Volume 16 - Issue 7 - July, 2008
09/09/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
A cardiologist from North Carolina wrote a query that said, “One of my colleagues had a patient with a stroke following a left ventriculogram. What happened afterwards was described as a Chinese fire drill with lots of people running around,...
A cardiologist from North Carolina wrote a query that said, “One of my colleagues had a patient with a stroke following a left ventriculogram. What happened afterwards was described as a Chinese fire drill with lots of people running around,...
A cardiologist from North...
09/09/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
09/08/2008
Gerald Lagasse, RCIS; Ron Zellers, RCIS; Terry Adlam, RCIS; Tonya Rogers, RN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Borgess Medical Center’s cardiac catheterization laboratory in Kalamazoo, Michigan consists of 6 labs, 4 single-plane digital labs, 1 dual cardiac/peripheral lab, 1...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Borgess Medical Center’s cardiac catheterization laboratory in Kalamazoo, Michigan consists of 6 labs, 4 single-plane digital labs, 1 dual cardiac/peripheral lab, 1...
What is the size of your cath...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
09/08/2008
Zorka Musovic, BS, RCIS
The Illinois Chapter of Society of the Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held our meeting June 4, 2008 at Wildfire Restaurant, Schaumburg, IL. The topic of discussion was “CV Pathways: Best Practices for Better Outcomes,” presented by...
The Illinois Chapter of Society of the Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held our meeting June 4, 2008 at Wildfire Restaurant, Schaumburg, IL. The topic of discussion was “CV Pathways: Best Practices for Better Outcomes,” presented by...
The Illinois Chapter of Society...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
09/08/2008
Melissa Post
In February of 2006, Ms. Post’s department implemented Owens & Minor’s Clinical Supply Solutions (CSS), an inventory, order, contract, utilization management and revenue enhancement service enabled by a proprietary web-based technology...
In February of 2006, Ms. Post’s department implemented Owens & Minor’s Clinical Supply Solutions (CSS), an inventory, order, contract, utilization management and revenue enhancement service enabled by a proprietary web-based technology...
In February of 2006, Ms. Post’s...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
STEMI Interventions
09/08/2008
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
A short door-to-balloon time (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) intervention has two major components that must be well understood to achieve the desired benefits of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These...
A short door-to-balloon time (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) intervention has two major components that must be well understood to achieve the desired benefits of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These...
A short door-to-balloon time...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
09/08/2008
A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for...
A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for...
A Q&A column for those new to...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Careers
09/08/2008
Carol Dombrowicki; Nicole Furl
Working for Corazon, a national firm niched in heart and vascular services, gives us the opportunity to have an insider’s view on many cardiac catheterization labs in all types of hospitals across the United States. As we build new or assess...
Working for Corazon, a national firm niched in heart and vascular services, gives us the opportunity to have an insider’s view on many cardiac catheterization labs in all types of hospitals across the United States. As we build new or assess...
Working for Corazon, a national...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
09/08/2008
Maurice Buchbinder, MD
How prevalent are bifurcation lesions?
Bifurcation lesion incidence ranges from 30 to 40 percent of the lesions treated today with percutaneous intervention. There are some studies (such as the upcoming trial from Boston Scientific, SYNTAX)...
How prevalent are bifurcation lesions?
Bifurcation lesion incidence ranges from 30 to 40 percent of the lesions treated today with percutaneous intervention. There are some studies (such as the upcoming trial from Boston Scientific, SYNTAX)...
How prevalent are bifurcation...
09/08/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Highlights From a Filterwire User
09/05/2008
This month’s column in Cath Lab Digest reviews embolic protection systems, from characteristics to techniques, so that physicians and allied health professionals have valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary...
This month’s column in Cath Lab Digest reviews embolic protection systems, from characteristics to techniques, so that physicians and allied health professionals have valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary...
This month’s column in Cath Lab...
09/05/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Survey Report
09/05/2008
Heidi N. Bonneau, RN, MS
In mid-2007, an article appeared in Cath Lab Digest and on www.cathlabdigest.com outlining the four new “Cause Campaigns” initiated by the American Heart Association (AHA). Also in the article was a survey, asking you, our readership, if...
In mid-2007, an article appeared in Cath Lab Digest and on www.cathlabdigest.com outlining the four new “Cause Campaigns” initiated by the American Heart Association (AHA). Also in the article was a survey, asking you, our readership, if...
In mid-2007, an article appeared...
09/05/2008
Cath Lab Digest
