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Volume 19 - Issue 12 - December 2011

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12/05/2011

Compiled by Cath Lab Digest

Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Severity of STEMI Dependent on Time of DayThe size of a heart attack and subsequent left ventricular function are significantly different based on the time of day of  onset of ischemia, according to a first of its kind study in humans,...
Severity of STEMI Dependent on Time of DayThe size of a heart attack and subsequent left ventricular function are significantly different based on the time of day of  onset of ischemia, according to a first of its kind study in humans,...
Severity of STEMI Dependent on...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Forearm Vein Access for Radial Procedures: An Easy Method for Right and Left Heart Catheterization
12/05/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
About 15% of diagnostic cardiac cath cases need right heart hemodynamics with their left heart cath. For these patients, it seems that the radial approach may be discouraged because of perceived venous access difficulties and a desire to use...
About 15% of diagnostic cardiac cath cases need right heart hemodynamics with their left heart cath. For these patients, it seems that the radial approach may be discouraged because of perceived venous access difficulties and a desire to use...
About 15% of diagnostic cardiac...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Selected Original Research Abstracts From the Journal of Invasive Cardiology September 2011
12/05/2011

 

 

  
Relationship of Walking Impairment and Ankle-Brachial Index Assessments with Peripheral Arterial Translesional Pressure GradientsSubhash Banerjee, MD, Neeraj Badhey, MD, Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD, Cyril Varghese, MS, Emmanouil S....
Relationship of Walking Impairment and Ankle-Brachial Index Assessments with Peripheral Arterial Translesional Pressure GradientsSubhash Banerjee, MD, Neeraj Badhey, MD, Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD, Cyril Varghese, MS, Emmanouil S....
Relationship of Walking...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Regulatory Update: An Overview of the Latest Changes
12/05/2011
Catherine DiNardo
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as the healthcare reform law, was enacted in March of 2010. Most of the initiatives contained in the Act were not fully defined, and most were scheduled to start two to four...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as the healthcare reform law, was enacted in March of 2010. Most of the initiatives contained in the Act were not fully defined, and most were scheduled to start two to four...
The Patient Protection and...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Behind the Scenes
Email Exchange
12/05/2011

We share an email exchange where two readers contacted author Jim Wade, RN, MBA, FSICP, Rockford, Illinois, regarding his March 2010 article, “A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab” (available online at www.cathlabdigest.com).

We share an email exchange where two ...
We share an email exchange where two readers contacted author Jim Wade, RN, MBA, FSICP, Rockford, Illinois, regarding his March 2010 article, “A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab” (available online at www.cathlabdigest.com).
We share an email exchange where two readers contacted author Jim Wade, RN, MBA, FSICP, Rockford, Illinois, regarding his March 2010 article, “A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab” (available online at www.cathlabdigest.com).
We share an email exchange where...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Files by Dr. George
Novel Use of Intravascular Ultrasound in Percutaneous Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty: A Case Report
12/05/2011
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Faisal Shamshad, MD
AbstractPercutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty has been limited, due to poor durability and high rates of recurrence and restenosis. Moreover, interpretation of valve gradients and valve areas post-valvuloplasty has been inconsistent due...
AbstractPercutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty has been limited, due to poor durability and high rates of recurrence and restenosis. Moreover, interpretation of valve gradients and valve areas post-valvuloplasty has been inconsistent due...
AbstractPercutaneous balloon...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Impella 2.5-Supported Revascularization in a Patient with Normal EF and a Large Amount of Myocardial Jeopardy
12/05/2011
Branavan Umakanthan, DO, FACC, FSCAI; Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FACP, FSCAI
IntroductionThe advent of left ventricular assist devices has allowed the interventional cardiology community to perform complex coronary interventional procedures in a safe, effective manner.  Initial iterations of left ventricular assist...
IntroductionThe advent of left ventricular assist devices has allowed the interventional cardiology community to perform complex coronary interventional procedures in a safe, effective manner.  Initial iterations of left ventricular assist...
IntroductionThe advent of left...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Optical Coherence Tomography Findings During “Evolving” Stent Thrombosis
12/05/2011
Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD, FESC; Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, MD, PhD; Brian Zakhem, MBBS, FRACP
ABSTRACTStent thrombosis is a rare but feared complication. While intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography are frequently used to unravel mechanical predisposing factors in patients suffering from this dreadful complication,...
ABSTRACTStent thrombosis is a rare but feared complication. While intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography are frequently used to unravel mechanical predisposing factors in patients suffering from this dreadful complication,...
ABSTRACTStent thrombosis is a...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
The King Laryngeal Tube: Failed Airway or Airway of Choice?
12/05/2011
Travis Mackey, RN, CCRN, RCIS, EMT-P
Your patient stops breathing! It is a fairly common occurrence in the cath lab. An acute patient suffering a myocardial infarction (MI) is brought into your lab emergently. Before the heart can be reperfused, the patient goes into cardiac...
Your patient stops breathing! It is a fairly common occurrence in the cath lab. An acute patient suffering a myocardial infarction (MI) is brought into your lab emergently. Before the heart can be reperfused, the patient goes into cardiac...
Your patient stops breathing! It...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Corner
TWENTE: Abbott’s Xience V Stent and Medtronic’s Resolute Go Head-to-Head
12/05/2011
Clemens von Birgelen, MD, PhD
What is the history of comparisons between the Xience V and Resolute stents?The TWENTE trial is actually the second, prospective, randomized trial between Resolute and Xience V in patients with complex coronary artery disease. The first, the...
What is the history of comparisons between the Xience V and Resolute stents?The TWENTE trial is actually the second, prospective, randomized trial between Resolute and Xience V in patients with complex coronary artery disease. The first, the...
What is the history of...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Crittenton Hospital Medical Center
12/05/2011
Sherie Bland, RN; Laura Allen, RCIS, CCT
Can you tell us about your cath lab?Crittenton Hospital Medical Center is a not-for-profit community hospital with 248 licensed beds. Crittenton is one of a few independent community hospitals left in Southeastern Michigan, with a strong...
Can you tell us about your cath lab?Crittenton Hospital Medical Center is a not-for-profit community hospital with 248 licensed beds. Crittenton is one of a few independent community hospitals left in Southeastern Michigan, with a strong...
Can you tell us about your cath...
12/05/2011
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New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026 – Thrombolex, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases,...
New Britain, PA, March 16, 2026 – Thrombolex, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company advancing a differentiated pharmaco-mechanical lysis (PML) platform for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) and other thromboembolic diseases,...
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Scientia's novel access platform is designed to improve navigability through complex anatomy and simplify neurovascular procedures. By enabling faster and more reliable access, these technologies improve procedural efficiency.
Scientia's novel access platform is designed to improve navigability through complex anatomy and simplify neurovascular procedures. By enabling faster and more reliable access, these technologies improve procedural efficiency.
Scientia's novel access platform...
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EggNest (Egg Medical)
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Egg Medical Presents CRT 2026 Data Demonstrating a Responsible Path to Light Lead and Lead-Apron Free Protection
03/10/2026
"By using the EggNest system, we can provide the entire team with protection that is superior to the status quo, by either going apron-free, or while wearing aprons that feel like a light vest," said Santiago Garcia, MD, the study’s lead...
"By using the EggNest system, we can provide the entire team with protection that is superior to the status quo, by either going apron-free, or while wearing aprons that feel like a light vest," said Santiago Garcia, MD, the study’s lead...
"By using the EggNest system, we...
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CathWorks FFRangio
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"This first look at contemporary data of the growing adoption of angiography-derived physiology (ADP) in the U.S. shows similar clinical outcomes including death, MI and revascularization through 2 years when compared with invasive pressure...
"This first look at contemporary data of the growing adoption of angiography-derived physiology (ADP) in the U.S. shows similar clinical outcomes including death, MI and revascularization through 2 years when compared with invasive pressure...
"This first look at contemporary...
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Heart Failure
BioCardia Late Breaking Echocardiography Clinical Results from CardiAMP HF Trial Presented at Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT)
03/04/2026
Dr. Amish Raval reported that patients receiving the autologous CardiAMP cell therapy under investigation demonstrated positive evidence of decreased pathological left ventricular remodeling over time compared to patients not receiving the...
Dr. Amish Raval reported that patients receiving the autologous CardiAMP cell therapy under investigation demonstrated positive evidence of decreased pathological left ventricular remodeling over time compared to patients not receiving the...
Dr. Amish Raval reported that...
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Cath Lab Digest
Heart Failure
Relief Cardiovascular Reports Positive First-in-Human Data for Device-Based Decongestion Therapy in Heart Failure Patients
03/04/2026
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides encouraging early evidence on a novel approach to HF congestion management," stated Dr. Alex Rothman. "By targeting the negative physiological cardiorenal loop, the Relief System modulates venous congestion in...
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides encouraging early evidence on a novel approach to HF congestion management," stated Dr. Alex Rothman. "By targeting the negative physiological cardiorenal loop, the Relief System modulates venous congestion in...
"The RELIEF-FIH study provides...
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Amputation Prevention
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02/23/2026
A wound that remains open for longer than a month is classified as chronic. Worldwide, about 12 million people experience chronic wounds each year, including roughly 4.5 million in the United States. Approximately one in five of these...
A wound that remains open for longer than a month is classified as chronic. Worldwide, about 12 million people experience chronic wounds each year, including roughly 4.5 million in the United States. Approximately one in five of these...
A wound that remains open for...
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Nutrition
People Whose Sugar Intake Was Restricted Before Birth and In Early Childhood Had Markedly Lower Rates of Heart Disease Later In Life 
02/23/2026
Limiting sugar consumption during early childhood may reduce the risk of serious heart problems later in life. A study published in The BMJ, based on data from the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953, found that people...
Limiting sugar consumption during early childhood may reduce the risk of serious heart problems later in life. A study published in The BMJ, based on data from the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953, found that people...
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02/23/2026
SALT LAKE CITY, UT  — VentiV Scientific announced the FDA clearance of VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system to remove blood clots from the peripheral vasculature including the new VentiV Pulse platform. Blood clot removal...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT  — VentiV Scientific announced the FDA clearance of VentiV Mechanical Thrombectomy system to remove blood clots from the peripheral vasculature including the new VentiV Pulse platform. Blood clot removal...
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Acute Coronary Syndromes
Acute Coronary Events Registry Provides Insights Into Sex-Specific Differences
02/20/2026
Munich, Germany – Preliminary results from an Italian registry describe the risk profile of women experiencing acute coronary syndromes and provide insights to improve management.1 These findings were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026,...
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