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Volume 17 - Issue 7 - July, 2009

On the Horizon
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
06/26/2009
Saibal Kar, MD
What is mitral regurgitation? Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a condition that occurs when the mitral valve leaks when it should be closed (during contraction of the heart muscle). Mitral valve leakage commonly results from two different sets...
What is mitral regurgitation? Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a condition that occurs when the mitral valve leaks when it should be closed (during contraction of the heart muscle). Mitral valve leakage commonly results from two different sets...
What is mitral...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
06/26/2009
Kirit Patel, MD, FACC; Kevin McLaughlin, RN, BSN; Michele DeGregorio, MD, FACC; Russell Steinman, MD; Wendi Santavicca, RN, BSN; Cathie Porwoll, RN, BSN; Paul Valentine, RT, BS
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) is a 443-bed, Pontiac, Michigan-based, comprehensive, community and teaching hospital that continues to receive awards of excellence in medicine. Our clinical and high-quality outcomes rank among the top 10...
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) is a 443-bed, Pontiac, Michigan-based, comprehensive, community and teaching hospital that continues to receive awards of excellence in medicine. Our clinical and high-quality outcomes rank among the top 10...
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO)...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
SICP: Chapter Spotlight
06/26/2009
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06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Impella® 2.5 Support During PTCA of Patient with Extreme Tortuosity of the Ileofemoral System
06/26/2009
Suresh Mulukutla, MD
Introduction We present a 63-year-old male with chronic angina, ischemic cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 20%. He had coronary artery bypass grafts placed in 1990 and has a bi-ventricular implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD)....
Introduction We present a 63-year-old male with chronic angina, ischemic cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 20%. He had coronary artery bypass grafts placed in 1990 and has a bi-ventricular implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD)....
Introduction We present a...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Guidewire Spotlight
Ask the Expert: The Wholey Wire
06/26/2009
Barry T. Katzen, MD, FACC, FACR, FSIR
Can you tell us about your practice and work as founder and medical director of the Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute? I founded Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute in October 1987, as one of the first multi-disciplinary centers for...
Can you tell us about your practice and work as founder and medical director of the Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute? I founded Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute in October 1987, as one of the first multi-disciplinary centers for...
Can you tell us about your...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor: Questions are answered by Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
06/26/2009
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
When I look at the aortic pressure on the monitor during a case, I notice the little line running across the middle. They tell me that is a mean arterial pressure. Why do I need to know that? — Virginia CVT student The mean arterial...
When I look at the aortic pressure on the monitor during a case, I notice the little line running across the middle. They tell me that is a mean arterial pressure. Why do I need to know that? — Virginia CVT student The mean arterial...
When I look at the aortic...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
What Do You Think?
06/26/2009
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com Questions! Staffing Formula Do you have a matrix or formula for cath labs that can calculate the appropriate number and blend of staff for a new cath lab built at our hospital? Email:...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com Questions! Staffing Formula Do you have a matrix or formula for cath labs that can calculate the appropriate number and blend of staff for a new cath lab built at our hospital? Email:...
Answer or pose a question at...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Medical Simulation and Testing Developments
06/26/2009
To all of our cardiovascular peers, The New Cardiovascular Horizons conference has partnered with The International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Specialist Assistants, Inc., to provide a set of continuing education courses at...
To all of our cardiovascular peers, The New Cardiovascular Horizons conference has partnered with The International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Specialist Assistants, Inc., to provide a set of continuing education courses at...
To all of our cardiovascular...
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Radial Artery Catheterization: The way to go
06/26/2009
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Last month, I visited Dr. Olivier Bertrand at Laval Hospital in Quebec City, Canada, to present a talk on coronary physiology. He and his team showed me their lab and method of performing radial artery catheterization for their 10,000...
Last month, I visited Dr. Olivier Bertrand at Laval Hospital in Quebec City, Canada, to present a talk on coronary physiology. He and his team showed me their lab and method of performing radial artery catheterization for their 10,000...
Last month, I visited Dr....
06/26/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
NEWS
06/26/2009
Vascular Solutions Introduces New Muskie™ 0.014” Guidewires Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently launched its new Muskie line of 0.014” guidewires. Muskie guidewires offer a range of distal tip stiffness that allow physicians to select an...
Vascular Solutions Introduces New Muskie™ 0.014” Guidewires Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently launched its new Muskie line of 0.014” guidewires. Muskie guidewires offer a range of distal tip stiffness that allow physicians to select an...
Vascular Solutions Introduces...
06/26/2009
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