Coronary Heart magazine

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This issue includes

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

British Society Ecocardiography Annual General Meeting - UK
Innovations & Trends in Cardiovascular Care - USA
TCT 2008 - USA
Heart Rhythm Congress - UK

For a full list of cardiac events around the world
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CORONARY HEART NEWS

Healthworks to Host Live EP Webinars

Coronary Heart's education partner, Healthworks, is offering a series of live, interactive webcasts designed to deliver pragmatic, focused electrophysiology classes to clinical specialists working in the EP lab. The convenient online format means easy access top-notch education without having to take time off from work - accommodating your busy schedule.
Taught by nationally-regarded EP expert Jeffrey A. Stiffler, BA, AST, RCIS, CEPS, CCDS, these webinar courses are perfect for allied health professionals working in EP environments as well as nurses and technologists considering entering this growing cardiovascular field.
Each one-hour class will be approved for one Category A CE credit by the ASRT and is only $79. The first of these webinars is Cardiac Anatomy & Physiology for Electrophysiology¸and the subject matter will focus on understanding of the body's circulatory system with a particular emphasis on electrical components of the heart's conduction mechanisms.
These webinars will be available online through a special arrangement with Philips Healthcare. Participants can choose between two convenient times: either Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7pm EST/4pm PST or Saturday, October 4, 11am EST/8am, PST.
Learn more about the first EP webcast by calling Healthworks at 1-866-495-7462, or register securely today online at http://www.theonlinelearningcenter.com/events/philipsevents/ep_events.aspx

EDITION 14 FEATURES
Latest News:
Blackpool Victoria Hospital installs the Rad-Pad.
BARD EP to introduce a new catherter at HRC-UK.
Medtronic head to the International Space Station.
Tips and Tricks:
Direct Stenting for primary and elective PCI.
Electrophysiology:
Ablation Frontiers introduces new technology to simplify and reduce the time for AF ablation.
Education:
Home Monitoring (sponsored by Biotronik)
Distal Embolisation in SVG Intervention (Part 2)
ECG Quiz
Site Visit: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK (where Coronary Heart began)
Management:
What scope of work are your non-professional staff (lab assistants) involved with?
What Price for Staff Motivation?
Buyers Guide
Image Management (featuring AGFA's Impax Cardiovascular Suite)
Hybrid Cath Labs (featuring Toshiba and Siemens)
Interview: Dr Farzin Fath-Ordoubadi,Consultant Cardiologist, Manchester Heart Centre, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
Hot Topic:
Are there important differences between the commercially available drug eluting stents?
Journal Trawl:
Check out trial news from cardiology journals around the world with Dr John Paisey from John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

PROUDLY SUPPORTING
In March 2008 Coronary Heart officially endorsed the
non-profit organization Heartbeat International.

"I have five grandchildren, and I know someone's grandchild today is going to die because they are not going to get a pacemaker. There are about one million people dying, and it may be as many as three million dying because they can't get a pacemaker," explained Heartbeat Chairman Benedict S. Maniscalco, MD, FACC. "If it were my grandchild I would turn over heaven and earth to take care of them, but then I have resources and most of these people do not."
That was the case for Arturo Seguro, his wife and 3 year old son, Arturito. They were frightened when he became sick with heart problems. They did not have enough money for the medical care he needed. "When my son was sleeping sometimes I could not hear his heart, and I knew one day God would take him," explained Arturito's mother. "I felt really bad because I did not know what to do. I could not see what road to take. I did not have enough money for that surgery. I could not save my own son's life," added a tearful Arturo.
But one day everything change when they met Ricardo Meneses, MD, HBI physician volunteer. Arturito was taken more than 100 miles to one of the best hospitals in Aguascalientes (Mexico) where he was rushed into surgery and, a pacemaker was placed in his chest. Arturito's parents still believe it was a miracle. "I can't explain how I feel. It is like the heavens opened up," Arturito's mother tearfully explained. Thanks to HBI I have my son. I did not lose him, added a grateful Arturo.
Arturito is one of more 200 people in this small area of Mexico whose life has been changed by HBI. They all see it as a miracle, but Dr. Meneses says it is just what people do for each other. "I am so grateful for this opportunity to pay back a little of what God gave me to provide my fellow persons a pacemaker."
HBI doctors in 23 countries volunteer to give back to patients like Arturito. Impoverished patients like him celebrate with their families a miracle, the miracle of life provided by Heartbeat International.

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