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Review
. 2014 Aug;11(8):e9-51.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.03.042. Epub 2014 May 7.

Heart Rythm Society expert consensus statement on electrophysiology laboratory standards: process, protocols, equipment, personnel, and safety

David E Haines  1 , Salwa Beheiry  2 , Joseph G Akar  3 , Janice L Baker  4 , Doug Beinborn  5 , John F Beshai  6 , Neil Brysiewicz  7 , Christine Chiu-Man  8 , Kathryn K Collins  9 , Matthew Dare  10 , Kenneth Fetterly  11 , John D Fisher  12 , Richard Hongo  13 , Samuel Irefin  14 , John Lopez  14 , John M Miller  15 , James C Perry  16 , David J Slotwiner  17 , Gery F Tomassoni  18 , Esther Weiss  19
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Review

Heart Rythm Society expert consensus statement on electrophysiology laboratory standards: process, protocols, equipment, personnel, and safety

David E Haines et al. Heart Rhythm. 2014 Aug.

Erratum in

  • Heart Rhythm. 2015 Jul;12(7):1703
No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac electrophysiology laboratory; Cardiac electrophysiology laboratory staffing; Cardiac electrophysiology staff credentialing; Laboratory equipment; Occupational safety; Quality assurance.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Space requirements. The sample layout of EP laboratory with adjacent control room area. Note the availability of enough free space at the head of bed area allowing freedom of movement of fluoroscopy arm and anesthesia equipment. EP = electrophysiology.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Control room. Example of a simplified layout of the control room and EP equipment. Recommended counter measurements should be applied as mentioned in the text. EP = electrophysiology; ICE = intracardiac echocardiography.
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