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Percutaneous Treatment of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
03/03/2011
Orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure.1 Complications and comorbidities associated with orthotopic heart transplant and the medications needed to prevent rejection...
Orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure.1 Complications and comorbidities associated with orthotopic heart transplant and the medications needed to prevent rejection...
Orthotopic heart transplantation...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Use of a Modular Lab to Support the Opening of an Interventional Program
12/30/2010
Tell us about your hospital and why you needed a modular lab. Tony: West Virginia University Hospitals-East is part of a four-hospital system, West Virginia United Health System. We are in what is called the “eastern panhandle” of the state....
Tell us about your hospital and why you needed a modular lab. Tony: West Virginia University Hospitals-East is part of a four-hospital system, West Virginia United Health System. We are in what is called the “eastern panhandle” of the state....
Tell us about your hospital and...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
From 09/01 issue: The Process of Developing Competencies for Cath Lab Skills: “To perc, or not to perc; that is the question…”
09/27/2010
[Editor's Note: This article was published in the September 2001 issue of Cath Lab Digest, and is being posted under September 2010 as a reader reference only) If we say that someone other than a cardiologist can and should perform a...
[Editor's Note: This article was published in the September 2001 issue of Cath Lab Digest, and is being posted under September 2010 as a reader reference only) If we say that someone other than a cardiologist can and should perform a...
[Editor's Note: This article was...
09/27/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery PCI in Acute Myocardial Infarction
09/13/2010
The standard of care for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) based largely on older, outdated data which demonstrate improved survival as compared with medical therapy...
The standard of care for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) based largely on older, outdated data which demonstrate improved survival as compared with medical therapy...
The standard of care for...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Continuous Quality Improvement in the Cardiac Cath Lab
04/14/2010
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is frequently discussed and emphasized in healthcare organizations. But what is “quality improvement”? How is it defined, implemented, and practiced in the cardiac cath lab? Ultimately, the purpose of...
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is frequently discussed and emphasized in healthcare organizations. But what is “quality improvement”? How is it defined, implemented, and practiced in the cardiac cath lab? Ultimately, the purpose of...
Continuous quality improvement...
04/14/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab
03/04/2010
As more and more hospitals transition from paper medical records to digital medical records, there is a need for a new role within the cath lab service area to support this transition and the accompanying tasks. One might be tempted to call...
As more and more hospitals transition from paper medical records to digital medical records, there is a need for a new role within the cath lab service area to support this transition and the accompanying tasks. One might be tempted to call...
As more and more hospitals...
03/04/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Building an Interventional Department
12/09/2009
Consolidating catheterization and surgical units is an economical solution, once cultural objections are overcome. The economic case for consolidating a hospital’s catheterization and surgical units, is, in many ways, a no-brainer. In an...
Consolidating catheterization and surgical units is an economical solution, once cultural objections are overcome. The economic case for consolidating a hospital’s catheterization and surgical units, is, in many ways, a no-brainer. In an...
Consolidating catheterization...
12/09/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Quality Control in the CCL
11/04/2009
Abstract Quality control is essential to providing optimal staff and patient safety, as well as the best procedural outcomes possible. While it may seem tedious and mundane at times, high-caliber quality control is necessary to keep the lab...
Abstract Quality control is essential to providing optimal staff and patient safety, as well as the best procedural outcomes possible. While it may seem tedious and mundane at times, high-caliber quality control is necessary to keep the lab...
Abstract Quality control is...
11/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Lean Management: Dropping D2B Times and Eliminating System Waste
10/12/2009
Can you tell us about your cath labs and the community that you serve? I supervise both cath labs at Appleton and Theda Clark Medical Centers. Appleton Medical Center, where we do the majority of our cardiac procedures, has two...
Can you tell us about your cath labs and the community that you serve? I supervise both cath labs at Appleton and Theda Clark Medical Centers. Appleton Medical Center, where we do the majority of our cardiac procedures, has two...
Can you tell us about your cath...
10/12/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Considerations When Staffing the Cath Lab
09/14/2009
Choosing to staff a cath lab at a bare minimum, in terms of personnel and skill levels, is not sufficient to meet the variable demands placed on this department and the healthcare needs of its patients. To avoid such a scenario, cath labs...
Choosing to staff a cath lab at a bare minimum, in terms of personnel and skill levels, is not sufficient to meet the variable demands placed on this department and the healthcare needs of its patients. To avoid such a scenario, cath labs...
Choosing to staff a cath lab at...
09/14/2009
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