Volume 17 - Issue 5 - May, 2009
Announcements
05/05/2009
Congratulations!
The staff of the Cardiovascular Radiology Department at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New Hampshire is very proud of their youngest technologist. Mary Alexander, RT(R)(ARRT), who has worked in Frisbie’s cath and...
Congratulations!
The staff of the Cardiovascular Radiology Department at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New Hampshire is very proud of their youngest technologist. Mary Alexander, RT(R)(ARRT), who has worked in Frisbie’s cath and...
Congratulations!
The staff of...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
05/05/2009
Action Products, Inc. Recognized in Imaging Study
In a newly published research poster, Action® OR overlays were found to successfully manage patient positional pain during interventional CT procedures lasting 45 minutes or longer, without...
Action Products, Inc. Recognized in Imaging Study
In a newly published research poster, Action® OR overlays were found to successfully manage patient positional pain during interventional CT procedures lasting 45 minutes or longer, without...
Action Products, Inc....
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
05/05/2009
SICP Chapter Spotlight: North Carolina Chapter
By Michelle Eggleston with contributions from Chris Jolly
The SICP has several established and developing chapters across the country. Chapters offer networking opportunities and grassroots...
SICP Chapter Spotlight: North Carolina Chapter
By Michelle Eggleston with contributions from Chris Jolly
The SICP has several established and developing chapters across the country. Chapters offer networking opportunities and grassroots...
SICP Chapter Spotlight: North...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Continuing Education
05/05/2009
CEUs offered by NACCME, LLC and Cath Lab Digest
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All following FREE activities are sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME).
• Tips and Tricks for Prevention of...
CEUs offered by NACCME, LLC and Cath Lab Digest
FREE! Available on www.naccme.com
All following FREE activities are sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME).
• Tips and Tricks for Prevention of...
CEUs offered by NACCME, LLC and...
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
05/05/2009
HMP Communications, publisher of numerous interventional cardiology resources online and in print, has created a website focusing specifically on ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), based on its successful February 2009 LUMEN...
HMP Communications, publisher of numerous interventional cardiology resources online and in print, has created a website focusing specifically on ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), based on its successful February 2009 LUMEN...
HMP Communications, publisher...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Expert
05/05/2009
A commentary from Boston Scientific Corporation
After two years of intense debate in the interventional cardiology community, drug-eluting stents (DES) saw more and more positive clinical data and began the process of restoring confidence in...
A commentary from Boston Scientific Corporation
After two years of intense debate in the interventional cardiology community, drug-eluting stents (DES) saw more and more positive clinical data and began the process of restoring confidence in...
A commentary from Boston...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
05/05/2009
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“We had a patient that came to the cath lab with a non-ST-elevation MI. The patient had been in the ICU overnight before coming to the cath lab. The physician stated that the troponin levels were rising. I’m not really sure what that...
“We had a patient that came to the cath lab with a non-ST-elevation MI. The patient had been in the ICU overnight before coming to the cath lab. The physician stated that the troponin levels were rising. I’m not really sure what that...
“We had a patient that came to...
05/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
05/05/2009
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05/05/2009
Bryan K. Foucha, BS , RRT, RCIS
Many professionals working in the cardiac cath lab setting are able to recognize right heart pressures. However, many still do not understand what is happening physiologically and the information that can be acquired from the waveform. Many...
Many professionals working in the cardiac cath lab setting are able to recognize right heart pressures. However, many still do not understand what is happening physiologically and the information that can be acquired from the waveform. Many...
Many professionals working in...
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
