Volume 17 - Issue 2 - February, 2009
Clinical and Industry News
01/29/2009
vProtect™ Luminal Shield Stabilizes Plaque
Healthy Vessel Seen in 6-Month Follow-up Exam on First Patient to Receive Preventive Treatment for Vulnerable Plaque
The first patient receiving focal preventive treatment for vulnerable plaque...
vProtect™ Luminal Shield Stabilizes Plaque
Healthy Vessel Seen in 6-Month Follow-up Exam on First Patient to Receive Preventive Treatment for Vulnerable Plaque
The first patient receiving focal preventive treatment for vulnerable plaque...
vProtect™ Luminal Shield...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
01/29/2009
Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) Chapter Spotlight: Emerald Coast Chapter
The Emerald Coast Chapter (ECC), located in northwest Florida, was established in April 2005. Most ECC founding members continue to work in...
Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) Chapter Spotlight: Emerald Coast Chapter
The Emerald Coast Chapter (ECC), located in northwest Florida, was established in April 2005. Most ECC founding members continue to work in...
Society of Invasive...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Discussion Group
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Poetry
01/29/2009
Prithwish Banerjee, MD, MRCP
You won’t hear them breathe
In the cath lab.
A calm silence usually
Prevails, interrupted occasionally
By some familiar sounds:
A warm chatter with the patient
As he is wheeled in;
Witty remarks exchanged
Between a young registrar
And the...
You won’t hear them breathe
In the cath lab.
A calm silence usually
Prevails, interrupted occasionally
By some familiar sounds:
A warm chatter with the patient
As he is wheeled in;
Witty remarks exchanged
Between a young registrar
And the...
You won’t hear them breathe
In...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
01/29/2009
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage (RPH) is a potentially fatal complication and is most often related to invasive cardiac procedures using the femoral artery access route. RPH rarely occurs spontaneously. For cardiac cath procedures, RPH is more...
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage (RPH) is a potentially fatal complication and is most often related to invasive cardiac procedures using the femoral artery access route. RPH rarely occurs spontaneously. For cardiac cath procedures, RPH is more...
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage (RPH)...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
10-Minute Interview
01/29/2009
James A. Lincoln, RCIS
I am a cardiovascular technologist who has worked in several cardiovascular/electrophysiology labs since 1997, passing my invasive registry RCIS (Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist) in 2006. Prior to coming to the cardiovascular...
I am a cardiovascular technologist who has worked in several cardiovascular/electrophysiology labs since 1997, passing my invasive registry RCIS (Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist) in 2006. Prior to coming to the cardiovascular...
I am a cardiovascular...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Unique Teams
01/29/2009
Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, BS ; Julie Logan, RN; Regina Deible, BSN, RN; Johanna Evans, RN, MSN
You’ve traveled to cath labs all over the world. Tell us how that came about.
I have been extremely fortunate over the years with the opportunities that presented themselves. My background was primarily ICU-CV and neuro. Early in my...
You’ve traveled to cath labs all over the world. Tell us how that came about.
I have been extremely fortunate over the years with the opportunities that presented themselves. My background was primarily ICU-CV and neuro. Early in my...
You’ve traveled to cath labs all...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
01/29/2009
Katherine Kay Brown, MSN, RN
Over the last several years, as hospitals build and renovate, industry trends have revealed that the goal is no longer to simply assure that procedural space can accommodate equipment and/or that rooms are sized according to code. Rather,...
Over the last several years, as hospitals build and renovate, industry trends have revealed that the goal is no longer to simply assure that procedural space can accommodate equipment and/or that rooms are sized according to code. Rather,...
Over the last several years, as...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
01/29/2009
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...
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...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
01/29/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Single-Center Experience
01/28/2009
Charles L. Brown, III, MD, FACC, FACP
The Piedmont Heart Institute is a cardiovascular care center serving patients in the greater Atlanta area. It operates an innovative cardiovascular healthcare delivery model that integrates a continuum of care for patients from primary and...
The Piedmont Heart Institute is a cardiovascular care center serving patients in the greater Atlanta area. It operates an innovative cardiovascular healthcare delivery model that integrates a continuum of care for patients from primary and...
The Piedmont Heart Institute is...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
01/28/2009
Anthony Orsini
Tell us about the cath lab at Ohio State University Medical Center.
We are a facility in a heart-only hospital, the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at the Ohio State University Medical Center. We have four cath labs, three of which are...
Tell us about the cath lab at Ohio State University Medical Center.
We are a facility in a heart-only hospital, the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at the Ohio State University Medical Center. We have four cath labs, three of which are...
Tell us about the cath lab at...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
01/28/2009
Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD; Mario Carminati, MD; Giuseppe Pome, MD
ABSTRACT: The hybrid approach to the therapy of congenital heart disease consists of the combination of surgical and interventional techniques in order to improve safety and to achieve better results. Here we report on a new application of...
ABSTRACT: The hybrid approach to the therapy of congenital heart disease consists of the combination of surgical and interventional techniques in order to improve safety and to achieve better results. Here we report on a new application of...
ABSTRACT: The hybrid approach to...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
01/28/2009
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA; James Hoekstra, MD; Ralph G. Nader, MD; Michel R. Le May, MD; Ivan Rokos, MD; Barbara Unger, RN; J. Brent Myers, MD, MPH, FACEP
Pre Hospital Management & Establishing Transfer Networks
LUMEN 2009, the world’s premier ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) meeting, will be held February 26-28, 2009 at the lovely Loews Hotel in resplendent Miami Beach, Florida....
Pre Hospital Management & Establishing Transfer Networks
LUMEN 2009, the world’s premier ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) meeting, will be held February 26-28, 2009 at the lovely Loews Hotel in resplendent Miami Beach, Florida....
Pre Hospital Management &...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
01/28/2009
David R. Tapley, RCIS
It’s 11:00 in the morning and I am at a friend’s house. I develop severe chest pain, become short of breath and believe I’m having a heart attack. My friend calls 911 and EMS personnel arrive within four minutes. Within ten minutes of their...
It’s 11:00 in the morning and I am at a friend’s house. I develop severe chest pain, become short of breath and believe I’m having a heart attack. My friend calls 911 and EMS personnel arrive within four minutes. Within ten minutes of their...
It’s 11:00 in the morning and I...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
01/28/2009
Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Case 5 in a 5-part series
Thrombus-containing lesions remain a clear and present danger for today’s interventionalists in the accomplishment of successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. Sianos et al1 demonstrated that...
Case 5 in a 5-part series
Thrombus-containing lesions remain a clear and present danger for today’s interventionalists in the accomplishment of successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. Sianos et al1 demonstrated that...
Case 5 in a 5-part...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
01/28/2009
Heather Glover, BSN, RN, CCRN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
We currently have one cath lab with a nurse manager, five registered nurses (RNs), one cardiovascular technologist (CVT)/registered cardiovascular invasive specialist...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
We currently have one cath lab with a nurse manager, five registered nurses (RNs), one cardiovascular technologist (CVT)/registered cardiovascular invasive specialist...
What is the size of your cath...
01/28/2009
Cath Lab Digest
