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
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
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
Sandra K. Wilds, RN, MS,
Consultant, Health Evolutions, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Sandra K. Wilds, RN, MS,
Consultant, ...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sandra K. Wilds, RN, MS,
Consultant, Health Evolutions, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Sandra K. Wilds, RN, MS,
Consultant, ...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest includes a spotlight interview, generally authored by a cath lab manager. The interview begins with a question about the size of the cath lab and number of staff members. As a former cath lab manager, I...
Each issue of Cath Lab Digest...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Timothy Koch and Joe Wehling, HDR Architecture, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
Timothy Koch and Joe Wehling, HDR Arc...
The hybrid cath lab is a new concept for delivering advanced patient care. In a hybrid application, the cath lab doubles as an operating room so that a patient undergoing a cardiac cath procedure can immediately have surgery if required. This...
The hybrid cath lab is a new concept for delivering advanced patient care. In a hybrid application, the cath lab doubles as an operating room so that a patient undergoing a cardiac cath procedure can immediately have surgery if required. This...
The hybrid cath lab is a new...
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. Email:
mortonkern005 (at) hotmail.com
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor,
Cli...
Because the true size of coronary arteries is unknown, it is common practice in many labs to give NTG before every angiogram. Enhanced vasomotor tone is often evident during angioplasty and can be clearly seen when IC NTG is used to produce...
Because the true size of coronary arteries is unknown, it is common practice in many labs to give NTG before every angiogram. Enhanced vasomotor tone is often evident during angioplasty and can be clearly seen when IC NTG is used to produce...
Because the true size of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
