George H Crossley

I was honored today to implant the first commercially released Medtronic 3930 defibrillator lead in the US. This small diameter lead is impressively reliable and can be placed in any desired location. We look forward to it changing the face of defibrillation. It was especially good to have Karyn Dobizl, the manager of the program and Mark Marshall, the engineer who was largely responsible for the design of the lead and the implementation of the program with me.

@_joshpray Das cool

sigh #tennessee is very much ahead of the game with their light show and it shows #joshpray #vols

@JonPicciniSr @aymanhusseinmd @HRSonline @KennethEllenbo1 Indeed !!!!!

Was an honor to chair the Evolution of Device Therapy session at #HRS2024 with @aymanhusseinmd to celebrate the profound impact Dr. Wilkoff had on our field. Countless lives are better today because of Bruce and his work. #EPeeps @HRSonline @KennethEllenbo1

It was my honor to chair The Next Era of Pacing Summitt with Dr. Vijayaramen. Many thanks to the outstanding faculty: Nick Olson, Parik Sharma, Brett Atwater, Ryan Cunnane, Tom Callahan, Sean Pokorney and Ghanshyam Shantha as well as the outstanding Medtronic team.

100% of Democrats voted in one direction. The republicans fractured. This lack of discipline is really problematic.

In Washington advocating for great CV care wit the ACC. Big impact from the TN delegation

@SergioPinski @aalahmadmd @tcainstitute @AMCJ1 @SergioPinski @aalahmadmd @tcainstitute @amcj1 @andreanatalemd Good point Sergio. We don't really know how to balance that risk benefic ratio do we

@VandyRhythmdoc @aalahmadmd @tcainstitute @amcj1 @andreanatalemd most VVIR pts will benefit from His bundle pacing.

@EJSMD @melchami99 Always….always…use contrast. You can get a great image with 4cc of contrast followed by a hard saline flush.

Here’s why we should use contrast at leadless pacer implant 😳 @melchami99 #HRS2023

HRS Is Back!!!! Great meeting. Great attendance. Great collaboration.

Data supports 3 FTEs to manage each 1000 pts on remote monitoring. “Take this to your administrators” — @brynndechert30 👏👏👏 #HRS2023

I’m honored to be at HRS 23 with Jamie Kowal presenting our work on triclosan allergy mimicking device infection

Appreciate the great Sam Aservatham teaching our fellows about Cardiac Anatomy for the EP Geek

This is a big advance in ICD leads - has been great to be involved in the LEADR study - published the study design paper #CHRD @UniofAdelaide @CentralAdlLHN doi.org/10.1111/jce.15… @khaldountarakji @MaullyShah @PamelaMasonEP @Medtronic

Providing specialized care and performing CIED interrogation in distant rural areas is challenging. Use of an assisted reality device could overcome these difficulties and bring much needed EP attention to underserved communities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jc… #EPeeps #AR

@EM_RESUS Acute Lead Poisioning

Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young boy with a condition that is now the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the U.S. What’s the diagnosis?

@MusaSharkawiMD If the device is not old it is fairly easy to extract but NOT with the 3 French. You need to use the Micra sheath with an agilis sheath in it and a standard 15-20 mm amplatz or tulip snare

MRSA Endocarditis - Vegetation on Micra device extending into the RVOT. Management shown below. #ACCFIT

@KennethEllenbo1 That is horrible!

There are no words that capture the full depth of our sadness at the loss of our friend Santosh Padala. He passed yesterday from a cardiac arrest suffered during exercise. He was a fellow in 2014 and faculty in 2017. His enthusiasm was infectious. He will be missed by so many.

Congratulations to Dr. Prashanthan Sanders of the University of Adelaide for the implantation of the first lead in the Medtronic LEADR study. This is the study of a novel very small diameter lead that features a central flexible cable. It will involve up to 500 patients.