Volume 16 - Issue 8 - August, 2008
Insights
Commentary
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest (CLD) asked Dr. David E. Allie, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Lafayette, Louisiana, his thoughts on the creation of the International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Physician Specialists.
Cath Lab Digest (CLD) asked Dr. David...
I am often asked how I acquired my catheter-based endovascular skills, not because I am such a skilled operator, but primarily because my background training was as a classically trained cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, who almost two...
I am often asked how I acquired my catheter-based endovascular skills, not because I am such a skilled operator, but primarily because my background training was as a classically trained cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, who almost two...
I am often asked how I acquired...
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Commentary
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest (CLD) asked Dr. David E. Allie, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Lafayette, Louisiana, his thoughts on the creation of the International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Physician Specialists.
Cath Lab Digest (CLD) asked Dr. David...
I am often asked how I acquired my catheter-based endovascular skills, not because I am such a skilled operator, but primarily because my background training was as a classically trained cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, who almost two...
I am often asked how I acquired my catheter-based endovascular skills, not because I am such a skilled operator, but primarily because my background training was as a classically trained cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon, who almost two...
I am often asked how I acquired...
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Continuing Education
Educational Update
10/21/2008
For the Performance of Diagnostic Invasive Cardiology Procedures: Report of the International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Physician Specialists (ALMIPS) and the Committee on Training Standards©
Writing Committee Members
Jack...
For the Performance of Diagnostic Invasive Cardiology Procedures: Report of the International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Physician Specialists (ALMIPS) and the Committee on Training Standards©
Writing Committee Members
Jack...
For the Performance of...
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest
News
News
09/10/2008
The governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt, signed new legislation on July 12, 2008, that requires emergency medical services to transport acute stroke and heart attack patients to a designated stroke or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
The governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt, signed new legislation on July 12, 2008, that requires emergency medical services to transport acute stroke and heart attack patients to a designated stroke or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
The governor of Missouri, Matt...
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
News
09/10/2008
A study out of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center demonstrates emergency room doctors are correctly identifying patients who are having a heart attack, even when laboratory tests haven’t yet confirmed it.
The study used data...
A study out of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center demonstrates emergency room doctors are correctly identifying patients who are having a heart attack, even when laboratory tests haven’t yet confirmed it.
The study used data...
A study out of Wake Forest...
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/10/2008
Abbott announced the start of the XIENCE V™ USA post-approval study, with six hospital centers already recruiting and enrolling patients just one week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Xience V™ Everolimus-Eluting...
Abbott announced the start of the XIENCE V™ USA post-approval study, with six hospital centers already recruiting and enrolling patients just one week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Xience V™ Everolimus-Eluting...
Abbott announced the start of...
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/10/2008
Although acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare in women of child-bearing age, pregnancy can increase a woman’s risk of heart attack 3- to 4-fold, according to a study published in the July 15, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American...
Although acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare in women of child-bearing age, pregnancy can increase a woman’s risk of heart attack 3- to 4-fold, according to a study published in the July 15, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American...
Although acute myocardial...
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/10/2008
Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently launched the Axis Wire, a 0.035” specialty guidewire that combines an extra stiff proximal shaft with a long super-floppy distal tip. The Axis Wire is designed to offer the benefits of easy delivery combined...
Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently launched the Axis Wire, a 0.035” specialty guidewire that combines an extra stiff proximal shaft with a long super-floppy distal tip. The Axis Wire is designed to offer the benefits of easy delivery combined...
Vascular Solutions, Inc....
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/10/2008
The common practice of administering heparin soon after cardioembolic stroke is associated with an increased risk for serious bleeding, according to an article posted online that will appear in the September 2008 print issue of Archives of...
The common practice of administering heparin soon after cardioembolic stroke is associated with an increased risk for serious bleeding, according to an article posted online that will appear in the September 2008 print issue of Archives of...
The common practice of...
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Facility News
09/10/2008
Two interventional cardiologists at Bryn Mawr Hospital are among the nation’s leaders in performing and training other physicians in advanced laser treatments for coronary and peripheral artery disease. Dr. Antonis Pratsos and Dr. Sean Janzer...
Two interventional cardiologists at Bryn Mawr Hospital are among the nation’s leaders in performing and training other physicians in advanced laser treatments for coronary and peripheral artery disease. Dr. Antonis Pratsos and Dr. Sean Janzer...
Two interventional cardiologists...
09/10/2008
Cath Lab Digest
