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Volume 15 - Issue 5 - May, 2007

CARE Bill Sets Standards for Personnel Who Perform Medical Imaging Exams
06/19/2008
The 2007 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill, or CARE bill, was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., on March 30. The bill...
The 2007 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill, or CARE bill, was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., on March 30. The bill...
The 2007 Consistency, Accuracy,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Art of Endurance: Part II
06/19/2008
Shirly Dawson Coffey, CVT
How can a perfectly healthy woman wind up in a cath lab in the middle of the night? Case study: A 52-year-old woman with no cardiac history, non-smoker, non-diabetic, some family history, height and weight appropriate and physically...
How can a perfectly healthy woman wind up in a cath lab in the middle of the night? Case study: A 52-year-old woman with no cardiac history, non-smoker, non-diabetic, some family history, height and weight appropriate and physically...
How can a perfectly healthy...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Chapter News
06/19/2008
RCIS Cruise Review. Enjoy a group cruise discount with the Emerald Coast Chapter. Let Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) cook your Thanksgiving dinner while we help you prepare for the RCIS test. The Emerald Coast Chapter of the SICP is inviting...
RCIS Cruise Review. Enjoy a group cruise discount with the Emerald Coast Chapter. Let Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) cook your Thanksgiving dinner while we help you prepare for the RCIS test. The Emerald Coast Chapter of the SICP is inviting...
RCIS Cruise Review. Enjoy a...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
ACVP Managment Corner: Anniversaries, Birthdays, Stents and the Internet
06/19/2008
John R. Florio
In 1978, Dr. Gruentzig performed the first PTCA cases in the United States with Dr. Richard Myler in San Francisco and Dr. Simon Stertzer in New York. If you currently work in a cath lab, chances are you have heard of Dr. Gruentzig, who...
In 1978, Dr. Gruentzig performed the first PTCA cases in the United States with Dr. Richard Myler in San Francisco and Dr. Simon Stertzer in New York. If you currently work in a cath lab, chances are you have heard of Dr. Gruentzig, who...
In 1978, Dr. Gruentzig performed...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Industry Insider
Clinical and Industry News for May 2007
06/19/2008
Spectranetics Announces Commercial Availability of Turbo Elite Product Line Spectranetics Corporation announced the commercial availability of the Turbo elite product line for excimer laser ablation to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD)....
Spectranetics Announces Commercial Availability of Turbo Elite Product Line Spectranetics Corporation announced the commercial availability of the Turbo elite product line for excimer laser ablation to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD)....
Spectranetics Announces...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab. (Ask your question, or any question you and your co-wor
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Yes, they often do. We'll try to explain why, briefly. A detailed explanation of the ECG identification of what is non-compensatory versus compensatory can be complex and is beyond the scope of this article. We would like to know whether...
Yes, they often do. We'll try to explain why, briefly. A detailed explanation of the ECG identification of what is non-compensatory versus compensatory can be complex and is beyond the scope of this article. We would like to know whether...
Yes, they often do. We'll try to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab. (Ask your question, or any question you and your co-wor
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Yes, they often do. We'll try to explain why, briefly. A detailed explanation of the ECG identification of what is non-compensatory versus compensatory can be complex and is beyond the scope of this article. We would like to know whether...
Yes, they often do. We'll try to explain why, briefly. A detailed explanation of the ECG identification of what is non-compensatory versus compensatory can be complex and is beyond the scope of this article. We would like to know whether...
Yes, they often do. We'll try to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
06/19/2008
New Questions Entering Meds We were wondering about the practice of entering medications during procedures. Previously the monitor person used to enter all meds, and they were verbalized out loud to the whole team. But the circulating RNs...
New Questions Entering Meds We were wondering about the practice of entering medications during procedures. Previously the monitor person used to enter all meds, and they were verbalized out loud to the whole team. But the circulating RNs...
New Questions Entering Meds We...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Ten-Minute Interview with: Patrick McGuire, RCIS, RN, FSICP
06/19/2008
St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I had previously worked in respiratory therapy and this stimulated my interest. Can you describe your role in the CV lab? I do not presently work in the cath lab, but I am...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I had previously worked in respiratory therapy and this stimulated my interest. Can you describe your role in the CV lab? I do not presently work in the cath lab, but I am...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The COURAGE Trial: Looking past the controversy to patient care
06/19/2008
Gregory J. Dehmer, MD
Do you think drug-eluting stents (DES) would have made a major difference? No, not a major difference. Everything always tends to balance out. Obviously, everyone is well aware of the recent concerns about late and very late stent thrombosis...
Do you think drug-eluting stents (DES) would have made a major difference? No, not a major difference. Everything always tends to balance out. Obviously, everyone is well aware of the recent concerns about late and very late stent thrombosis...
Do you think drug-eluting stents...
06/19/2008
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