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Volume 19 - Issue 5 - May 2011

SICP Section
News from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)
05/03/2011

Compiled by CathLabDigest

Compiled by CathLabDigest
Register Today: SICP Annual Meeting, July 28-30, 2011, Boston MARegistration is open and available online at www.sicp.com. Please make your plans to participate in this much-anticipated meeting. Topics include: exploration of new techniques,...
Register Today: SICP Annual Meeting, July 28-30, 2011, Boston MARegistration is open and available online at www.sicp.com. Please make your plans to participate in this much-anticipated meeting. Topics include: exploration of new techniques,...
Register Today: SICP Annual...
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Successful Implantation of Impella 2.5 Through Left Femoral Approach After Angioplasty of Aortic Stent Graft in High-Risk PCI
05/03/2011
Tamam Mohamad, MD; Ahmad Munir, MD; Hamza Aurakzai, MD; Theodore Schreiber, MD, FACC
AbstractIntroduction. Left ventricular assist devices help in reducing the cardiac workload, and provide circulatory assistance and protection to the myocardium and vital organs in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. Impella 2.5, a...
AbstractIntroduction. Left ventricular assist devices help in reducing the cardiac workload, and provide circulatory assistance and protection to the myocardium and vital organs in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. Impella 2.5, a...
AbstractIntroduction. Left...
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Design
Designing an Integrated Surgical/Interventional Suite: Form follows function in design to maximize efficiency, flexibility and versatility
05/02/2011
Udo H. Maron
Efficiency, flexibility, versatility ... these are the guiding planning and design objectives for today’s surgical/interventional hospital suites. Hospitals can achieve their goals for cost-effective delivery of quality care when planners and...
Efficiency, flexibility, versatility ... these are the guiding planning and design objectives for today’s surgical/interventional hospital suites. Hospitals can achieve their goals for cost-effective delivery of quality care when planners and...
Efficiency, flexibility,...
05/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Outside the Cath Lab
Non-Invasive Tests and Imaging Modalities: Role in the Management of CCL Patients
05/02/2011
Allyson Wilson, BS, RT(R); Christina Truluck, PhD; Richard J. Merschen, EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS
AbstractBefore patients enter the cardiac cath lab for a procedure, almost all have undergone one or more diagnostic tests, imaging studies, an electrocardiogram (ECG), or blood work such as serum troponin levels to confirm the likelihood of...
AbstractBefore patients enter the cardiac cath lab for a procedure, almost all have undergone one or more diagnostic tests, imaging studies, an electrocardiogram (ECG), or blood work such as serum troponin levels to confirm the likelihood of...
AbstractBefore patients enter...
05/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Letters to the Clinical Editor
05/03/2011
CLD Readers
CLD Readers
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with interest your article on “Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?” However, after reading the article, I am more puzzled.
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with interest your article on “Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?” However, after reading the article, I am more puzzled.
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with...
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
Revolutionizing Femoral Access: A Move to the Arstaotomy Technique in Accessing and Closing the Femoral Artery
05/03/2011
Frank D. Kresock, MD
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kresock, MD, Cath Lab Director, Cardiovascular Center, Parker, Arizona, about his experience with the Arstasis device, which changes the approach to femoral arterial access in order to facilitate artery...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kresock, MD, Cath Lab Director, Cardiovascular Center, Parker, Arizona, about his experience with the Arstasis device, which changes the approach to femoral arterial access in order to facilitate artery...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank...
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Celebrating Excellence: A Salute to Cardiac Cath Lab Nurses
05/03/2011
Marsha L. Knapik, RN, MSN, CCRN
Nurse’s Week allows us to set aside some time each year to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make in our world. This year, Nurse’s Week will be celebrated from May 6th (also known as Nurse’s Day) ending May 12th (Florence...
Nurse’s Week allows us to set aside some time each year to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make in our world. This year, Nurse’s Week will be celebrated from May 6th (also known as Nurse’s Day) ending May 12th (Florence...
Nurse’s Week allows us to set...
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
My Big 4 at ACC: EVEREST II, Partner Cohort A, RIVAL, and PROTECT II
05/02/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
The American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session is the time to hear about the most important advances in cardiology. These presentations are often summarized in the media and later published in the scientific journals. I...
The American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session is the time to hear about the most important advances in cardiology. These presentations are often summarized in the media and later published in the scientific journals. I...
The American College of...
05/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Successful Rotoblator Use Via the Right Radial Approach
05/03/2011
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
An 81-year-old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia underwent a left heart catheterization procedure following a positive stress test and was referred to Zaheed Tai, DO, for a possible intervention. The left heart cath,...
An 81-year-old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia underwent a left heart catheterization procedure following a positive stress test and was referred to Zaheed Tai, DO, for a possible intervention. The left heart cath,...
An 81-year-old male with a...
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
In the Lab
Making Waves: The Use of Waveform Capnography for Procedural Sedation in the Cardiac Cath Lab
05/03/2011
Travis Mackey, RN, CCRN, RCIS, EMT-P
Capnography is an underutilized technology that could potentially save lives. By definition, it is simply the measurement of a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide represented as a waveform on a monitor, but it is so much more than that. It...
Capnography is an underutilized technology that could potentially save lives. By definition, it is simply the measurement of a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide represented as a waveform on a monitor, but it is so much more than that. It...
Capnography is an underutilized...
05/03/2011
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