Volume 13 - Issue 7 - July, 2005
06/19/2008
Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP
The votes are in! Another successful conference. The Cath Lab Digest 4th Annual Symposium on Cardiovascular Care (ASOCC) took place June 2-4, 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the direction of Chris Nelson, RN, RCIS,...
The votes are in! Another successful conference. The Cath Lab Digest 4th Annual Symposium on Cardiovascular Care (ASOCC) took place June 2-4, 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the direction of Chris Nelson, RN, RCIS,...
The votes are in! Another...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
From an unsigned writer. (Please email cathlabdigest@aol.com if you would like to contact this person.)
From an unsigned writer. (Please emai...
Dear Editor,
I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal.
A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor,
I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal.
A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor,
I have been a cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Rebecca Kapur (Yospyn)
About this time of year, I begin thinking about the fall (working with Cath Lab Digest, you’re always looking a few months ahead) and the contrast between the peace of the summer and the fall frenzy that awaits us in invasive cardiology. It’s...
About this time of year, I begin thinking about the fall (working with Cath Lab Digest, you’re always looking a few months ahead) and the contrast between the peace of the summer and the fall frenzy that awaits us in invasive cardiology. It’s...
About this time of year, I begin...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Hu Liu, PhD
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) constitutes the greatest single serial killer in many parts of the world. According to the American Heart Association1, about 40% of deaths in the United States are due to CVD. The treatment of CVD is the most...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) constitutes the greatest single serial killer in many parts of the world. According to the American Heart Association1, about 40% of deaths in the United States are due to CVD. The treatment of CVD is the most...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Brian Crosby, RCIS, BSN; Beth Moss, RN, MA
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Lee Memorial Health System has three locations in southwest Florida: HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers, Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, and Cape Coral...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Lee Memorial Health System has three locations in southwest Florida: HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers, Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, and Cape Coral...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Jason Wilson, RCIS
My lab is focusing more and more on peripheral vascular disease. Are other labs doing this and why are we doing it?
More and more facilities are evaluating and treating peripheral vascular disease in cardiac cath labs. Being more familiar...
My lab is focusing more and more on peripheral vascular disease. Are other labs doing this and why are we doing it?
More and more facilities are evaluating and treating peripheral vascular disease in cardiac cath labs. Being more familiar...
My lab is focusing more and more...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP
The votes are in! Another successful conference. The Cath Lab Digest 4th Annual Symposium on Cardiovascular Care (ASOCC) took place June 2-4, 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the direction of Chris Nelson, RN, RCIS,...
The votes are in! Another successful conference. The Cath Lab Digest 4th Annual Symposium on Cardiovascular Care (ASOCC) took place June 2-4, 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the direction of Chris Nelson, RN, RCIS,...
The votes are in! Another...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
06/19/2008
Carolyn C. Weaver, RN, BSN, MBA
Development of new and effective technological innovations creates demand by the consumer and the physician. Until recently, the option to have a dynamic view of the coronary and vascular systems by a noninvasive technique seemed unrealistic....
Development of new and effective technological innovations creates demand by the consumer and the physician. Until recently, the option to have a dynamic view of the coronary and vascular systems by a noninvasive technique seemed unrealistic....
Development of new and effective...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
From an unsigned writer. (Please email cathlabdigest@aol.com if you would like to contact this person.)
From an unsigned writer. (Please emai...
Dear Editor,
I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal.
A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor,
I have been a cath tech for 25 years and I must say I was blown away by some of the information in the article on sheath removal.
A minimum" hold of 20 minutes?!! Somebody has got to be kidding. My usual hold time is 3-4...
Dear Editor,
I have been a cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Michael J. Lim, MD
In 1958, while performing an ascending aortogram, the tip of Mason Sones’ catheter inadvertently cannulated the right coronary artery and injected contrast material. The patient survived and thus began a new paradigm of investigation for the...
In 1958, while performing an ascending aortogram, the tip of Mason Sones’ catheter inadvertently cannulated the right coronary artery and injected contrast material. The patient survived and thus began a new paradigm of investigation for the...
In 1958, while performing an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
