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Volume 17 - Issue 3 - March, 2009

Feature
High Volumes and Exceptional Outcomes: Dedication, hard work and standardization at Mount Sinai cath lab
03/04/2009
Mount Sinai Hospital cath lab accomplishes over 5,000 interventions annually, making it one of the busiest cath labs in the country. In 2008, the cath lab performed 5,254 interventions, a 7% increase over 2007 (4,908 interventions). The cath...
Mount Sinai Hospital cath lab accomplishes over 5,000 interventions annually, making it one of the busiest cath labs in the country. In 2008, the cath lab performed 5,254 interventions, a 7% increase over 2007 (4,908 interventions). The cath...
Mount Sinai Hospital cath lab...
03/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Temporary Healthcare Staffing: A look at the other side
03/04/2009
How did you move from the cath lab to creating a temporary staffing agency? I started in diagnostic x-ray in 1994 and worked there for about 5 years, then moved to the cardiac cath lab after that. I left to work in industry for a number of...
How did you move from the cath lab to creating a temporary staffing agency? I started in diagnostic x-ray in 1994 and worked there for about 5 years, then moved to the cardiac cath lab after that. I left to work in industry for a number of...
How did you move from the cath...
03/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Product Introduction: The HemCon Bandage
03/04/2009
The world of medicine is fascinating. Each day presents itself with new opportunities to learn, invent, and most importantly, heal. In our years of working in cardiology, we have come across countless medical products and techniques, many of...
The world of medicine is fascinating. Each day presents itself with new opportunities to learn, invent, and most importantly, heal. In our years of working in cardiology, we have come across countless medical products and techniques, many of...
The world of medicine is...
03/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
II. Advocating for the Transradial Approach
03/04/2009
Why found PAMEAS? I had worked in physician education training for a long time and felt that we needed an organization to represent patients and improve the patient experience. I wanted an organization that could do so, unlike typical...
Why found PAMEAS? I had worked in physician education training for a long time and felt that we needed an organization to represent patients and improve the patient experience. I wanted an organization that could do so, unlike typical...
Why found PAMEAS? I had worked...
03/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
I. The Transradial Approach
03/03/2009
How did you come to use the transradial approach? About fifteen years ago, I was invited to a transradial session in Amsterdam, taught by Ferdinand Kiemeneij. It was a live demonstration course and I was in the audience as a femoral...
How did you come to use the transradial approach? About fifteen years ago, I was invited to a transradial session in Amsterdam, taught by Ferdinand Kiemeneij. It was a live demonstration course and I was in the audience as a femoral...
How did you come to use the...
03/03/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Detecting Vulnerable Plaque
03/03/2009
How is a vulnerable plaque clinically defined? Coronary plaque rupture with superimposed thrombus is the proximate cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). “Vulnerable plaque” is the atherosclerotic lesion defined as the precursor to...
How is a vulnerable plaque clinically defined? Coronary plaque rupture with superimposed thrombus is the proximate cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). “Vulnerable plaque” is the atherosclerotic lesion defined as the precursor to...
How is a vulnerable plaque...
03/03/2009
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Cath Lab Management
A Look at Peer Evaluations in the Cath Lab
03/04/2009
We explore four areas pertaining to peer evaluations. These areas include a look at potential problems in an evaluation performed solely by management, the positive and negative aspects of peer evaluations, suggestions on how to implement a...
We explore four areas pertaining to peer evaluations. These areas include a look at potential problems in an evaluation performed solely by management, the positive and negative aspects of peer evaluations, suggestions on how to implement a...
We explore four areas pertaining...
03/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Design
Keys to Success in Designing a Hybrid Cath Lab
03/04/2009
A new trend is emerging in cardiac services — the hybrid catheterization lab. There is some controversy over the specific definition (A cath lab where they will also do surgery? An OR where they have fixed imaging?), but hybrid cath labs...
A new trend is emerging in cardiac services — the hybrid catheterization lab. There is some controversy over the specific definition (A cath lab where they will also do surgery? An OR where they have fixed imaging?), but hybrid cath labs...
A new trend is emerging in...
03/04/2009
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
Holston Valley Medical Center: Kingsport, Tennessee
03/03/2009
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Holston Valley Medical Center (HVMC), a member of the Wellmont Health System, is a 544-bed facility located in Kingsport, Tennessee. In 2005, and again in 2007, Holston...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Holston Valley Medical Center (HVMC), a member of the Wellmont Health System, is a 544-bed facility located in Kingsport, Tennessee. In 2005, and again in 2007, Holston...
What is the size of your cath...
03/03/2009
Cath Lab Digest

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March 2009 Volume 17 Issue 3

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Editorial Staff

Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

Production Manager
Elizabeth Vasil

Editorial Correspondence

Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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