Volume 21 - Issue 1 - January 2013
01/07/2013
Lynn Hanson; Ryan D. Madder, MD, FACC; Anne Beekman, BSN, RN; David H. Wohns, MD
We perform 6,061 cardiac and peripheral procedures per year.
We perform 6,061 cardiac and peripheral procedures per year.
We perform 6,061 cardiac and...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS
All three categories of PE patients should not be treated the same. It is evident we should be treating these patients differently and we should be more aggressive with the massive and submassive patients.
All three categories of PE patients should not be treated the same. It is evident we should be treating these patients differently and we should be more aggressive with the massive and submassive patients.
All three categories of PE...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
John R. Laird, MD, FACC, FACP
At 12 months, the LifeStent was far superior to balloon angioplasty with regard to target lesion revascularization and had better patency by duplex ultrasound.
At 12 months, the LifeStent was far superior to balloon angioplasty with regard to target lesion revascularization and had better patency by duplex ultrasound.
At 12 months, the LifeStent was...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Richard J. Powell, MD
Once the cells are placed into a leg that has low oxygen because of poor blood flow, the cells change themselves or they behave differently, growing new small blood vessels and releasing various cytokines that can affect healing.
Once the cells are placed into a leg that has low oxygen because of poor blood flow, the cells change themselves or they behave differently, growing new small blood vessels and releasing various cytokines that can affect healing.
Once the cells are placed into a...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Thomas Zeller, MD, PhD
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove that there is an additional benefit to performing atherectomy prior to the use of a drug-eluting balloon.
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove that there is an additional benefit to performing atherectomy prior to the use of a drug-eluting balloon.
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Francesco Liistro, MD
DEBATE BTK looked at patients with diabetes and critical limb ischemia undergoing revascularization with either the Medtronic Invatec In.Pact Amphirion DEB or an uncoated balloon, in occluded or stenotic tibial vessels with lesions of at...
DEBATE BTK looked at patients with diabetes and critical limb ischemia undergoing revascularization with either the Medtronic Invatec In.Pact Amphirion DEB or an uncoated balloon, in occluded or stenotic tibial vessels with lesions of at...
DEBATE BTK looked at patients...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Marco G. Manzi, MD
In most cases, through retrograde recanalization, it is possible to recanalize the tibial vessel.
In most cases, through retrograde recanalization, it is possible to recanalize the tibial vessel.
In most cases, through...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Harit Desai, DO; Ashish H. Shah, MD, MRCP, DM, DO; Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
While most patients are asymptomatic from subclavian stenosis, some patients present with symptoms of upper extremity ischemia, including arm or hand claudication with or without neurologic symptoms or symptoms of subclavian steal syndrome.
While most patients are asymptomatic from subclavian stenosis, some patients present with symptoms of upper extremity ischemia, including arm or hand claudication with or without neurologic symptoms or symptoms of subclavian steal syndrome.
While most patients are...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
Dan Oslowski, RN, BSN; Carrie O'Leary, RN, MSN
After acquiring three other accreditations (Stroke Certification, Heart Failure Certification, and Chest Pain Center Certification), the cath lab at Forbes Regional Hospital decided to obtain ACE accreditation in April 2012.
After acquiring three other accreditations (Stroke Certification, Heart Failure Certification, and Chest Pain Center Certification), the cath lab at Forbes Regional Hospital decided to obtain ACE accreditation in April 2012.
After acquiring three other...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Luke Groben, DO; Nemalan Selvaraj, DO; Harit Desai, DO; Jon C. George, MD, MBA
Our case report is a first of its kind where the right subclavian artery was involved in a steal phenomenon from the left internal mammary artery graft.
Our case report is a first of its kind where the right subclavian artery was involved in a steal phenomenon from the left internal mammary artery graft.
Our case report is a first of...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Boochi Babu Mannuva, MD; Rajasekhar Durgaprasad, MD, DM, FACC; Vanajakshamma Velam, MD, DM
Here we report an unusual case of the left anterior descending artery continuing as the posterior descending artery beyond the crux in the presence of diminutive right coronary artery.
Here we report an unusual case of the left anterior descending artery continuing as the posterior descending artery beyond the crux in the presence of diminutive right coronary artery.
Here we report an unusual case...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Amy J. Newell, RT(R)
Three years later, revised PCI guidelines, and the never-ending question, “Has the burden been met?”
Three years later, revised PCI guidelines, and the never-ending question, “Has the burden been met?”
Three years later, revised PCI...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Phillip Mumford, MHA, MBA, RCIS
While our main purpose in the cardiac cath lab is diagnostic and interventional cardiology, we are seeing a great many peripheral cases being performed.
While our main purpose in the cardiac cath lab is diagnostic and interventional cardiology, we are seeing a great many peripheral cases being performed.
While our main purpose in the...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
With her acute STEMI (which may actually have been a couple of days old), and her pneumonia, do you proceed to the cath lab or tell her that medical therapy would be a good alternative to revascularization?
With her acute STEMI (which may actually have been a couple of days old), and her pneumonia, do you proceed to the cath lab or tell her that medical therapy would be a good alternative to revascularization?
With her acute STEMI (which may...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
SICP underwent several changes in 2012 and made some great progress.
SICP underwent several changes in 2012 and made some great progress.
SICP underwent several changes...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
First Hospital System Accredited in U.S. Cites the Cumulative Impact and Benefit of Accreditation
First Hospital System Accredited in U.S. Cites the Cumulative Impact and Benefit of Accreditation
First Hospital System Accredited...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
The International Medical Outreach Program donates second public heart catheterization laboratory in the country, helping meet growing need for procedure
The International Medical Outreach Program donates second public heart catheterization laboratory in the country, helping meet growing need for procedure
The International Medical...
01/07/2013
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01/07/2013
MAQUET Cardiovascular announced that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently voted to support the Agency’s reclassification of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) devices for certain...
MAQUET Cardiovascular announced that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently voted to support the Agency’s reclassification of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) devices for certain...
MAQUET Cardiovascular announced...
01/07/2013
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