Volume 16 - Issue 5 - May, 2008
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/10/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Hemodynamic studies require accurate data collection technique. For complex cases we record simultaneous pressure waveforms, working with multiple transducers. I have had some questions from our staff as to what is the best and easiest way to...
Hemodynamic studies require accurate data collection technique. For complex cases we record simultaneous pressure waveforms, working with multiple transducers. I have had some questions from our staff as to what is the best and easiest way to...
Hemodynamic studies require...
10/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
07/30/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
07/30/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Zorka Musovic, BS, RCIS
SICP Chapter News
The Illinois Chapter of the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held its spring meeting March 12, 2008 at Restaurant La Strada, Hoffman Estates, IL. The topic of discussion was “Updates in Treatment Strategies...
SICP Chapter News
The Illinois Chapter of the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held its spring meeting March 12, 2008 at Restaurant La Strada, Hoffman Estates, IL. The topic of discussion was “Updates in Treatment Strategies...
SICP Chapter News
The Illinois...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
07/30/2008
India Overwhelmed by Heart DiseaseBy 2010, India will carry 60 percent of the world’s heart disease burden, nearly four times more than its share of the global population, according to a recent study. Adding to the burden is a higher...
India Overwhelmed by Heart DiseaseBy 2010, India will carry 60 percent of the world’s heart disease burden, nearly four times more than its share of the global population, according to a recent study. Adding to the burden is a higher...
India Overwhelmed by Heart...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Haleh Eskandari, RN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS; Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP; Sara Moseley, RN, MS; Deryck Yarde, RN, BSN, CCRN
For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the early use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to restore coronary perfusion is associated with significant reductions in mortality and morbidity. The American...
For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the early use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to restore coronary perfusion is associated with significant reductions in mortality and morbidity. The American...
For patients with ST-elevation...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. Jauregui-Plascencia, MD
Cardiology Department and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”
Guadalajara, México
F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. J...
Introduction Managing the planning, operation and results of a cardiac catheterization laboratory in a general public university hospital is definitely an enormous task, especially when the hospital budget does not include the cath lab. We...
Introduction Managing the planning, operation and results of a cardiac catheterization laboratory in a general public university hospital is definitely an enormous task, especially when the hospital budget does not include the cath lab. We...
Introduction Managing the...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene, Oregon
Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I spent approximately 15 years employed in sawmills, working my way from cleanup to foreman before being laid off in September of 1991. One week after the layoff, I was back in...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I spent approximately 15 years employed in sawmills, working my way from cleanup to foreman before being laid off in September of 1991. One week after the layoff, I was back in...
Why did you choose to work in...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
07/30/2008
Warren Sherman, MD
What is MyoCell therapy and what are the advantages of using myoblast cells in particular for treatment of myocardial tissue?
MyoCell therapy utilizes autologous (patient-derived) skeletal myoblast cells injected percutaneously into damaged...
What is MyoCell therapy and what are the advantages of using myoblast cells in particular for treatment of myocardial tissue?
MyoCell therapy utilizes autologous (patient-derived) skeletal myoblast cells injected percutaneously into damaged...
What is MyoCell therapy and what...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM
Data presented at the 2006 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting suggested that drug-eluting stents (DES) might not be as safe as bare-metal stents (BMS). Now, it appears the tide has changed. Why? Concerns about the safety of DES were...
Data presented at the 2006 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting suggested that drug-eluting stents (DES) might not be as safe as bare-metal stents (BMS). Now, it appears the tide has changed. Why? Concerns about the safety of DES were...
Data presented at the 2006...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
07/30/2008
F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. Jauregui-Plascencia, MD
Cardiology Department and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”
Guadalajara, México
F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. J...
Introduction Managing the planning, operation and results of a cardiac catheterization laboratory in a general public university hospital is definitely an enormous task, especially when the hospital budget does not include the cath lab. We...
Introduction Managing the planning, operation and results of a cardiac catheterization laboratory in a general public university hospital is definitely an enormous task, especially when the hospital budget does not include the cath lab. We...
Introduction Managing the...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
07/30/2008
Kevin L. Miracle, MBA, EMT-P
Current vacancy and staff turnover rates contribute to retention being a significant challenge for many organizations. Based on this scenario, staff retention should always be considered of major importance to hospital and service line...
Current vacancy and staff turnover rates contribute to retention being a significant challenge for many organizations. Based on this scenario, staff retention should always be considered of major importance to hospital and service line...
Current vacancy and staff...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Michele Impreveduto, RN, BA, MPA, RNC
A female patient was diagnosed with triple-vessel disease, requiring coronary artery bypass surgery in 1985. After a 10-day length of stay, she was discharged to home and started on a regimen of cardiac medications. Within months, a complete...
A female patient was diagnosed with triple-vessel disease, requiring coronary artery bypass surgery in 1985. After a 10-day length of stay, she was discharged to home and started on a regimen of cardiac medications. Within months, a complete...
A female patient was diagnosed...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Warren Sherman, MD
What is MyoCell therapy and what are the advantages of using myoblast cells in particular for treatment of myocardial tissue?
MyoCell therapy utilizes autologous (patient-derived) skeletal myoblast cells injected percutaneously into damaged...
What is MyoCell therapy and what are the advantages of using myoblast cells in particular for treatment of myocardial tissue?
MyoCell therapy utilizes autologous (patient-derived) skeletal myoblast cells injected percutaneously into damaged...
What is MyoCell therapy and what...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
