Volume 15 - Issue 12 - December, 2007
06/19/2008
The Emerald Coast Chapter was proud to have Dr. AlSheikh and Dr. Neilson as speakers on November 28, 2007, at the Atlas, Pensacola, Florida. The topic was Atrial Fib and its treatment options in the EP lab and the OR. The Emerald Coast...
The Emerald Coast Chapter was proud to have Dr. AlSheikh and Dr. Neilson as speakers on November 28, 2007, at the Atlas, Pensacola, Florida. The topic was Atrial Fib and its treatment options in the EP lab and the OR. The Emerald Coast...
The Emerald Coast Chapter was...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Perspectives
06/19/2008
Shirly Dawson Coffey, CVT
A patient in the room is a given. Patience among the staff is not, and here is why. Constant interruptions, complete unpredictability and countless details. If you add these three things together, you come up with the wrenching and...
A patient in the room is a given. Patience among the staff is not, and here is why. Constant interruptions, complete unpredictability and countless details. If you add these three things together, you come up with the wrenching and...
A patient in the room is a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
John Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP
In a TCT 2007 presentation summarizing all of the trial and registry data to date, Dr. Gregg Stone (Columbia University) concluded that the bulk of the data are largely reassuring. Would you agree?
Yes, I would agree with Dr. Stone’s...
In a TCT 2007 presentation summarizing all of the trial and registry data to date, Dr. Gregg Stone (Columbia University) concluded that the bulk of the data are largely reassuring. Would you agree?
Yes, I would agree with Dr. Stone’s...
In a TCT 2007 presentation...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Celebrates Opening of Newly Renovated Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (PBGMC) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, recently celebrated the opening of its newly renovated cardiac...
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Celebrates Opening of Newly Renovated Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (PBGMC) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, recently celebrated the opening of its newly renovated cardiac...
Palm Beach Gardens Medical...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
Clinical Study Shows 50% Reduction in Median Time-to-Hemostasis for Vascular Solutions’ D-Stat Dry Hemostatic Bandage
Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced the published results of a 376-patient, five-center, prospective randomized U.S....
Clinical Study Shows 50% Reduction in Median Time-to-Hemostasis for Vascular Solutions’ D-Stat Dry Hemostatic Bandage
Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced the published results of a 376-patient, five-center, prospective randomized U.S....
Clinical Study Shows 50%...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Neil E. Holtz, BS , RCIS, EMT-P, CVT
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the lab,
Not a creature was stirring, no patients on the slab.
The catheters were hung in the guider room with care,
Hoping no STEMI soon would be there.
The nurses and techs all snuggled in...
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the lab,
Not a creature was stirring, no patients on the slab.
The catheters were hung in the guider room with care,
Hoping no STEMI soon would be there.
The nurses and techs all snuggled in...
T'was the night before Christmas...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco, California
Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco, Calif...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
The first time I saw a cardiac catheterization performed I was hooked, totally fascinated. Over the last 30 years I have rarely been bored. There is always new technology, always...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
The first time I saw a cardiac catheterization performed I was hooked, totally fascinated. Over the last 30 years I have rarely been bored. There is always new technology, always...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Beta-blockers are used for a variety of different situations. You will see them used for heart rate control, blood pressure management, long-term angina treatment and cardiomyopathy, just to name a few. This topic can generally be a 2- to...
Beta-blockers are used for a variety of different situations. You will see them used for heart rate control, blood pressure management, long-term angina treatment and cardiomyopathy, just to name a few. This topic can generally be a 2- to...
Beta-blockers are used for a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Correction from the original print publication: The following article is reprinted with permission from http://www.naham.org/files/public/How_to_Celebrate_and_Appreciate_Healthcare_Professionals.pdf
This article was originally published by...
Correction from the original print publication: The following article is reprinted with permission from http://www.naham.org/files/public/How_to_Celebrate_and_Appreciate_Healthcare_Professionals.pdf
This article was originally published by...
Correction from the original...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Neil E. Holtz, BS , RCIS, EMT-P, CVT
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the lab,
Not a creature was stirring, no patients on the slab.
The catheters were hung in the guider room with care,
Hoping no STEMI soon would be there.
The nurses and techs all snuggled in...
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the lab,
Not a creature was stirring, no patients on the slab.
The catheters were hung in the guider room with care,
Hoping no STEMI soon would be there.
The nurses and techs all snuggled in...
T'was the night before Christmas...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Note: This article was originally published by Jody Urquhart at the National Association of Healthcare Access Management. Motivational, inspirational keynote speaker Jody Urquhart, at https://www.idoinspire.com/, has been a professional...
Note: This article was originally published by Jody Urquhart at the National Association of Healthcare Access Management. Motivational, inspirational keynote speaker Jody Urquhart, at https://www.idoinspire.com/, has been a professional...
Note: This article was...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Beta-blockers are used for a variety of different situations. You will see them used for heart rate control, blood pressure management, long-term angina treatment and cardiomyopathy, just to name a few. This topic can generally be a 2- to...
Beta-blockers are used for a variety of different situations. You will see them used for heart rate control, blood pressure management, long-term angina treatment and cardiomyopathy, just to name a few. This topic can generally be a 2- to...
Beta-blockers are used for a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Richard Ney, BS, RRT, RCP, CRC
Once mainly performed at large teaching hospitals, clinical research has spread into community hospitals, private physician offices, and independent research companies. The growth of clinical research provides hospitals and doctors the...
Once mainly performed at large teaching hospitals, clinical research has spread into community hospitals, private physician offices, and independent research companies. The growth of clinical research provides hospitals and doctors the...
Once mainly performed at large...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Susan Ray
The cardiovascular service line, and especially the diagnostic and interventional cardiology departments have long fostered a team approach to care, through cross-training of staff, an all-for-one approach to staffing and case coverage, and...
The cardiovascular service line, and especially the diagnostic and interventional cardiology departments have long fostered a team approach to care, through cross-training of staff, an all-for-one approach to staffing and case coverage, and...
The cardiovascular service line,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Dixie Lee Sargent, CVT, RCIS
Our cath lab team consists of the following: five RNs, four RT(R)s, one cardiovascular technologist (CVT)/ Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS), two clerical/support staff, and one cath lab director. We are under the direction...
Our cath lab team consists of the following: five RNs, four RT(R)s, one cardiovascular technologist (CVT)/ Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS), two clerical/support staff, and one cath lab director. We are under the direction...
Our cath lab team consists of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Larry H. Brown, RN, BSN, CNOR
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, home of the Texas Heart Institute, figures prominently in the campus of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. It boasts one of the largest cardiac catheterization laboratories in the world, devoting three...
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, home of the Texas Heart Institute, figures prominently in the campus of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. It boasts one of the largest cardiac catheterization laboratories in the world, devoting three...
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Martin Unverdorben, MD
Can you briefly describe the Paclitaxel-Eluting PTCA balloon catheter in Coronary Artery Disease (PEPCAD)-I SVD and II-ISR trials?
These two trials follow a pilot study done by Scheller et al, published in the New England Journal of...
Can you briefly describe the Paclitaxel-Eluting PTCA balloon catheter in Coronary Artery Disease (PEPCAD)-I SVD and II-ISR trials?
These two trials follow a pilot study done by Scheller et al, published in the New England Journal of...
Can you briefly describe the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is studying ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions in his work with the Primary PCI and the Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry for Primary PCI (SINCERE) Database at 5 community hospitals in...
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is studying ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions in his work with the Primary PCI and the Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry for Primary PCI (SINCERE) Database at 5 community hospitals in...
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
We well know that many metallic devices implanted in the heart may create problems in the very intense magnetic field of MR imaging. From several excellent reviews,1,2 we can better appreciate the interaction of magnetic resonance imaging and...
We well know that many metallic devices implanted in the heart may create problems in the very intense magnetic field of MR imaging. From several excellent reviews,1,2 we can better appreciate the interaction of magnetic resonance imaging and...
We well know that many metallic...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Susan Ray
The cardiovascular service line, and especially the diagnostic and interventional cardiology departments have long fostered a team approach to care, through cross-training of staff, an all-for-one approach to staffing and case coverage, and...
The cardiovascular service line, and especially the diagnostic and interventional cardiology departments have long fostered a team approach to care, through cross-training of staff, an all-for-one approach to staffing and case coverage, and...
The cardiovascular service line,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is studying ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions in his work with the Primary PCI and the Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry for Primary PCI (SINCERE) Database at 5 community hospitals in...
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is studying ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions in his work with the Primary PCI and the Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry for Primary PCI (SINCERE) Database at 5 community hospitals in...
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
