Volume 15 - Issue 2 - February, 2007
06/19/2008
The RadCARE was put forth for consideration by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN).
The RadCARE bill was then sent to the House of Representatives for consideration on December 8 with a referral to the House Energy and Commerce...
The RadCARE was put forth for consideration by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN).
The RadCARE bill was then sent to the House of Representatives for consideration on December 8 with a referral to the House Energy and Commerce...
The RadCARE was put forth for...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Radiation Storm
by Mike McKeever
I was circulating in the cath lab at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. I am an x-ray technologist. I was thinking of radiation safety during a long case, and how it is impossible to...
Radiation Storm
by Mike McKeever
I was circulating in the cath lab at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. I am an x-ray technologist. I was thinking of radiation safety during a long case, and how it is impossible to...
Radiation Storm
by Mike...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Angiography revealed a single vessel chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the right coronary artery (RCA) with collateral circulation feeding the distal vessel. Failed attempts utilizing standard guidewires to open the RCA were made the following...
Angiography revealed a single vessel chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the right coronary artery (RCA) with collateral circulation feeding the distal vessel. Failed attempts utilizing standard guidewires to open the RCA were made the following...
Angiography revealed a single...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
How often have you heard that from a patient? This question has been posed to me numerous times over the course of the past twenty years. Sometimes the more you know, the harder it becomes to answer the question.
Back in the early days of...
How often have you heard that from a patient? This question has been posed to me numerous times over the course of the past twenty years. Sometimes the more you know, the harder it becomes to answer the question.
Back in the early days of...
How often have you heard that...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
There is no doubt that increased educational training in the performance of specific procedures and/or processes can make for a higher standard of care. Giving staff the tools to do their jobs enhances their performance. Increased education...
There is no doubt that increased educational training in the performance of specific procedures and/or processes can make for a higher standard of care. Giving staff the tools to do their jobs enhances their performance. Increased education...
There is no doubt that increased...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
There is no doubt that increased educational training in the performance of specific procedures and/or processes can make for a higher standard of care. Giving staff the tools to do their jobs enhances their performance. Increased education...
There is no doubt that increased educational training in the performance of specific procedures and/or processes can make for a higher standard of care. Giving staff the tools to do their jobs enhances their performance. Increased education...
There is no doubt that increased...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Interview questions were formulated by members of the Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board.Has the meta-analysis told us anything about criteria to fall back on when choosing between a bare-metal stent and a drug-eluting stent?
It was a study of...
Interview questions were formulated by members of the Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board.Has the meta-analysis told us anything about criteria to fall back on when choosing between a bare-metal stent and a drug-eluting stent?
It was a study of...
Interview questions were...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
We had a dilemma. An asymptomatic, well-conditioned 52-year-old runner with mild, treated hyperlipidemia was concerned about heart disease because of a strong family history of coronary artery disease (CAD). He underwent coronary CT...
We had a dilemma. An asymptomatic, well-conditioned 52-year-old runner with mild, treated hyperlipidemia was concerned about heart disease because of a strong family history of coronary artery disease (CAD). He underwent coronary CT...
We had a dilemma. An...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
The length of tenure in our lab ranges from 2 years to 6 months. We are very lucky that we have low staff turnover.
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
We perform approximately 90 procedures per week, ranging from...
The length of tenure in our lab ranges from 2 years to 6 months. We are very lucky that we have low staff turnover.
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
We perform approximately 90 procedures per week, ranging from...
The length of tenure in our lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
