Cardiology

Dear Clinician,

In the new issue of Clinical Window Web Journal (CWWJ), we take a look at the interesting world of cardiology.

• Prof. P. Kligfield from Cornell University (New York, NY) writes about the value and limitations of 12-lead ECG monitoring.
• Prof. R. Lux, from University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) covers important aspects on ventricular repolarization

Two articles take a viewpoint to critical care. First, Prof. K. Booker from Milliking University School of Nursing (Dekatur, IL) writes about challenges associated with continuous 12- lead ECG monitoring. We learn about potential constraints on the way to practical ECG monitoring. Then, Prof. B. Leeper from Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas, TX) reviews recent developments in continuous ST-segment monitoring, analyzing both clinical benefits and barriers of use. That article starts a new era of cooperation with American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (http://www.aacn.org). For the first time, there is a link from our page to their Continuous Education Center, where you can earn CE credits by reading.

Many thanks to our authors for their great contributions. The idea to make a state of the art cardiology issue was sparked last spring at the annual meeting of the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology (http://www.isce.org). Incidentally, when this CWWJ issue appears, the European Society of Cardiology just has its annual meeting in Stockholm (http://www.escardio.org). Our readers can be sure that CWWJ will closely follow clinical cardiology, and its applications in critical care and cardiac anesthesia in the future, as well.

Ilkka S. Kalli MD, PhD, MBA
Anesthesiologist, Editor-in-Chief
Datex-Ohmeda’s Clinical Window Web Journal

Last updated: 11 April 2009Created
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