Volume 16 - Issue 10 - October, 2008
News
Clinical and Industry News
10/06/2008
Vascular Solutions Launches EXPRO Elite™ Snare
Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently announced its U.S. launch of the EXPRO Elite Snare in partnership with Radius Medical Technologies. The EXPRO Elite Snare is a unique one-piece medical device...
Vascular Solutions Launches EXPRO Elite™ Snare
Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently announced its U.S. launch of the EXPRO Elite Snare in partnership with Radius Medical Technologies. The EXPRO Elite Snare is a unique one-piece medical device...
Vascular Solutions Launches...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Department
SICP Section
10/06/2008
The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held the SICP 2008 annual meeting in Las Vegas on July 31-August 2, 2008. The conference focused on the needs of today’s cardiovascular professional. Cath lab professionals came from...
The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held the SICP 2008 annual meeting in Las Vegas on July 31-August 2, 2008. The conference focused on the needs of today’s cardiovascular professional. Cath lab professionals came from...
The Society of Invasive...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
ACVP Management Corner
10/06/2008
Voncile Hilson-Morrow, BS, AS
Building a top cardiovascular program is not a matter of simply throwing open the doors and announcing to the world that you are providing these services. Climbing to the top or staying there requires keeping up with the latest advances in...
Building a top cardiovascular program is not a matter of simply throwing open the doors and announcing to the world that you are providing these services. Climbing to the top or staying there requires keeping up with the latest advances in...
Building a top cardiovascular...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Discussion Group
10/06/2008
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers.
Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
Patients without Accompanying Family or Friend
I work at a university-based teaching facility in the cath lab....
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers.
Your responses are welcome!
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com
Patients without Accompanying Family or Friend
I work at a university-based teaching facility in the cath lab....
Multiple new and ongoing...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Outside the Cath Lab
10/06/2008
Kirk Raboin
Reams of Data Spanning Months, Years, Decades – Managing Patient Information for Anticoagulation Therapy Is the Final
Frontier in Multidisciplinary CV Solutions
When Cardiovascular Services, the Pharmacy and the HealthCare Improvement...
Reams of Data Spanning Months, Years, Decades – Managing Patient Information for Anticoagulation Therapy Is the Final
Frontier in Multidisciplinary CV Solutions
When Cardiovascular Services, the Pharmacy and the HealthCare Improvement...
Reams of Data Spanning Months,...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/06/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Your patient has atrial fibrillation, chest pain and a positive stress test with risk factors for coronary disease, and is planning to undergo cardiac catheterization. The international normalized ratio (INR) is 2.2. When is it safe to...
Your patient has atrial fibrillation, chest pain and a positive stress test with risk factors for coronary disease, and is planning to undergo cardiac catheterization. The international normalized ratio (INR) is 2.2. When is it safe to...
Your patient has atrial...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
10/06/2008
Harold L. Dauerman, MD; Prospero B. Gogo, Jr., MD, FACC, FSCAI; Mitchell N. Rashid, MD; Kristin Gilbert, BS; Edward F. Terrien, MD; Jason T. Bradley, MD; Bina Ahmed, MD; Matthew W. Watkins, MD; Faye Straight, RN
Abstract
Background. Vascular closure devices (VCDs) improve patient comfort and decrease time to ambulation. However, VCD studies have excluded patients with high-risk femoral artery anatomy; we examined the safety and efficacy of...
Abstract
Background. Vascular closure devices (VCDs) improve patient comfort and decrease time to ambulation. However, VCD studies have excluded patients with high-risk femoral artery anatomy; we examined the safety and efficacy of...
Abstract
Background. Vascular...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
10/06/2008
Phil G. Regas, RCIS, RRT, CPFT, FSICP, MSM, FACHE
Time to Update Scheduling Methods
Whiteboards and schedule books have long been the mainstay of cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) scheduling, but with the advent of less costly PC-based systems, cardiology departments can now display...
Time to Update Scheduling Methods
Whiteboards and schedule books have long been the mainstay of cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) scheduling, but with the advent of less costly PC-based systems, cardiology departments can now display...
Time to Update Scheduling...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Insights
Commentary
10/06/2008
Lawrence A. Garcia, MD, FACC, FAHA; Amjad AlMahameed, MD, MPH, RPVI
Vascular closure devices (VCDs) provide simple, painless and reliable hemostasis following endovascular procedures performed via femoral arterial access. Their use has enhanced patient comfort and satisfaction, shortened the time to...
Vascular closure devices (VCDs) provide simple, painless and reliable hemostasis following endovascular procedures performed via femoral arterial access. Their use has enhanced patient comfort and satisfaction, shortened the time to...
Vascular closure devices (VCDs)...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Clinical Images
10/06/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare angiographic finding with a female preponderance and is usually associated with the peripartum period, cocaine use, severe hypertension or physical stress.1 The markedly heightened...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare angiographic finding with a female preponderance and is usually associated with the peripartum period, cocaine use, severe hypertension or physical stress.1 The markedly heightened...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
10/06/2008
Cath Lab Digest
