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OCTOBER 2007 VOLUME 7 NO. 10 3 In the Next Issue… Salary Survey Results The results of our first annual salary survey will be published in next month’s issue. Readers, if you haven’t yet participated, send in your forms. There is still time! 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 LAURIE GUSTAFSON Executive Editor JODIE ELROD Managing Editor MONICA MCLAUGHLIN Production Manager In This Issue FEATURES 1 1 Page 10 Finally! The New Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) Credential: Interview with Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP In this interview, we speak with Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP, to get more information about the new RCES exam. CONSULTING EDITORS Editor-in-Chief: Todd J. Cohen, MD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York ECG 101: Closing the Gap Phenomenon In the next installment of EP Lab Digest’s “ECG 101” section, the authors describe the gap phenomenon. Read more about this often misunderstood mechanism. Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 9 10 14 16 ICD Patient Support Group: St. Peter’s Hospital Linda Wagenknecht, RN leads the ICD support group at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NewYork. Betty Ching, RN, FHRS, Testamur NASPExam/AP The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio Section Editor: Kathryn A. Glatter, MD Woodland Clinic Medical Group Woodland, California Spotlight Interview: Community Healthcare System This month we profile Community Healthcare System in Indiana, which includes St. Mary Medical Center, St. Catherine Hospital, and Community Hospital. Mario D. Gonzalez, MD Penn State Heart & Vascular Institute Hershey, Pennsylvania Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA Northeast Cardiovascular Specialists Akron, Ohio Use of Magnetic Catheter Navigation for Ablation of Focal Tachycardias Focal atrial and ventricular tachycardias are common diagnoses encountered in the electrophysiology laboratory. David L. Hayes, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Warren Jackman, MD Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Echocardiography: The Preeminent Front Line Screening and Diagnostic Tool for Cardiovascular Imaging and Physiological Assessment Many EP patients will be referred for an echo exam at some point during their diagnosis. Therefore, these authors provide an overview about the specialized field of echocardiography. Alan Kadish, MD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois 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 17 18 Page 14 First Annual EP Lab Digest Salary Survey: Last Chance! Clinical Trial Update: 2007 Included is a sampling of some of the active EP-related clinical trials currently taking place. Mark S. Link, MD Tufts New England Med. Center Boston, Massachusetts 22 23 26 Adopting and Implementing the AF Ablation Consensus Statement A highlight of the AFib Summit was the release of the revised HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Linda C. Moulton, RN, MS CCE Consulting & Critical Care ED Springfield, Illinois Andrea Natale, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Electrophysiology in the West Summit In this feature, author Paul J.Wang, MD provides an in-depth look into one of the upcoming events for EP professionals. Section Editor: Jose Nazari, MD Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Brian Olshansky, MD University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa Laurie Potter, RN Saginaw, Michigan The Sustained Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (STOP AF) Clinical Trial: Interview with Kevin Wheelan, MD In this article, we speak with Dr. Kevin Wheelan, one of the investigators of the STOP AF clinical trial. Dr.Wheelan is Chief of Staff at Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas. 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 21 Email Discussion Group Page 16 Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Los Angeles, California John Marcus Wharton, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina 25 Events Calendar 28 Industry News and Products Stephen Winters, MD Morristown Memorial Hospital Morristown, New Jersey Stanley A. Wojtusik Jr., BA, RN, RCIS Lancaster, Pennsylvania http://www.eplabdigest.com

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Finally! The New Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) Credential: Interview with Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP ECG 101: Closing the Gap Phenomenon Contents Letter from the Editor ICD Patient Support Group: St. Peter’s Hospital Spotlight Interview: Community Healthcare System Use of Magnetic Catheter Navigation for Ablation of Focal Tachycardias Echocardiography: The Preeminent Front Line Screening and Diagnostic Tool for Cardiovascular Imaging and Physiological Assessment First Annual EP Lab Digest Salary Survey: Last Chance! Clinical Trial Update: 2007 Email Discussion Group Adopting and Implementing the AF Ablation Consensus Statement Electrophysiology in the West Summit Events Calendar The Sustained Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (STOP AF) Clinical Trial: Interview with Kevin Wheelan, MD Industry News and Products

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