Volume 22 - Issue 4 - April 2014
03/27/2014
Michael J. Mack, MD, FACC
In the United States, the FDA has approved a trial called the COAPT trial, where patients with functional mitral regurgitation are optimized on medical therapy, and then randomized between continuing medical therapy and the MitraClip device.
In the United States, the FDA has approved a trial called the COAPT trial, where patients with functional mitral regurgitation are optimized on medical therapy, and then randomized between continuing medical therapy and the MitraClip device.
In the United States, the FDA...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
03/27/2014
Zaheed Tai, MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI; Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
The following case utilizes one femoral and one radial access. The patient had a recent complex peripheral revascularization performed, with some residual tenderness at the left radial site and left groin.
The following case utilizes one femoral and one radial access. The patient had a recent complex peripheral revascularization performed, with some residual tenderness at the left radial site and left groin.
The following case utilizes one...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
03/27/2014
Carol Jane Nauertz; Tereasa Lehan; Carla Lenart, RT
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center cath lab has 3 cardiac catheterization labs, 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab, a shared bi-plane room and a shell for future expansion.
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center cath lab has 3 cardiac catheterization labs, 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab, a shared bi-plane room and a shell for future expansion.
Banner Thunderbird Medical...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
03/27/2014
Carol Jane Nauertz; Tereasa Lehan; Carla Lenart, RT
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center cath lab has 3 cardiac catheterization labs, 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab, a shared bi-plane room and a shell for future expansion.
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center cath lab has 3 cardiac catheterization labs, 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab, a shared bi-plane room and a shell for future expansion.
Banner Thunderbird Medical...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
03/27/2014
Richard Cambria, MD
The cumulative experience of 400 cases suggests that the Silk Road variation on carotid stenting may be the technical improvement or evolution that makes carotid artery stenting equivalent in perioperative outcomes to carotid endarterectomy,...
The cumulative experience of 400 cases suggests that the Silk Road variation on carotid stenting may be the technical improvement or evolution that makes carotid artery stenting equivalent in perioperative outcomes to carotid endarterectomy,...
The cumulative experience of 400...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
03/27/2014
Reprinted with permission from SAGE Publications, Ltd. Originally published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 12/Supplement 1: S16, April 2013.
Reprinted with permission from SAGE P...
Editor’s Note: This abstract is reprinted with permission and was originally published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 12/Supplement 1: S16, April 2013 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. ©McRoberts et al.
Editor’s Note: This abstract is reprinted with permission and was originally published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 12/Supplement 1: S16, April 2013 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. ©McRoberts et al.
Editor’s Note: This abstract is...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
03/27/2014
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Author and editor of The Textbook for STEMI Interventions (http://www.stemiinterventions.com), Dr. Sameer Mehta is assisting numerous countries in the global pursuit to improve population-based ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care....
Author and editor of The Textbook for STEMI Interventions (http://www.stemiinterventions.com), Dr. Sameer Mehta is assisting numerous countries in the global pursuit to improve population-based ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care....
Author and editor of The...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Conferences
03/27/2014
94% of the Cath Lab Economics attendees completing the post-meeting survey said they would recommend others from their cath lab attend the meeting. Learn more!
94% of the Cath Lab Economics attendees completing the post-meeting survey said they would recommend others from their cath lab attend the meeting. Learn more!
94% of the Cath Lab Economics...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
03/27/2014
David Fuller, MBA
However, despite the implications of a downward trend in expansions or renovations, Corazon believes the delay in making changes to add capacity may, in fact, be a blessing in disguise.
However, despite the implications of a downward trend in expansions or renovations, Corazon believes the delay in making changes to add capacity may, in fact, be a blessing in disguise.
However, despite the...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Staffing
03/27/2014
Pieter S. Stepaniak, PhD
To improve the accuracy of cath lab scheduling, Dr. Pieter Stepaniak advocates taking into account the mean time of a cardiologist-procedure combination, rather than the mean time for a coronary angiography procedure as performed by all...
To improve the accuracy of cath lab scheduling, Dr. Pieter Stepaniak advocates taking into account the mean time of a cardiologist-procedure combination, rather than the mean time for a coronary angiography procedure as performed by all...
To improve the accuracy of cath...
03/27/2014
Cath Lab Digest
