Volume 16 - Issue 5 - May, 2008
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In today’s competitive market for cardiovascular services, job opportunities within the specialty have increased as a result of nationwide program growth. And, current vacancy and staff turnover rates further contribute to retention being a...
In today’s competitive market for cardiovascular services, job opportunities within the specialty have increased as a result of nationwide program growth. And, current vacancy and staff turnover rates further contribute to retention being a...
In today’s competitive market...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cath Lab Digest
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F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. Jauregui-Plascencia, MD
Cardiology Department and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”
Guadalajara, México
F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. J...
Introduction Managing the planning, operation and results of a cardiac catheterization laboratory in a general public university hospital is definitely an enormous task, especially when the hospital budget does not include the cath lab. We...
Introduction Managing the planning, operation and results of a cardiac catheterization laboratory in a general public university hospital is definitely an enormous task, especially when the hospital budget does not include the cath lab. We...
Introduction Managing the...
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Cath Lab Digest
07/30/2008
Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene, Oregon
Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I spent approximately 15 years employed in sawmills, working my way from cleanup to foreman before being laid off in September of 1991. One week after the layoff, I was back in...
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I spent approximately 15 years employed in sawmills, working my way from cleanup to foreman before being laid off in September of 1991. One week after the layoff, I was back in...
Why did you choose to work in...
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Cath Lab Digest
