Volume 11 - Issue 9 - September, 2003
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The following abstracts are reprinted with permission from the March 2003, April 2003 and May 2003 issues of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology.
Taxol-Based Eluting Stents From Theory to Human Validation:
Clinical and Intravascular...
The following abstracts are reprinted with permission from the March 2003, April 2003 and May 2003 issues of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology.
Taxol-Based Eluting Stents From Theory to Human Validation:
Clinical and Intravascular...
The following abstracts are...
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Cath Lab Digest
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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...
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Infographic
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CPR Pioneer Dr. Peter Safar Dies at 79
Dr. Peter Safar, a pioneer in emergency medicine who also was regarded as the father of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, died August 3rd, of cancer. He was 79.
Safar, who died at his home in suburban...
CPR Pioneer Dr. Peter Safar Dies at 79
Dr. Peter Safar, a pioneer in emergency medicine who also was regarded as the father of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, died August 3rd, of cancer. He was 79.
Safar, who died at his home in suburban...
CPR Pioneer Dr. Peter Safar Dies...
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Cath Lab Digest
Feature
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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...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Vitor O. Gomes, MD, PhD; Patricia Blaya, MD; Paulo Caramori, MD, PhD; Carlos E. Poli de Figueiredo, MD, PhD; Waldomiro Manfroi, MD, PhD
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Vitor O. Gomes, MD, PhD; Paulo Caramori, MD, PhD; Patricia Blaya, MD; Carlos E. Poli de Figueiredo, MD, PhD; Waldomiro Manfroi, MD, PhD
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Cath Lab Digest
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Stanley Duchman, MD
Suggested Guiding Catheter Characteristics
Drug-eluting stents are now the gold standard for treating obstructive coronary artery disease intravascularly. Several guiding catheter characteristics prove to be invaluable in delivering these...
Suggested Guiding Catheter Characteristics
Drug-eluting stents are now the gold standard for treating obstructive coronary artery disease intravascularly. Several guiding catheter characteristics prove to be invaluable in delivering these...
Suggested Guiding Catheter...
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Cath Lab Digest
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John Harvey, MD
More than 60 million people in the United States suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association.
Unfortunately, Oklahoma ranks second in the nation in deaths from cardiovascular disease. Although...
More than 60 million people in the United States suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association.
Unfortunately, Oklahoma ranks second in the nation in deaths from cardiovascular disease. Although...
More than 60 million people in...
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Charles C. Barbiere, RN, CCRN, RCIS, CCT, CRT, FSICP
Speakers from around the world continue to make this an outstanding course. The long-standing relationship between both TCIS and SICP continues to bring the best of both societies together in shaping the design and topics for the course....
Speakers from around the world continue to make this an outstanding course. The long-standing relationship between both TCIS and SICP continues to bring the best of both societies together in shaping the design and topics for the course....
Speakers from around the world...
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Gerald Lagasse, RCIS
My own experience started easily enough. I first started noticing small changes sometime in early May of this year. I would leave the hospital and walk up two flights of steps into the parking garage. After getting to my car, I would find...
My own experience started easily enough. I first started noticing small changes sometime in early May of this year. I would leave the hospital and walk up two flights of steps into the parking garage. After getting to my car, I would find...
My own experience started easily...
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(Thank you to Charlene Houston RN, Winchester, VA, for the current discussion group question, above).
We use 2,000U of heparin in 1L of NS for our flush bowls and 1000U of heparin in 500 of NS for the flush bags. This flush bag comes as a...
(Thank you to Charlene Houston RN, Winchester, VA, for the current discussion group question, above).
We use 2,000U of heparin in 1L of NS for our flush bowls and 1000U of heparin in 500 of NS for the flush bags. This flush bag comes as a...
(Thank you to Charlene Houston...
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Minimizing nephrotoxic effects
What is your protocol for minimizing nephrotoxic effects of radiocontrast media in angiography patients? We use Mucomyst and adequate pre-hydration. What about iodixanol (Visipaque)? Do you have a stated...
Minimizing nephrotoxic effects
What is your protocol for minimizing nephrotoxic effects of radiocontrast media in angiography patients? We use Mucomyst and adequate pre-hydration. What about iodixanol (Visipaque)? Do you have a stated...
Minimizing nephrotoxic...
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John Harvey, MD
More than 60 million people in the United States suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association.
Unfortunately, Oklahoma ranks second in the nation in deaths from cardiovascular disease. Although...
More than 60 million people in the United States suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association.
Unfortunately, Oklahoma ranks second in the nation in deaths from cardiovascular disease. Although...
More than 60 million people in...
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Kent Riddle, RN, BS
As Roy pushed his Lawn Boy up the gradual incline of his lawn, his heart rate began to climb to 168 and his blood pressure rose to 190/118. The coronary arteries to his heart dilated in response to the physiologic demand for more blood to...
As Roy pushed his Lawn Boy up the gradual incline of his lawn, his heart rate began to climb to 168 and his blood pressure rose to 190/118. The coronary arteries to his heart dilated in response to the physiologic demand for more blood to...
As Roy pushed his Lawn Boy up...
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Ron Siebert
About St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic Health System (SMDC)
SMDC is a major regional referral center based in Duluth, Minnesota. With three hospitals and 20 clinics, SMDC serves a patient population of several hundred thousand in Minnesota,...
About St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic Health System (SMDC)
SMDC is a major regional referral center based in Duluth, Minnesota. With three hospitals and 20 clinics, SMDC serves a patient population of several hundred thousand in Minnesota,...
About St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic...
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Frederick H. Silver, PhD; Lillian Quintero
The results of this study suggest that the responses to a collagen sponge and manual compression appear similar suggesting that the tissue response appears to be primarily influenced by physical forces that are present at the cell-tissue...
The results of this study suggest that the responses to a collagen sponge and manual compression appear similar suggesting that the tissue response appears to be primarily influenced by physical forces that are present at the cell-tissue...
The results of this study...
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Jackson L. Thatcher, MD
Centers considering or currently employing collagen seals similar to the device described here should find this histopathologic evaluation of arteriotomy wound healing reassuring, as this study demonstrates similar healing for both collagen...
Centers considering or currently employing collagen seals similar to the device described here should find this histopathologic evaluation of arteriotomy wound healing reassuring, as this study demonstrates similar healing for both collagen...
Centers considering or currently...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Herbert J. Semler, MD, MS; John T. Coppola, MD, FACC, FSCAI
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan has a cardiology program that includes an extensive cardiac catheterization service. With three cath labs, St. Vincent’s performs approximately 4,500 procedures per year, of which one third are interventions. ...
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan has a cardiology program that includes an extensive cardiac catheterization service. With three cath labs, St. Vincent’s performs approximately 4,500 procedures per year, of which one third are interventions. ...
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan...
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Scott A. Harding, MD, RT(R)(CV)
Cardiology itself did not excite me until I went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. I was able to do both interventional radiology and cardiology, including pediatrics and EP. The training and work was intense. I was constantly...
Cardiology itself did not excite me until I went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. I was able to do both interventional radiology and cardiology, including pediatrics and EP. The training and work was intense. I was constantly...
Cardiology itself did not excite...
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Cath Lab Digest
Feature
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Herbert J. Semler, MD, MS; John T. Coppola, MD, FACC, FSCAI
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan has a cardiology program that includes an extensive cardiac catheterization service. With three cath labs, St. Vincent’s performs approximately 4,500 procedures per year, of which one third are interventions. ...
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan has a cardiology program that includes an extensive cardiac catheterization service. With three cath labs, St. Vincent’s performs approximately 4,500 procedures per year, of which one third are interventions. ...
St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan...
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Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid, MD, PhD
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE PDF FOR QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIVES, WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CREDIT.
Topics: Sirolimus-Eluting Stents: Evolving New Standards in Coronary Artery Disease
Faculty/Credentials: Alexander Abizaid, MD,...
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE PDF FOR QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIVES, WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CREDIT.
Topics: Sirolimus-Eluting Stents: Evolving New Standards in Coronary Artery Disease
Faculty/Credentials: Alexander Abizaid, MD,...
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE PDF FOR...
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Cath Lab Digest
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George Szarka
The Heart Center brings together all aspects of cardiac services, from screening and preventative care to advanced patient treatment and resident and medical student education. The Heart Center has innovated significant advances in...
The Heart Center brings together all aspects of cardiac services, from screening and preventative care to advanced patient treatment and resident and medical student education. The Heart Center has innovated significant advances in...
The Heart Center brings together...
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Letter from the Editor
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But I’m curious as to what percentage of today’s cath lab professionals can call themselves 10-Year Professionals. I would imagine it’s a growing but still-elite group.
Not only is it crucial to draw new staff members to the CCL, but it’s...
But I’m curious as to what percentage of today’s cath lab professionals can call themselves 10-Year Professionals. I would imagine it’s a growing but still-elite group.
Not only is it crucial to draw new staff members to the CCL, but it’s...
But I’m curious as to what...
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Feature
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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,...
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,...
Headlines from the first issue...
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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,...
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,...
Headlines from the first issue...
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Cath Lab Digest
Feature
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Cindy Steen McGee
Genesis Medical Center Cath Lab, located in Davenport, Iowa, is well-known to most large research networks in the country, including the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Harvard Clinical Research Institute and the Cleveland Clinic...
Genesis Medical Center Cath Lab, located in Davenport, Iowa, is well-known to most large research networks in the country, including the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Harvard Clinical Research Institute and the Cleveland Clinic...
Genesis Medical Center Cath Lab,...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM
Genesis Data: UFH As the Base Anticoagulant in Peripheral Procedures
Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, Iowa, is a large interventional program with 600 to 900 (average 746 cases) percutaneous cardiac procedures performed each month. ...
Genesis Data: UFH As the Base Anticoagulant in Peripheral Procedures
Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, Iowa, is a large interventional program with 600 to 900 (average 746 cases) percutaneous cardiac procedures performed each month. ...
Genesis Data: UFH As the Base...
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Cath Lab Digest
Feature
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Cath Lab Digest
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Cindy Steen McGee
Genesis Medical Center Cath Lab, located in Davenport, Iowa, is well-known to most large research networks in the country, including the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Harvard Clinical Research Institute and the Cleveland Clinic...
Genesis Medical Center Cath Lab, located in Davenport, Iowa, is well-known to most large research networks in the country, including the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Harvard Clinical Research Institute and the Cleveland Clinic...
Genesis Medical Center Cath Lab,...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Ideas for bumper stickers were submitted by attendees at ASOCC 2003, June 5-7 in Las Vegas.
Ideas for bumper stickers were submit...
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Please answer the questions below and return your answers to:
Rebecca Yospyn, Managing Editor
Email: CathLabDigest@aol.com Fax: 248-360-2266
1. How many beds does your facility have?
2. Number of cath labs?
3. Number of procedures...
Please answer the questions below and return your answers to:
Rebecca Yospyn, Managing Editor
Email: CathLabDigest@aol.com Fax: 248-360-2266
1. How many beds does your facility have?
2. Number of cath labs?
3. Number of procedures...
Please answer the questions...
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Ideas for bumper stickers were submitted by attendees at ASOCC 2003, June 5-7 in Las Vegas.
Ideas for bumper stickers were submit...
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Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Christina D. Smith
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
We perform diagnostic and interventional procedures in our lab. On average, we do 150 cases a week. Our lab does not do peripheral intervention.
Our annual volume is approximately...
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
We perform diagnostic and interventional procedures in our lab. On average, we do 150 cases a week. Our lab does not do peripheral intervention.
Our annual volume is approximately...
What type of procedures are...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Sue Apple, DNSc, RN
I. Allergic disease in the cath lab
There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of allergic diseases over the past few years. Several experts have postulated a relationship between this increase and environmental influences, the...
I. Allergic disease in the cath lab
There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of allergic diseases over the past few years. Several experts have postulated a relationship between this increase and environmental influences, the...
I. Allergic disease in the cath...
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