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Volume 14 - Issue 11 - November, 2006

Letter to the Editor
06/19/2008
Dear Editor, Hello from Denton, Texas. I just read Dr. Kern’s article in the September issue of Cath Lab Digest, DTB Putting the Cath Lab’s Role in Perspective. Just last month our cath lab experienced a DTB time of 28 minutes. Fortunately...
Dear Editor, Hello from Denton, Texas. I just read Dr. Kern’s article in the September issue of Cath Lab Digest, DTB Putting the Cath Lab’s Role in Perspective. Just last month our cath lab experienced a DTB time of 28 minutes. Fortunately...
Dear Editor, Hello from...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
November 2006 Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) News
06/19/2008
SICP's Annual Meeting The SICP's SoCal Symposium was held September 20-23, 2006 at at San Diego's Kona Kai Resort. I would like to give a huge thank you to all of the participants at our national SICP symposium. I had a great time! Nicole...
SICP's Annual Meeting The SICP's SoCal Symposium was held September 20-23, 2006 at at San Diego's Kona Kai Resort. I would like to give a huge thank you to all of the participants at our national SICP symposium. I had a great time! Nicole...
SICP's Annual Meeting The...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
New Questions Sandbags for MC Does your cath lab routinely employ sandbags following manual compression for sheath removal? How long do you leave the sandbags on? Are sandbags utilized for all manual sheath removals or is it sheath-size...
New Questions Sandbags for MC Does your cath lab routinely employ sandbags following manual compression for sheath removal? How long do you leave the sandbags on? Are sandbags utilized for all manual sheath removals or is it sheath-size...
New Questions Sandbags for...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
News from the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting (TCT)
06/19/2008
Abbott Reports Initial Results from World’s First Clinical Trial Featuring a Fully Bioabsorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Early Data on First 30 Patients Enrolled in Ongoing Study Presented at TCT Early clinical results from Abbott's...
Abbott Reports Initial Results from World’s First Clinical Trial Featuring a Fully Bioabsorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Early Data on First 30 Patients Enrolled in Ongoing Study Presented at TCT Early clinical results from Abbott's...
Abbott Reports Initial Results...
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
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
With the advancing technologies of echo and trans-esophageal echo (TEE), the instances of transeptal heart catheterization (TSHC) is becoming more limited. Some of the indications for TSHC include: (a) Mitral valve analysis; (b) Mitral...
With the advancing technologies of echo and trans-esophageal echo (TEE), the instances of transeptal heart catheterization (TSHC) is becoming more limited. Some of the indications for TSHC include: (a) Mitral valve analysis; (b) Mitral...
With the advancing technologies...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
Clinical and Industry News: November 2006
06/19/2008
FDA Grants Priority Review For Arixtra® (fondaparinux Sodium) in the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes GlaxoSmithKline plc announced that the supplemental new drug application for its anticoagulant product Arixtra® (fondaparinux sodium)...
FDA Grants Priority Review For Arixtra® (fondaparinux Sodium) in the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes GlaxoSmithKline plc announced that the supplemental new drug application for its anticoagulant product Arixtra® (fondaparinux sodium)...
FDA Grants Priority Review For...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Letter to the Editor
06/19/2008
Dear Editor, Hello from Denton, Texas. I just read Dr. Kern’s article in the September issue of Cath Lab Digest, DTB Putting the Cath Lab’s Role in Perspective. Just last month our cath lab experienced a DTB time of 28 minutes. Fortunately...
Dear Editor, Hello from Denton, Texas. I just read Dr. Kern’s article in the September issue of Cath Lab Digest, DTB Putting the Cath Lab’s Role in Perspective. Just last month our cath lab experienced a DTB time of 28 minutes. Fortunately...
Dear Editor, Hello from...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Cartoon
06/19/2008
Mark Purpura, RCIS
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
New Questions Sandbags for MC Does your cath lab routinely employ sandbags following manual compression for sheath removal? How long do you leave the sandbags on? Are sandbags utilized for all manual sheath removals or is it sheath-size...
New Questions Sandbags for MC Does your cath lab routinely employ sandbags following manual compression for sheath removal? How long do you leave the sandbags on? Are sandbags utilized for all manual sheath removals or is it sheath-size...
New Questions Sandbags for...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
News from the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting (TCT)
06/19/2008
Abbott Reports Initial Results from World’s First Clinical Trial Featuring a Fully Bioabsorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Early Data on First 30 Patients Enrolled in Ongoing Study Presented at TCT Early clinical results from Abbott's...
Abbott Reports Initial Results from World’s First Clinical Trial Featuring a Fully Bioabsorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent Early Data on First 30 Patients Enrolled in Ongoing Study Presented at TCT Early clinical results from Abbott's...
Abbott Reports Initial Results...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Cath Lab Cartoon
06/19/2008
Mark Purpura, RCIS
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
With the advancing technologies of echo and trans-esophageal echo (TEE), the instances of transeptal heart catheterization (TSHC) is becoming more limited. Some of the indications for TSHC include: (a) Mitral valve analysis; (b) Mitral...
With the advancing technologies of echo and trans-esophageal echo (TEE), the instances of transeptal heart catheterization (TSHC) is becoming more limited. Some of the indications for TSHC include: (a) Mitral valve analysis; (b) Mitral...
With the advancing technologies...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
JCAHO: Our Story (submissions are kept anonymous)
06/19/2008
Submit your story at rkapur (at) hmpcommunications. com
Submit your story at rkapur (at) hmpc...
We were in the midst of a mock JCAHO survey and with an emphasis on outpatient services, the surveyor wanted to follow a patient from admission to the ED for chest pain, on to the cath lab for a left heart cath. Now, the patient they chose...
We were in the midst of a mock JCAHO survey and with an emphasis on outpatient services, the surveyor wanted to follow a patient from admission to the ED for chest pain, on to the cath lab for a left heart cath. Now, the patient they chose...
We were in the midst of a mock...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
SICP LegislativeUpdate: CARE Bill
06/19/2008
September 23, 2006 San Diego, California
September 23, 2006 San Diego, Califor...
In June 1997, the ASRT (American Society of Radiologic Technologists) launched an aggressive campaign to protect patients undergoing radiologic procedures. The campaign sought to require minimum federal standards for the education and...
In June 1997, the ASRT (American Society of Radiologic Technologists) launched an aggressive campaign to protect patients undergoing radiologic procedures. The campaign sought to require minimum federal standards for the education and...
In June 1997, the ASRT (American...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Use of the SafeGuard Pressure-Assisted Dressing for Patients Less than 15 kg Following Cardiac Catheterization
06/19/2008
Jill Dykstra, RN; Kathy Laird, RN
Arnold Palmer Hospital is a 158-bed facility which serves the needs of children in central Florida. Since partnering with Miami Children's Hospital in 2002 to form the Congenital Heart Institute, the volume of patients rotating through the...
Arnold Palmer Hospital is a 158-bed facility which serves the needs of children in central Florida. Since partnering with Miami Children's Hospital in 2002 to form the Congenital Heart Institute, the volume of patients rotating through the...
Arnold Palmer Hospital is a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
A Quick Fix: Graft Rescue for Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysm
06/19/2008
Kelly Klym, MS, PA-C; Madhu Salvaji, DO; Manu Rajachandran, MD
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06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
A Quick Fix: Graft Rescue for Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysm
06/19/2008
Madhu Salvaji, DO; Manu Rajachandran, MD; Kelly Klym, MS, PA-C
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06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Boston Scientific Addresses Safety Concerns in Drug-Eluting Stents
06/19/2008
Donald S. Baim, MD
The Impact of DES Since their introduction in 2003, drug-eluting stents (DES) have shown clear and substantial benefits in patients with coronary artery disease. Compared to their predecessors, bare-metal stents (BMS), DES reduce rates of...
The Impact of DES Since their introduction in 2003, drug-eluting stents (DES) have shown clear and substantial benefits in patients with coronary artery disease. Compared to their predecessors, bare-metal stents (BMS), DES reduce rates of...
The Impact of DES Since their...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Ten-Minute Interview with: Dennis R. Chadwick, RCIS, BS, FSICP
06/19/2008
Technical Supervisor, Cardiac Cath Lab, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
Technical Supervisor, Cardiac Cath La...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I re-enlisted to be trained in the cath lab for my 2nd enlistment in the Army. I felt it would be a good career choice, but little did I know that I would, literally, fall in love...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I re-enlisted to be trained in the cath lab for my 2nd enlistment in the Army. I felt it would be a good career choice, but little did I know that I would, literally, fall in love...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Lancaster General Hospital
06/19/2008
Tim Martin, RCIS
24 registered cardiovascular invasive specialists (RCISs) 8 registered nurses (RNs) 7 patient care assistants one cath lab manager one clinical supervisor one education coordinator 3 patient care facilitators 2 image...
24 registered cardiovascular invasive specialists (RCISs) 8 registered nurses (RNs) 7 patient care assistants one cath lab manager one clinical supervisor one education coordinator 3 patient care facilitators 2 image...
24 registered cardiovascular...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Cath Lab Expense/Cost Process Improvements
06/19/2008
Dennis Holloway, BA, CVT, MBA
Drug-eluting stent procedure payment, total impact decreased by up to -3% (the original proposed was -33%) (DRG, 558) Cardiac Defibrillator implant W/O cardiac cath, total impact decreased by 9.6% (DRG515) Chest Pain, total impact...
Drug-eluting stent procedure payment, total impact decreased by up to -3% (the original proposed was -33%) (DRG, 558) Cardiac Defibrillator implant W/O cardiac cath, total impact decreased by 9.6% (DRG515) Chest Pain, total impact...
Drug-eluting stent procedure...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Crosser Catheter used Primarily to Treat Proximal LAD Chronic Total Occlusion
06/19/2008
Laura Minarsch, CCRP, CVT, RT, RT(R); Alaide Chieffo, MD; Flavio Airoldi, MD; Antonio Colombo, MD
Through angiography, a 20 mm chronic total occlusion (CTO) was noted in the proximal to mid left anterior descending (LAD), with retrograde filling from the right coronary artery (RCA) (Figure 1). The patient was hypertensive, had...
Through angiography, a 20 mm chronic total occlusion (CTO) was noted in the proximal to mid left anterior descending (LAD), with retrograde filling from the right coronary artery (RCA) (Figure 1). The patient was hypertensive, had...
Through angiography, a 20 mm...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
Attending a Cardiology Meeting? Which One and Why?
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Given the ever-growing number of interesting and highly focused meetings, this question is not trivial. We only have a limited number of meeting and vacation days. Let's use them wisely. If we look over the calendar, we can see four major...
Given the ever-growing number of interesting and highly focused meetings, this question is not trivial. We only have a limited number of meeting and vacation days. Let's use them wisely. If we look over the calendar, we can see four major...
Given the ever-growing number of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The CARE Bill: Regulating minimum education and credentialing standards for allied health professionals involved in radiology pr
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest talks with: Todd Chitwood, BS, RCIS, FSICP, President Elect of the SICP (Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals) and Co-founder, Oregon Chapter of the SICP Cindy Daniels, MS, RT(R), President, American Society of...
Cath Lab Digest talks with: Todd Chitwood, BS, RCIS, FSICP, President Elect of the SICP (Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals) and Co-founder, Oregon Chapter of the SICP Cindy Daniels, MS, RT(R), President, American Society of...
Cath Lab Digest talks...
06/19/2008
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Clinical Editor
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC 

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur, rkapur@hmpglobal.com

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