Volume 8 - Issue 4 - April 2008
05/03/2008
Ann C. Garlitski, MD; John A. Kalin, MD
The number of patients greater than 65 years of age are increasing and will continue to increase in a dramatic fashion in the United States over the next 20-30 years. As cardiologists strive to use evidence-based medicine as the foundation of...
The number of patients greater than 65 years of age are increasing and will continue to increase in a dramatic fashion in the United States over the next 20-30 years. As cardiologists strive to use evidence-based medicine as the foundation of...
The number of patients greater...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Ian H. Law, MD
By all accounts, this year s trip was a success. The only remaining challenge was to complete the drive from Chicago O Hare airport to Iowa City, Iowa, as a winter storm had made a wide swath across the I-80 corridor, leaving snow drifts and...
By all accounts, this year s trip was a success. The only remaining challenge was to complete the drive from Chicago O Hare airport to Iowa City, Iowa, as a winter storm had made a wide swath across the I-80 corridor, leaving snow drifts and...
By all accounts, this year s...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Susan Heilman; John Rader; Jennifer Williams
As the range of today s cardiovascular procedures continues to expand and their sites of service shift, familiarity with coding and reimbursement changes is critically important to assure compliance with CMS s regulations and appropriate...
As the range of today s cardiovascular procedures continues to expand and their sites of service shift, familiarity with coding and reimbursement changes is critically important to assure compliance with CMS s regulations and appropriate...
As the range of today s...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
The UMMC EP lab consists of two clinical laboratories a single and a biplane lab, along with a three-bay holding area. It also...
What is the size of your EP lab facility and number of staff members? What is the mix of credentials at your lab?
The UMMC EP lab consists of two clinical laboratories a single and a biplane lab, along with a three-bay holding area. It also...
What is the size of your EP lab...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Linda C. Moulton, RN, MS, MSN
The ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: A Report of the American College of Cardiology and the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement...
The ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: A Report of the American College of Cardiology and the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement...
The ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
When and why did you decide to study the psychosocial data from this group of patients?
It actually came up shortly after the trial was completed. I was on the Quality-of-Life (QoL) committee, which was responsible for planning and...
When and why did you decide to study the psychosocial data from this group of patients?
It actually came up shortly after the trial was completed. I was on the Quality-of-Life (QoL) committee, which was responsible for planning and...
When and why did you decide to...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Why did you choose to work in the field of electrophysiology?
I have always been interested in the area of cardiology. I began working as a nurse in the ICU, Open Heart Recovery, and the cardiac cath lab prior to my working in...
Why did you choose to work in the field of electrophysiology?
I have always been interested in the area of cardiology. I began working as a nurse in the ICU, Open Heart Recovery, and the cardiac cath lab prior to my working in...
Why did you choose to work in...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
When was the AED Access for All organization formed, and why?
Iowa AED Access for All was founded in February of 2006. A couple of sudden cardiac arrest survivors and ICD patients felt strongly that our community needed to be educated about...
When was the AED Access for All organization formed, and why?
Iowa AED Access for All was founded in February of 2006. A couple of sudden cardiac arrest survivors and ICD patients felt strongly that our community needed to be educated about...
When was the AED Access for All...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
Jeff Stiffler, BA, RCIS, CCDS, CEPS
1. Sudden onset/sudden termination: Often a patient will describe tachycardia as starting and stopping abruptly. This suggests a reentrant tachycardia.
2. Retrograde P waves in inferior leads during tachycardia: A 12-lead electrocardiogram...
1. Sudden onset/sudden termination: Often a patient will describe tachycardia as starting and stopping abruptly. This suggests a reentrant tachycardia.
2. Retrograde P waves in inferior leads during tachycardia: A 12-lead electrocardiogram...
1. Sudden onset/sudden...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
05/03/2008
When and why was "HeartSavingSeattle.com" formed?
When my wife was working at an AED manufacturer in 2005, she would come home and tell me about the statistics of cardiac arrest. At first I didn't believe her, because I had never heard...
When and why was "HeartSavingSeattle.com" formed?
When my wife was working at an AED manufacturer in 2005, she would come home and tell me about the statistics of cardiac arrest. At first I didn't believe her, because I had never heard...
When and why was...
05/03/2008
EP Lab Digest
