Volume 10 - Issue 8 - August, 2002
Feature
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Study Shows Pre-Hospital Administration of RETAVASE® Can Accelerate
Important Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
A recent study has found that the time required to begin the treatment of heart attack patients could be cut by more than...
Study Shows Pre-Hospital Administration of RETAVASE® Can Accelerate
Important Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
A recent study has found that the time required to begin the treatment of heart attack patients could be cut by more than...
Study Shows Pre-Hospital...
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Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
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August 31 - September 5
European Society of Cardiology
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact: webmaster@escardio.org
Website: www.escardio.org
September 4 - 7
Atlanta Intervention 2002 A National Cardiovascular Symposium
Location: Ritz-Carlton...
August 31 - September 5
European Society of Cardiology
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact: webmaster@escardio.org
Website: www.escardio.org
September 4 - 7
Atlanta Intervention 2002 A National Cardiovascular Symposium
Location: Ritz-Carlton...
August 31 - September 5
European...
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Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
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Drug-eluting stents, like many breakthrough technologies, may present a tremendous opportunity for hospitals, both in terms of potentially advancing the quality of patient care and the efficiency with which they provide health care services....
Drug-eluting stents, like many breakthrough technologies, may present a tremendous opportunity for hospitals, both in terms of potentially advancing the quality of patient care and the efficiency with which they provide health care services....
Drug-eluting stents, like many...
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Cath Lab Digest
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(Cath Lab Digest takes no responsibility for the accuracy of this email!)
(Cath Lab Digest takes no responsibil...
Subject:
We've always done it that way (Engineering Standards)
Does the statement, We've always done it that way ring any bells…?
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd...
Subject:
We've always done it that way (Engineering Standards)
Does the statement, We've always done it that way ring any bells…?
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd...
Subject:
We've always done it...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Thomas H. Maloney MS, RCIS, Mechanicsville, Virginia, Christopher M. Nelson RN, RCIS, Manager, Invasive Cardiac Services, Sentara Southside Hospital, ASOCC Chairperson, Norfolk, Virginia
Thomas H. Maloney MS, RCIS, Mechanics...
Thursday Evening, June 6th: ASOCC Education Begins
Dr. Richard Myler of San Francisco, California, officially opened the symposium with his keynote lecture, You want to put a catheter where and do what!?!. Dr. Myler took us on a walk...
Thursday Evening, June 6th: ASOCC Education Begins
Dr. Richard Myler of San Francisco, California, officially opened the symposium with his keynote lecture, You want to put a catheter where and do what!?!. Dr. Myler took us on a walk...
Thursday Evening, June 6th:...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Sandeep Khosla, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief of Cardiology, Director, Endovascular Therapeutics,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Associate Chief of Cardiology, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois
Sandeep Khosla, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chie...
Therefore, it is logical to consider coating a metal stent with an agent that allows uniform coverage of both internal and external surfaces, does not increase the profile or affect deliverability of the device, remains stable during...
Therefore, it is logical to consider coating a metal stent with an agent that allows uniform coverage of both internal and external surfaces, does not increase the profile or affect deliverability of the device, remains stable during...
Therefore, it is logical to...
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Cath Lab Digest
Column
Technology Pulse
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An interview with
Dean Kereiakes, MD
The Lindner Center and The Ohio Heart Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
An interview with
Dean Kereiakes, MD...
Photodynamic therapy involves the following basic process:
1. A medication is administered intravenously;
2. It is taken up by inflammatory cells in the
vessel wall;
3. The medicine is activated using a specific wavelength of...
Photodynamic therapy involves the following basic process:
1. A medication is administered intravenously;
2. It is taken up by inflammatory cells in the
vessel wall;
3. The medicine is activated using a specific wavelength of...
Photodynamic therapy involves...
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Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Rebecca Yospyn, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
Rebecca Yospyn, Managing Editor, Cath...
This year alone, Cath Lab Digest has covered cardiac gene therapy, homocysteine and coronary restenosis, new imaging procedures, and alcohol septal ablation. That list covers only a few of the paths that are opening up to cardiac cath labs...
This year alone, Cath Lab Digest has covered cardiac gene therapy, homocysteine and coronary restenosis, new imaging procedures, and alcohol septal ablation. That list covers only a few of the paths that are opening up to cardiac cath labs...
This year alone, Cath Lab Digest...
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Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
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Cross-training in Missouri Misrepresented in CLD Discussion Group
I work in the Kansas City, Missouri area. I have been involved in four programs. In two of the programs, RNs and technologists had identical roles. There were no differences...
Cross-training in Missouri Misrepresented in CLD Discussion Group
I work in the Kansas City, Missouri area. I have been involved in four programs. In two of the programs, RNs and technologists had identical roles. There were no differences...
Cross-training in Missouri...
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Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
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Dennis Chadwick, RCIS, Technical Supervisor -Cardiac Cath Lab, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
Case study by Charles A. Simonton, MD, Medical Director - Cardiovascular Research, Carolinas Heart Institute,
Charlotte, North Carolina
Dennis Chadwick, RCIS, Technical Supe...
Although the treatment of CTOs via conventional percutaneous intervention is a well-established modality with reasonably predictable results, the failure to cross using conventional guidewire technology frequently precludes subsequent repair...
Although the treatment of CTOs via conventional percutaneous intervention is a well-established modality with reasonably predictable results, the failure to cross using conventional guidewire technology frequently precludes subsequent repair...
Although the treatment of CTOs...
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