Volume 12 - Issue 3 - March, 2004
06/19/2008
Jason Money, RN, RCIS
The call of the road is whispering to you. Visions of adventure and riches flash before you while you stare at the same old monitor you have now been looking at for years. The life you dream of does exist, but, my friends, the road is as...
The call of the road is whispering to you. Visions of adventure and riches flash before you while you stare at the same old monitor you have now been looking at for years. The life you dream of does exist, but, my friends, the road is as...
The call of the road is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Gisela Nehring
Over the past several years, MetroHealth Heart & Vascular Center has undertaken numerous steps to streamline its operations. Today, the facility prides itself on being a leader in adopting new technologies. The following article describes the...
Over the past several years, MetroHealth Heart & Vascular Center has undertaken numerous steps to streamline its operations. Today, the facility prides itself on being a leader in adopting new technologies. The following article describes the...
Over the past several years,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Eyal Kolka
What is the IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) catheter?
We have all heard about the wonderful things that can be done with MRIs in cardiology. The problem is that these scanners are bulky and expensive, and it is very hard to imagine cath labs...
What is the IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) catheter?
We have all heard about the wonderful things that can be done with MRIs in cardiology. The problem is that these scanners are bulky and expensive, and it is very hard to imagine cath labs...
What is the IntraVascular MRI...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Rebecca Kapur (Yospyn)
In order to decide how best to interpret presented information, we need to be able to place it within a context. Cath Lab Digest works hard to provide readers with the facts, and part of that effort includes publishing author disclosure data...
In order to decide how best to interpret presented information, we need to be able to place it within a context. Cath Lab Digest works hard to provide readers with the facts, and part of that effort includes publishing author disclosure data...
In order to decide how best to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Rene DeVine
Examining how the use of integrated information management technology has improved reporting timeliness, information accessibility and workflow at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
The UW...
Examining how the use of integrated information management technology has improved reporting timeliness, information accessibility and workflow at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
The UW...
Examining how the use of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Jackson L. Thatcher, MD; Theresa A. Gilseth, RN; Susan Adlis, MS
This article is reprinted with permission from the Journal of Invasive Cardiology:
J INVAS CARDIOL 2003;15:693-698
From the Primary Angioplasty versus Thrombolysis in a Community Hospital (PATCH) Study, Acute Myocardial Infarction Care...
This article is reprinted with permission from the Journal of Invasive Cardiology:
J INVAS CARDIOL 2003;15:693-698
From the Primary Angioplasty versus Thrombolysis in a Community Hospital (PATCH) Study, Acute Myocardial Infarction Care...
This article is reprinted with...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sheree Schroeder, RN, BSN, RDCS, FASE; Michael E. Ritchie, MD
Howard Regional Health System (HRHS) has successfully implemented a PCI program in the absence of an on-site cardiothoracic surgical presence. This article will show that our outcomes and length of stay are better than national and local...
Howard Regional Health System (HRHS) has successfully implemented a PCI program in the absence of an on-site cardiothoracic surgical presence. This article will show that our outcomes and length of stay are better than national and local...
Howard Regional Health System...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sheree Schroeder, RN, BSN, RDCS, FASE; Michael E. Ritchie, MD
Continued from Successful Implementation of a Cardiac Interventional Program Without On-site Surgical Backup at Howard Regional Health System
The Howard Regional Health System cardiac catheterization lab (CCL) team is diverse, with a...
Continued from Successful Implementation of a Cardiac Interventional Program Without On-site Surgical Backup at Howard Regional Health System
The Howard Regional Health System cardiac catheterization lab (CCL) team is diverse, with a...
Continued from Successful...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Carol Emmett, RN, BSN; Fred Kuelker, PA
Methods for achieving hemostasis in patients undergoing angiographic catheterization vary from one medical center to another. Manual pressure and mechanical compression are still widely used, as well as patches and other closure aids....
Methods for achieving hemostasis in patients undergoing angiographic catheterization vary from one medical center to another. Manual pressure and mechanical compression are still widely used, as well as patches and other closure aids....
Methods for achieving hemostasis...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Dwayne Sumter; Angela Sivadon; Linda Lorenz
There is an acceptable way for hospital staff and physicians to come together to decrease costs and keep everybody happy. Over the past year, we went down several roads: First, using all available closure devices; second, using only a patch,...
There is an acceptable way for hospital staff and physicians to come together to decrease costs and keep everybody happy. Over the past year, we went down several roads: First, using all available closure devices; second, using only a patch,...
There is an acceptable way for...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
