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Volume 17 - Issue 11 - November, 2009

News

Clinical and Industry News
Clinical and Industry News
11/05/2009
Maquet Cardiovascular Announces Dedication of Its New United States Headquarters in Wayne, NJ Relocation of manufacturing of cardiovascular medical devices from Puerto Rico to New Jersey creates 350 new jobs Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, a...
Maquet Cardiovascular Announces Dedication of Its New United States Headquarters in Wayne, NJ Relocation of manufacturing of cardiovascular medical devices from Puerto Rico to New Jersey creates 350 new jobs Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, a...
Maquet Cardiovascular Announces...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest

Column

What Do You Think?
What Do You Think?
11/05/2009
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome! Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com A Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board Discussion Should an IABP be Required in the Cath Lab? I am the Director of...
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome! Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com A Cath Lab Digest Editorial Board Discussion Should an IABP be Required in the Cath Lab? I am the Director of...
Multiple new and ongoing...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Working With Industry Representatives and Conflicts of Interest in the Cath Lab
11/05/2009
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor Professor of Medicine Associate Chief Cardiology University of California Irvine Orange, California mortonkern005@hotmail.com
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor Profe...
Your cath lab director is on the speaker’s bureau for a pharmaceutical company that promotes antiplatelet agents. Does this mean you cannot buy this drug to use in the cath lab? Does this mean the doctor cannot perform a procedure with this...
Your cath lab director is on the speaker’s bureau for a pharmaceutical company that promotes antiplatelet agents. Does this mean you cannot buy this drug to use in the cath lab? Does this mean the doctor cannot perform a procedure with this...
Your cath lab director is on the...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Spotlight
“The Runthrough Has Become Our Workhorse Wire.”
11/05/2009

Cath Lab Digest talks with Samin Sharma, MD, FACC, Co-Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Jose and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, and Director of Interventional Cardiology and the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York about his experience with the Runthrough NS (Terumo Interventional Systems, Somerset, New Jersey).

Cath Lab Digest talks with Samin Shar...
We first spoke with Dr. Sharma in March 2008, after he had been using the Runthrough wire for a few months, then again in September 2008, after 2,000 uses of the wire. Today, after 10,000 uses of the wire, he shares why the Runthrough has...
We first spoke with Dr. Sharma in March 2008, after he had been using the Runthrough wire for a few months, then again in September 2008, after 2,000 uses of the wire. Today, after 10,000 uses of the wire, he shares why the Runthrough has...
We first spoke with Dr. Sharma...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
11/05/2009
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by: Todd Gina...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses. “When you...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses. “When you...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education
A Proposal for the Core Curriculum for Credentialing and Training of Cardiac and Vascular Medical Specialists (Full title below)
11/05/2009
A Proposal for the Core Curriculum for Credentialing and Training of Cardiac and Vascular Medical Specialists and Specialist Assistants to Perform Invasive and Interventional Cardiovascular Procedures with Medical Simulation Training...
A Proposal for the Core Curriculum for Credentialing and Training of Cardiac and Vascular Medical Specialists and Specialist Assistants to Perform Invasive and Interventional Cardiovascular Procedures with Medical Simulation Training...
A Proposal for the Core...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Communication: The Key to Optimal Care Processes for Heart and Brain Attacks
11/05/2009
Amy Newell, Manager, Corazon, Inc. and Kristin Turkovich, Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Amy Newell, Manager, Corazon, Inc. a...
When it comes to a hospital’s image in the marketplace, differentiating characteristics can do much to solidify a positive reputation. Leaders at all levels of the organization, especially those within the cardiovascular service line, must...
When it comes to a hospital’s image in the marketplace, differentiating characteristics can do much to solidify a positive reputation. Leaders at all levels of the organization, especially those within the cardiovascular service line, must...
When it comes to a hospital’s...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Spearheading Transradial Access in Las Vegas
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Branavan Umakanthan, Las Vegas, Nevada, about learning transradial access during his fellowship and driving its use in the Las Vegas area.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Branav...
Can you tell us about your current practice and community? I moved to the Las Vegas area nearly a year and a half ago, after finishing my interventional fellowship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, I am practicing as an interventional...
Can you tell us about your current practice and community? I moved to the Las Vegas area nearly a year and a half ago, after finishing my interventional fellowship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, I am practicing as an interventional...
Can you tell us about your...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Quality Control
Tips on Environmental Monitoring in the Cath Lab
11/05/2009
Nick Kovacic, Dickson Company, Addison, Illinois
Nick Kovacic, Dickson Company, Addiso...
Whether you are talking about proper handling and storage of drug-eluting stents, plasma supplies, or protecting anticoagulants from humidity-caused deterioration, there is a wide range of drugs and other supplies in the typical cath lab that...
Whether you are talking about proper handling and storage of drug-eluting stents, plasma supplies, or protecting anticoagulants from humidity-caused deterioration, there is a wide range of drugs and other supplies in the typical cath lab that...
Whether you are talking about...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
Management of Dislodged Coronary Stent Using Intravascular Ultrasound
11/05/2009
Jon C. George MD, David Fiss MD, and Riyaz Bashir MD Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jon C. George MD, David Fiss MD, and ...
Abstract Stent dislodgement is a rare but potentially lethal complication that can result in coronary embolization, emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or death. Improvements in equipment design have drastically lowered the...
Abstract Stent dislodgement is a rare but potentially lethal complication that can result in coronary embolization, emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or death. Improvements in equipment design have drastically lowered the...
Abstract Stent dislodgement is...
11/05/2009
Cath Lab Digest

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Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

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Elizabeth Vasil

Editorial Correspondence

Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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