Volume 11 - Issue 6 - June, 2003
Feature
06/19/2008
Cardiac Catheterization 2003
This one-day symposium will cover such topics as adjunctive pharmacology in PCI, coated stents and emerging technologies. Attendees will be given opportunities to interact with leading cardiovascular care...
Cardiac Catheterization 2003
This one-day symposium will cover such topics as adjunctive pharmacology in PCI, coated stents and emerging technologies. Attendees will be given opportunities to interact with leading cardiovascular care...
Cardiac Catheterization...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cardiac Catheterization 2003
This one-day symposium will cover such topics as adjunctive pharmacology in PCI, coated stents and emerging technologies. Attendees will be given opportunities to interact with leading cardiovascular care...
Cardiac Catheterization 2003
This one-day symposium will cover such topics as adjunctive pharmacology in PCI, coated stents and emerging technologies. Attendees will be given opportunities to interact with leading cardiovascular care...
Cardiac Catheterization...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Michael "Mike" E. Tangney, AIA
Knowing the exact cath lab equipment to be used allows lab design to be more accurate and construction to proceed more smoothly and quickly. Cath lab equipment needs impact the full spectrum of a lab’s design, including size, electrical and...
Knowing the exact cath lab equipment to be used allows lab design to be more accurate and construction to proceed more smoothly and quickly. Cath lab equipment needs impact the full spectrum of a lab’s design, including size, electrical and...
Knowing the exact cath lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
06/19/2008
Effective immediately, the Joint Commission has modified how it scores JCAHO National Patient Safety Goal #4, which requires organizations to Eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgery. Specifically, the change affects the...
Effective immediately, the Joint Commission has modified how it scores JCAHO National Patient Safety Goal #4, which requires organizations to Eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgery. Specifically, the change affects the...
Effective immediately, the Joint...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Readers answered the following two questions from the April issue:
1. Paramedic Use
I’m interested to know if cath labs are utilizing paramedics. If so, what duties are they allowed to perform? I’m particularly interested in knowing if any...
Readers answered the following two questions from the April issue:
1. Paramedic Use
I’m interested to know if cath labs are utilizing paramedics. If so, what duties are they allowed to perform? I’m particularly interested in knowing if any...
Readers answered the following...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Jonathan K. Young, RCIS
To date, there are six independent physician groups participating in the center, with other physicians coming on board. No interventional procedures are performed at our facility. However, should an emergent case arise, it is promptly dealt...
To date, there are six independent physician groups participating in the center, with other physicians coming on board. No interventional procedures are performed at our facility. However, should an emergent case arise, it is promptly dealt...
To date, there are six...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
06/19/2008
LuMend Launches New, 50% Smaller CTO Catheter Platform
LuMend Corporation, developing technology for crossing chronic total occlusions (CTOs), has launched its fifth-generation catheter platform, the Frontrunner® X39 CTO Catheter. The...
LuMend Launches New, 50% Smaller CTO Catheter Platform
LuMend Corporation, developing technology for crossing chronic total occlusions (CTOs), has launched its fifth-generation catheter platform, the Frontrunner® X39 CTO Catheter. The...
LuMend Launches New, 50% Smaller...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
RT doesn’t need to pan
My first question is, why four staff? We use one RT/CVT or RN to scrub, one RN circulating, one RT/CVT to monitor, and the MD pans the table.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE AN RT PANNING THE PATIENT SINCE THE MD HAS A FLUORO...
RT doesn’t need to pan
My first question is, why four staff? We use one RT/CVT or RN to scrub, one RN circulating, one RT/CVT to monitor, and the MD pans the table.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE AN RT PANNING THE PATIENT SINCE THE MD HAS A FLUORO...
RT doesn’t need to pan
My first...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Michael "Mike" E. Tangney, AIA
Knowing the exact cath lab equipment to be used allows lab design to be more accurate and construction to proceed more smoothly and quickly. Cath lab equipment needs impact the full spectrum of a lab’s design, including size, electrical and...
Knowing the exact cath lab equipment to be used allows lab design to be more accurate and construction to proceed more smoothly and quickly. Cath lab equipment needs impact the full spectrum of a lab’s design, including size, electrical and...
Knowing the exact cath lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Readers answered the following two questions from the April issue:
1. Paramedic Use
I’m interested to know if cath labs are utilizing paramedics. If so, what duties are they allowed to perform? I’m particularly interested in knowing if any...
Readers answered the following two questions from the April issue:
1. Paramedic Use
I’m interested to know if cath labs are utilizing paramedics. If so, what duties are they allowed to perform? I’m particularly interested in knowing if any...
Readers answered the following...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
European Professional Shares DES Experience
Greetings from Switzerland.
We now use (pretty much exclusively) coated stents in our lab. We started with the Cypher, and all of our patients have been included in a registry with telephone...
European Professional Shares DES Experience
Greetings from Switzerland.
We now use (pretty much exclusively) coated stents in our lab. We started with the Cypher, and all of our patients have been included in a registry with telephone...
European Professional Shares DES...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Mary Banks, RCIS
Today, health care facilities must deal with a greater number of patients in a timely and cost-effective way. Reliable systems with integrated information technologies help ensure that physicians provide the best quality patient care while...
Today, health care facilities must deal with a greater number of patients in a timely and cost-effective way. Reliable systems with integrated information technologies help ensure that physicians provide the best quality patient care while...
Today, health care facilities...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Ron Schmidt
They saw this as an opportunity to accelerate the hospital™s growth and support their strategy to remain the only successful independent community hospital in the county. They needed to increase their ability to meet the needs of an elderly...
They saw this as an opportunity to accelerate the hospital™s growth and support their strategy to remain the only successful independent community hospital in the county. They needed to increase their ability to meet the needs of an elderly...
They saw this as an opportunity...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Ron Schmidt
They saw this as an opportunity to accelerate the hospital™s growth and support their strategy to remain the only successful independent community hospital in the county. They needed to increase their ability to meet the needs of an elderly...
They saw this as an opportunity to accelerate the hospital™s growth and support their strategy to remain the only successful independent community hospital in the county. They needed to increase their ability to meet the needs of an elderly...
They saw this as an opportunity...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I find this field to be interesting and forever changing. I graduated from a 3-year diploma nursing school in 1976 and obtained my BSN from Regents College. I have worked at Sharp...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I find this field to be interesting and forever changing. I graduated from a 3-year diploma nursing school in 1976 and obtained my BSN from Regents College. I have worked at Sharp...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
European Professional Shares DES Experience
Greetings from Switzerland.
We now use (pretty much exclusively) coated stents in our lab. We started with the Cypher, and all of our patients have been included in a registry with telephone...
European Professional Shares DES Experience
Greetings from Switzerland.
We now use (pretty much exclusively) coated stents in our lab. We started with the Cypher, and all of our patients have been included in a registry with telephone...
European Professional Shares DES...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Theodore A. Bass, MD; Marco A. Costa, MD, PhD
It is estimated that 40% of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) are occluded and a higher number develop significant stenosis within 10 years after operation.1 Our treatment options have been limited and disappointing. When treated with conventional...
It is estimated that 40% of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) are occluded and a higher number develop significant stenosis within 10 years after operation.1 Our treatment options have been limited and disappointing. When treated with conventional...
It is estimated that 40% of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Scott Fylling, RCIS, FACVP
Do you expect drug-eluting stents to increase your cath lab volume?
The U.S has shown a 24% increase in cardiovascular procedures from 1996-1999. This is partly due to the baby boomers’ coming into the age for heart disease. The...
Do you expect drug-eluting stents to increase your cath lab volume?
The U.S has shown a 24% increase in cardiovascular procedures from 1996-1999. This is partly due to the baby boomers’ coming into the age for heart disease. The...
Do you expect drug-eluting...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Rebecca Kapur (Yospyn)
Not only is ASOCC directed at the education of the cardiac cath professional, but it is also a celebration of the cardiac cath professional community. I look forward to seeing you there.
CLD is pleased to offer the next article in our...
Not only is ASOCC directed at the education of the cardiac cath professional, but it is also a celebration of the cardiac cath professional community. I look forward to seeing you there.
CLD is pleased to offer the next article in our...
Not only is ASOCC directed at...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Dayna West, RN, BSN; Sheree Sodeman, RN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Our cath lab has two procedural rooms. We use both rooms for cardiac diagnostic and interventional procedures. One room has recently been upgraded to double as an...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Our cath lab has two procedural rooms. We use both rooms for cardiac diagnostic and interventional procedures. One room has recently been upgraded to double as an...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
