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Volume 27 - Issue 4 - April 2019

In the Literature
In the Literature: CLD Editor’s Pick
03/08/2019
Dissection Re-entry Technique: How is it Really Looking?
Dissection Re-entry Technique: How is it Really Looking?
Dissection Re-entry Technique:...
03/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Use of a Novel Cutting Balloon to Treat a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Due to In-Stent Restenosis of Multiple Layers of Under-Expanded Stents
03/31/2019
Robert F. Riley, MD, MS
We present a case report describing the treatment of a left circumflex coronary artery CTO due to ISR of a double layer of stent utilizing a novel cutting balloon (Wolverine Cutting Balloon, Boston Scientific) after oversized noncompliant...
We present a case report describing the treatment of a left circumflex coronary artery CTO due to ISR of a double layer of stent utilizing a novel cutting balloon (Wolverine Cutting Balloon, Boston Scientific) after oversized noncompliant...
We present a case report...
03/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Cath Lab Spotlight: Dr. Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Center, Kettering Medical Center
03/31/2019
Nathaniel Wynn, MBA, BSN, RN; Cory Robbins, BSN, RN, CEN; Deanna Del Valle, BSN, RN, CCRN
Our lab is an expansive 8,250 square feet, allowing for ample space in the control rooms, catheterization labs, and storage facilities. The catheterization lab includes three catheterization labs, two electrophysiology (EP) labs, and a hybrid...
Our lab is an expansive 8,250 square feet, allowing for ample space in the control rooms, catheterization labs, and storage facilities. The catheterization lab includes three catheterization labs, two electrophysiology (EP) labs, and a hybrid...
Our lab is an expansive 8,250...
03/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Planning CTO Procedures
03/26/2019
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI
CTA gives us greater confidence in determining the potential course of the occlusion and allows us to advance guidewires in the right direction. Co-registration helps us see, live, if the wire is moving in the intended course, reducing the...
CTA gives us greater confidence in determining the potential course of the occlusion and allows us to advance guidewires in the right direction. Co-registration helps us see, live, if the wire is moving in the intended course, reducing the...
CTA gives us greater confidence...
03/26/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Angio-Guidewire-Ultrasound (AGU) Guidance for Femoral Access in Procedures Requiring Large Sheaths
03/30/2019
Carlo Trani, MD; Francesco Burzotta, MD, PhD; Cristina Aurigemma, MD, PhD; Osama Shoeib, MD, PhD
This technique is designed to facilitate large-sheath femoral access in procedures requiring ancillary arterial access.
This technique is designed to facilitate large-sheath femoral access in procedures requiring ancillary arterial access.
This technique is designed to...
03/30/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
“Servant Leadership” in Healthcare: A Natural Fit
03/29/2019
Lisa A. Dittrich, RCIS
Have you ever had a manager who nearly always put your needs (and others’ needs) at the forefront? Did you feel that when you conversed with them, your voice was truly heard and that your manager took a genuine interest in your problems, your...
Have you ever had a manager who nearly always put your needs (and others’ needs) at the forefront? Did you feel that when you conversed with them, your voice was truly heard and that your manager took a genuine interest in your problems, your...
Have you ever had a manager who...
03/29/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
A Novel, Atraumatic Technique of Maintaining Access Site While Removing Impella
03/31/2019
Vijay A. Doraiswamy, MD; Genaro Fernandez, MD; Robert F. Wilson, MD
We describe the first atraumatic technique where the use of a micropuncture kit and supportive wire is all that is needed to exchange or upsize the support. Our technique does not damage the Impella catheter and is safer, as it does not...
We describe the first atraumatic technique where the use of a micropuncture kit and supportive wire is all that is needed to exchange or upsize the support. Our technique does not damage the Impella catheter and is safer, as it does not...
We describe the first atraumatic...
03/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Cardiovascular Care Coordination Strategies and Their Effects on the Patient Experience
03/30/2019
Carol Wesley, MSN, MHA, RN
Four strategies can be employed or improved upon across operations to ultimately enhance the patient experience, and these include optimization of care and access, the delivery of seamless clinical coordination, care standardization, and data...
Four strategies can be employed or improved upon across operations to ultimately enhance the patient experience, and these include optimization of care and access, the delivery of seamless clinical coordination, care standardization, and data...
Four strategies can be employed...
03/30/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Congratulations
Congratulations to Cassandra E. Brandsted, RN, BSN!
03/08/2019
The Registry of Cardiovascular Specialists and Assistants congratulates Cassandra E. Brandsted, RN, BSN, Regional Health’s Rapid City Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota.
The Registry of Cardiovascular Specialists and Assistants congratulates Cassandra E. Brandsted, RN, BSN, Regional Health’s Rapid City Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota.
The Registry of Cardiovascular...
03/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest
News
The State of the Industry: SpringBoard Healthcare Releases Results of the 2019 Cath/IR/EP Wage Survey
03/27/2019
Results Include Cath/IR/EP Industry Wage Trends from 2011 to 2019.
Results Include Cath/IR/EP Industry Wage Trends from 2011 to 2019.
Results Include Cath/IR/EP...
03/27/2019
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