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CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
09/05/2022

Hiram Bezerra, MD, PhD

Director, Tampa General Hospital
Interventional Cardiology Center
Professor, University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida

Hiram Bezerra, MD, PhD Director, Tamp...
The use of intravascular imaging has allowed us to improve percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) techniques and device selection. Starting with IVUS, intravascular imaging has been utilized in interventional cardiology since the late...
The use of intravascular imaging has allowed us to improve percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) techniques and device selection. Starting with IVUS, intravascular imaging has been utilized in interventional cardiology since the late...
The use of intravascular imaging...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Office-Based Labs
09/05/2022

Liese Redd, Practice Manager; Douglas Redd, MD, The Center for Vascular Intervention, Atlanta, Georgia

Liese Redd, Practice Manager; Douglas...
The Center for Vascular Intervention is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and began treating patients just over five and a half years ago. We have one procedure room and a pre and post recovery area with four bays. Almost exclusively, we see limb...
The Center for Vascular Intervention is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and began treating patients just over five and a half years ago. We have one procedure room and a pre and post recovery area with four bays. Almost exclusively, we see limb...
The Center for Vascular...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Liese Redd and Dr. Redd
OFFICE-BASED LABS
08/23/2022

CLD talks with Douglas Redd, MD, and Liese Redd, Practice Manager, The Center for Vascular Intervention, Atlanta, Georgia.

CLD talks with Douglas Redd, MD, and ...
Every patient on the table receives digital intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging (Philips). We almost exclusively use Philips laser atherectomy followed by plain balloon angioplasty for treatment.
Every patient on the table receives digital intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging (Philips). We almost exclusively use Philips laser atherectomy followed by plain balloon angioplasty for treatment.
Every patient on the table...
08/23/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Imaging in PVD
08/01/2022

CLD talks with Eric A. Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FSVM

CLD talks with Eric A. Secemsky, MD, ...
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an imaging device that provides a 3-dimensional view of what we normally see as a 2-dimensional vascular structure. The device goes over a wire into the vessel, and allows us to see the characteristics...
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an imaging device that provides a 3-dimensional view of what we normally see as a 2-dimensional vascular structure. The device goes over a wire into the vessel, and allows us to see the characteristics...
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)...
08/01/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
08/01/2022

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Clinical Editor; Chief of Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...
Every July, we welcome our new cardiovascular trainees (aka, fellows). The fellows on the cath rotation become the newest additions to our cath lab team, most with no prior experience in this area. For many years, I have had the honor (and...
Every July, we welcome our new cardiovascular trainees (aka, fellows). The fellows on the cath rotation become the newest additions to our cath lab team, most with no prior experience in this area. For many years, I have had the honor (and...
Every July, we welcome our new...
08/01/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Original Research
08/01/2022

Stefanos Giannopoulos, MD1;  Eric A. Secemsky, MD2;  Peter A. Schneider, MD3;   Ehrin J. Armstrong, MD1

Reprinted with permission from J Invasive Cardiol 2022;34(6):E469-E476.

Stefanos Giannopoulos, MD1;  Eric A. ...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) of the lower extremities is frequently due to atherosclerotic lesions of the femoropopliteal artery, which may result in disabling claudication and rest pain with or without tissue loss. More than 50% of the...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) of the lower extremities is frequently due to atherosclerotic lesions of the femoropopliteal artery, which may result in disabling claudication and rest pain with or without tissue loss. More than 50% of the...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD)...
08/01/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
07/05/2022

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Clinical Editor; Chief of Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...
Every cath lab encounters patients with chest pain (assumed to be ischemic in origin) who have normal or nonobstructed coronary arteries, a syndrome called INOCA (ischemia but no coronary artery disease). The ischemia is often thought to be...
Every cath lab encounters patients with chest pain (assumed to be ischemic in origin) who have normal or nonobstructed coronary arteries, a syndrome called INOCA (ischemia but no coronary artery disease). The ischemia is often thought to be...
Every cath lab encounters...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
CLD out of hospital setting facts & figures
Facts & Figures
06/30/2022

Philips OBL and ASC Solutions – SymphonySuite 

To learn more, visit Philips.com/SymphonySuite

Philips OBL and ASC Solutions – Symph...
More procedures are moving to out-of-hospital care settings, such as office-based labs (OBLs), ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), or outpatient hospital centers. Learn more about the differences and current status of OBLs and ASCs.
More procedures are moving to out-of-hospital care settings, such as office-based labs (OBLs), ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), or outpatient hospital centers. Learn more about the differences and current status of OBLs and ASCs.
More procedures are moving to...
06/30/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Editor's Corner
06/11/2022

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP Cardiov...
Dr. Walker discusses 13 steps to avoid complications with peripheral arterial interventions.
Dr. Walker discusses 13 steps to avoid complications with peripheral arterial interventions.
Dr. Walker discusses 13 steps to...
06/11/2022
Vascular Disease Management
Peripheral Arterial Disease
06/02/2022

Ehrin Armstrong, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, Medical Director, Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute, Adventist Health, Saint Helena, California

Ehrin Armstrong, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI...
I am an interventional cardiologist at Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute. We have an extensive practice focused on limb salvage and limb preservation in patients with advanced peripheral artery disease (PAD). This includes patients with...
I am an interventional cardiologist at Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute. We have an extensive practice focused on limb salvage and limb preservation in patients with advanced peripheral artery disease (PAD). This includes patients with...
I am an interventional...
06/02/2022
Cath Lab Digest

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