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Volume 13 - Issue 12 - December, 2005

Joint Commission:
Post-Inspection Results
06/19/2008
See what Joint Commission inspectors are focusing on in advance of your JCAHO inspection. Make sure you have your procedures and processes up to JCAHO standards and expectations. Cath Lab Digest will feature regular Joint Commission...
See what Joint Commission inspectors are focusing on in advance of your JCAHO inspection. Make sure you have your procedures and processes up to JCAHO standards and expectations. Cath Lab Digest will feature regular Joint Commission...
See what Joint Commission...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
News from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005:Held November 13-16, in Dallas, Texas
06/19/2008
Major Advances in Techniques, Devices, Medications Spur Update of PCI Guidelines Multidisciplinary document benefits from broad view of generalists, detailed focus of interventionalists Updated guidelines on percutaneous coronary...
Major Advances in Techniques, Devices, Medications Spur Update of PCI Guidelines Multidisciplinary document benefits from broad view of generalists, detailed focus of interventionalists Updated guidelines on percutaneous coronary...
Major Advances in Techniques,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
Clinical and Industry News
06/19/2008
KLAS Ranks Witt Biomedical Number One for Hemodynamics and Clinical Reporting KLAS, an independent research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting performance of healthcare information technology vendors, announced that Witt...
KLAS Ranks Witt Biomedical Number One for Hemodynamics and Clinical Reporting KLAS, an independent research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting performance of healthcare information technology vendors, announced that Witt...
KLAS Ranks Witt Biomedical...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
Elective PCI Without On-site Surgery? Crestwood Medical Center Makes the First Move
06/19/2008
In the ongoing trend to show the improved outcomes of patients who receive percutaneous coronary intervention versus thrombolytic therapy for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (MI), Crestwood Medical Center of Huntsville, Alabama...
In the ongoing trend to show the improved outcomes of patients who receive percutaneous coronary intervention versus thrombolytic therapy for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (MI), Crestwood Medical Center of Huntsville, Alabama...
In the ongoing trend to show the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Mayo Clinic Risk Score Predicts In-Hospital Mortality Following Primary Angioplasty
06/19/2008
Sridhar Sampath Kumar, MD; V.S. Srinivas, MBBS; Abdissa Negassa, PhD; E. Scott Monrad, MD
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06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Joint Commission: <br />
Post-Inspection Results
06/19/2008
See what Joint Commission inspectors are focusing on in advance of your JCAHO inspection. Make sure you have your procedures and processes up to JCAHO standards and expectations. Cath Lab Digest will feature regular Joint Commission...
See what Joint Commission inspectors are focusing on in advance of your JCAHO inspection. Make sure you have your procedures and processes up to JCAHO standards and expectations. Cath Lab Digest will feature regular Joint Commission...
See what Joint Commission...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
The Mayo Clinic Risk Score Predicts In-Hospital Mortality Following Primary Angioplasty
06/19/2008
V.S. Srinivas, MBBS; Abdissa Negassa, PhD; E. Scott Monrad, MD; Sridhar Sampath Kumar, MD
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06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
December 2005 News and Events from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)
06/19/2008
SICP Industry Members The SICP would like to welcome EV3 Inc., Boston Scientific and Schering-Plough Corporation as SICP Industry Members. Please mention to your representatives that you appreciate their continued support of the SICP. A...
SICP Industry Members The SICP would like to welcome EV3 Inc., Boston Scientific and Schering-Plough Corporation as SICP Industry Members. Please mention to your representatives that you appreciate their continued support of the SICP. A...
SICP Industry Members The SICP...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
President`s Message
06/19/2008
We recently completed a successful conference in South Padre Island, Texas, and the ever-busy Gulf Coast SICP Chapter just had their end-of-year bowling tournament. Currently, the SICP is working on its conference schedule for 2006, and we...
We recently completed a successful conference in South Padre Island, Texas, and the ever-busy Gulf Coast SICP Chapter just had their end-of-year bowling tournament. Currently, the SICP is working on its conference schedule for 2006, and we...
We recently completed a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
06/19/2008
Jason Wilson, RCIS
You should pay attention to everything. Not the answer you wanted to hear, I’m sure, but it’s true. While it’s true that schoolwork is a lot of theory, you need to have the theory from which to work. Not every case is going to be the same, so...
You should pay attention to everything. Not the answer you wanted to hear, I’m sure, but it’s true. While it’s true that schoolwork is a lot of theory, you need to have the theory from which to work. Not every case is going to be the same, so...
You should pay attention to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
RCIS Credential Administrators Hold Annual Board of Trustees Meeting
06/19/2008
Charles C. Barbiere, RN, CCRN, RCIS, CCT, CRT, FSICP
The following professional societies sent representation: American College of Cardiology Joseph Messer, MD American Society of Echocardiography Ken Horton, RCS, RDMS, FASE Nelson Schiller, MD British Society of Echocardiography Kevin...
The following professional societies sent representation: American College of Cardiology Joseph Messer, MD American Society of Echocardiography Ken Horton, RCS, RDMS, FASE Nelson Schiller, MD British Society of Echocardiography Kevin...
The following professional...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
At the Crossroads: Patient Stories
06/19/2008
Bruce W. Coyne, RCIS, RT
I’ve been in the cardiology business for 20 or so years. Although I have found the diagnosis of our patients interesting and feel a sense of accomplishment after an intervention, what I have also found interesting is our patients’...
I’ve been in the cardiology business for 20 or so years. Although I have found the diagnosis of our patients interesting and feel a sense of accomplishment after an intervention, what I have also found interesting is our patients’...
I’ve been in the cardiology...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Members on the Move: Improving Professional Cardiovascular Education in Thailand
06/19/2008
Charles C. Barbiere, RN, CCRN, RCIS, CCT, CRT, FSICP; Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP
The CVRPC, under the direction of Group Captain Gumpanart Veerakul, MD and Air Vice Marshall Obkaew Dabpetch, MD, has participated in many local and international studies, including: Primary angioplasty for acute MI, Sudden Death, and more...
The CVRPC, under the direction of Group Captain Gumpanart Veerakul, MD and Air Vice Marshall Obkaew Dabpetch, MD, has participated in many local and international studies, including: Primary angioplasty for acute MI, Sudden Death, and more...
The CVRPC, under the direction...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
06/19/2008
Jason Wilson, RCIS
You should pay attention to everything. Not the answer you wanted to hear, I’m sure, but it’s true. While it’s true that schoolwork is a lot of theory, you need to have the theory from which to work. Not every case is going to be the same, so...
You should pay attention to everything. Not the answer you wanted to hear, I’m sure, but it’s true. While it’s true that schoolwork is a lot of theory, you need to have the theory from which to work. Not every case is going to be the same, so...
You should pay attention to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS: DELIVERABILITY IN DES
06/19/2008
James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Dr. Hermiller received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and earned his MD from Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the...
Dr. Hermiller received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and earned his MD from Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the...
Dr. Hermiller received his...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Use of an XMI-Rapid Exchange Rheolytic Thrombectomy Catheter During an Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Thrombus Bur
06/19/2008
Jill Price, RN; Kendall M. Griffith, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Overview of AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy System Another mode of treatment for acute myocardial infarction is the AngioJet® Rheolytic Thrombectomy System (Possis Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, MN). AngioJet is a thrombectomy catheter used to...
Overview of AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy System Another mode of treatment for acute myocardial infarction is the AngioJet® Rheolytic Thrombectomy System (Possis Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, MN). AngioJet is a thrombectomy catheter used to...
Overview of AngioJet Rheolytic...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Image of the Month
06/19/2008
Michael Milyo
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS: DELIVERABILITY IN DES
06/19/2008
James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Dr. Hermiller received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and earned his MD from Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the...
Dr. Hermiller received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and earned his MD from Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He did his internship and residency in internal medicine at the...
Dr. Hermiller received his...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Views from the TCT: The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting, held October 16-21, 2005
06/19/2008
Gerald Lagasse, RCIS
Hospitals today are strapped for cash and often times, one of the first things to go is staff education. In my hospital alone there were twenty-two staff educators in 1992; today there are two. Hemodynamics, EKG, ACLS and emergency cardiac...
Hospitals today are strapped for cash and often times, one of the first things to go is staff education. In my hospital alone there were twenty-two staff educators in 1992; today there are two. Hemodynamics, EKG, ACLS and emergency cardiac...
Hospitals today are strapped for...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask The Right Questions, Get The Right Architect
06/19/2008
Bernie Gehrki
An RFP, or Request for Proposal, can set the course for either a successful or disappointing new construction or expansion project, before the selection of a design team. That’s because to get the right answers, healthcare providers must ask...
An RFP, or Request for Proposal, can set the course for either a successful or disappointing new construction or expansion project, before the selection of a design team. That’s because to get the right answers, healthcare providers must ask...
An RFP, or Request for Proposal,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Cath Lab Revenue Recovery & Reimbursement The Tip of the Iceberg
06/19/2008
Cheryl Morgan, RN, BSN, RCIS; Robert Lynch
Our original 2001 article generated a substantial response from Cath Lab Digest readers across the nation. It seemed that many cath lab programs were also looking for methods to improve revenue recovery at that time. (We would be interested...
Our original 2001 article generated a substantial response from Cath Lab Digest readers across the nation. It seemed that many cath lab programs were also looking for methods to improve revenue recovery at that time. (We would be interested...
Our original 2001 article...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
2005 Comes to a Close
06/19/2008
This time of year, media commentators in various fields tend to summarize the highlights of the past year into a neat, tidy package (perhaps one with lots of bullet points). As viewers, readers, or listeners, we then gain a sense of being...
This time of year, media commentators in various fields tend to summarize the highlights of the past year into a neat, tidy package (perhaps one with lots of bullet points). As viewers, readers, or listeners, we then gain a sense of being...
This time of year, media...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Carolinas Medical CenterCardiac Catheterization Laboratory
06/19/2008
Patricia M. Pye, RN, MS; Kevin Collier, RCIS; Nancy Lee, RCIS, RN, BSN, MS; Dennis R. Chadwick, RCIS, BS, FSICP
Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship facility of Carolinas HealthCare System. As one of the Carolinas’ largest hospitals, it serves as a quaternary referral center for a 29-county multi-state region and portions of the Southeast and...
Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship facility of Carolinas HealthCare System. As one of the Carolinas’ largest hospitals, it serves as a quaternary referral center for a 29-county multi-state region and portions of the Southeast and...
Carolinas Medical Center (CMC)...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Revenue Recovery & Reimbursement The Tip of the Iceberg
06/19/2008
Cheryl Morgan, RN, BSN, RCIS; Robert Lynch
Our original 2001 article generated a substantial response from Cath Lab Digest readers across the nation. It seemed that many cath lab programs were also looking for methods to improve revenue recovery at that time. (We would be interested...
Our original 2001 article generated a substantial response from Cath Lab Digest readers across the nation. It seemed that many cath lab programs were also looking for methods to improve revenue recovery at that time. (We would be interested...
Our original 2001 article...
06/19/2008
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Penumbra recently launched the Lightning Flash® 3.0 Computer Assisted Vacuum Thrombectomy (CAVT™) system, which includes significant upgrades that further advance our leading venous thromboembolism (VTE) platform.
Penumbra recently launched the Lightning Flash® 3.0 Computer Assisted Vacuum Thrombectomy (CAVT™) system, which includes significant upgrades that further advance our leading venous thromboembolism (VTE) platform.
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Patent Foramen Ovale Detection
BURL Concepts Announces First Human Uses of FOQUS Ultrasound System for Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Detection
01/27/2026
The FOQUS ultrasound system, powered by SONAS technology, includes a transcranial headset system. The system introduces a new method to assist physicians in diagnosing a PFO, addressing the need for diagnostic tools that are both faster,...
The FOQUS ultrasound system, powered by SONAS technology, includes a transcranial headset system. The system introduces a new method to assist physicians in diagnosing a PFO, addressing the need for diagnostic tools that are both faster,...
The FOQUS ultrasound system,...
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AI Plaque analysis
Aetna Approves Coverage for Cleerly's AI Cardiovascular Imaging Analysis
01/21/2026
DENVER, CO&nbsp;–&nbsp;Cleerly, focused on AI-based cardiovascular imaging, announced that Aetna will begin covering&nbsp;Cleerly®&nbsp;LABS plaque analysis effective immediately. Aetna, which covers more than&nbsp;20+ million lives,...
DENVER, CO&nbsp;–&nbsp;Cleerly, focused on AI-based cardiovascular imaging, announced that Aetna will begin covering&nbsp;Cleerly®&nbsp;LABS plaque analysis effective immediately. Aetna, which covers more than&nbsp;20+ million lives,...
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Coverage Unlocks Reimbursable AI Plaque Quantification With Circle Cardiovascular Imaging's cvi42|Plaque
01/21/2026
CALGARY, Alberta -- Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. (Circle CVI), focused on cardiovascular imaging post-processing, announced that clinical practices using its&nbsp;FDA 510(k)-cleared cvi42&nbsp;with AI-enabled plaque...
CALGARY, Alberta -- Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc. (Circle CVI), focused on cardiovascular imaging post-processing, announced that clinical practices using its&nbsp;FDA 510(k)-cleared cvi42&nbsp;with AI-enabled plaque...
CALGARY, Alberta -- Circle...
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Acquisitions
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Vivasure's PerQseal® Elite system uses a proprietary bioabsorbable patch to seal large-bore (up to 26 F) arteriotomies and venotomies from inside the vessel, offering a sutureless, fully absorbable solution for structural heart and...
Vivasure's PerQseal® Elite system uses a proprietary bioabsorbable patch to seal large-bore (up to 26 F) arteriotomies and venotomies from inside the vessel, offering a sutureless, fully absorbable solution for structural heart and...
Vivasure's PerQseal® Elite...
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In the “Mammography and Breast Arterial Calcification Trial at Mount Sinai,” doctors are sending letters to patients with high breast artery calcification levels, urging them to see a cardiologist or other doctor for further evaluation to...
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The paper, “Police-Related Stress and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Among African American Women,” is published in the journal Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.
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Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC 

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