Volume 15 - Issue 1 - January, 2007
Feature
06/19/2008
Questions are answered by:
Jason Wilson, RCIS
Ellis Hospital Clinical Instructor
Schenectady, New York
Questions are answered by:
Jason Wil...
There are a number of different ways to pull sheaths and it would be helpful for you to learn the techniques of each. The end result will be the same; the idea is to be as proficient as possible with each of the techniques. I like the...
There are a number of different ways to pull sheaths and it would be helpful for you to learn the techniques of each. The end result will be the same; the idea is to be as proficient as possible with each of the techniques. I like the...
There are a number of different...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
SICP members receive a complimentary subscription of Cath Lab Digest. The society also provides the opportunity for members to submit articles to be published in CLD which can lead to fellowship status in the SICP.
It is an exciting time...
SICP members receive a complimentary subscription of Cath Lab Digest. The society also provides the opportunity for members to submit articles to be published in CLD which can lead to fellowship status in the SICP.
It is an exciting time...
SICP members receive a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Non-SICP member cost is $100; SICP member charge (and student charge) is $50. The education hours for this program are 8 RN/8 RT(R) State of Florida/HRS. Please contact Mark Bowles at angiermark@aol.com. You must be a 2007 current SICP member...
Non-SICP member cost is $100; SICP member charge (and student charge) is $50. The education hours for this program are 8 RN/8 RT(R) State of Florida/HRS. Please contact Mark Bowles at angiermark@aol.com. You must be a 2007 current SICP member...
Non-SICP member cost is $100;...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
The HSRT has actively opposed the CARE Bill over the last 4 years (a timeline and other information is posted at www.hsrt.org). The HSRT Board was neutral during the HSRT membership vote. The HSRT Board decided to allow its membership to vote...
The HSRT has actively opposed the CARE Bill over the last 4 years (a timeline and other information is posted at www.hsrt.org). The HSRT Board was neutral during the HSRT membership vote. The HSRT Board decided to allow its membership to vote...
The HSRT has actively opposed...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
Extended Use of Clopidogrel in Patients with Drug-Eluting Stents Associated with Lower Risk of Death or MI
For patients with drug-eluting stents who are event-free at six months follow-up, the extended use of clopidogrel is associated with a...
Extended Use of Clopidogrel in Patients with Drug-Eluting Stents Associated with Lower Risk of Death or MI
For patients with drug-eluting stents who are event-free at six months follow-up, the extended use of clopidogrel is associated with a...
Extended Use of Clopidogrel in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Questions are answered by:
Jason Wilson, RCIS
Ellis Hospital Clinical Instructor
Schenectady, New York
Questions are answered by:
Jason Wil...
There are a number of different ways to pull sheaths and it would be helpful for you to learn the techniques of each. The end result will be the same; the idea is to be as proficient as possible with each of the techniques. I like the...
There are a number of different ways to pull sheaths and it would be helpful for you to learn the techniques of each. The end result will be the same; the idea is to be as proficient as possible with each of the techniques. I like the...
There are a number of different...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Peggy McElgunn, Executive Director,
Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals
Peggy McElgunn, Executive Director,
...
The Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals (ACVP) will host the 2007 Cardiovascular Leadership Conference (CLC), to be held March 22-23 in New Orleans, Louisiana, before the American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference.
This year’s CLC...
The Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals (ACVP) will host the 2007 Cardiovascular Leadership Conference (CLC), to be held March 22-23 in New Orleans, Louisiana, before the American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference.
This year’s CLC...
The Alliance of Cardiovascular...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
The HSRT has actively opposed the CARE Bill over the last 4 years (a timeline and other information is posted at www.hsrt.org). The HSRT Board was neutral during the HSRT membership vote. The HSRT Board decided to allow its membership to vote...
The HSRT has actively opposed the CARE Bill over the last 4 years (a timeline and other information is posted at www.hsrt.org). The HSRT Board was neutral during the HSRT membership vote. The HSRT Board decided to allow its membership to vote...
The HSRT has actively opposed...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology, University of California Irvine,
Orange, California
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Cli...
The FDA panel met on December 7-8, 2006. Over the course of their meeting, it was agreed that the use of DES is not detrimental in approved cases. The panel acknowledged the data showed that DES did increase the likelihood of clot formation...
The FDA panel met on December 7-8, 2006. Over the course of their meeting, it was agreed that the use of DES is not detrimental in approved cases. The panel acknowledged the data showed that DES did increase the likelihood of clot formation...
The FDA panel met on December...
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Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Teri Schmidt, RN, Cath Lab Clinical Educator, Columbus, Ohio
Teri Schmidt, RN, Cath Lab Clinical E...
We all have a peripheral lab that can be used for coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures. Our recovery area is a separate unit with 14 bays, of which five are used to admit outpatients.
We have 23 licensed staff:
15 RNs (1 is...
We all have a peripheral lab that can be used for coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures. Our recovery area is a separate unit with 14 bays, of which five are used to admit outpatients.
We have 23 licensed staff:
15 RNs (1 is...
We all have a peripheral lab...
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