Volume 16 - Issue 5 - May, 2008
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/10/2008
Hemodynamic studies require accurate data collection technique. For complex cases we record simultaneous pressure waveforms, working with multiple transducers. I have had some questions from our staff as to what is the best and easiest way to...
Hemodynamic studies require accurate data collection technique. For complex cases we record simultaneous pressure waveforms, working with multiple transducers. I have had some questions from our staff as to what is the best and easiest way to...
Hemodynamic studies require...
10/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
SICP Chapter News
The Illinois Chapter of the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held its spring meeting March 12, 2008 at Restaurant La Strada, Hoffman Estates, IL. The topic of discussion was “Updates in Treatment Strategies...
SICP Chapter News
The Illinois Chapter of the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals held its spring meeting March 12, 2008 at Restaurant La Strada, Hoffman Estates, IL. The topic of discussion was “Updates in Treatment Strategies...
SICP Chapter News
The Illinois...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
07/30/2008
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online student Part II. In the April issue (Part I), we presented some ideas about how to interrogate the aortic valve. In this...
“We have some physicians that do...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
07/30/2008
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. New Questions Inventory Coordinator Duties At the Medical University of South Carolina, we are trying to gather more information about a specific job title that was represented in the Cath...
Answer or pose a question at...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
A female patient was diagnosed with triple-vessel disease, requiring coronary artery bypass surgery in 1985. After a 10-day length of stay, she was discharged to home and started on a regimen of cardiac medications. Within months, a complete...
A female patient was diagnosed with triple-vessel disease, requiring coronary artery bypass surgery in 1985. After a 10-day length of stay, she was discharged to home and started on a regimen of cardiac medications. Within months, a complete...
A female patient was diagnosed...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
What is MyoCell therapy and what are the advantages of using myoblast cells in particular for treatment of myocardial tissue?
MyoCell therapy utilizes autologous (patient-derived) skeletal myoblast cells injected percutaneously into damaged...
What is MyoCell therapy and what are the advantages of using myoblast cells in particular for treatment of myocardial tissue?
MyoCell therapy utilizes autologous (patient-derived) skeletal myoblast cells injected percutaneously into damaged...
What is MyoCell therapy and what...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the early use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to restore coronary perfusion is associated with significant reductions in mortality and morbidity. The American...
For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the early use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to restore coronary perfusion is associated with significant reductions in mortality and morbidity. The American...
For patients with ST-elevation...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Infographic
07/30/2008
India Overwhelmed by Heart DiseaseBy 2010, India will carry 60 percent of the world’s heart disease burden, nearly four times more than its share of the global population, according to a recent study. Adding to the burden is a higher...
India Overwhelmed by Heart DiseaseBy 2010, India will carry 60 percent of the world’s heart disease burden, nearly four times more than its share of the global population, according to a recent study. Adding to the burden is a higher...
India Overwhelmed by Heart...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
