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Lab Keeps the Rhythm Alive  New electrophysiology (EP)
capabilities in Children Hospital's hybrid cardiac
catheterization laboratory are helping us cure abnormal heart
rhythms.  "This is a significant step for the pediatric
cardiology program at Children's," says John Kugler, M.D.,
director of cardiology at Children's Hospital & Medical Center
and chief of the Joint Division of Pediatric Cardiology. "Not
only can serious arrhythmias disrupt every day life for children
and their families, they can become quite dangerous. Our ability
to provide such a specialized and advanced form of treatment in
a setting designed to meet the specific needs of pediatric
patients is important."  Two-year-old Erykah Moore of Crete,
Neb., was one of the first patients to be treated at Children's
with this technology. Erykah was born with Wolff-Parkinson-White
Syndrome, or WPW.   In a normal heart, one pat