Volume 13 - Issue 11 - November, 2005
06/19/2008
Marla Houchin, RN; Tracy Brown, RN; Leigh Durrett, RN; Dawn Boughton, RN; Angela Hawthorne, RN; Lauren Dwyer
Recent technological developments allow procedures that once required general anesthesia and surgery to be performed in the catheterization laboratory on an outpatient basis. As one of the busiest pediatric catheterization laboratories in the...
Recent technological developments allow procedures that once required general anesthesia and surgery to be performed in the catheterization laboratory on an outpatient basis. As one of the busiest pediatric catheterization laboratories in the...
Recent technological...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
ACIST Medical Systems Introduces the ACIST CVi at the TCT
ACIST Medical Systems, a clinical and technological company in automated contrast delivery systems and part of the Bracco Group, announced the introduction of the ACIST CVi Contrast...
ACIST Medical Systems Introduces the ACIST CVi at the TCT
ACIST Medical Systems, a clinical and technological company in automated contrast delivery systems and part of the Bracco Group, announced the introduction of the ACIST CVi Contrast...
ACIST Medical Systems Introduces...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Jason Wilson, RCIS
A young female patient came to our cath lab with very high PA pressures. The doctor said that she needed to have nitric oxide treatments. What are nitric oxide treatments?
Pulmonary hypertension occurs in people with chronic obstructive...
A young female patient came to our cath lab with very high PA pressures. The doctor said that she needed to have nitric oxide treatments. What are nitric oxide treatments?
Pulmonary hypertension occurs in people with chronic obstructive...
A young female patient came to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
New VerifyNow Test Can Determine if Daily Clopidogrel is Working to Block Platelets as Protection Against Heart Attack and Stroke
Blood Test Can Identify the Up to 30 Percent of Clopidogrel Users Who Do Not Respond Adequately; Test Can Also...
New VerifyNow Test Can Determine if Daily Clopidogrel is Working to Block Platelets as Protection Against Heart Attack and Stroke
Blood Test Can Identify the Up to 30 Percent of Clopidogrel Users Who Do Not Respond Adequately; Test Can Also...
New VerifyNow Test Can Determine...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Victoria Hollingsworth Schuler
Today, we have expanded our imaging modalities to include 7 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology labs, 1 magnetic resonance (MR) machine, and a 64-slice CT scanner. What will the future hold? As managers and administrators, we need to spend...
Today, we have expanded our imaging modalities to include 7 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology labs, 1 magnetic resonance (MR) machine, and a 64-slice CT scanner. What will the future hold? As managers and administrators, we need to spend...
Today, we have expanded our...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Darrell Bush, CVT, EMT-P; Chuck Williams, BS, RCSA, RCIS, RT, CPFT, CCT
Corporate sponsors included:
Boston Scientific Interventional Cardiology Division, represented by Tony Hartman, Interventional Sales Specialist (Figure 3)
GE Healthcare, represented by Dennis Carrick, Senior Imaging Sales Specialist...
Corporate sponsors included:
Boston Scientific Interventional Cardiology Division, represented by Tony Hartman, Interventional Sales Specialist (Figure 3)
GE Healthcare, represented by Dennis Carrick, Senior Imaging Sales Specialist...
Corporate sponsors...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
06/19/2008
Bruce Gibbins, PhD
The Centers for Disease Control estimate that hospital-related infections are now the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Especially susceptible to these hospital-related infections are patients treated with percutaneous and...
The Centers for Disease Control estimate that hospital-related infections are now the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Especially susceptible to these hospital-related infections are patients treated with percutaneous and...
The Centers for Disease Control...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas (PHD)
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas (PHD)...
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Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Multiple ongoing questions...
Your responses are welcome!
Multiple ongoing questions...
Your re...
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW question?
Expired Supplies
I am inquiring if any staff member of Cath Lab Digest knows of an organization that accepts old and expired devices (i.e., catheters, stents, etc.)...
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW question?
Expired Supplies
I am inquiring if any staff member of Cath Lab Digest knows of an organization that accepts old and expired devices (i.e., catheters, stents, etc.)...
Can you help your fellow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Chuck Williams, BS, RCSA, RCIS, RT, CPFT, CCT
At our facility, a nurse practitioner and/or a physician assistant completes the history and physical on all outpatients. They enter the information into a tablet PC computer that contains an electronic-based form that is printed out and...
At our facility, a nurse practitioner and/or a physician assistant completes the history and physical on all outpatients. They enter the information into a tablet PC computer that contains an electronic-based form that is printed out and...
At our facility, a nurse...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
