Volume 16 - Issue 9 - September, 2008
Insights
Commentary
10/21/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute, Saint Joseph’s Heart and Vascular Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, ...
The author has no conflicts to declare, and no grants were received for the preparation of this manuscript.
In 1977, amidst immense skepticism, Professor Andreas Gruentzig performed the world’s first angioplasty in Zurich, Switzerland....
The author has no conflicts to declare, and no grants were received for the preparation of this manuscript.
In 1977, amidst immense skepticism, Professor Andreas Gruentzig performed the world’s first angioplasty in Zurich, Switzerland....
The author has no conflicts to...
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Commentary
10/21/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute, Saint Joseph’s Heart and Vascular Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, ...
The author has no conflicts to declare, and no grants were received for the preparation of this manuscript.
In 1977, amidst immense skepticism, Professor Andreas Gruentzig performed the world’s first angioplasty in Zurich, Switzerland....
The author has no conflicts to declare, and no grants were received for the preparation of this manuscript.
In 1977, amidst immense skepticism, Professor Andreas Gruentzig performed the world’s first angioplasty in Zurich, Switzerland....
The author has no conflicts to...
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Continuing Education
Educational Update
10/21/2008
For the Performance of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCIs) and Non-Coronary Interventions: Part II
Report of the International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Physician Specialists (ALMIPS) and the Committee on Training...
For the Performance of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCIs) and Non-Coronary Interventions: Part II
Report of the International Society of Advanced Level Medical Imaging Physician Specialists (ALMIPS) and the Committee on Training...
For the Performance of...
10/21/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Facility News
09/16/2008
In 1978, Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, opened the region’s first cardiac catheterization lab. Thirty years and thousands of saved lives later, it remains a vital service for stopping chest pain and heart attacks.
Today,...
In 1978, Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, opened the region’s first cardiac catheterization lab. Thirty years and thousands of saved lives later, it remains a vital service for stopping chest pain and heart attacks.
Today,...
In 1978, Wheeling Hospital in...
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
News
Clinical and Industry News
09/16/2008
Patients taking prasugrel had lower risk of combined endpoint of recurrent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death after first event than those taking clopidogrel.
A new, pre-specified analysis of the landmark Phase III head-to-head...
Patients taking prasugrel had lower risk of combined endpoint of recurrent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death after first event than those taking clopidogrel.
A new, pre-specified analysis of the landmark Phase III head-to-head...
Patients taking prasugrel had...
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/16/2008
OrbusNeich announced that data presented recently at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology (July 3-5, 2008, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) demonstrate that the Genou s Bio-engineered R stent has better outcomes...
OrbusNeich announced that data presented recently at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Cardiology (July 3-5, 2008, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) demonstrate that the Genou s Bio-engineered R stent has better outcomes...
OrbusNeich announced that data...
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/16/2008
Anticipating the needs of the future, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, will launch the first Cardiovascular Technology (CVT) graduate degree program in the nation.
Drawing on Geneva’s long-standing affiliation with INOVA Fairfax Hospital in...
Anticipating the needs of the future, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, will launch the first Cardiovascular Technology (CVT) graduate degree program in the nation.
Drawing on Geneva’s long-standing affiliation with INOVA Fairfax Hospital in...
Anticipating the needs of the...
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/16/2008
Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently launched the Jiffy Wire, an 80 cm 0.035” specialty guidewire. The Jiffy Wire offers the benefits of both a straight floppy tip and a 3 mm J-tip in one double-ended guidewire. The 80 cm working length and...
Vascular Solutions, Inc. recently launched the Jiffy Wire, an 80 cm 0.035” specialty guidewire. The Jiffy Wire offers the benefits of both a straight floppy tip and a 3 mm J-tip in one double-ended guidewire. The 80 cm working length and...
Vascular Solutions, Inc....
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/16/2008
Cooks believe the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach, but interventional cardiologists may soon be paying close attention to the wrist. New research shows that radial artery access significantly reduces bleeding complications...
Cooks believe the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach, but interventional cardiologists may soon be paying close attention to the wrist. New research shows that radial artery access significantly reduces bleeding complications...
Cooks believe the way to a...
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/16/2008
A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial...
A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial...
A new study from Duke University...
09/16/2008
Cath Lab Digest
