Volume 23 - Issue 2 - February, 2015
Meeting Update
02/03/2015
Lawrence A. Garcia, MD, FACC, FAHA
DEFINITIVE looked at directional atherectomy in the treatment of lower extremity disease.
DEFINITIVE looked at directional atherectomy in the treatment of lower extremity disease.
DEFINITIVE looked at directional...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
02/03/2015
Jonathan R. Boyle, MD
My interest in CIN began about 12 years ago, partly driven by a patient who presented with an ischemic leg as the result of an embolization from an aneurysm.
My interest in CIN began about 12 years ago, partly driven by a patient who presented with an ischemic leg as the result of an embolization from an aneurysm.
My interest in CIN began about...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
02/03/2015
Enrico Ascher, MD
Too many of us are jumping on the bandwagon to say that all limb salvage procedures, and all patients who have claudication, are candidates for endovascular procedures. However, there are a substantial number of patients where endovascular...
Too many of us are jumping on the bandwagon to say that all limb salvage procedures, and all patients who have claudication, are candidates for endovascular procedures. However, there are a substantial number of patients where endovascular...
Too many of us are jumping on...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
02/03/2015
Daniel Marconi, BS, RT(R); Jessica Moore, MHA; Lauren Johnson, MS
Our department—the Cardiovascular Interventional Laboratory (CVIL)—is one of the teams that comprises the HVI. CVIL is home to the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology (EP) laboratories. It consists of 12 procedural suites—five...
Our department—the Cardiovascular Interventional Laboratory (CVIL)—is one of the teams that comprises the HVI. CVIL is home to the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology (EP) laboratories. It consists of 12 procedural suites—five...
Our department—the...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
02/03/2015
Andrej Schmidt, MD, PhD; Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Andrej Schmidt, cardiologist and angiologist from Leipzig, Germany, pioneered many of the new access techniques that have led to increases in procedural success rates. Chronic total obstruction (CTO) crossing is a major obstacle...
Dr. Andrej Schmidt, cardiologist and angiologist from Leipzig, Germany, pioneered many of the new access techniques that have led to increases in procedural success rates. Chronic total obstruction (CTO) crossing is a major obstacle...
Dr. Andrej Schmidt, cardiologist...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Transradial Series
02/03/2015
Nicholas Lerovante, DO; Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
A 67-year-old male with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and known coronary artery disease presents with progressive exertional dyspnea, peripheral edema, and intermittent chest discomfort.
A 67-year-old male with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and known coronary artery disease presents with progressive exertional dyspnea, peripheral edema, and intermittent chest discomfort.
A 67-year-old male with...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
02/03/2015
Lauren Johnson, MS; Daniel Marconi, BS, RT(R); Jessica Moore, MHA
Our department—the Cardiovascular Interventional Laboratory (CVIL)—is one of the teams that comprises the HVI. CVIL is home to the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology (EP) laboratories. It consists of 12 procedural suites—five...
Our department—the Cardiovascular Interventional Laboratory (CVIL)—is one of the teams that comprises the HVI. CVIL is home to the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology (EP) laboratories. It consists of 12 procedural suites—five...
Our department—the...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
02/03/2015
L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
I can’t remember seeing anything else in medicine more exciting and impressive than what happens when a patient who is paralyzed on one side and unable to speak with a clot in his middle cerebral artery, within seconds of removing the clot,...
I can’t remember seeing anything else in medicine more exciting and impressive than what happens when a patient who is paralyzed on one side and unable to speak with a clot in his middle cerebral artery, within seconds of removing the clot,...
I can’t remember seeing anything...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Case Files by Dr. George
02/03/2015
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Richard C. Kovach, MD; Thomas E. Waggoner, DO
The anatomic nature of percutaneous stenting of aorto-ostial lesions remains an angiographic challenge for interventional cardiologists. There are greater than 300,000 aorto-ostial stenting procedures performed worldwide each year.1-2 Herein,...
The anatomic nature of percutaneous stenting of aorto-ostial lesions remains an angiographic challenge for interventional cardiologists. There are greater than 300,000 aorto-ostial stenting procedures performed worldwide each year.1-2 Herein,...
The anatomic nature of...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
02/03/2015
David H. Wohns, MD; Ryan D. Madder, MD, FACC
In the delivery of high quality healthcare, patient safety is always a major concern of providers and the public. The safety of healthcare workers frequently receives significantly less attention.
In the delivery of high quality healthcare, patient safety is always a major concern of providers and the public. The safety of healthcare workers frequently receives significantly less attention.
In the delivery of high quality...
02/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
