Volume 15 - Issue 6 - June, 2007
Industry Insider
06/19/2008
Five-year Fractional Flow Reserve Data Confirms Benefit of Stenting Deferral
Radi PressureWire® System Provides Definitive Information
About Which Lesions To Stent And Those Which May Be Deferred
Patients treated based on fractional flow...
Five-year Fractional Flow Reserve Data Confirms Benefit of Stenting Deferral
Radi PressureWire® System Provides Definitive Information
About Which Lesions To Stent And Those Which May Be Deferred
Patients treated based on fractional flow...
Five-year Fractional Flow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
David Stein, Tyler, Texas
David Stein, Tyler, Texas
Mistake #1: Not planning for the proper amount of time.
How many meetings have you attended where the presenter says, I've got a lot of slides. We're going to fly through this information. Stay with me, since we only have a short period of...
Mistake #1: Not planning for the proper amount of time.
How many meetings have you attended where the presenter says, I've got a lot of slides. We're going to fly through this information. Stay with me, since we only have a short period of...
Mistake #1: Not planning for the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I wanted to work in a critical care environment, and as an LPN, options were limited. The cath lab was as close as I could get to doing critical care. I started in the invasive...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I wanted to work in a critical care environment, and as an LPN, options were limited. The cath lab was as close as I could get to doing critical care. I started in the invasive...
Why did you choose to work in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Mary Baser RN, Cath Lab,
Baxter Regional Medical Center,
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Mary Baser RN, Cath Lab,
Baxter Regi...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
CHAPTER NETWORKING
The Chapter Networking Group meets regularly via conference call. If you are considering organizing a chapter and have questions, or if you already have organized a chapter and can give advice, etc., please join us. Calls...
CHAPTER NETWORKING
The Chapter Networking Group meets regularly via conference call. If you are considering organizing a chapter and have questions, or if you already have organized a chapter and can give advice, etc., please join us. Calls...
CHAPTER NETWORKING
The Chapter...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Mary Baser RN, Cath Lab,
Baxter Regional Medical Center,
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Mary Baser RN, Cath Lab,
Baxter Regi...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I remember how upsetting it was for me when I got triaged and still had to wait for several more hours to be seen by a doctor. When I was a patient (and everybody knows nurses and doctors make the worst patients), I...
In the Patient’s Shoes
I...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Recently, there has been an increased focus in the field of interventional cardiology on proper techniques. What has sparked renewed interest on this topic?
When drug-eluting stents (DES) were first introduced, restenosis rates were so low...
Recently, there has been an increased focus in the field of interventional cardiology on proper techniques. What has sparked renewed interest on this topic?
When drug-eluting stents (DES) were first introduced, restenosis rates were so low...
Recently, there has been an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
1Shazia T. Hussain, MD, MRCP, 1,2Diana A. Gorog, MD, PhD, MRCP
1Cardiology Department, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, United Kingdom; 2Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, United Kingdom
1Shazia T. Hussain, MD, MRCP, 1,2Dian...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Franklin D. Espanto, BSC, RCIS,
Clinical Director, UHS Cardiac Catheterization Services,
San Antonio, Texas
Franklin D. Espanto, BSC, RCIS,
Clini...
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
UHS Cath Labs perform about 15,686 procedures annually, approximately 300 procedures per week. We perform various cardiac and peripheral interventions, including adult diagnostic heart...
What type of procedures are performed at your facility?
UHS Cath Labs perform about 15,686 procedures annually, approximately 300 procedures per week. We perform various cardiac and peripheral interventions, including adult diagnostic heart...
What type of procedures are...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, Northside Cardiology, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia
Jack P. Chen, MD, Northside Cardiolog...
A 3.5 x 15 mm Driver (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN) stent was directly deployed in the circumflex artery without difficulty (Figure 2). On the third day, the patient developed chest pain with new electrocardiographic infero-lateral T-wave...
A 3.5 x 15 mm Driver (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN) stent was directly deployed in the circumflex artery without difficulty (Figure 2). On the third day, the patient developed chest pain with new electrocardiographic infero-lateral T-wave...
A 3.5 x 15 mm Driver (Medtronic,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
