Volume 16 - Issue 10 - October, 2008
Cath Lab Management
10/06/2008
Harold L. Dauerman, MD; Prospero B. Gogo, Jr., MD, FACC, FSCAI; Mitchell N. Rashid, MD; Kristin Gilbert, BS; Edward F. Terrien, MD; Jason T. Bradley, MD; Bina Ahmed, MD; Matthew W. Watkins, MD; Faye Straight, RN
Abstract
Background. Vascular closure devices (VCDs) improve patient comfort and decrease time to ambulation. However, VCD studies have excluded patients with high-risk femoral artery anatomy; we examined the safety and efficacy of...
Abstract
Background. Vascular closure devices (VCDs) improve patient comfort and decrease time to ambulation. However, VCD studies have excluded patients with high-risk femoral artery anatomy; we examined the safety and efficacy of...
Abstract
Background. Vascular...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
STEMI Interventions
10/06/2008
Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Combining Mechanical Reperfusion and Pharmacologic Therapy to Improve Myocardial Perfusion
Case 2 of 5: Continuation of STEMI Case Series from September 2008 Cath Lab Digest
History of Present Illness
A 57 year-old male was brought to the...
Combining Mechanical Reperfusion and Pharmacologic Therapy to Improve Myocardial Perfusion
Case 2 of 5: Continuation of STEMI Case Series from September 2008 Cath Lab Digest
History of Present Illness
A 57 year-old male was brought to the...
Combining Mechanical Reperfusion...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
ACVP Management Corner
10/06/2008
Voncile Hilson-Morrow, BS, AS
Building a top cardiovascular program is not a matter of simply throwing open the doors and announcing to the world that you are providing these services. Climbing to the top or staying there requires keeping up with the latest advances in...
Building a top cardiovascular program is not a matter of simply throwing open the doors and announcing to the world that you are providing these services. Climbing to the top or staying there requires keeping up with the latest advances in...
Building a top cardiovascular...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
STEMI Interventions
10/06/2008
Christine Zirafi, MD, FACC; Jesse DiRando, MD, FACEP; Steve Neylon, RN; Carolyn Holy, RN, MSN
Parma Community General Hospital, a 348-bed community hospital in the largest suburb of Cleveland, has cut door-to-balloon times in half — from 119 minutes to 60 minutes — through an ongoing team approach. Physician champions from emergency...
Parma Community General Hospital, a 348-bed community hospital in the largest suburb of Cleveland, has cut door-to-balloon times in half — from 119 minutes to 60 minutes — through an ongoing team approach. Physician champions from emergency...
Parma Community General...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Outside the Cath Lab
10/06/2008
Kirk Raboin
Reams of Data Spanning Months, Years, Decades – Managing Patient Information for Anticoagulation Therapy Is the Final
Frontier in Multidisciplinary CV Solutions
When Cardiovascular Services, the Pharmacy and the HealthCare Improvement...
Reams of Data Spanning Months, Years, Decades – Managing Patient Information for Anticoagulation Therapy Is the Final
Frontier in Multidisciplinary CV Solutions
When Cardiovascular Services, the Pharmacy and the HealthCare Improvement...
Reams of Data Spanning Months,...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
STEMI Interventions
10/06/2008
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, California
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, N...
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, is a 411-bed hospital with two cardiac catheterization laboratories. The emergency department (ED) is a trauma center as well as an official ST-elevation myocardial...
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, is a 411-bed hospital with two cardiac catheterization laboratories. The emergency department (ED) is a trauma center as well as an official ST-elevation myocardial...
Northridge Hospital Medical...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
10/06/2008
Phil G. Regas, RCIS, RRT, CPFT, FSICP, MSM, FACHE
Time to Update Scheduling Methods
Whiteboards and schedule books have long been the mainstay of cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) scheduling, but with the advent of less costly PC-based systems, cardiology departments can now display...
Time to Update Scheduling Methods
Whiteboards and schedule books have long been the mainstay of cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) scheduling, but with the advent of less costly PC-based systems, cardiology departments can now display...
Time to Update Scheduling...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
10/06/2008
Bridget Plummer, RN
What is the size of your cath lab staff and facility?
The cath lab at Frederick Memorial Healthcare System is a new department, approved by the Maryland Healthcare Commission to perform primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI)...
What is the size of your cath lab staff and facility?
The cath lab at Frederick Memorial Healthcare System is a new department, approved by the Maryland Healthcare Commission to perform primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI)...
What is the size of your cath...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Images
10/06/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare angiographic finding with a female preponderance and is usually associated with the peripartum period, cocaine use, severe hypertension or physical stress.1 The markedly heightened...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare angiographic finding with a female preponderance and is usually associated with the peripartum period, cocaine use, severe hypertension or physical stress.1 The markedly heightened...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
International Experience
10/06/2008
Dave Hartman
Earlier this year, Dr. Mansoor Qureshi and I were invited to provide interventional cardiology training at the Tahir Heart Institute in Rabwah, Pakistan. At times, I felt totally lost, as if suddenly thrust into a square dance. Everyone else...
Earlier this year, Dr. Mansoor Qureshi and I were invited to provide interventional cardiology training at the Tahir Heart Institute in Rabwah, Pakistan. At times, I felt totally lost, as if suddenly thrust into a square dance. Everyone else...
Earlier this year, Dr. Mansoor...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
