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SEPTEMBER 2007 VOLUME 7 NO. 9 3 In the Next Issue… About the RCES Exam In next month’s issue, learn more about how the new Registered Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) exam was created and what you need to know. 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 8 Readers, if you are interested in submitting an article for EP Lab Digest, please email us at “jelrod@hmpcommunications.com”. The ICD Shock and Stress Management Program: Interview with Samuel F. Sears Jr., PhD Dr. Sears et al recently studied the effectiveness of an ICD Shock and Stress Management Program in ICD patients; their results were published in the July 2007 issue of PACE. CONSULTING EDITORS Editor-in-Chief: Todd J. Cohen, MD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York Universal ECG Screening: The Advocate’s Perspective For patients and families at risk for SCD due to heart rhythm disorders, an abnormal 12-lead electrocardiogram often yields the first critical clues of serious underlying disease. Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Betty Ching, RN, FHRS, Testamur NASPExam/AP The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio 10 13 Spotlight Interview: Morristown Memorial Hospital This month we check back in on the EP lab that was our Spotlight Interview back in September 2001 (which was our very first issue!). 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 10-Minute Interview: About the Mended Hearts and Mended Little Hearts Organizations Mended Hearts, affiliated with the American Heart Association, is a community-based, nationwide nonprofit organization providing support to heart patients of all ages. David L. Hayes, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Warren Jackman, MD Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 14 Page 10 ICD Patient Support Groups Support groups for device patients exist at many hospitals around the country. In this article we spoke with several leaders of such groups. Alan Kadish, MD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois Bradley P. Knight, MD University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 18 19 20 Email Discussion Group: September 2007 Technology: Only As Good As the Attitude Behind It! Heather Shook, RN, a Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist at Medical Center Hospital in Texas, contributes an article about technology versus patient care. 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 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Electrophysiologic Management and Treatment of Chronic and Acute Cardiac Device Infection Over the last 20 years, the transvenous techniques for the extraction of chronically implanted cardiac device leads have achieved a high success rate. However, the procedures are often intricate and are associated with a small but significant risk. Section Editor: Jose Nazari, MD Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Page 13 Brian Olshansky, MD University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa 21 First Annual EP Lab Digest Salary Survey Laurie Potter, RN Saginaw, Michigan Weilun Quan, PhD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York Walid Saliba, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio J. Philip Saul, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina DEPARTMENTS 4 Letter from the Editor 22 Events Calendar 24 Industry News and Products Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Los Angeles, California John Marcus Wharton, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Stephen Winters, MD Morristown Memorial Hospital Morristown, New Jersey Page 19 Stanley A. Wojtusik Jr., BA, RN, RCIS Lancaster, Pennsylvania http://www.eplabdigest.com

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The ICD Shock and Stress Management Program: Interview with Samuel F. Sears Jr., PhD Universal ECG Screening: The Advocate’s Perspective Contents Letter from the Editor Spotlight Interview: Morristown Memorial Hospital 10-Minute Interview: About the Mended Hearts and Mended Little Hearts Organizations ICD Patient Support Groups Email Discussion Group: September 2007 Technology: Only As Good As the Attitude Behind It! Electrophysiologic Management and Treatment of Chronic and Acute Cardiac Device Infection First Annual EP Lab Digest Salary Survey Events Calendar Industry News and Products

EP Lab Digest - September 2007

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