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Volume 29 - Issue 5 - May 2021

Featured Article

Cath Lab Spotlight
05/04/2021

Scott Fylling, RCIS, FACVP, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, McAllen, Texas

Scott Fylling, RCIS, FACVP, Director,...
We are the area’s only freestanding cardiac hospital and the only one in the region with a dedicated heart emergency room.
We are the area’s only freestanding cardiac hospital and the only one in the region with a dedicated heart emergency room.
We are the area’s only...
05/04/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Suggested Technique
06/07/2021

Sreejit Nair, MD; Ashwani Sastry, MD, Sunrise Vascular, North Carolina

Sreejit Nair, MD; Ashwani Sastry, MD,...
The treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) poses a technical challenge for endovascular revascularization in both the coronary and peripheral arteries. Yet there has been significant progress made in the collective technical...
The treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) poses a technical challenge for endovascular revascularization in both the coronary and peripheral arteries. Yet there has been significant progress made in the collective technical...
The treatment of chronic total...
06/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
05/03/2021

Saleh Khouj; Mosa Abbadi; Ahmed Hassanin; Mohammed Sadheq; Najeeb Jaha
King Abdullah Medical City – Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Saleh Khouj; Mosa Abbadi; Ahmed Hassa...
This case reveals the importance of proper procedural planning, as well as the importance of imaging-guided coronary intervention specifically, should complications occur.
This case reveals the importance of proper procedural planning, as well as the importance of imaging-guided coronary intervention specifically, should complications occur.
This case reveals the importance...
05/03/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Extensive Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a Young Female
Case Report
05/03/2021

Monarch Shah, MD1; Henil Patel, MD2; Radhika-Alicia Patel3; Shay Awasti3; Ashish Awasti, MD, FACC3; Hiroshima Igekemi, MD, FACS3; Pratik Patel, MD, FACC3

Monarch Shah, MD1; Henil Patel, MD2; ...
We herein describe a patient with chest pain initially diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but later found to be an acute aortic dissection.
We herein describe a patient with chest pain initially diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but later found to be an acute aortic dissection.
We herein describe a patient...
05/03/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Complete Heart Block: A Rare Presentation of COVID-19
Case Report
05/03/2021

Arish Maknojia, MD; Aamir Gilani, MD; Abhijit Ghatak, MD, MRCP, FACC, FSCAI

Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Internal Medicine Department, Lawrenceville, Georgia

Arish Maknojia, MD; Aamir Gilani, MD;...
Abstract A 57-year-old male who had recently been diagnosed with COVID-19 presented with exertional dyspnea and fatigue for the last four weeks. His repeat SARS-CoV-2 was positive. The ECG noted complete heart block (CHB). Troponin,...
Abstract A 57-year-old male who had recently been diagnosed with COVID-19 presented with exertional dyspnea and fatigue for the last four weeks. His repeat SARS-CoV-2 was positive. The ECG noted complete heart block (CHB). Troponin,...
Abstract A 57-year-old male...
05/03/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Suggested Technique
06/07/2021

Sreejit Nair, MD; Ashwani Sastry, MD, Sunrise Vascular, North Carolina

Sreejit Nair, MD; Ashwani Sastry, MD,...
The treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) poses a technical challenge for endovascular revascularization in both the coronary and peripheral arteries. Yet there has been significant progress made in the collective technical...
The treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) poses a technical challenge for endovascular revascularization in both the coronary and peripheral arteries. Yet there has been significant progress made in the collective technical...
The treatment of chronic total...
06/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Coronary Thrombosis in the Time of COVID-19 – A Puzzling Entity (With Video Discussion)
Clinical Editor's Corner
05/03/2021

Morton Kern, MD, with contributions from Drs. David Cohen, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York; Kirk Garratt, Wilmington, Delaware; Steven L. Goldberg, Monterey, California; Timothy D. Henry, MD, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lloyd W. Klein, Sonoma, California; Mitchell W. Krucoff, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Bernard Meier, Bern, Switzerland; Stephen R. Ramee, Ochsner Clinic New Orleans, Louisiana; Arnold H. Seto, Long Beach, California; Paul S. Teirstein, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Bonnie H. Weiner, Worchester, Massachusetts; George Vetrovec, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Morton Kern, MD, with contributions f...
We had a puzzling case. A 37-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with 1 day of anterior chest pain at rest, somewhat positional. Three months ago, he had COVID-19 flu syndrome without hospitalization.
We had a puzzling case. A 37-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with 1 day of anterior chest pain at rest, somewhat positional. Three months ago, he had COVID-19 flu syndrome without hospitalization.
We had a puzzling case. A...
05/03/2021
Cath Lab Digest
The Prevalence of Low Back Pain and an Evaluation of Prevention Strategies: A Survey of Electrophysiology and Catheterization Laboratory Physicians, Nurses, and Technologists at Two Rural Arkansas Hospitals
05/04/2021

Khalid Sawalha, MD1, Principal Investigator; Nicholas Beresic, EdD2; Shoaib Khan,MD1; Gilbert-Roy Kamoga, MD, FACP1

1Internal Medicine Department, White River Health System, Batesville, Arkansas; 2Director of Communications of the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Khalid Sawalha, MD1, Principal Invest...
Healthcare workers are highly susceptible to musculoskeletal disorders due to the regular lifting, positioning, and transporting of patients, combined with a fast-paced work environment and a general collective quality of putting their...
Healthcare workers are highly susceptible to musculoskeletal disorders due to the regular lifting, positioning, and transporting of patients, combined with a fast-paced work environment and a general collective quality of putting their...
Healthcare workers are highly...
05/04/2021
Cath Lab Digest
05/03/2021

Wendy Stables; Jeanette Broome; Christine Mars; Professor R.H. Stables, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Wendy Stables; Jeanette Broome; Chris...
The aim of this case study is to demonstrate how Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital cardiac catheterization lab’s willingness to improve by embracing change has provided the foundation for outstanding service delivery, operational efficiency,...
The aim of this case study is to demonstrate how Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital cardiac catheterization lab’s willingness to improve by embracing change has provided the foundation for outstanding service delivery, operational efficiency,...
The aim of this case study is to...
05/03/2021
Cath Lab Digest
05/03/2021

Lorraine Buck, Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Lorraine Buck, Vice President, Corazo...
Cath lab program expansion is usually accompanied by questions regarding whether to expand by adding additional labs or expand by widening the scope of clinical offerings. Often organizations considering expansion find themselves already...
Cath lab program expansion is usually accompanied by questions regarding whether to expand by adding additional labs or expand by widening the scope of clinical offerings. Often organizations considering expansion find themselves already...
Cath lab program expansion is...
05/03/2021
Cath Lab Digest

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