Volume 20 - Issue 2 - February 2012
Technology Pulse
01/31/2012
Ashok M. Tirovanziam, MD, FESC
What has been your experience with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)?I have been fortunate enough to work on TAVR since the beginning. I was a fellow under Alain Cribier, the creator of this technique. We began our program at...
What has been your experience with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)?I have been fortunate enough to work on TAVR since the beginning. I was a fellow under Alain Cribier, the creator of this technique. We began our program at...
What has been your experience...
01/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
01/31/2012
Donna Haggard, RN, MSN
Tell us about your cath lab.Hendricks Regional Health is a non-profit Magnet® hospital located in Danville, Indiana, serving the western suburban area of Indianapolis. In response to the demands of our growing community, we expanded...
Tell us about your cath lab.Hendricks Regional Health is a non-profit Magnet® hospital located in Danville, Indiana, serving the western suburban area of Indianapolis. In response to the demands of our growing community, we expanded...
Tell us about your cath...
01/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
01/31/2012
Donna Haggard, RN, MSN
Tell us about your cath lab.Hendricks Regional Health is a non-profit Magnet® hospital located in Danville, Indiana, serving the western suburban area of Indianapolis. In response to the demands of our growing community, we expanded...
Tell us about your cath lab.Hendricks Regional Health is a non-profit Magnet® hospital located in Danville, Indiana, serving the western suburban area of Indianapolis. In response to the demands of our growing community, we expanded...
Tell us about your cath...
01/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
Rawa Sarji, DO; Nattapong Sricharoen, MD
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac catheterization is an exciting technique that has many advantages over the traditional femoral approach. Most importantly it is a safe option for PCI with potential same day discharge for uncomplicated cases....
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac catheterization is an exciting technique that has many advantages over the traditional femoral approach. Most importantly it is a safe option for PCI with potential same day discharge for uncomplicated cases....
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
Lauren Belliveau; Stephen Pala
Hybrid operating rooms combine the diagnostic functions of a cath lab with the surgical functions of an operating room. Once only found at academic medical centers, they are growing in popularity as regional medical centers across the country...
Hybrid operating rooms combine the diagnostic functions of a cath lab with the surgical functions of an operating room. Once only found at academic medical centers, they are growing in popularity as regional medical centers across the country...
Hybrid operating rooms combine...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Richard C. Kovach, MD; Harit Desai, DO
A 65-year-old male with advanced atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) status post third re-do coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with initial five-vessel bypass in 1984 followed by subsequent three-vessel bypass in 1998, systolic...
A 65-year-old male with advanced atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) status post third re-do coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with initial five-vessel bypass in 1984 followed by subsequent three-vessel bypass in 1998, systolic...
A 65-year-old male with advanced...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
Ross Swanson
As the cardiovascular industry matures, more and more hospitals have entered the arena of therapeutic catheter services, complementing the diagnostic capabilities that many already offer. Corazon frequently supports hospitals with the...
As the cardiovascular industry matures, more and more hospitals have entered the arena of therapeutic catheter services, complementing the diagnostic capabilities that many already offer. Corazon frequently supports hospitals with the...
As the cardiovascular industry...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
James B. Williams, MD, FACS; Janet Winkler, RN
Peoria, Illinois hasn’t always been the first place that comes to mind when considering the best place to undertake post-graduate training in endovascular interventions, but that’s changing. Dr. James B. Williams has spent the last six years...
Peoria, Illinois hasn’t always been the first place that comes to mind when considering the best place to undertake post-graduate training in endovascular interventions, but that’s changing. Dr. James B. Williams has spent the last six years...
Peoria, Illinois hasn’t always...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
02/01/2012
A completely unscientific survey of what CLD’s 12 spotlighted labs reported in 2011.Do any of your physicians routinely utilize transradial access?Yes: 10 (83.3%)No: 2 (16.7%)
A completely unscientific survey of what CLD’s 12 spotlighted labs reported in 2011.Do any of your physicians routinely utilize transradial access?Yes: 10 (83.3%)No: 2 (16.7%)
A completely unscientific survey...
02/01/2012
Cath Lab Digest
