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Volume 18 - Issue 9 - September, 2010

Clinical Update
From 09/01 issue: The Process of Developing Competencies for Cath Lab Skills: “To perc, or not to perc; that is the question…”
09/27/2010
Gerald Lagasse, RCIS
[Editor's Note: This article was published in the September 2001 issue of Cath Lab Digest, and is being posted under September 2010 as a reader reference only) If we say that someone other than a cardiologist can and should perform a...
[Editor's Note: This article was published in the September 2001 issue of Cath Lab Digest, and is being posted under September 2010 as a reader reference only) If we say that someone other than a cardiologist can and should perform a...
[Editor's Note: This article was...
09/27/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
The 2010 Live Symposium of Complex Coronary and Vascular Cases
09/13/2010
With a special focus on calcified, bifurcation and total occlusion lesions Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director, and Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Associate Director, of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital, lead the way in this...
With a special focus on calcified, bifurcation and total occlusion lesions Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director, and Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Associate Director, of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital, lead the way in this...
With a special focus on...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
University of Miami Hospital Elaine and Sydney Sussman Cardiac Catheterization Lab
09/13/2010
Kymberlee Manni, RCIS, PhD; Chris Sheffield, RN; George Benelli, RT(R), RA; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC
Tell us about your cath lab. The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has 5 total procedure rooms, including 1 hybrid room, 2 electrophysiology procedure (EP) rooms, and 2 cath labs. We performed 3,409 procedures in 2009. In 2010, we are...
Tell us about your cath lab. The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has 5 total procedure rooms, including 1 hybrid room, 2 electrophysiology procedure (EP) rooms, and 2 cath labs. We performed 3,409 procedures in 2009. In 2010, we are...
Tell us about your cath lab. The...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery PCI in Acute Myocardial Infarction
09/13/2010
Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI
The standard of care for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) based largely on older, outdated data which demonstrate improved survival as compared with medical therapy...
The standard of care for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) based largely on older, outdated data which demonstrate improved survival as compared with medical therapy...
The standard of care for...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Case Study
Wireless Insertion of Abiomed Impella 2.5
09/10/2010
Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI
New percutaneous left ventricular assist support technology has created new hope for the patient population presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and cardiogenic shock as well as in need of high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention...
New percutaneous left ventricular assist support technology has created new hope for the patient population presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and cardiogenic shock as well as in need of high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention...
New percutaneous left...
09/10/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Review
A Perspective on Sheath Selection and Access Sites for Coronary Angiography
09/13/2010
Margaret A. Coburn, RT(R)(CI), RCIS; Richard J. Merschen, EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS
Abstract Numerous access and sheath options are available to the interventional cardiologist when performing percutaneous transcatheter procedures. Depending on the procedure, the radial, brachial, or femoral access routes may be used for...
Abstract Numerous access and sheath options are available to the interventional cardiologist when performing percutaneous transcatheter procedures. Depending on the procedure, the radial, brachial, or femoral access routes may be used for...
Abstract Numerous access and...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Expert
Use of the Wholey Wire
09/10/2010
James Park, MD
Can you tell us about the cath labs at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas? We have 4 labs, and do all types of coronary and peripheral endovascular procedures. We also work on structural heart disease, such as patent foramen ovale...
Can you tell us about the cath labs at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas? We have 4 labs, and do all types of coronary and peripheral endovascular procedures. We also work on structural heart disease, such as patent foramen ovale...
Can you tell us about the cath...
09/10/2010
Cath Lab Digest
A Long-Term, Multidisciplinary Physician Collaboration Flourishes in Hybrid Labs
09/17/2010
David L. Brown, MD, FACC, FACP, DO; Todd M. Dewey, MD
Dr. David Brown, an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Todd Dewey, a cardiothoracic surgeon, and colleagues work closely together on hybrid procedures, particularly aortic valve replacement. Dr. Brown and Dr. Dewey share their thoughts on...
Dr. David Brown, an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Todd Dewey, a cardiothoracic surgeon, and colleagues work closely together on hybrid procedures, particularly aortic valve replacement. Dr. Brown and Dr. Dewey share their thoughts on...
Dr. David Brown, an...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
Ask the Clinical Instructor: Why does the physician sometimes use 2 catheters to evaluate a valve, and why sometimes only 1?
09/17/2010
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Why does the physician sometimes use 2 catheters to evaluate a valve, and why sometimes only 1? – Anonymous RCIS Review participant For a more detailed explanation of valve interrogations, please refer to articles written in April...
Why does the physician sometimes use 2 catheters to evaluate a valve, and why sometimes only 1? – Anonymous RCIS Review participant For a more detailed explanation of valve interrogations, please refer to articles written in April...
Why does the physician sometimes...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Images
The Snake Within Us: An image from Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC
09/17/2010
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC
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09/17/2010
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