Volume 11 - Issue 10 - October, 2003
06/19/2008
S.M.A.R.T.® Stent Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Iliac Artery Disease
Cordis Endovascular has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for primary stenting of the iliac arteries with the S.M.A.R.T. ® Nitinol Stent...
S.M.A.R.T.® Stent Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Iliac Artery Disease
Cordis Endovascular has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for primary stenting of the iliac arteries with the S.M.A.R.T. ® Nitinol Stent...
S.M.A.R.T.® Stent Receives FDA...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
S.M.A.R.T.® Stent Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Iliac Artery Disease
Cordis Endovascular has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for primary stenting of the iliac arteries with the S.M.A.R.T. ® Nitinol Stent...
S.M.A.R.T.® Stent Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Iliac Artery Disease
Cordis Endovascular has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for primary stenting of the iliac arteries with the S.M.A.R.T. ® Nitinol Stent...
S.M.A.R.T.® Stent Receives FDA...
06/19/2008
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06/19/2008
Held September 15-19, 2003, in Washington, D.C.
Held September 15-19, 2003, in Washin...
Boston Scientific Delivers Drug Stent Trial Data
Physicians had expected Boston Scientific’s Taxus IV trial to show a restenosis rate of 9% to perhaps as high as 11% in patients receiving the company's drug-eluting stent. Instead, the...
Boston Scientific Delivers Drug Stent Trial Data
Physicians had expected Boston Scientific’s Taxus IV trial to show a restenosis rate of 9% to perhaps as high as 11% in patients receiving the company's drug-eluting stent. Instead, the...
Boston Scientific Delivers Drug...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Held September 15-19, 2003, in Washington, D.C.
Held September 15-19, 2003, in Washin...
Boston Scientific Delivers Drug Stent Trial Data
Physicians had expected Boston Scientific’s Taxus IV trial to show a restenosis rate of 9% to perhaps as high as 11% in patients receiving the company's drug-eluting stent. Instead, the...
Boston Scientific Delivers Drug Stent Trial Data
Physicians had expected Boston Scientific’s Taxus IV trial to show a restenosis rate of 9% to perhaps as high as 11% in patients receiving the company's drug-eluting stent. Instead, the...
Boston Scientific Delivers Drug...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
She then returned to Thailand, and after establishing the cardiac catheterization laboratory, CCU and cardiology training program at Vajira hospital, she became a pioneer in coronary angiography and interventional cardiology with very low...
She then returned to Thailand, and after establishing the cardiac catheterization laboratory, CCU and cardiology training program at Vajira hospital, she became a pioneer in coronary angiography and interventional cardiology with very low...
She then returned to Thailand,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Tracy C. Simpson, RCIS, FSICP, RN
-Dear SICP members, colleagues, and friends,
As the lazy days of summer roll into cool fall evenings I wanted to take a few moments to touch base with you. It has been six months since the SICP leadership changed and I wanted to extend a...
-Dear SICP members, colleagues, and friends,
As the lazy days of summer roll into cool fall evenings I wanted to take a few moments to touch base with you. It has been six months since the SICP leadership changed and I wanted to extend a...
-Dear SICP members, colleagues,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
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06/19/2008
Tracy C. Simpson, RCIS, FSICP, RN
-Dear SICP members, colleagues, and friends,
As the lazy days of summer roll into cool fall evenings I wanted to take a few moments to touch base with you. It has been six months since the SICP leadership changed and I wanted to extend a...
-Dear SICP members, colleagues, and friends,
As the lazy days of summer roll into cool fall evenings I wanted to take a few moments to touch base with you. It has been six months since the SICP leadership changed and I wanted to extend a...
-Dear SICP members, colleagues,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
John Hodgson, MD, FSCAI, FACC
Mel was playing racquetball when he first experienced the dull substernal pressure. When it persisted, he decided to call off the game and head home. Debbie knew something was wrong the minute he came in. While Mel waited on the couch she...
Mel was playing racquetball when he first experienced the dull substernal pressure. When it persisted, he decided to call off the game and head home. Debbie knew something was wrong the minute he came in. While Mel waited on the couch she...
Mel was playing racquetball when...
06/19/2008
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06/19/2008
ASOCC is in Orlando!
Join your fellow cardiac catheterization professionals at the educational event of the year!
HMP Communications and Cath Lab Digest are pleased to announce:
The 2004 Cath Lab Digest Third Annual Symposium on...
ASOCC is in Orlando!
Join your fellow cardiac catheterization professionals at the educational event of the year!
HMP Communications and Cath Lab Digest are pleased to announce:
The 2004 Cath Lab Digest Third Annual Symposium on...
ASOCC is in Orlando!
Join your...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
ASOCC is in Orlando!
Join your fellow cardiac catheterization professionals at the educational event of the year!
HMP Communications and Cath Lab Digest are pleased to announce:
The 2004 Cath Lab Digest Third Annual Symposium on...
ASOCC is in Orlando!
Join your fellow cardiac catheterization professionals at the educational event of the year!
HMP Communications and Cath Lab Digest are pleased to announce:
The 2004 Cath Lab Digest Third Annual Symposium on...
ASOCC is in Orlando!
Join your...
06/19/2008
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06/19/2008
(Thank you to JCha602066@aol.com for the current discussion group question, below).
Is there anyone out there that can give me some idea as to how many techs (RNs, etc.) insert sheaths in the cath lab these days? How do policies cover this?...
(Thank you to JCha602066@aol.com for the current discussion group question, below).
Is there anyone out there that can give me some idea as to how many techs (RNs, etc.) insert sheaths in the cath lab these days? How do policies cover this?...
(Thank you to JCha602066@aol.com...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
(Thank you to JCha602066@aol.com for the current discussion group question, below).
Is there anyone out there that can give me some idea as to how many techs (RNs, etc.) insert sheaths in the cath lab these days? How do policies cover this?...
(Thank you to JCha602066@aol.com for the current discussion group question, below).
Is there anyone out there that can give me some idea as to how many techs (RNs, etc.) insert sheaths in the cath lab these days? How do policies cover this?...
(Thank you to JCha602066@aol.com...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
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06/19/2008
The following items are from readers responding to What Do You Think? questions from the August 2003 issue.
Usage of FemoStop
I am looking for information on usage of the FemoStop device, either post diagnostic or interventional...
The following items are from readers responding to What Do You Think? questions from the August 2003 issue.
Usage of FemoStop
I am looking for information on usage of the FemoStop device, either post diagnostic or interventional...
The following items are from...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Erwin Wuehr, BS
Why and how did you become an educator?
My background is, I think, unique for my current profession. I attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. I then...
Why and how did you become an educator?
My background is, I think, unique for my current profession. I attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. I then...
Why and how did you become an...
06/19/2008
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06/19/2008
Nancy Sinclair McNamara, RN, BSN
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
A discussion from the most recent IAGS Meeting
Athens, Greece; February 17-21, 2002
A discussion from the most recent IAG...
About the International Andreas Gruentzig Society
The International Andreas Gruentzig Society is an international educational society of physicians and scientists interested in the health sciences in the cardiovascular and related fields....
About the International Andreas Gruentzig Society
The International Andreas Gruentzig Society is an international educational society of physicians and scientists interested in the health sciences in the cardiovascular and related fields....
About the International Andreas...
06/19/2008
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06/19/2008
Andrew J. Carter, DO, FACC
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation.
This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation.
This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
The following items are from readers responding to What Do You Think? questions from the August 2003 issue.
Usage of FemoStop
I am looking for information on usage of the FemoStop device, either post diagnostic or interventional...
The following items are from readers responding to What Do You Think? questions from the August 2003 issue.
Usage of FemoStop
I am looking for information on usage of the FemoStop device, either post diagnostic or interventional...
The following items are from...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Nancy Sinclair McNamara, RN, BSN
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Heidi N. Bonneau, RN, MS
Scenario 2: You’ve just discovered the cure for coronary artery disease or made at the minimum an interesting and reportable observation. What do you do next?
Potentional Solution: In the hopes of helping beginning authors add quality to...
Scenario 2: You’ve just discovered the cure for coronary artery disease or made at the minimum an interesting and reportable observation. What do you do next?
Potentional Solution: In the hopes of helping beginning authors add quality to...
Scenario 2: You’ve just...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Andrew J. Carter, DO, FACC
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation.
This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Cordis Corporation.
This presentation contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither HMP...
The following activity is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Ron Waksman, MD
Do you think there is any hope for the continuation of radiation therapy with drug-eluting stents?
We know that drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis, but they do not eliminate it. It is our estimation that there will be around a 10%...
Do you think there is any hope for the continuation of radiation therapy with drug-eluting stents?
We know that drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis, but they do not eliminate it. It is our estimation that there will be around a 10%...
Do you think there is any hope...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Irene Hinojosa Seymour, RN
You have worked as a nurse and independent consultant in the invasive cardiology field since its earliest days. What was it like during that time?
When you’ve worked in the invasive cardiology field for over thirty years as I have, there...
You have worked as a nurse and independent consultant in the invasive cardiology field since its earliest days. What was it like during that time?
When you’ve worked in the invasive cardiology field for over thirty years as I have, there...
You have worked as a nurse and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Re: August 2003 Cath Lab Digest
Dear Editor,
I just read your August issue. Normally I think you do a great job of covering cath lab issues. However, this issue read like a paid advertisement for the Cordis Cypher stent. For example, why...
Re: August 2003 Cath Lab Digest
Dear Editor,
I just read your August issue. Normally I think you do a great job of covering cath lab issues. However, this issue read like a paid advertisement for the Cordis Cypher stent. For example, why...
Re: August 2003 Cath Lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Re: August 2003 Cath Lab Digest
Dear Editor,
I just read your August issue. Normally I think you do a great job of covering cath lab issues. However, this issue read like a paid advertisement for the Cordis Cypher stent. For example, why...
Re: August 2003 Cath Lab Digest
Dear Editor,
I just read your August issue. Normally I think you do a great job of covering cath lab issues. However, this issue read like a paid advertisement for the Cordis Cypher stent. For example, why...
Re: August 2003 Cath Lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Rebecca Kapur (Yospyn)
It’s an understandable position to be in, considering how the field of invasive cardiology works. This is a field that’s continuously thundering ahead, bringing us from one cutting-edge product or therapy to the next. It’s wonderful, and...
It’s an understandable position to be in, considering how the field of invasive cardiology works. This is a field that’s continuously thundering ahead, bringing us from one cutting-edge product or therapy to the next. It’s wonderful, and...
It’s an understandable position...
06/19/2008
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Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Patricia Cox, RN
What is the size of your cath lab and number of staff members?
We have only one room presently, but with the current patient volume and expected growth, there are plans for a second lab in the future. There are 9 total staff members,...
What is the size of your cath lab and number of staff members?
We have only one room presently, but with the current patient volume and expected growth, there are plans for a second lab in the future. There are 9 total staff members,...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
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