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Volume 19 - Issue 11 - November 2011

Calcium Corner
Stenting the Unprotected Left Main: Finding Answers With the EXCEL Trial
10/28/2011
Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, FSCAI
EXCEL is a global, prospective, multi-center, randomized trial to assess the safety and efficacy of the Xience Prime/Xience V everolimus-eluting stent (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California) compared to coronary artery bypass grafting...
EXCEL is a global, prospective, multi-center, randomized trial to assess the safety and efficacy of the Xience Prime/Xience V everolimus-eluting stent (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California) compared to coronary artery bypass grafting...
EXCEL is a global, prospective,...
10/28/2011
Cath Lab Digest
The Heart in 3-D: A Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Program
10/28/2011
Marco A. Costa, MD, PhD
In 2010, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, in Cleveland, Ohio, opened a TAVI multidisciplinary program with a dedicated staff for patients who have advanced aortic valve disease. Dr. Costa co-directs the program along with...
In 2010, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, in Cleveland, Ohio, opened a TAVI multidisciplinary program with a dedicated staff for patients who have advanced aortic valve disease. Dr. Costa co-directs the program along with...
In 2010, University Hospitals...
10/28/2011
Cath Lab Digest
NCDR Studies
Same-Day Discharge in Appropriately Selected Patients is Safe
10/28/2011
Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Sunil Rao and colleagues conducted a study to examine the prevalence of same-day discharge among older individuals following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and the rates of death or rehospitalization.1The study included data...
Dr. Sunil Rao and colleagues conducted a study to examine the prevalence of same-day discharge among older individuals following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and the rates of death or rehospitalization.1The study included data...
Dr. Sunil Rao and colleagues...
10/28/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Wentworth Douglass Hospital Cardiovascular Lab
10/26/2011
Lisa Conway, RCIS; Christian Comeau, BSRS, RT(R)(CI), RCIS
Can you tell us about your cath lab?The Wentworth Douglass Hospital Cardiovascular Lab has 2 interventional Artis Zee suites (Siemens Medical, Malvern, Pennsylvania) that perform both cardiac and peripheral procedures. We have 5 new private...
Can you tell us about your cath lab?The Wentworth Douglass Hospital Cardiovascular Lab has 2 interventional Artis Zee suites (Siemens Medical, Malvern, Pennsylvania) that perform both cardiac and peripheral procedures. We have 5 new private...
Can you tell us about your cath...
10/26/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Files by Dr. George
Complex Left Main Coronary Intervention for In-Stent Restenosis Facilitated by Use of Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device
10/28/2011
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Harit Desai, DO
AbstractLeft ventricular assist devices have proven to reduce cardiac workload and provide circulatory assistance and protection to myocardium during revascularization of severe coronary artery disease specifically involving the left main. We...
AbstractLeft ventricular assist devices have proven to reduce cardiac workload and provide circulatory assistance and protection to myocardium during revascularization of severe coronary artery disease specifically involving the left main. We...
AbstractLeft ventricular assist...
10/28/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
First Report of StarClose Vascular Closure System Dislodgement During Repeat Arterial Access
10/31/2011
Elias V. Haddad, MD; Mark D. Glazer, MD; Robert N. Piana, MD
AbstractManagement of vascular access using closure devices has become increasingly common in the last decade. Use of these devices has allowed for earlier ambulation post-procedure and less patient discomfort. The Starclose device is a...
AbstractManagement of vascular access using closure devices has become increasingly common in the last decade. Use of these devices has allowed for earlier ambulation post-procedure and less patient discomfort. The Starclose device is a...
AbstractManagement of vascular...
10/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Bleeding Complications: Talking to a Gastroenterologist
10/31/2011
Neeraj Bhala, MD
Dr. Bhala was the senior author of a July 2011 British Medical Journal clinical review article, “Anticipating and managing bleeding complications in patients with coronary stents who are receiving dual antiplatelet treatment.” We talk with...
Dr. Bhala was the senior author of a July 2011 British Medical Journal clinical review article, “Anticipating and managing bleeding complications in patients with coronary stents who are receiving dual antiplatelet treatment.” We talk with...
Dr. Bhala was the senior author...
10/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
What Do You Think?
10/31/2011

Reader-Submitted Questions Answered by Readers

Reader-Submitted Questions Answered b...
Answered!Re: A response to the discussion in the July 2011 Cath Lab Digest regarding the registered cardiovascular invasive specialist (RCIS) credential (available at http://tinyurl.com/WDYT-RCIS).First of all, congratulations to Kory Briggs...
Answered!Re: A response to the discussion in the July 2011 Cath Lab Digest regarding the registered cardiovascular invasive specialist (RCIS) credential (available at http://tinyurl.com/WDYT-RCIS).First of all, congratulations to Kory Briggs...
Answered!Re: A response to the...
10/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
A Celebration of Excellence: Saluting Radiologic Technologists in the Cardiac Cath Lab
10/31/2011
Amy J. Newell, RT(R)
Each November, the healthcare industry celebrates “National Radiologic Technology Week” — not only to commemorate the discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (on November 8, 1895), but also as a salute to radiologic technologists and...
Each November, the healthcare industry celebrates “National Radiologic Technology Week” — not only to commemorate the discovery of x-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (on November 8, 1895), but also as a salute to radiologic technologists and...
Each November, the healthcare...
10/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
When Should You Discharge a PCI Patient From the Hospital?
10/31/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
One of my recent interventional fellows, now a new staff interventionalist at a nearby hospital, wants to know when to discharge uncomplicated patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). He mentions that the guidelines are not...
One of my recent interventional fellows, now a new staff interventionalist at a nearby hospital, wants to know when to discharge uncomplicated patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). He mentions that the guidelines are not...
One of my recent interventional...
10/31/2011
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