Volume 21 - Issue 6 - June 2013
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/05/2013
Sameer A. Gafoor, MD; Horst Sievert, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Horst Sievert has performed over 50,000 interventions, treating coronary, structural heart, and peripheral artery disease. He is the founder of several international conferences focusing on endovascular and...
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Horst Sievert has performed over 50,000 interventions, treating coronary, structural heart, and peripheral artery disease. He is the founder of several international conferences focusing on endovascular and...
Interventional cardiologist Dr....
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
06/05/2013
Brendan Casey
When we looked at how our processes improved — less hold times, quicker discharge times for outpatients, more rapid ambulation, and improved cardiac telemetry unit nursing time — it became increasingly obvious that this technology would not...
When we looked at how our processes improved — less hold times, quicker discharge times for outpatients, more rapid ambulation, and improved cardiac telemetry unit nursing time — it became increasingly obvious that this technology would not...
When we looked at how our...
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
06/05/2013
Andrew C. Eisenhauer, MD; Donald E. Cutlip, MD; Evelyn Baram-Clothier, PhD, JD
We all recognize that the process of external invited peer review can be unnerving to some, but it is important to acknowledge that, increasingly, we are all under external scrutiny, more than ever before. What can be done to ensure an...
We all recognize that the process of external invited peer review can be unnerving to some, but it is important to acknowledge that, increasingly, we are all under external scrutiny, more than ever before. What can be done to ensure an...
We all recognize that the...
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/04/2013
Craig Sommers
Currently, St. Mary’s has three cath lab suites, two electrophysiology (EP) suites and a hybrid suite. Our team of physicians and staff perform over 3,000 cases per year with American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data...
Currently, St. Mary’s has three cath lab suites, two electrophysiology (EP) suites and a hybrid suite. Our team of physicians and staff perform over 3,000 cases per year with American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data...
Currently, St. Mary’s has three...
06/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/05/2013
Sameer A. Gafoor, MD; Horst Sievert, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Horst Sievert has performed over 50,000 interventions, treating coronary, structural heart, and peripheral artery disease. He is the founder of several international conferences focusing on endovascular and...
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Horst Sievert has performed over 50,000 interventions, treating coronary, structural heart, and peripheral artery disease. He is the founder of several international conferences focusing on endovascular and...
Interventional cardiologist Dr....
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
06/05/2013
Zaheed Tai, MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI; Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
We do transradial approach as the default approach for all STEMIs, regardless of age or sex. There are, however, a few things to consider when doing transradial PCI in the elderly. The following is a complex STEMI case performed in an...
We do transradial approach as the default approach for all STEMIs, regardless of age or sex. There are, however, a few things to consider when doing transradial PCI in the elderly. The following is a complex STEMI case performed in an...
We do transradial approach as...
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
06/05/2013
Kayla Ford, RN, BSN
The rapid improvement of clinical symptoms is remarkable and reason enough to offer this procedure to our patients.
The rapid improvement of clinical symptoms is remarkable and reason enough to offer this procedure to our patients.
The rapid improvement of...
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
06/05/2013
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
I have a very close family acquaintance with aortic stenosis who was beginning to fail. I have known this 91-year-old widowed woman and mother of 4 for many years.
I have a very close family acquaintance with aortic stenosis who was beginning to fail. I have known this 91-year-old widowed woman and mother of 4 for many years.
I have a very close family...
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
06/05/2013
Jennifer Westford
Is your organization currently seeking a cardiovascular nurse manager? If so, you are not alone! Over the past few years, Corazon has found that the cardiovascular nurse manager role, both in the cath lab and the cardiovascular ICU setting,...
Is your organization currently seeking a cardiovascular nurse manager? If so, you are not alone! Over the past few years, Corazon has found that the cardiovascular nurse manager role, both in the cath lab and the cardiovascular ICU setting,...
Is your organization currently...
06/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
06/04/2013
Jon C. George, MD, MBA
We present a case of subacute myocardial infarction with saphenous vein graft occlusion managed successfully with catheter-directed intra-graft thrombolysis and aspiration thrombectomy to reduce the risk of embolization and limit the zone of...
We present a case of subacute myocardial infarction with saphenous vein graft occlusion managed successfully with catheter-directed intra-graft thrombolysis and aspiration thrombectomy to reduce the risk of embolization and limit the zone of...
We present a case of subacute...
06/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
