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Volume 19 - Issue 6 - June 2011

A Peripheral Fem-to-Fem Bypass With Impella Use
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest talks with Wissam Gharib, MD, FACC, FSCAI, West Virginia University Heart Institute, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, about his use of the left ventricular assist Impella device (Abiomed, Danvers,...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Wissam Gharib, MD, FACC, FSCAI, West Virginia University Heart Institute, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, about his use of the left ventricular assist Impella device (Abiomed, Danvers,...
Cath Lab Digest talks with...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Milestones
The Annual Nurse and Technologist Symposium at TCT Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
06/01/2011
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Authored by staff at Cath Lab Digest ...
Cath Lab Digest talks with some of the many experienced, dedicated and passionate staff and physicians who have helped build the Nurse and Technologist Symposium at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting. 
Cath Lab Digest talks with some of the many experienced, dedicated and passionate staff and physicians who have helped build the Nurse and Technologist Symposium at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting. 
Cath Lab Digest talks with some...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Deborah Heart and Lung Center Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
05/31/2011
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Valerie Harris, RN
Can you tell us about your cath lab?  Deborah Heart and Lung Center (DHLC) has a longstanding history of being a leader dedicated to cardiovascular care. Our cath facility consists of four labs: one biplane lab, one single-plane lab formerly...
Can you tell us about your cath lab?  Deborah Heart and Lung Center (DHLC) has a longstanding history of being a leader dedicated to cardiovascular care. Our cath facility consists of four labs: one biplane lab, one single-plane lab formerly...
Can you tell us about your cath...
05/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Devices in the Lab
Rotational Atherectomy: An Invaluable Tool for Complex Lesions
06/01/2011
Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI
One of the Achilles’ heels of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is severe, complex calcification. The presence of severe calcification in vessels may prevent the full balloon dilatation of a lesion. Optimal stent expansion and...
One of the Achilles’ heels of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is severe, complex calcification. The presence of severe calcification in vessels may prevent the full balloon dilatation of a lesion. Optimal stent expansion and...
One of the Achilles’ heels of...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab
06/01/2011
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“When I was first taught how to do angiograms, I was told that you never want to leave blood in the sidearm of the sheath. I was to aspirate to make sure there was no clot and then flush with sterile heparinized saline. Now, we are composing...
“When I was first taught how to do angiograms, I was told that you never want to leave blood in the sidearm of the sheath. I was to aspirate to make sure there was no clot and then flush with sterile heparinized saline. Now, we are composing...
“When I was first taught how to...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Treating a Chronic Total Occlusion Via the Transradial Approach
06/01/2011
Kamran Akram, MD; Robert Armbuster, MD; Syed M. Ahmed, MD
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06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Data Registries
What is the NCDR and Why is it Important to Me?
06/01/2011
C. Jane Haddox, BSRT, ARRT(R)(CV), CVIR
So much research is happening today in cardiology. Who is doing the research, and where are the patients coming from?There are many hospitals nationwide participating in research as a part of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR®)....
So much research is happening today in cardiology. Who is doing the research, and where are the patients coming from?There are many hospitals nationwide participating in research as a part of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR®)....
So much research is happening...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
News from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)
06/02/2011

Compiled by CathLabDigest

Compiled by CathLabDigest
SICP UPDATERegister 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.   
SICP UPDATERegister 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.   
SICP UPDATERegister Today: SICP...
06/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Looking into the Crystal Ball…Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Future
06/01/2011
Susan N. Heck
Our December 2009 Cath Lab Digest article entitled “State of the Union: What is Keeping You Up at Night?” made some predictions about the future of healthcare. One prediction was that a new focus on prevention and chronic disease management...
Our December 2009 Cath Lab Digest article entitled “State of the Union: What is Keeping You Up at Night?” made some predictions about the future of healthcare. One prediction was that a new focus on prevention and chronic disease management...
Our December 2009 Cath Lab...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Do You Know Your Radiation Dose During Your Cath?
06/01/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
I recently learned that I could see my real-time x-ray dose while doing a case. My x-ray system (Philips, Bothell, Wash.) has a display (see Figures) on the left side of the monitors that shows my table height, source-to-image distance (SID),...
I recently learned that I could see my real-time x-ray dose while doing a case. My x-ray system (Philips, Bothell, Wash.) has a display (see Figures) on the left side of the monitors that shows my table height, source-to-image distance (SID),...
I recently learned that I could...
06/01/2011
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