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Volume 14 - Issue 10 - October, 2006

Industry Insider
Clinical and Industry News
06/19/2008
Mercy Unveils State-of-the-Art Cath Lab in ER Mercy again leads nation in acute heart care with complete cardiac catheterization lab in its emergency department Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, has established a state-of-the-art...
Mercy Unveils State-of-the-Art Cath Lab in ER Mercy again leads nation in acute heart care with complete cardiac catheterization lab in its emergency department Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, has established a state-of-the-art...
Mercy Unveils State-of-the-Art...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
The Scope of Practice in the Cath Lab: Are there limits as to what cath lab staff should do?
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
At my hospital, [no relation to the university hospital], a scrub person assists in catheter/balloon/stent exchanges over the wire. A scrub person does pullbacks from the pulmonary artery, can and does perform LV grams, inserts sheaths in the...
At my hospital, [no relation to the university hospital], a scrub person assists in catheter/balloon/stent exchanges over the wire. A scrub person does pullbacks from the pulmonary artery, can and does perform LV grams, inserts sheaths in the...
At my hospital, [no relation to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Research Update: Original Research Abstracts from The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
06/19/2008
Full text is available on www.invasivecardiology.com Safety of Percutaneous Left Heart Catheterization Directly Performed by Cardiology Fellows: A Cohort Analysis Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD, Maurizio Anselmi, MD, Gabriele Gasparini, MD, et...
Full text is available on www.invasivecardiology.com Safety of Percutaneous Left Heart Catheterization Directly Performed by Cardiology Fellows: A Cohort Analysis Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD, Maurizio Anselmi, MD, Gabriele Gasparini, MD, et...
Full text is available on...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Using RFID for Cath Lab Inventory and Usage Data Capture
06/19/2008
Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
Hands-off Defibrillation There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks. Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks. Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation There...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
VASCULAR IMAGING SOLUTIONS: IVUS Training for Cath Lab Staff
06/19/2008
James Guillory, RT(R); Tray LaCombe, BSRT(CV)
The iLearn IVUS Education Series from Boston Scientific is an innovative and unique education concept that builds knowledge and confidence to incorporate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) into daily practice. Designed for physicians, fellows,...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series from Boston Scientific is an innovative and unique education concept that builds knowledge and confidence to incorporate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) into daily practice. Designed for physicians, fellows,...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series...
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
Arlene, Good question. I had this same question myself and hadn’t researched it yet. I referred your question to the SICP Standards Committee and Ken Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP, committee chair and assistant manager, Sones Cardiac...
Arlene, Good question. I had this same question myself and hadn’t researched it yet. I referred your question to the SICP Standards Committee and Ken Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP, committee chair and assistant manager, Sones Cardiac...
Arlene, Good question. I had...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
Hands-off Defibrillation There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks. Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation There is a recent push to go to "hands-off" defibrillation for employee safety. Are your cath labs using paddles or patches for when defibrillation of a patient is required? Thanks. Karyn Hembree, RN, BSN, CCRN Cox...
Hands-off Defibrillation There...
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
Arlene, Good question. I had this same question myself and hadn’t researched it yet. I referred your question to the SICP Standards Committee and Ken Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP, committee chair and assistant manager, Sones Cardiac...
Arlene, Good question. I had this same question myself and hadn’t researched it yet. I referred your question to the SICP Standards Committee and Ken Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP, committee chair and assistant manager, Sones Cardiac...
Arlene, Good question. I had...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Using RFID for Cath Lab Inventory and Usage Data Capture
06/19/2008
Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz circulating about RFID right now. What is RFID and how does it help hospitals and, specifically, cath labs? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a means of identifying a specific object through the use of a...
There is a lot of buzz...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
VASCULAR IMAGING SOLUTIONS: IVUS Training for Cath Lab Staff
06/19/2008
James Guillory, RT(R); Tray LaCombe, BSRT(CV)
The iLearn IVUS Education Series from Boston Scientific is an innovative and unique education concept that builds knowledge and confidence to incorporate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) into daily practice. Designed for physicians, fellows,...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series from Boston Scientific is an innovative and unique education concept that builds knowledge and confidence to incorporate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) into daily practice. Designed for physicians, fellows,...
The iLearn IVUS Education Series...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Ten-Minute Interview with: Jason Wilson, RCIS
06/19/2008
Jason Wilson, RCIS
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I like the challenge and the responsibility that comes with treating cardiac patients. I first saw a cath lab as an EMT when I had to bring my patients. I saw what went on and I...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I like the challenge and the responsibility that comes with treating cardiac patients. I first saw a cath lab as an EMT when I had to bring my patients. I saw what went on and I...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
How Accurate is Cardiac CT? The CATSCAN Study
06/19/2008
Mario J. Garcia, MD
CATSCAN, funded by Philips Medical Systems, included 238 patients who were clinically referred for non-emergency coronary angiography from June 2004 through March 2005 at 11 participating sites. A total of 187 patients underwent...
CATSCAN, funded by Philips Medical Systems, included 238 patients who were clinically referred for non-emergency coronary angiography from June 2004 through March 2005 at 11 participating sites. A total of 187 patients underwent...
CATSCAN, funded by Philips...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Importance of Process Management in Cardiovascular Outpatient Flow
06/19/2008
Thomas James Jankowski, RN
With increasing health care costs, decreasing reimbursement and an increasing baby boomer population, the healthcare industry will soon realize the necessity of looking at process flow improvement in order to achieve cost savings. With...
With increasing health care costs, decreasing reimbursement and an increasing baby boomer population, the healthcare industry will soon realize the necessity of looking at process flow improvement in order to achieve cost savings. With...
With increasing health care...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Design Strategies Toward Implementing Leading-edge Cath Lab Technologies
06/19/2008
Bernie Gehrki
While catheterization has become the staple of minimally invasive cardiac interventional procedures, new methodologies go beyond capabilities that were unheard of a few years ago. The continued trend toward less invasive interventional...
While catheterization has become the staple of minimally invasive cardiac interventional procedures, new methodologies go beyond capabilities that were unheard of a few years ago. The continued trend toward less invasive interventional...
While catheterization has become...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Reducing Lead Apron Wear Time and Radiation Exposure with Remote-Controlled PCI: The Corindus CorPath
06/19/2008
Mark Paquin; David F. Kong, MD, AM, DMT
PCI Evolves, Bringing New Problems for Operators PCI has evolved significantly during the last quarter century. According to a market report prepared by Morgan Stanley, the number of global PCI procedures is expected to exceed 2.6 million...
PCI Evolves, Bringing New Problems for Operators PCI has evolved significantly during the last quarter century. According to a market report prepared by Morgan Stanley, the number of global PCI procedures is expected to exceed 2.6 million...
PCI Evolves, Bringing New...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Design Strategies Toward Implementing Leading-edge Cath Lab Technologies
06/19/2008
Bernie Gehrki
While catheterization has become the staple of minimally invasive cardiac interventional procedures, new methodologies go beyond capabilities that were unheard of a few years ago. The continued trend toward less invasive interventional...
While catheterization has become the staple of minimally invasive cardiac interventional procedures, new methodologies go beyond capabilities that were unheard of a few years ago. The continued trend toward less invasive interventional...
While catheterization has become...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Tryton Side-Branch Stent: Changing the Paradigm in Bifurcation Stenting
06/19/2008
Daniel Meyer; Craig A. Thompson, MD, MMSc; Stephane G. Carlier, MD, PhD
Bifurcation lesions are common and have been reported to make up approximately 23% of currently treated lesions. In a series capturing ‘real world’ experience with drug-eluting stents, bifurcation lesions were associated with a greater than...
Bifurcation lesions are common and have been reported to make up approximately 23% of currently treated lesions. In a series capturing ‘real world’ experience with drug-eluting stents, bifurcation lesions were associated with a greater than...
Bifurcation lesions are common...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Alton Memorial Hospital: A Design for Success
06/19/2008
Kevin L. Miracle, MBA, EMT-P; Jennifer Schaadt, MS, MBA; William Scott Rogers, RN, BSN
In 1988, Alton Memorial Hospital, a 222-bed non-profit community hospital, opened a diagnostic cardiac catheterization lab to supplement non-invasive testing, which included holter monitoring, echocardiography, and nuclear and pharmacologic...
In 1988, Alton Memorial Hospital, a 222-bed non-profit community hospital, opened a diagnostic cardiac catheterization lab to supplement non-invasive testing, which included holter monitoring, echocardiography, and nuclear and pharmacologic...
In 1988, Alton Memorial...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Mercy Health Partners Mercy Hospital
06/19/2008
Sandra Skrobiszewski, RT(R), RCIS
Our staff includes 16 members total. Nine are registered radiology technologists, five of which hold the Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Professional (RCIS) credential. Two techs work in both EP and cath. Our lab also includes 7 registered...
Our staff includes 16 members total. Nine are registered radiology technologists, five of which hold the Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Professional (RCIS) credential. Two techs work in both EP and cath. Our lab also includes 7 registered...
Our staff includes 16 members...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Carotid Artery Stenting: Case Selection, Training Requirements and Recommendations for a Successful Procedure
06/19/2008
Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Two carotid artery stent systems consisting of a self-expanding stent and compatible embolic protection filter device have marketing clearance by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Guidant Corporation Acculink® Carotid...
Two carotid artery stent systems consisting of a self-expanding stent and compatible embolic protection filter device have marketing clearance by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Guidant Corporation Acculink® Carotid...
Two carotid artery stent systems...
06/19/2008
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Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC 

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