Volume 18 - Issue 2 - February, 2010
Announcements
02/12/2010
Congratulations!
The Western Market of the Cleveland Clinic, Fairview and Lakewood Hospitals (Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio), would like to acknowledge the following team members for their commitment to quality and education. We are pleased...
Congratulations!
The Western Market of the Cleveland Clinic, Fairview and Lakewood Hospitals (Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio), would like to acknowledge the following team members for their commitment to quality and education. We are pleased...
Congratulations!
The Western...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
News
02/12/2010
Invatec Receives 510(k) Clearance of Reef HP™ PTA Balloon Catheter
New High Pressure Catheter Specifically Designed for Treatment of Challenging Peripheral Lesions
Invatec announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food...
Invatec Receives 510(k) Clearance of Reef HP™ PTA Balloon Catheter
New High Pressure Catheter Specifically Designed for Treatment of Challenging Peripheral Lesions
Invatec announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food...
Invatec Receives 510(k)...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/12/2010
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers.
Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
Multiple new and ongoing questions fr...
New Question!
Re: Bedrest and Discharge
We are a new cath lab with our own pre/post holding area and are trying to figure out when to send our patients back to the telemetry unit after PCIs or home after diagnostic caths. Does anyone know if...
New Question!
Re: Bedrest and Discharge
We are a new cath lab with our own pre/post holding area and are trying to figure out when to send our patients back to the telemetry unit after PCIs or home after diagnostic caths. Does anyone know if...
New Question!
Re: Bedrest and...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
02/12/2010
Stacey Lang
Organizations that experience success with a well-established, fully-functional cath lab often find that initial success quickly followed by questions about how to sustain it for the long term. Questions about program expansion are usually...
Organizations that experience success with a well-established, fully-functional cath lab often find that initial success quickly followed by questions about how to sustain it for the long term. Questions about program expansion are usually...
Organizations that experience...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
As I See It
02/12/2010
Warren Grand, RN
For those of us who have been working the cath lab circuit for several years, you may have noticed that we no longer operate in a cave. Some may liken this to “flying above the radar.” Whatever the metaphor, the cath lab, like all other...
For those of us who have been working the cath lab circuit for several years, you may have noticed that we no longer operate in a cave. Some may liken this to “flying above the radar.” Whatever the metaphor, the cath lab, like all other...
For those of us who have been...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
02/12/2010
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“HELP! I am new to the cath lab. When I took the ECG class that my hospital required, I was very confused about heart blocks and understanding which one is which. I have 5 people giving me their opinions about the best way to learn and...
“HELP! I am new to the cath lab. When I took the ECG class that my hospital required, I was very confused about heart blocks and understanding which one is which. I have 5 people giving me their opinions about the best way to learn and...
“HELP! I am new to the cath lab....
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
02/12/2010
Peter Y. Hui, MD; Anna T. Beyer, MD
Patient History at Presentation
A 59-year-old man was referred to California Pacific Medical Center for treatment of decompensated heart failure. The patient had a past history of ischemic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter...
Patient History at Presentation
A 59-year-old man was referred to California Pacific Medical Center for treatment of decompensated heart failure. The patient had a past history of ischemic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter...
Patient History at...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/12/2010
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Dear Dr. Mehta,
I enjoyed your STEMI article in the December Cath Lab Digest. I found the ten commandments to improve the STEMI process very interesting. I would like to ask you to elaborate on #7 - Make that critical second call to the...
Dear Dr. Mehta,
I enjoyed your STEMI article in the December Cath Lab Digest. I found the ten commandments to improve the STEMI process very interesting. I would like to ask you to elaborate on #7 - Make that critical second call to the...
Dear Dr. Mehta,
I enjoyed your...
02/12/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Contrast Management
02/11/2010
David Ferebee, RN, BSN, BS
Tell us about Saint Thomas’ two separate cath lab facilities.
We have an 8-room interventional cath lab located in the hospital between our emergency department and medical imaging, and a separate one-room outpatient diagnostic cath lab also...
Tell us about Saint Thomas’ two separate cath lab facilities.
We have an 8-room interventional cath lab located in the hospital between our emergency department and medical imaging, and a separate one-room outpatient diagnostic cath lab also...
Tell us about Saint Thomas’ two...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
02/11/2010
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
We changed the daily tour of duty for our cath lab team. Instead of 10-hour days with one shift to run 2 labs, we split overlapping 8-hour shifts. This brought up the question, “Exactly how many people (and what kind of training) should you...
We changed the daily tour of duty for our cath lab team. Instead of 10-hour days with one shift to run 2 labs, we split overlapping 8-hour shifts. This brought up the question, “Exactly how many people (and what kind of training) should you...
We changed the daily tour of...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/11/2010
Carissa Ridinger, RCIS; Elizabeth Truxall, RCIS; Kimberly A. Skelding, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
As America’s waistlines grow, there is an escalating rate of cardiac disease. With it comes the ever-increasing problem as to how to perform standard cardiac catheterizations on these patients. In Pennsylvania alone, 27.1% of the population...
As America’s waistlines grow, there is an escalating rate of cardiac disease. With it comes the ever-increasing problem as to how to perform standard cardiac catheterizations on these patients. In Pennsylvania alone, 27.1% of the population...
As America’s waistlines grow,...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/11/2010
Spencer B. King, III, MD; Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
The American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session will be in Atlanta this March. Tell us about the launching of the radial lounge at Saint Joseph’s, planned for the beginning of the meeting.
Dr. King: Saint Joseph’s has made a...
The American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session will be in Atlanta this March. Tell us about the launching of the radial lounge at Saint Joseph’s, planned for the beginning of the meeting.
Dr. King: Saint Joseph’s has made a...
The American College of...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
02/11/2010
John McPherson, MD
Can you describe the EXCEED trial and its purpose?
There are two components of the post-marketing evaluation of Abbott’s Xience V stent. First is the Xience V USA program, which is looking at long-term clinical outcomes in about 8,000...
Can you describe the EXCEED trial and its purpose?
There are two components of the post-marketing evaluation of Abbott’s Xience V stent. First is the Xience V USA program, which is looking at long-term clinical outcomes in about 8,000...
Can you describe the EXCEED...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
02/11/2010
Sandra Tart, RT(R), BAOM
Tell us about your cath lab.
Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is the only Level I Trauma Center in central Florida. It is the flagship hospital for Orlando Health, an eight-hospital organization. ORMC recently received full...
Tell us about your cath lab.
Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is the only Level I Trauma Center in central Florida. It is the flagship hospital for Orlando Health, an eight-hospital organization. ORMC recently received full...
Tell us about your cath...
02/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
