Happy 10th Anniversary, Cath Lab Digest

Headlines from the first issue of Cath Lab Digest September/October 1993: A New Flexible and Deflectable Tip Guidewire for Coronary Angioplasty and Other Invasive and Interventional Procedures Richard K. Myler, MD, Jonathan M. Tobis, MD, David C. Cumberland, MD, Benito Hidalgo, CRT, CPT, San Francisco Heart Institute at Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA (The deflectable tip guidewire by Pilot Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., San Clemente, CA) The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: A High Risk Environment for Exposure to Blood and Bodily Fluids Robert Roth, RN, RCVT, J.G. Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Case Report: Catheter Embolism Causing Syncope Abraham Joseph, MD, David Talley, MD, John Goad, MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky The Successful Catheterization Laboratory: Strength Through Teamwork Morton J. Kern, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, J.G. Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri News Headlines from the September/October 1993 issue: Women, Elderly Have Favorable Outcomes in Primary Angioplasty Administered During Heart Attack New Society Forming for Cath Lab Professionals (SICP) Primary Angioplasty Evaluated Against Thrombolytics at ACC 1993 Record Number of Angioplasties Displaces Growth in Coronary Bypass Procedures Cook Receives U.S. FDA Approval for Gianturco-Roubin Flex-Stent Coronary Stent Cardiologists Extend Use of Stent to Children Thank you to our readers, authors, editorial board members and advertisers. Cath Lab Digest is grateful for your loyal support over the past 10 years.

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