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Calcium Corner

Tips and Tricks for Guide Extension Catheter Usage With Intravascular Lithotripsy

07/05/2022

Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC

New England Heart and Vascular Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire

Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC New England...

Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC

07/05/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Program Success: Expert Advice

Taking Your Heart Failure Program to the Next Level

07/05/2022

Carol Wesley , MSN, MHA, RN;

Heart failure remains a major clinical and public health problem across the United States. Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, as well as a primary driver of health care resource use, and heart failure (one of the...

Heart failure remains a major...

07/05/2022

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Cath Lab Management

The Dilemma of Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory Staffing Needs

06/02/2022

Talal Abd Al Rahman, MSN, RN

Manager, Cath Lab and EP Lab, Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

Talal Abd Al Rahman, MSN, RN Manager...

Hiring and retaining cardiovascular catheterization laboratory (CCL) talent has been overwhelming for leaders and hospitals since the discovery of cardiovascular catheterization procedure itself. As a very complex clinical area, CCL...

Hiring and retaining...

06/02/2022

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Cath Lab Management

Enabling Improved Patient Outcomes and Reduced Costs: TYRX Outcomes Protection Program

05/05/2022

James Mullin, MD¹; Laurie Niemet²; Kristin Doster¹; Ruben Weber³; Eric E. Johnson, MD⁴

¹Prairie Heart Institute, Springfield, Illinois; ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; ³Medtronic, Inc., Mounds View, Minnesota; ⁴Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

James Mullin, MD1; Laurie Niemet2; Kr...

The continuous effort to provide high value healthcare involves the pursuit of three linked goals, according to the Triple Aim: (1) improving the experience of care, (2) improving the health of populations, and (3) reducing per capita costs...

The continuous effort to provide...

05/05/2022

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Cath Lab Management

Routine Defibrillator Pad Placement: For All Patients in the Cardiac Cath Lab?

04/03/2022

Kusum Lata, MD, FACC, FSCAI¹; Anshita Kumari, Research Associate²

¹Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology & Vascular Disease, Sutter Health, California; ²Sutter Health, California; MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Kusum Lata, MD, FACC, FSCAI1; Anshita...

Cardiac arrhythmia is very well-known event in the cardiac catheterization lab (CCL), especially during coronary/electrophysiological procedures. These arrhythmias can be benign or short term, or can be fulminant, requiring external shock.

Cardiac arrhythmia is very...

04/03/2022

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Cath Lab Management

Continuing an Educational Conversation: Functionality and Implementation for Orientation Success in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab (Part II)

03/25/2022

Sarah Davis-Arnold, MSN-ED, RN, RCIS, NPD-BC

Sarah Davis-Arnold, MSN-ED, RN, RCIS,...

The Core Curriculum allows nurses and allied professionals to build specialty knowledge that enhances the delivery of safe patient care.

The Core Curriculum allows...

03/25/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Calcium Corner

Image-Guided Calcium Modification: IVL

03/04/2022

Kevin J. Croce, MD, PhD

Director Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)/Complex PCI Program, Interventional Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Kevin J. Croce, MD, PhD Director Chr...

We have been using IVL in the coronary arteries since its approval last year and have had a very pleasant experience. IVL’s ability to change the compliance of calcified lesions has been very helpful.

We have been using IVL in the...

03/04/2022

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Calcium Corner

Management of Calcified Lesions in Hospitals Without Surgical Backup

02/04/2022

B. Clay Sizemore, MD, Cardiovascular Consultants of South Georgia, Thomasville, Georgia

B. Clay Sizemore, MD, Cardiovascular ...

With the use of IVL, we are now at a point where the only cases that we have to either transfer or stage are non-crossable lesions: cases where you can get a wire but not a balloon across, and these are fairly rare.

With the use of IVL, we are now...

02/04/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Calcium Corner

Data Show Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy is Safe, Effective, and Cost Efficient

01/05/2022

CLD talks with Margaret McEntegart, BSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCP (UK), PhD.

CLD talks with Margaret McEntegart, B...

Dr. McEntegart discusses an analysis evaluating the cost effectiveness of coronary artery intravascular lithotripsy (Shockwave Medical) versus rotational atherectomy.

Dr. McEntegart discusses an...

01/05/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

We Need to Start an Educational Conversation: Frameworks for Orientation Success in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab (Part I)

01/05/2022

Sarah Davis-Arnold, MSN-ED, RN, RCIS, NPD-BC

Sarah Davis-Arnold, MSN-ED, RN, RCIS,...

There is a significant need for effective orientation frameworks for the cath lab professional. Within the field of educational theory, the emerging appreciation and recognition of adult learning theory, transition programs, and higher...

There is a significant need for...

01/05/2022

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