Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
