Volume 16 - Issue 4 - April, 2008
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest talks with Prakash Krishnan, MD, Director, Endovascular Intervention, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York about his use of the newly released Tigerwire (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN).
Cath Lab Digest talks with Prakash Kr...
Can you tell us about your cath lab? Under the directorship of Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital performed 4,908 interventions in 2007, out of which 400 endovascular interventions were...
Can you tell us about your cath lab? Under the directorship of Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital performed 4,908 interventions in 2007, out of which 400 endovascular interventions were...
Can you tell us about your cath...
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Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Carol Dombrowicki, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carol Dombrowicki, Recruitment Consul...
To quote the song lyrics, “Should I stay or should I go?” is the question you inevitably will ask yourself when considering a move from your current position. Indeed, there may be many opportunities within cardiovascular services, but are...
To quote the song lyrics, “Should I stay or should I go?” is the question you inevitably will ask yourself when considering a move from your current position. Indeed, there may be many opportunities within cardiovascular services, but are...
To quote the song lyrics,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Case HistoryAn 80-year-old male patient presented to his primary care physician with reoccurring panic attacks and dyspnea; the panic attacks and symptoms were worse at night. He was unsuccessfully treated with anti-anxiety medications, and...
Case HistoryAn 80-year-old male patient presented to his primary care physician with reoccurring panic attacks and dyspnea; the panic attacks and symptoms were worse at night. He was unsuccessfully treated with anti-anxiety medications, and...
Case HistoryAn 80-year-old male...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
The dots in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) interventions finally get connected through the robust results of the Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (TAPAS), published in the recent edition of the...
The dots in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) interventions finally get connected through the robust results of the Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (TAPAS), published in the recent edition of the...
The dots in ST-elevation...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
At Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2007, you presented an abstract entitled, “A clinical risk score for prediction of stent thrombosis using prospective data from real-world use of the TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent.”...
At Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2007, you presented an abstract entitled, “A clinical risk score for prediction of stent thrombosis using prospective data from real-world use of the TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent.”...
At Transcatheter Cardiovascular...
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Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginap...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student
Part I. There really isn’t a ‘right’ way to do it, as long as you get the proper information. However, there...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student
Part I. There really isn’t a ‘right’ way to do it, as long as you get the proper information. However, there...
“We have some physicians that do...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginap...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student
Part I. There really isn’t a ‘right’ way to do it, as long as you get the proper information. However, there...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student
Part I. There really isn’t a ‘right’ way to do it, as long as you get the proper information. However, there...
“We have some physicians that do...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Technology Pulse
06/19/2008
What is orbital atherectomy and how does it differ from rotational atherectomy? Orbital atherectomy is a promising new methodology for treating symptomatic peripheral arterial disease within the major and branch arteries of the leg. It is...
What is orbital atherectomy and how does it differ from rotational atherectomy? Orbital atherectomy is a promising new methodology for treating symptomatic peripheral arterial disease within the major and branch arteries of the leg. It is...
What is orbital atherectomy and...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
One of the most stimulating and fun activities in the cath lab is the discovery of a new way to do things. Despite more than 20 years working in the cath lab, I continue to learn something new almost every month. The source of this...
One of the most stimulating and fun activities in the cath lab is the discovery of a new way to do things. Despite more than 20 years working in the cath lab, I continue to learn something new almost every month. The source of this...
One of the most stimulating and...
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Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Peter Alt, RN, San Rafael, California
Peter Alt, RN, San Rafael, California...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our facility has 1 dual-use lab. It functions both as a cardiac cath lab and an interventional radiology (IR) lab. Currently, our staff consists of: • 8 part time...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our facility has 1 dual-use lab. It functions both as a cardiac cath lab and an interventional radiology (IR) lab. Currently, our staff consists of: • 8 part time...
What is the size of your cath...
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Cath Lab Digest
