Volume 15 - Issue 12 - December, 2007
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco, California
Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco, Calif...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
The first time I saw a cardiac catheterization performed I was hooked, totally fascinated. Over the last 30 years I have rarely been bored. There is always new technology, always...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
The first time I saw a cardiac catheterization performed I was hooked, totally fascinated. Over the last 30 years I have rarely been bored. There is always new technology, always...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Beta-blockers are used for a variety of different situations. You will see them used for heart rate control, blood pressure management, long-term angina treatment and cardiomyopathy, just to name a few. This topic can generally be a 2- to...
Beta-blockers are used for a variety of different situations. You will see them used for heart rate control, blood pressure management, long-term angina treatment and cardiomyopathy, just to name a few. This topic can generally be a 2- to...
Beta-blockers are used for a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Correction from the original print publication: The following article is reprinted with permission from http://www.naham.org/files/public/How_to_Celebrate_and_Appreciate_Healthcare_Professionals.pdf
This article was originally published by...
Correction from the original print publication: The following article is reprinted with permission from http://www.naham.org/files/public/How_to_Celebrate_and_Appreciate_Healthcare_Professionals.pdf
This article was originally published by...
Correction from the original...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the lab,
Not a creature was stirring, no patients on the slab.
The catheters were hung in the guider room with care,
Hoping no STEMI soon would be there.
The nurses and techs all snuggled in...
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the lab,
Not a creature was stirring, no patients on the slab.
The catheters were hung in the guider room with care,
Hoping no STEMI soon would be there.
The nurses and techs all snuggled in...
T'was the night before Christmas...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December 2007
No. of Peripheral IVs
How many peripheral IVs are inserted prior to catheterization procedures? We have always placed two, but some in our lab feel it is not necessary, and others feel it is. We were hoping...
New Questions for December...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
The cardiovascular service line, and especially the diagnostic and interventional cardiology departments have long fostered a team approach to care, through cross-training of staff, an all-for-one approach to staffing and case coverage, and...
The cardiovascular service line, and especially the diagnostic and interventional cardiology departments have long fostered a team approach to care, through cross-training of staff, an all-for-one approach to staffing and case coverage, and...
The cardiovascular service line,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is studying ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions in his work with the Primary PCI and the Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry for Primary PCI (SINCERE) Database at 5 community hospitals in...
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is studying ST-elevation myocardial infarction interventions in his work with the Primary PCI and the Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry for Primary PCI (SINCERE) Database at 5 community hospitals in...
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran in Lancet which is oft quoted by fellows to prove that the valve should not be crossed (Omran H, Schmidt H, Hackenbroch M, et al. Silent and apparent cerebral embolism after retrograde catheterisation of the...
You also cite the study by Omran...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
