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Volume 17 - Issue 10 - October, 2009

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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<p><strong>Clinical Editor</strong><br />
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC&nbsp;<br />
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