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Volume 17 - Issue 10 - October, 2009

Announcements
Personnel Announcements
10/12/2009
Congratulations! Winter Haven Hospital cath lab (Winter Haven, Florida) would like to congratulate Brian Cardona, RCIS, and Jessica Myrice, RCIS, for passing their RCIS exam. — Sent in by Orlando Marrero Congratulations to the following...
Congratulations! Winter Haven Hospital cath lab (Winter Haven, Florida) would like to congratulate Brian Cardona, RCIS, and Jessica Myrice, RCIS, for passing their RCIS exam. — Sent in by Orlando Marrero Congratulations to the following...
Congratulations! Winter Haven...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
Clinical and Industry News
10/12/2009
Black Patients Have Lower Rate of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Compared with white patients, black patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to hospital discharge, having lower...
Black Patients Have Lower Rate of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Compared with white patients, black patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to hospital discharge, having lower...
Black Patients Have Lower Rate...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Is the Hybrid Cath Lab the Way of the Future?
10/12/2009
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Last fall, I visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was shown their marvelous hybrid cath lab/OR. An interventional procedure was underway, to be shortly followed by a left internal mammary artery (LIMA)...
Last fall, I visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was shown their marvelous hybrid cath lab/OR. An interventional procedure was underway, to be shortly followed by a left internal mammary artery (LIMA)...
Last fall, I visited Vanderbilt...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
News from the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Meeting September 21-25, 2009, San Francisco, California
10/12/2009
Transradial Education Draws Eager Crowds at TCT Meeting Interventional cardiologists call for growth in U.S. of wrist access procedure offering low rate of bleeding complications, earlier ambulation and greater patient comfort Transradial...
Transradial Education Draws Eager Crowds at TCT Meeting Interventional cardiologists call for growth in U.S. of wrist access procedure offering low rate of bleeding complications, earlier ambulation and greater patient comfort Transradial...
Transradial Education Draws...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Lean Management: Dropping D2B Times and Eliminating System Waste
10/12/2009
Mike Rodman
Can you tell us about your cath labs and the community that you serve? I supervise both cath labs at Appleton and Theda Clark Medical Centers. Appleton Medical Center, where we do the majority of our cardiac procedures, has two...
Can you tell us about your cath labs and the community that you serve? I supervise both cath labs at Appleton and Theda Clark Medical Centers. Appleton Medical Center, where we do the majority of our cardiac procedures, has two...
Can you tell us about your cath...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Family and Work
When the Clinical Advocacy Message Hits Home: A Terumo Sales Representative Requests Transradial Intervention for Two Family Members
10/12/2009
Martin Schildhouse; Richard Hernandez
When the Clinical Advocacy Message Hits Home: A Terumo Sales Representative Requests Transradial Intervention for Two Family Members Monday through Friday, and sometimes on weekends, I find myself in my south Florida cath labs engaged in...
When the Clinical Advocacy Message Hits Home: A Terumo Sales Representative Requests Transradial Intervention for Two Family Members Monday through Friday, and sometimes on weekends, I find myself in my south Florida cath labs engaged in...
When the Clinical Advocacy...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
10/12/2009
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 Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses. “I am...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses. “I am...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Pursuing Stroke Center Certification: Are You Up to the Task?
10/12/2009
Stacey Lang
The number of Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers continues to grow across the country. Often, the decision to implement a formal stroke program is driven by local and regional market shifts, community need, and/or a desire on...
The number of Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers continues to grow across the country. Often, the decision to implement a formal stroke program is driven by local and regional market shifts, community need, and/or a desire on...
The number of Joint...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Transitions
No Surgical Backup On Site: Orange Park Medical Center Moves from Diagnostic to STEMI Care and Beyond
10/12/2009
Paul Trenteseaux, CVT
Orange Park Medical Center (OPMC/HCA) in Orange Park, Florida, has transitioned its diagnostic-only cardiac cath lab to a fully functional interventional lab. Our cardiac services now include diagnostic catheterizations, interventional...
Orange Park Medical Center (OPMC/HCA) in Orange Park, Florida, has transitioned its diagnostic-only cardiac cath lab to a fully functional interventional lab. Our cardiac services now include diagnostic catheterizations, interventional...
Orange Park Medical Center...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Single-Center Experience
Patient Comfort and Patient Satisfaction with the Mynx® Vascular Closure Device: A Single-Center Evaluation
10/12/2009
John Byron Patterson, MD
At Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the focus on delivering the highest-quality cardiovascular care is coupled with a focus on patient comfort and satisfaction. As a result, Forsyth Medical Center has been...
At Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the focus on delivering the highest-quality cardiovascular care is coupled with a focus on patient comfort and satisfaction. As a result, Forsyth Medical Center has been...
At Forsyth Medical Center in...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
System Spotlight
Saving 30 Minutes Per Case: One Facility’s Philips Cath Lab Experience
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest talks with Phil Regas, MSM, RCIS, RRT, CPFT, CFAAMA, FSICP, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging/Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tomball Regional Medical Center, Tomball, Texas. Can you tell us about the cath labs at Tomball Regional...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Phil Regas, MSM, RCIS, RRT, CPFT, CFAAMA, FSICP, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging/Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tomball Regional Medical Center, Tomball, Texas. Can you tell us about the cath labs at Tomball Regional...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Phil...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Stem Cells in the Cath Lab
Evaluating Intracoronary Injection of Cardiac Stem Cells for Recent Myocardial Infarction: The CADUCEUS Trial
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest and Clinical Editor Dr. Morton Kern talk with CADUCEUS Principal Investigator Raj Makkar, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,...
Cath Lab Digest and Clinical Editor Dr. Morton Kern talk with CADUCEUS Principal Investigator Raj Makkar, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles,...
Cath Lab Digest and Clinical...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Stanford Hospital & Clinics Cath Angio Lab
10/12/2009
Donna Keith, BSN; Jacque Kixmiller, BSN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and the number of staff?   Stanford Hospital & Clinics is located on the beautiful campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It is about 20 miles north of San Jose and 40 miles...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and the number of staff?   Stanford Hospital & Clinics is located on the beautiful campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. It is about 20 miles north of San Jose and 40 miles...
What is the size of your cath...
10/12/2009
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Clinical & Industry News

Endovascular Devices
Thrombolex, Inc. Secures $50 Million Series A Growth Financing to Advance Commercialization of its Innovative Pharmaco-Mechanical Lysis Technology (PML)
03/19/2026
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026 – Thrombolex, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases,...
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026 – Thrombolex, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases,...
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026...
03/19/2026
Vascular Disease Management
Neurovascular acquisitions
Medtronic to Acquire Scientia Vascular, Marrying Access and Therapeutic Portfolios for Neurovascular Care
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)
Clinical Trial Update
Egg Medical Presents CRT 2026 Data Demonstrating a Responsible Path to Light Lead and Lead-Apron Free Protection
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
Fractional Flow Reserve
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
Thrombectomy
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,...
Munich, Germany – Preliminary...
02/20/2026
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