Volume 15 - Issue 6 - June, 2007
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
Five-year Fractional Flow Reserve Data Confirms Benefit of Stenting Deferral
Radi PressureWire® System Provides Definitive Information
About Which Lesions To Stent And Those Which May Be Deferred
Patients treated based on fractional flow...
Five-year Fractional Flow Reserve Data Confirms Benefit of Stenting Deferral
Radi PressureWire® System Provides Definitive Information
About Which Lesions To Stent And Those Which May Be Deferred
Patients treated based on fractional flow...
Five-year Fractional Flow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
David Stein
Mistake #1: Not planning for the proper amount of time.
How many meetings have you attended where the presenter says, I've got a lot of slides. We're going to fly through this information. Stay with me, since we only have a short period of...
Mistake #1: Not planning for the proper amount of time.
How many meetings have you attended where the presenter says, I've got a lot of slides. We're going to fly through this information. Stay with me, since we only have a short period of...
Mistake #1: Not planning for the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I wanted to work in a critical care environment, and as an LPN, options were limited. The cath lab was as close as I could get to doing critical care. I started in the invasive...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I wanted to work in a critical care environment, and as an LPN, options were limited. The cath lab was as close as I could get to doing critical care. I started in the invasive...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Mary Baser, RN
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
CHAPTER NETWORKING
The Chapter Networking Group meets regularly via conference call. If you are considering organizing a chapter and have questions, or if you already have organized a chapter and can give advice, etc., please join us. Calls...
CHAPTER NETWORKING
The Chapter Networking Group meets regularly via conference call. If you are considering organizing a chapter and have questions, or if you already have organized a chapter and can give advice, etc., please join us. Calls...
CHAPTER NETWORKING
The Chapter...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Mary Baser, RN
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Franklin D. Espanto, BSc, RCIS
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
UHS Cath Labs perform about 15,686 procedures annually, approximately 300 procedures per week. We perform various cardiac and peripheral interventions, including adult diagnostic heart...
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
UHS Cath Labs perform about 15,686 procedures annually, approximately 300 procedures per week. We perform various cardiac and peripheral interventions, including adult diagnostic heart...
What type of procedures are...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Shazia T. Hussain, MD; Diana A. Gorog, MD, PhD
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
A 3.5 x 15 mm Driver (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN) stent was directly deployed in the circumflex artery without difficulty (Figure 2). On the third day, the patient developed chest pain with new electrocardiographic infero-lateral T-wave...
A 3.5 x 15 mm Driver (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN) stent was directly deployed in the circumflex artery without difficulty (Figure 2). On the third day, the patient developed chest pain with new electrocardiographic infero-lateral T-wave...
A 3.5 x 15 mm Driver (Medtronic,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Because the true size of coronary arteries is unknown, it is common practice in many labs to give NTG before every angiogram. Enhanced vasomotor tone is often evident during angioplasty and can be clearly seen when IC NTG is used to produce...
Because the true size of coronary arteries is unknown, it is common practice in many labs to give NTG before every angiogram. Enhanced vasomotor tone is often evident during angioplasty and can be clearly seen when IC NTG is used to produce...
Because the true size of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Sandra K. Wilds, RN, MS
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sandra K. Wilds, RN, MS
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Timothy Koch; Joe Wehling
The hybrid cath lab is a new concept for delivering advanced patient care. In a hybrid application, the cath lab doubles as an operating room so that a patient undergoing a cardiac cath procedure can immediately have surgery if required. This...
The hybrid cath lab is a new concept for delivering advanced patient care. In a hybrid application, the cath lab doubles as an operating room so that a patient undergoing a cardiac cath procedure can immediately have surgery if required. This...
The hybrid cath lab is a new...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Timothy Koch; Joe Wehling
The hybrid cath lab is a new concept for delivering advanced patient care. In a hybrid application, the cath lab doubles as an operating room so that a patient undergoing a cardiac cath procedure can immediately have surgery if required. This...
The hybrid cath lab is a new concept for delivering advanced patient care. In a hybrid application, the cath lab doubles as an operating room so that a patient undergoing a cardiac cath procedure can immediately have surgery if required. This...
The hybrid cath lab is a new...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Steven J. Yakubov, MD
Recently, there has been an increased focus in the field of interventional cardiology on proper techniques. What has sparked renewed interest on this topic?
When drug-eluting stents (DES) were first introduced, restenosis rates were so low...
Recently, there has been an increased focus in the field of interventional cardiology on proper techniques. What has sparked renewed interest on this topic?
When drug-eluting stents (DES) were first introduced, restenosis rates were so low...
Recently, there has been an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
