Volume 17 - Issue 2 - February, 2009
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
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
