Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September 2013
09/04/2013
Loyola University Medical Center, in Maywood, Illinois, has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes Loyola’s commitment and success in implementing an...
Loyola University Medical Center, in Maywood, Illinois, has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes Loyola’s commitment and success in implementing an...
Loyola University Medical...
09/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
It’s 1 am and my beeper goes off. The readout says, “STEMI in ED, bed 5.” I have a beeper (read “pager”) — an old-fashioned, on my belt, gray button beeper.
It’s 1 am and my beeper goes off. The readout says, “STEMI in ED, bed 5.” I have a beeper (read “pager”) — an old-fashioned, on my belt, gray button beeper.
It’s 1 am and my beeper goes...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….
Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….
Email notice of credentialing,...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Message from the SICP President, Sally Elliott, RCIS, BS; SICP at the NCVH meeting; Advocacy in California; Educational events
Message from the SICP President, Sally Elliott, RCIS, BS; SICP at the NCVH meeting; Advocacy in California; Educational events
Message from the SICP President,...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Anomalies
09/03/2013
Ihab Alomari, MD; Nila Akhtar, MD; Mark J. Ricciardi, MD, FAHA
Coronary angiography (Figure 1) revealed a single common coronary artery (SCA) arising from the right coronary cusp with no significant obstructive disease and a dominant right coronary artery (RCA) that wrapped around the left ventricular...
Coronary angiography (Figure 1) revealed a single common coronary artery (SCA) arising from the right coronary cusp with no significant obstructive disease and a dominant right coronary artery (RCA) that wrapped around the left ventricular...
Coronary angiography (Figure 1)...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Marsha L. Knapik, RN, MSN, CCRN
Being involved in the daily care of patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is both challenging and rewarding; however, it can be easily overlooked that for the patients, the experience is likely unfamiliar and frightening, and may...
Being involved in the daily care of patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is both challenging and rewarding; however, it can be easily overlooked that for the patients, the experience is likely unfamiliar and frightening, and may...
Being involved in the daily care...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Jon C. George, MD, MBA
The advantages of transradial access along with techniques to selectively engage the carotid artery are further illustrated by the case herein.
The advantages of transradial access along with techniques to selectively engage the carotid artery are further illustrated by the case herein.
The advantages of transradial...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
09/03/2013
Luca Fallavollita, MD; Carlo Massini, MD; Fabrizio Balestrini, MD
We present the case of a young woman with migraine attacks, stroke, and PFO. The patient was successfully treated by percutaneous closure of the PFO with the new Gore Septal Occluder device (W. L. Gore & Associates).
We present the case of a young woman with migraine attacks, stroke, and PFO. The patient was successfully treated by percutaneous closure of the PFO with the new Gore Septal Occluder device (W. L. Gore & Associates).
We present the case of a young...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Staffing
09/03/2013
Presented by: SpringBoard, Inc.
Presented by: SpringBoard, Inc.
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SpringBoard’s Cath Lab Wage Survey aims to gather comprehensive insight into the salaries & wages, responsibilities and backgrounds of professionals working in the sector. The survey responses for 2013 as in previous years were drawn from...
SpringBoard’s Cath Lab Wage Survey aims to gather comprehensive insight into the salaries & wages, responsibilities and backgrounds of professionals working in the sector. The survey responses for 2013 as in previous years were drawn from...
SpringBoard’s Cath Lab Wage...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Zaheed Tai, MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI; Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
This case demonstrates the ability to access the right heart from the forearm, thereby extending benefits of the transradial approach. Utilization of this approach is conditional upon obtaining venous access.
This case demonstrates the ability to access the right heart from the forearm, thereby extending benefits of the transradial approach. Utilization of this approach is conditional upon obtaining venous access.
This case demonstrates the...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
The flu shot seems to almost halve the risk of heart attacks in middle-aged people with narrowed arteries, finds research published in the journal Heart.
The flu shot seems to almost halve the risk of heart attacks in middle-aged people with narrowed arteries, finds research published in the journal Heart.
The flu shot seems to almost...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC
There is no doubt that a guiding catheter is important for successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
There is no doubt that a guiding catheter is important for successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
There is no doubt that a guiding...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Troy Trayer, DO
One of the rare complications of transradial catheterization is perforation of the radial artery or a branch off the radial artery.
One of the rare complications of transradial catheterization is perforation of the radial artery or a branch off the radial artery.
One of the rare complications of...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
09/03/2013
Lisa Braunreuther; Richard W. Samsel, MD
By some estimates, 30% of the current cath reporting products have reached their end-of-life, as vendors abandon support for aging software. This puts cath labs at risk of system failure, leaving no alternative but to rip out and replace...
By some estimates, 30% of the current cath reporting products have reached their end-of-life, as vendors abandon support for aging software. This puts cath labs at risk of system failure, leaving no alternative but to rip out and replace...
By some estimates, 30% of the...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Kevin Bliden, BS, MBA; Paul A. Gurbel, MD, FACC
There are several technical advantages of the self-sealing arteriotomy approach that potentiate faster hemostasis and a more secure method of closure.
There are several technical advantages of the self-sealing arteriotomy approach that potentiate faster hemostasis and a more secure method of closure.
There are several technical...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Mahmoud B. Malas, MD
In this sub-study, CREST trial patients who received angioplasty post carotid artery stent placement had a greater number of strokes versus the group who received angioplasty prior to stent placement only, but the increase in stroke was not...
In this sub-study, CREST trial patients who received angioplasty post carotid artery stent placement had a greater number of strokes versus the group who received angioplasty prior to stent placement only, but the increase in stroke was not...
In this sub-study, CREST trial...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Hammami Nadia, MD; Addad Faouzi, MD; Kachboura Salem, MD; Oueslati Chaker, MD; Belhaj Zied, MD; Jebri Faten, MD
Herein, we describe a complex case of an idiopathic SCAD in a 42-year-old woman, without any related risk factors.
Herein, we describe a complex case of an idiopathic SCAD in a 42-year-old woman, without any related risk factors.
Herein, we describe a complex...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Gang Qiu, MS; Annaliza Santos, RN; Richard J. Merschen, EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS; Briona Maden, BS
Diabetes is a major co-morbidity of cardiovascular disease and is closely linked to other co-morbidities like hypertension and chronic kidney disease.
Diabetes is a major co-morbidity of cardiovascular disease and is closely linked to other co-morbidities like hypertension and chronic kidney disease.
Diabetes is a major co-morbidity...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Tomasz P. Stys, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Stacy Handshumaker, RCIS; Danielle Schievelbein, MSN, RN; Jenn Klawitter, BSN, RN; John Wagner, MHA, RN
Cath lab technologists are required to pass the RCIS exam before they can start working in the cath lab and must continue to keep their RCIS credential current.
Cath lab technologists are required to pass the RCIS exam before they can start working in the cath lab and must continue to keep their RCIS credential current.
Cath lab technologists are...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
