In a brief burst of holiday enthusiasm, we worked on a special song today that came together after our fifth case for your enjoyment: The Twelve Days of Christmas, EP Style. Feel free to sing this song in your Electrophysiology Laboratory this Christmas season.
(To the tune of 12 Days of Christmas)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,
A pacer for a-sys-to-le.
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Westby G. Fisher, MD Website Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, USA and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He entered the blog-o-sphere in […]
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,
Two Long QT’s
And a pacer for a-sys-to-le
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,
Three time outs
Two Long QT’s
And a pacer for a-sys-to-le.
(You know how the rest goes… Here’s the rest of the verses:)
Four LV leads
FIVE HUNDRED JOULES!
Six vessels bleeding
Seven sheath a-splitting
Eight consults waiting
Nine second pauses
Ten incisions weeping
Eleven patients crashing
Twelve hearts a-fibbin’
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(Heh. Okay, not perfect, but it helped keep us laughing…)
Merry Christmas!
Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, USA and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He entered the blog-o-sphere in November, 2005. He writes regularly at Dr. Wes. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this blog are strictly the those of the author(s) and should not be construed as the opinion(s) or policy(ies) of NorthShore University HealthSystem, nor recommendations for your care or anyone else's. Please seek professional guidance instead.
