A. Wojtusik Jr., BA, RN, RCIS Lancaster, Pennsylvania 4 Letter from the Editor 64 Events Calendar 70 Industry News and Products 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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