Volume 19 - Issue 3 - March, 2011
Announcements
03/04/2011
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Congratulations to Parma Community General Hospital in Parma, Ohio, for a recent 9-minute door-to-balloon time! Dr. Christine Zirafi, the cardiac cath lab team, and the hospital’s emergency department are to be congratulated on this...
Congratulations to Parma Community General Hospital in Parma, Ohio, for a recent 9-minute door-to-balloon time! Dr. Christine Zirafi, the cardiac cath lab team, and the hospital’s emergency department are to be congratulated on this...
Congratulations to Parma...
03/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
03/04/2011
Compiled by CathLab Digest
Compiled by CathLab Digest
FDA Advisory Committee Votes Favorably on Expanding the Indication for Abbott’s Carotid Stent System to Include Patients at Standard Surgical Risk
Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices...
FDA Advisory Committee Votes Favorably on Expanding the Indication for Abbott’s Carotid Stent System to Include Patients at Standard Surgical Risk
Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices...
FDA Advisory Committee Votes...
03/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
03/04/2011
Diane Barney
There were no combat boots or drill sergeants present, but some 100 doctors, nurses, technologists and emergency medical services (EMS) workers reported for boot camp one bright January day in Fairfield, California -- Make that STEMI Boot...
There were no combat boots or drill sergeants present, but some 100 doctors, nurses, technologists and emergency medical services (EMS) workers reported for boot camp one bright January day in Fairfield, California -- Make that STEMI Boot...
There were no combat boots or...
03/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
03/04/2011
Jessica Barrick
With continual changes in reimbursement, regulation, and an increasingly competitive landscape for healthcare dollars, the emphasis on securing the right talent necessary to effectively lead a hospital’s clinical service lines has become...
With continual changes in reimbursement, regulation, and an increasingly competitive landscape for healthcare dollars, the emphasis on securing the right talent necessary to effectively lead a hospital’s clinical service lines has become...
With continual changes in...
03/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
03/04/2011
Joshua Mathieson, CVT
Wow, what a journey it took to get here! I have been in the cath lab for almost six years. My former manager, Mark Raffaelle, instilled in me the idea that becoming a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) was a must. He...
Wow, what a journey it took to get here! I have been in the cath lab for almost six years. My former manager, Mark Raffaelle, instilled in me the idea that becoming a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) was a must. He...
Wow, what a journey it took to...
03/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Rapid Communication
03/04/2011
Sanjay Kumar, MD, BSc, MBBS, MRCP
ABSTRACT: The failure to deliver a stent across the target lesion during percutaneous coronary intervention, especially in arteries with calcified tortuous anatomy, is often due to insufficient back-up support from the guiding catheter....
ABSTRACT: The failure to deliver a stent across the target lesion during percutaneous coronary intervention, especially in arteries with calcified tortuous anatomy, is often due to insufficient back-up support from the guiding catheter....
ABSTRACT: The failure to deliver...
03/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
03/03/2011
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
Question #1: Can you do an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with the transradial approach?
Case performed by Zaheed Tai, DO, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
An 84-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department and...
Question #1: Can you do an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with the transradial approach?
Case performed by Zaheed Tai, DO, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
An 84-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department and...
Question #1: Can you do an acute...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Transitions
03/03/2011
Adele Serio, MSN, RN, RCIS; Scott Serio, RCIS
Our History Transitioning From Private Labs to Hospitals
Adele Serio, RN, RCIS, has been employed at Colorado Heart Institute (CHI) for 20 years. CHI originally opened its doors in 1987, built by a group of entrepreneurs who could envision...
Our History Transitioning From Private Labs to Hospitals
Adele Serio, RN, RCIS, has been employed at Colorado Heart Institute (CHI) for 20 years. CHI originally opened its doors in 1987, built by a group of entrepreneurs who could envision...
Our History Transitioning From...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
03/03/2011
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
Case Report
A 63-year-old patient had undergone robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) involving the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) 2 years prior. Subsequently, the patient...
Case Report
A 63-year-old patient had undergone robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) involving the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) 2 years prior. Subsequently, the patient...
Case Report
A 63-year-old...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
03/03/2011
Dale C. Wortham, MD
Tell us about this new femoral artery access device from Arstasis. Why were you initially interested?
As physicians, we are always looking for a better solution for common clinical issues we face in the cath lab. Though there are some...
Tell us about this new femoral artery access device from Arstasis. Why were you initially interested?
As physicians, we are always looking for a better solution for common clinical issues we face in the cath lab. Though there are some...
Tell us about this new femoral...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
03/03/2011
Reader-Submitted Questions Answered by Readers
Reader-Submitted Questions Answered b...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
03/03/2011
Dear Dr. Kern,
I just came across a great article about unintentional hypothermia as it relates to the OR environment. It seems to me this article should apply to the cath lab environment as well. The article, “Unintentional hypothermia:...
Dear Dr. Kern,
I just came across a great article about unintentional hypothermia as it relates to the OR environment. It seems to me this article should apply to the cath lab environment as well. The article, “Unintentional hypothermia:...
Dear Dr. Kern,
I just came...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
03/03/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Several timely articles in leading newspapers across the country are spotlighting the recent surge in radial artery cardiac catheterization. For example, Suzanne Hoholik wrote the article “Some surgeons inserting stents through the wrist” for...
Several timely articles in leading newspapers across the country are spotlighting the recent surge in radial artery cardiac catheterization. For example, Suzanne Hoholik wrote the article “Some surgeons inserting stents through the wrist” for...
Several timely articles in...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
03/03/2011
Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI
Orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure.1 Complications and comorbidities associated with orthotopic heart transplant and the medications needed to prevent rejection...
Orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure.1 Complications and comorbidities associated with orthotopic heart transplant and the medications needed to prevent rejection...
Orthotopic heart transplantation...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
03/02/2011
Santhosh Reddy Mannem, MD
Abstract
Implantable port-catheter systems are being used increasingly for long-term intravenous therapy. Intracardiac catheter embolization is a serious complication and most reported cases have been right-sided embolizations. Left-sided...
Abstract
Implantable port-catheter systems are being used increasingly for long-term intravenous therapy. Intracardiac catheter embolization is a serious complication and most reported cases have been right-sided embolizations. Left-sided...
Abstract
Implantable...
03/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
In the Lab
03/02/2011
Charles E. Chambers, MD
Tell us about the creation of the new guidelines.
It was actually in 2006, after completing the 1992 infection control guidelines update, that the SCAI Lab Standards Committee (now the Quality Improvement Committee), looked at renewing the...
Tell us about the creation of the new guidelines.
It was actually in 2006, after completing the 1992 infection control guidelines update, that the SCAI Lab Standards Committee (now the Quality Improvement Committee), looked at renewing the...
Tell us about the creation of...
03/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
03/02/2011
Beth Ferguson
Can you tell us about your cath lab?
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab has 6 cardiovascular labs, 1 electrophysiology lab and 2 peripheral vascular labs. We have 50 staff members, including management, made up of a mix...
Can you tell us about your cath lab?
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab has 6 cardiovascular labs, 1 electrophysiology lab and 2 peripheral vascular labs. We have 50 staff members, including management, made up of a mix...
Can you tell us about your cath...
03/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
03/02/2011
Beth Ferguson
Can you tell us about your cath lab?
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab has 6 cardiovascular labs, 1 electrophysiology lab and 2 peripheral vascular labs. We have 50 staff members, including management, made up of a mix...
Can you tell us about your cath lab?
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab has 6 cardiovascular labs, 1 electrophysiology lab and 2 peripheral vascular labs. We have 50 staff members, including management, made up of a mix...
Can you tell us about your cath...
03/02/2011
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