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Volume 29 - Issue 2 - February 2021

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
02/07/2021

Paul Davison, BSN, RN

Supervisor OLSU Cardiac Cath Lab, Ochsner LSU Health System, North Louisiana Region, Shreveport, Louisiana

Dylan A. Clark

Materials Management Coordinator: Cardiac Cath  & EP Lab, Pre & Post Op Cardiac Holding; Non-Invasive Cardiology Echocardiography, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana

Curtis L. Elkins, BSN, RN

Director, Cardiovascular Services, Ochsner LSU Health System, North Louisiana Region, Shreveport, Louisiana

Paul Davison, BSN, RN Supervisor OLS...
OLSU is an academic and teaching facility that includes a Level 1 trauma center and multi-discipline fellowship programs that include cardiology. We are currently running 4 lab suites among the facilities with plans to expand services in the...
OLSU is an academic and teaching facility that includes a Level 1 trauma center and multi-discipline fellowship programs that include cardiology. We are currently running 4 lab suites among the facilities with plans to expand services in the...
OLSU is an academic and teaching...
02/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Letters to the Editor
02/06/2021

Jim Blankenship, MD, MHCM, MACC, MSCAI 

Jim Blankenship, MD, MHCM, MACC, MSCA...
I am writing regarding the December 2020 CLD article on the career of Dr. Kusum Lata (“Clinical Academia: Challenging But Possible in Private Practice”;...
I am writing regarding the December 2020 CLD article on the career of Dr. Kusum Lata (“Clinical Academia: Challenging But Possible in Private Practice”;...
I am writing regarding the...
02/06/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Logistical, Financial, and Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiac Catheterization Lab Nurses and Technologists: A U.S. National Survey
Cath Lab Health
02/07/2021

Bailey Ann Estes, BSN1; Joji J. Varghese, MD1; Jared Jacques, BS1; Srihari S. Naidu, MD2

Bailey Ann Estes, BSN1; Joji J. Vargh...
Editor's Note: Join CLD's Clinical Editor Morton Kern, MD, as he is joined by guest panelists Srihari Naidu, MD, and Bailey Ann Estes, BSN, RN-BC, RNFA, CNOR, RCIS, in a 30-minute discussion of their research. Your questions and comments are...
Editor's Note: Join CLD's Clinical Editor Morton Kern, MD, as he is joined by guest panelists Srihari Naidu, MD, and Bailey Ann Estes, BSN, RN-BC, RNFA, CNOR, RCIS, in a 30-minute discussion of their research. Your questions and comments are...
Editor's Note: Join CLD's...
02/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Ergonomics
02/06/2021

CLD talks with W. Lance Lewis, MD, FACC, FSCAI, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina.

CLD talks with W. Lance Lewis, MD, FA...
Can you tell us about your practice? I am an interventional cardiologist and have been in practice since 2004. I perform coronary and peripheral vascular interventions, as well as structural procedures. How did you notice that you were...
Can you tell us about your practice? I am an interventional cardiologist and have been in practice since 2004. I perform coronary and peripheral vascular interventions, as well as structural procedures. How did you notice that you were...
Can you tell us about your...
02/06/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
02/06/2021

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...
Editor's Note: VIDEO BELOW Watch CLD's Clinical Editor Morton Kern, MD, as he is joined by guest panelists Srihari Naidu, MD, and Bailey Ann Estes, BSN, RN-BC, RNFA, CNOR, RCIS, in a 30-minute discussion of their research.
Editor's Note: VIDEO BELOW Watch CLD's Clinical Editor Morton Kern, MD, as he is joined by guest panelists Srihari Naidu, MD, and Bailey Ann Estes, BSN, RN-BC, RNFA, CNOR, RCIS, in a 30-minute discussion of their research.
Editor's Note: VIDEO...
02/06/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Insights

Commentary Re: Estes, Varghese, Jacques, and Naidu’s “Logistical,  Financial, and Psychological Impact of the COVID-19  Pandemic on Cardiac Catheterization Lab Nurses and Technologists: A U.S. National Survey”
Commentary
02/07/2021

Kenneth A. Gorski, BSN, RN, RCIS, FSICP

Director, Invasive Heart Laboratories

Aultman Deuble Heart and Vascular Hospital, Canton, Ohio

Kenneth A. Gorski, BSN, RN, RCIS, FSI...
The world faced its first modern pandemic scare when the Ebola outbreak occurred in 2014. Outside of West Africa, few were affected. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) records only 11 cases in the United States with one mortality between...
The world faced its first modern pandemic scare when the Ebola outbreak occurred in 2014. Outside of West Africa, few were affected. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) records only 11 cases in the United States with one mortality between...
The world faced its first modern...
02/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
02/07/2021

Katrine A. Zhiroff, MD, FACC, FSCAI

PIH Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California

Katrine A. Zhiroff, MD, FACC, FSCAI ...
Radial artery access in coronary artery interventions has been repeatedly shown to reduce bleeding complications and improve cardiovascular outcomes. It has become the first-line approach for many operators. Despite the increased uptake of...
Radial artery access in coronary artery interventions has been repeatedly shown to reduce bleeding complications and improve cardiovascular outcomes. It has become the first-line approach for many operators. Despite the increased uptake of...
Radial artery access in coronary...
02/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
02/06/2021

Daniel S. Ice, MD; Adam L. Burow, DO

Division of Cardiology, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Daniel S. Ice, MD; Adam L. Burow, DO ...
Since 2002, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has evolved as a percutaneous modality for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.1 The growth in percutaneous aortic valve replacement procedures has increased the number of...
Since 2002, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has evolved as a percutaneous modality for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.1 The growth in percutaneous aortic valve replacement procedures has increased the number of...
Since 2002, transcatheter aortic...
02/06/2021
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
02/07/2021

CLD talks with George Adams, MD, MHS, MBA, FACC, FSCAI, UNC REX Healthcare, Raleigh, North Carolina.

CLD talks with George Adams, MD, MHS,...
Can you describe the problem of acute vascular thrombosis?
Can you describe the problem of acute vascular thrombosis?
Can you describe the problem of...
02/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
02/06/2021

David Fuller, Executive Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

David Fuller, Executive Vice Presiden...
Stroke remains a largely undertreated vascular condition, but the proven efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy in reducing both mortality and long-term disability in ischemic stroke is poised to finally positively impact the troubling...
Stroke remains a largely undertreated vascular condition, but the proven efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy in reducing both mortality and long-term disability in ischemic stroke is poised to finally positively impact the troubling...
Stroke remains a largely...
02/06/2021
Cath Lab Digest

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