Volume 17 - Issue 5 - May, 2009
Special Communications
05/05/2009
Matthew A. Mauro, MD; Donald L. Miller, MD; Warren K. Laskey, MD; Lloyd W. Klein, MD; Stephen Balter, PhD; Alexander Norbash, MD; David E. Haines, MD, FHRS, FACC; James A. Goldstein, MD
This document is a consensus statement by the major American societies of physicians who work in the interventional laboratory environment. It reviews available data on the prevalence of occupational health risks and summarizes ongoing...
This document is a consensus statement by the major American societies of physicians who work in the interventional laboratory environment. It reviews available data on the prevalence of occupational health risks and summarizes ongoing...
This document is a consensus...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
05/05/2009
Ed Stump, BA, MBA
What is the size of your cath lab staff and facility?
Johnson City Medical Center’s Center for Cardiovascular Health has a total of six cath labs, with one dedicated to electrophysiology (EP) procedures. There is a 32-bed holding room and...
What is the size of your cath lab staff and facility?
Johnson City Medical Center’s Center for Cardiovascular Health has a total of six cath labs, with one dedicated to electrophysiology (EP) procedures. There is a 32-bed holding room and...
What is the size of your cath...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
05/05/2009
Jaaska Lyn Cather, RN, BSN, MSN
A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque ruptures within the vessel wall of a coronary artery, resulting in formation of thrombus. The thrombus decreases the blood supply to a specific portion of the myocardium, resulting...
A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque ruptures within the vessel wall of a coronary artery, resulting in formation of thrombus. The thrombus decreases the blood supply to a specific portion of the myocardium, resulting...
A myocardial infarction occurs...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
05/05/2009
Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI
How is the Catania Stent unique?
The Catania Stent (CeloNova BioSciences, Newnan, GA), a cobalt chromium stent with a modified, open-cell design, is surface-modified by the NanoThin Polyzene®-F polymer, which is the main characteristic of...
How is the Catania Stent unique?
The Catania Stent (CeloNova BioSciences, Newnan, GA), a cobalt chromium stent with a modified, open-cell design, is surface-modified by the NanoThin Polyzene®-F polymer, which is the main characteristic of...
How is the Catania Stent...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
05/05/2009
Gregory Simonian, MD
What is ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis?
Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis involves the breaking down or “melting” of blood clots that can form in the leg arteries or veins. The standard or older method has been to simply give blood...
What is ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis?
Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis involves the breaking down or “melting” of blood clots that can form in the leg arteries or veins. The standard or older method has been to simply give blood...
What is ultrasound-accelerated...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
05/05/2009
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome!
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New Questions!
Medications & Sterile Field
What is the practice of placing medications on the sterile field. ...
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
New Questions!
Medications & Sterile Field
What is the practice of placing medications on the sterile field. ...
Multiple new and ongoing...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
05/05/2009
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
My interventional cardiology recertification is due this year. To fulfill my American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) requirements of training, practice and didactic material, I need 100 self-evaluation points obtained from practice...
My interventional cardiology recertification is due this year. To fulfill my American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) requirements of training, practice and didactic material, I need 100 self-evaluation points obtained from practice...
My interventional cardiology...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
05/05/2009
Amy J. Newell, RT(R)
Over the past decade, a great deal of debate has erupted regarding the ability of hospitals to perform primary and/or elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) without on-site open heart surgery. Angioplasty is considered the ‘gold...
Over the past decade, a great deal of debate has erupted regarding the ability of hospitals to perform primary and/or elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) without on-site open heart surgery. Angioplasty is considered the ‘gold...
Over the past decade, a great...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
ACVP Management Corner
05/05/2009
James R. Calero, MHA, RDCS, RCS, FASE
As healthcare organizations expand their cardiovascular imaging services, similarly, capital investment dollars also increase exponentially on information system conversions, making many a chief financial officer and chief informational...
As healthcare organizations expand their cardiovascular imaging services, similarly, capital investment dollars also increase exponentially on information system conversions, making many a chief financial officer and chief informational...
As healthcare organizations...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
10-Minute Interview
05/05/2009
AnnMarie Russart, BS, RCIS
Upon graduating from the cardiovascular technology program at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) in Milwaukee, WI in 2002, I began my cath lab career working in the Heart and Vascular Center at SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, IL. I...
Upon graduating from the cardiovascular technology program at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) in Milwaukee, WI in 2002, I began my cath lab career working in the Heart and Vascular Center at SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, IL. I...
Upon graduating from the...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
