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Volume 15 - Issue 3 - March, 2007

SICP Excellence Award Sponsored by Terumo Interventional Systems
06/19/2008
Gary Clifton, Marketing Manager, announced, Terumo is very excited and honored to be part of the SICP and their mission to bring education and training to their membership through their varied programs and initiatives. We feel it is essential...
Gary Clifton, Marketing Manager, announced, Terumo is very excited and honored to be part of the SICP and their mission to bring education and training to their membership through their varied programs and initiatives. We feel it is essential...
Gary Clifton, Marketing Manager,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
New Questions Post-Transradial Procedure Care We are interested in what is being done post procedure for the radial artery approach: how long until discharge? How is the site managed? What kind of dressing is used? Thank you for any help...
New Questions Post-Transradial Procedure Care We are interested in what is being done post procedure for the radial artery approach: how long until discharge? How is the site managed? What kind of dressing is used? Thank you for any help...
New Questions Post-Transradial...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
Clinical and Industry News
06/19/2008
Tryton Medical Completes Enrollment Phase of First-in-Man Study 30 Patients With Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated Using Company’s Side-Branch Stent Tryton Medical, Inc., a developer of stents designed to treat bifurcation lesions,...
Tryton Medical Completes Enrollment Phase of First-in-Man Study 30 Patients With Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated Using Company’s Side-Branch Stent Tryton Medical, Inc., a developer of stents designed to treat bifurcation lesions,...
Tryton Medical Completes...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
New Questions Post-Transradial Procedure Care We are interested in what is being done post procedure for the radial artery approach: how long until discharge? How is the site managed? What kind of dressing is used? Thank you for any help...
New Questions Post-Transradial Procedure Care We are interested in what is being done post procedure for the radial artery approach: how long until discharge? How is the site managed? What kind of dressing is used? Thank you for any help...
New Questions Post-Transradial...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
March 2007 Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) News
06/19/2008
The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) maintains that all invasive cardiovascular professionals, with or without formal cardiovascular academic training, should demonstrate knowledge and competence through education and...
The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) maintains that all invasive cardiovascular professionals, with or without formal cardiovascular academic training, should demonstrate knowledge and competence through education and...
The Society of Invasive...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Advancing the Field of Coronary Intervention: Magnetic Guidewire Navigation
06/19/2008
Michael J. Lim, MD
Why Do We Need Such Technology? While the currently available guide catheters, highly specialized guidewires, and transit catheters have allowed operators to gain access to distal vasculature not reachable five years ago, we still run into...
Why Do We Need Such Technology? While the currently available guide catheters, highly specialized guidewires, and transit catheters have allowed operators to gain access to distal vasculature not reachable five years ago, we still run into...
Why Do We Need Such...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Ten-Minute Interview with: Belinda Trollinger, RN, RCIS
06/19/2008
Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Lab, Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, Florida
Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Lab,...
My name is Belinda Trollinger, RN, RCIS. I have been an RN for 23 years. I work in the Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Lab at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. I am one of the charter members of the Emerald Coast Chapter of the SICP. I...
My name is Belinda Trollinger, RN, RCIS. I have been an RN for 23 years. I work in the Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Lab at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. I am one of the charter members of the Emerald Coast Chapter of the SICP. I...
My name is Belinda Trollinger,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Communicating the Benefits of Drug-Eluting Stents to Patients
06/19/2008
Kirk Garratt, MD, MSc
Kirk Garratt, MD, MSc
What do you first tell a patient who will require treatment for coronary artery disease (CAD)? I like to begin with a discussion of the benefits and risks of each treatment option so that we can together decide if a catheter-based therapy is...
What do you first tell a patient who will require treatment for coronary artery disease (CAD)? I like to begin with a discussion of the benefits and risks of each treatment option so that we can together decide if a catheter-based therapy is...
What do you first tell a patient...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Hemodynamics is a 12-Letter Word! An intro to the basics. Part I: Basics with Wiggers
06/19/2008
Jon E. Jenkins, RN, RCIS
With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the dependency on catheterization lab staff and physicians to perform waveform analysis and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. We no longer work in an era where new staff...
With the advent of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems, the dependency on catheterization lab staff and physicians to perform waveform analysis and hemodynamic calculations is slowly dwindling. We no longer work in an era where new staff...
With the advent of advanced...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Inventory Management and Recall Capabilities with RFID Technology
06/19/2008
Dorothy Nalepa, BS
The Michigan Congenital Heart Center (MCHC), located within C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan, has earned the reputation as a national and international leader in providing comprehensive care for congenital heart...
The Michigan Congenital Heart Center (MCHC), located within C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan, has earned the reputation as a national and international leader in providing comprehensive care for congenital heart...
The Michigan Congenital Heart...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Educational Approaches: How does a diagnostic cardiac catheterization lab convert to an interventional lab?
06/19/2008
Zukari Logan, RCIS; Myrna Schnur, RN
To facilitate the transition, the hospital applied in the spring of 2005 for involvement in the Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Trial (C-PORT). C-PORT was organized to gauge the feasibility of performing percutaneous coronary...
To facilitate the transition, the hospital applied in the spring of 2005 for involvement in the Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Trial (C-PORT). C-PORT was organized to gauge the feasibility of performing percutaneous coronary...
To facilitate the transition,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
Magnetically Supported PCI: Success after failed surgery and conventional PCI
06/19/2008
Steve Ramcharitar, MRCP, DPhil; Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD; Mark S. Patterson, MBBS, PhD, MD, MRCP
The System The Niobe® II magnetic navigation system (MNS: Stereotaxis, St Louis, Missouri) has two external magnets that produce a 15-cm uniform magnetic field. Through computer-controlled magnet movements, the magnetic field can be...
The System The Niobe® II magnetic navigation system (MNS: Stereotaxis, St Louis, Missouri) has two external magnets that produce a 15-cm uniform magnetic field. Through computer-controlled magnet movements, the magnetic field can be...
The System The Niobe® II...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Tips to Improve Door-to-Balloon Time to < 90 Minutes:Life in the real world
06/19/2008
Barbara Lamia, RN, MSN, CCRN
Treatment and care of these patients has improved significantly over the past decade, which has resulted in a decline in mortality and morbidity. The AHA and the American College of Cardiology (ACC)2 formed a task force to develop...
Treatment and care of these patients has improved significantly over the past decade, which has resulted in a decline in mortality and morbidity. The AHA and the American College of Cardiology (ACC)2 formed a task force to develop...
Treatment and care of these...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Radiation Exposure in Cardiology Testing: How much is too much?
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Daily non-occupational exposure: It is well-known that there is naturally occurring background radiation exposure for everyone, everywhere. The average person in the United States receives an approximate 3 mSv per year from naturally...
Daily non-occupational exposure: It is well-known that there is naturally occurring background radiation exposure for everyone, everywhere. The average person in the United States receives an approximate 3 mSv per year from naturally...
Daily non-occupational exposure:...
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
It depends on a lot of things. One of the things that matters is this: is your lab an open lab or a closed lab? This means are vendors allowed in the rooms or not? This is determined by the managers and/or physician director. Some places do...
It depends on a lot of things. One of the things that matters is this: is your lab an open lab or a closed lab? This means are vendors allowed in the rooms or not? This is determined by the managers and/or physician director. Some places do...
It depends on a lot of things....
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
It depends on a lot of things. One of the things that matters is this: is your lab an open lab or a closed lab? This means are vendors allowed in the rooms or not? This is determined by the managers and/or physician director. Some places do...
It depends on a lot of things. One of the things that matters is this: is your lab an open lab or a closed lab? This means are vendors allowed in the rooms or not? This is determined by the managers and/or physician director. Some places do...
It depends on a lot of things....
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
The Indiana Heart Hospital
06/19/2008
Rosalyn Brown, MSN, RN; Brant Bennett; Luana Goodman, ADN, RN; Carolyn P. Smith, MSN, RN, BC, CNS, CVN II; Sue Huser, BSN, RN; Sharrilyn Schultz, BSN, RN; Jim Wade, RN, RCIS, RCS, FSICP, MBA
We have approximately 60 full-time employees (FTEs), composed of registered nurses (RNs), radiology technologists (RTs) and cardiovascular (CV) technologists. Most staff members have been with TIHH since it opened in 2003. We also have...
We have approximately 60 full-time employees (FTEs), composed of registered nurses (RNs), radiology technologists (RTs) and cardiovascular (CV) technologists. Most staff members have been with TIHH since it opened in 2003. We also have...
We have approximately 60...
06/19/2008
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03/19/2026
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03/11/2026
Scientia's novel access platform is designed to improve navigability through complex anatomy and simplify neurovascular procedures. By enabling faster and more reliable access, these technologies improve procedural efficiency.
Scientia's novel access platform is designed to improve navigability through complex anatomy and simplify neurovascular procedures. By enabling faster and more reliable access, these technologies improve procedural efficiency.
Scientia's novel access platform...
03/11/2026
Cath Lab Digest
EggNest (Egg Medical)
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03/10/2026
"By using the EggNest system, we can provide the entire team with protection that is superior to the status quo, by either going apron-free, or while wearing aprons that feel like a light vest," said Santiago Garcia, MD, the study’s lead...
"By using the EggNest system, we can provide the entire team with protection that is superior to the status quo, by either going apron-free, or while wearing aprons that feel like a light vest," said Santiago Garcia, MD, the study’s lead...
"By using the EggNest system, we...
03/10/2026
EP Lab Digest
CathWorks FFRangio
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Late-Breaking Trial: U.S. Cohort of 4,000+ CathWorks FFRangio Patients Shows 2-Year Outcomes Comparable to Pressure Wire–Guided PCI
03/08/2026
"This first look at contemporary data of the growing adoption of angiography-derived physiology (ADP) in the U.S. shows similar clinical outcomes including death, MI and revascularization through 2 years when compared with invasive pressure...
"This first look at contemporary data of the growing adoption of angiography-derived physiology (ADP) in the U.S. shows similar clinical outcomes including death, MI and revascularization through 2 years when compared with invasive pressure...
"This first look at contemporary...
03/08/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Heart Failure
BioCardia Late Breaking Echocardiography Clinical Results from CardiAMP HF Trial Presented at Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT)
03/04/2026
Dr. Amish Raval reported that patients receiving the autologous CardiAMP cell therapy under investigation demonstrated positive evidence of decreased pathological left ventricular remodeling over time compared to patients not receiving the...
Dr. Amish Raval reported that patients receiving the autologous CardiAMP cell therapy under investigation demonstrated positive evidence of decreased pathological left ventricular remodeling over time compared to patients not receiving the...
Dr. Amish Raval reported that...
03/04/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Heart Failure
Relief Cardiovascular Reports Positive First-in-Human Data for Device-Based Decongestion Therapy in Heart Failure Patients
03/04/2026
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides encouraging early evidence on a novel approach to HF congestion management," stated Dr. Alex Rothman. "By targeting the negative physiological cardiorenal loop, the Relief System modulates venous congestion in...
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides encouraging early evidence on a novel approach to HF congestion management," stated Dr. Alex Rothman. "By targeting the negative physiological cardiorenal loop, the Relief System modulates venous congestion in...
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides...
03/04/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Amputation Prevention
Researchers Develop New Oxygen-Delivering Gel Designed to Help Wounds Heal Before They Progress to Limb Loss
02/23/2026
A wound that remains open for longer than a month is classified as chronic. Worldwide, about 12 million people experience chronic wounds each year, including roughly 4.5 million in the United States. Approximately one in five of these...
A wound that remains open for longer than a month is classified as chronic. Worldwide, about 12 million people experience chronic wounds each year, including roughly 4.5 million in the United States. Approximately one in five of these...
A wound that remains open for...
02/23/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Nutrition
People Whose Sugar Intake Was Restricted Before Birth and In Early Childhood Had Markedly Lower Rates of Heart Disease Later In Life 
02/23/2026
Limiting sugar consumption during early childhood may reduce the risk of serious heart problems later in life. A study published in The BMJ, based on data from the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953, found that people...
Limiting sugar consumption during early childhood may reduce the risk of serious heart problems later in life. A study published in The BMJ, based on data from the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953, found that people...
Limiting sugar consumption...
02/23/2026
Cath Lab Digest
VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system illustration
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FDA Clearance for VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy System Brings New “Pulse” Platform to Peripheral Clot Removal
02/23/2026
SALT LAKE CITY, UT  — VentiV Scientific announced the FDA clearance of VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system to remove blood clots from the peripheral vasculature including the new VentiV Pulse platform. Blood clot removal...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT  — VentiV Scientific announced the FDA clearance of VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system to remove blood clots from the peripheral vasculature including the new VentiV Pulse platform. Blood clot removal...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT ...
02/23/2026
Cath Lab Digest
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Acute Coronary Events Registry Provides Insights Into Sex-Specific Differences
02/20/2026
Munich, Germany – Preliminary results from an Italian registry describe the risk profile of women experiencing acute coronary syndromes and provide insights to improve management.1 These findings were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026,...
Munich, Germany – Preliminary results from an Italian registry describe the risk profile of women experiencing acute coronary syndromes and provide insights to improve management.1 These findings were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026,...
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