Volume 12 - Issue 8 - August, 2004
Feature
Infographic
06/19/2008
Boston Scientific Launches Cardiovascular Patch with Low Porosity
Boston Scientific Corporation announced the worldwide launch of its Hemashield Platinum Finesse Ultra-Thin Knitted Cardiovascular Patch for vascular or cardiac patch...
Boston Scientific Launches Cardiovascular Patch with Low Porosity
Boston Scientific Corporation announced the worldwide launch of its Hemashield Platinum Finesse Ultra-Thin Knitted Cardiovascular Patch for vascular or cardiac patch...
Boston Scientific Launches...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Robert J. Rogers, MD, wrote Cath Lab Digest in reference to the following text from the June 2004 cath lab design article, At the Heart:
The first diagram illustrates a spatial width of 19 feet, extremely tight given that an...
Robert J. Rogers, MD, wrote Cath Lab Digest in reference to the following text from the June 2004 cath lab design article, At the Heart:
The first diagram illustrates a spatial width of 19 feet, extremely tight given that an...
Robert J. Rogers, MD, wrote Cath...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Topic Under Discussion:
How do you charge for two stent lesions?
My understanding is that you cannot charge for an additional vessel if lesions are in the same vessel or if it is in the same system. For example, we do not charge for...
Topic Under Discussion:
How do you charge for two stent lesions?
My understanding is that you cannot charge for an additional vessel if lesions are in the same vessel or if it is in the same system. For example, we do not charge for...
Topic Under Discussion:
How do...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Robert J. Rogers, MD, wrote Cath Lab Digest in reference to the following text from the June 2004 cath lab design article, At the Heart:
The first diagram illustrates a spatial width of 19 feet, extremely tight given that an...
Robert J. Rogers, MD, wrote Cath Lab Digest in reference to the following text from the June 2004 cath lab design article, At the Heart:
The first diagram illustrates a spatial width of 19 feet, extremely tight given that an...
Robert J. Rogers, MD, wrote Cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Topic Under Discussion:
How do you charge for two stent lesions?
My understanding is that you cannot charge for an additional vessel if lesions are in the same vessel or if it is in the same system. For example, we do not charge for...
Topic Under Discussion:
How do you charge for two stent lesions?
My understanding is that you cannot charge for an additional vessel if lesions are in the same vessel or if it is in the same system. For example, we do not charge for...
Topic Under Discussion:
How do...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
I have really enjoyed my time on the road (on the commercial side) where I had great exposure to different ways of working, including setting up cardiac imaging departments in Europe, consulting across the U.S., and building new...
I have really enjoyed my time on the road (on the commercial side) where I had great exposure to different ways of working, including setting up cardiac imaging departments in Europe, consulting across the U.S., and building new...
I have really enjoyed my time on...
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Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
How frequently are you performing carotid stenting cases?
At the Cleveland Clinic, we typically do five to ten per week.
What are your criteria for patient selection?
Currently we are treating patients who are at increased surgical risk...
How frequently are you performing carotid stenting cases?
At the Cleveland Clinic, we typically do five to ten per week.
What are your criteria for patient selection?
Currently we are treating patients who are at increased surgical risk...
How frequently are you...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Technology Pulse
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest talks with Mark Dorogy, MD* and David Rizik, MD**
Cath Lab Digest talks with Mark Dorog...
What characteristics do you find important in regard to guidewire construction?
Even with the many changes in angioplasty, the one thing that still hasn’t changed in terms of guidewire characteristics is the ability to torque and maneuver...
What characteristics do you find important in regard to guidewire construction?
Even with the many changes in angioplasty, the one thing that still hasn’t changed in terms of guidewire characteristics is the ability to torque and maneuver...
What characteristics do you find...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
Regina D. Thomas*, RN, BSN, CLNC in collaboration with Joanne C. Colley**, CVT, Cath Lab Supervisor
Regina D. Thomas*, RN, BSN, CLNC in c...
Initially, the cath lab’s Calysto Series IV system (Witt Biomedical, Melbourne, FL) was used exclusively for physiomonitoring procedural notes and supply tracking in the cath lab control rooms, as well as patient assessment and nurse charting...
Initially, the cath lab’s Calysto Series IV system (Witt Biomedical, Melbourne, FL) was used exclusively for physiomonitoring procedural notes and supply tracking in the cath lab control rooms, as well as patient assessment and nurse charting...
Initially, the cath lab’s...
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Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Riding the cath lab range used to mean seeing only the coronaries, but many cath labs across the U.S. are moving (or have already moved) into peripheral vascular work.
One example is our spotlight this month, Community Medical Center in...
Riding the cath lab range used to mean seeing only the coronaries, but many cath labs across the U.S. are moving (or have already moved) into peripheral vascular work.
One example is our spotlight this month, Community Medical Center in...
Riding the cath lab range used...
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Cath Lab Digest
