Volume 16 - Issue 3 - March, 2008
Feature
06/19/2008
Dr. Adhir R. Shroff is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical School; Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical Center; and Attending...
Dr. Adhir R. Shroff is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical School; Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical Center; and Attending...
Dr. Adhir R. Shroff is an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions
Cross-Training Duties In a cross-trained lab, do RTs and CVTs document equipment only and the RN separately handles the moderate sedation and patient care documentation?...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions
Cross-Training Duties In a cross-trained lab, do RTs and CVTs document equipment only and the RN separately handles the moderate sedation and patient care documentation?...
Answer or pose a question at...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Dr. Adhir R. Shroff is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical School; Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical Center; and Attending...
Dr. Adhir R. Shroff is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical School; Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Illinois – Chicago Medical Center; and Attending...
Dr. Adhir R. Shroff is an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Hemorrhagic complications of cardiac catheterization remain one of the most common adverse outcomes of the procedure. Along with cerebrovascular events and contrast-induced nephropathy, bleeding complications far outweigh the cardiovascular...
Hemorrhagic complications of cardiac catheterization remain one of the most common adverse outcomes of the procedure. Along with cerebrovascular events and contrast-induced nephropathy, bleeding complications far outweigh the cardiovascular...
Hemorrhagic complications of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions
Cross-Training Duties In a cross-trained lab, do RTs and CVTs document equipment only and the RN separately handles the moderate sedation and patient care documentation?...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions
Cross-Training Duties In a cross-trained lab, do RTs and CVTs document equipment only and the RN separately handles the moderate sedation and patient care documentation?...
Answer or pose a question at...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Mount Sinai? Mount Sinai has a very busy cath lab. In 2003, we did 2,750 interventional procedures (with a total cath volume of 9400). In 2006, we crossed the 5,000 mark (5,174 interventional procedures...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Mount Sinai? Mount Sinai has a very busy cath lab. In 2003, we did 2,750 interventional procedures (with a total cath volume of 9400). In 2006, we crossed the 5,000 mark (5,174 interventional procedures...
Can you tell us about the cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Children’s Hospital of Michigan? Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a part of the Detroit Medical Center. We have two Siemens bi-plane cath labs and 8 staff: 4 technologists and 4 nurses, with 13...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Children’s Hospital of Michigan? Children’s Hospital of Michigan is a part of the Detroit Medical Center. We have two Siemens bi-plane cath labs and 8 staff: 4 technologists and 4 nurses, with 13...
Can you tell us about the cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
You have seen cardiac CT evolve over time. With the advent of CTs offering faster rotation speeds and better coverage, where do you feel CT fits into a cardiologist’s arsenal of medical equipment today?
I think CT has become sufficiently...
You have seen cardiac CT evolve over time. With the advent of CTs offering faster rotation speeds and better coverage, where do you feel CT fits into a cardiologist’s arsenal of medical equipment today?
I think CT has become sufficiently...
You have seen cardiac CT evolve...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
You’ve heard about the spring cleaning. You have heard about organization. But have you heard about cleaning up your act? In the cardiac catheterization laboratory, a great deal of clutter seems to accumulate. Unnecessary items, duplicate,...
You’ve heard about the spring cleaning. You have heard about organization. But have you heard about cleaning up your act? In the cardiac catheterization laboratory, a great deal of clutter seems to accumulate. Unnecessary items, duplicate,...
You’ve heard about the spring...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Amyloidosis (am’i – loy- doh’sis) is a disease characterized by extracellular accumulation of amyloid in various organs of the body.1 The cause of this disease is the deposit of amyloid, a type of protein, that when abnormally present in the...
Amyloidosis (am’i – loy- doh’sis) is a disease characterized by extracellular accumulation of amyloid in various organs of the body.1 The cause of this disease is the deposit of amyloid, a type of protein, that when abnormally present in the...
Amyloidosis (am’i – loy-...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
