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Volume 18 - Issue 1 - January, 2010

Column

Cath Lab Systems
The Philips Xper Information Management System: Looking back after 1 month live at Duke University Medical Center
01/11/2010
Wanda Cooley, BA, RCIS; Theresa DeMuro, RN, CCRN; James E. Tcheng, MD
A behind-the-scenes look with three superusers. Theresa DeMuro (Holding) and Wanda Cooley (Cath Labs) Tell us about your previous hemodynamic system and why you changed to the Xper Information Management system. Theresa (Holding): We...
A behind-the-scenes look with three superusers. Theresa DeMuro (Holding) and Wanda Cooley (Cath Labs) Tell us about your previous hemodynamic system and why you changed to the Xper Information Management system. Theresa (Holding): We...
A behind-the-scenes look with...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
What Do You Think?
What Do You Think?
01/11/2010
Questions! Prasugrel What are other hospitals doing with prasugrel? We have been checking P2y12 assays and if inhibition is not greater than 50%, switching the patient to prasugrel. (However, we did have one patient who had 0 inhibition on...
Questions! Prasugrel What are other hospitals doing with prasugrel? We have been checking P2y12 assays and if inhibition is not greater than 50%, switching the patient to prasugrel. (However, we did have one patient who had 0 inhibition on...
Questions! Prasugrel What are...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Dynamic Leadership in the Cath Lab: Balancing Taking Charge and Being Part of the Team
01/11/2010
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
I asked my table of nurses from Venice, Florida, “What is the single biggest problem you have in your lab?” I was expecting comments like, “It’s the hemodynamics” or “I struggle with coronary anatomy” or “I don’t like covering the on-call...
I asked my table of nurses from Venice, Florida, “What is the single biggest problem you have in your lab?” I was expecting comments like, “It’s the hemodynamics” or “I struggle with coronary anatomy” or “I don’t like covering the on-call...
I asked my table of nurses from...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
01/11/2010
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
In a first-degree heart block, why is there such a long delay in the PR interval? What is the pathology of this occurrence? – Beverly Eskdale, Winter Haven, FL A first-degree heart block can sometimes be dramatic and gathers a lot of...
In a first-degree heart block, why is there such a long delay in the PR interval? What is the pathology of this occurrence? – Beverly Eskdale, Winter Haven, FL A first-degree heart block can sometimes be dramatic and gathers a lot of...
In a first-degree heart block,...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Announcements
Personnel Announcements
01/11/2010
Congratulations! Lisa Higgins, APRN-C, MSN, RCSA, one of the contributors on the development of the Cardiovascular Specialist Assistant Program, passed the advance practice registered nurse examination on November 4, 2009. She has been a...
Congratulations! Lisa Higgins, APRN-C, MSN, RCSA, one of the contributors on the development of the Cardiovascular Specialist Assistant Program, passed the advance practice registered nurse examination on November 4, 2009. She has been a...
Congratulations! Lisa Higgins,...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
January 2010 Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) News
01/11/2010
4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference: Bigger Than Ever! The 4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference was held at the Kalahari Water Park and Resort in the Wisconsin Dells on November 13-14, 2009. The annual board of directors meeting...
4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference: Bigger Than Ever! The 4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference was held at the Kalahari Water Park and Resort in the Wisconsin Dells on November 13-14, 2009. The annual board of directors meeting...
4th Annual WI-SICP Educational...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest

News

Clinical and Industry News
Clinical and Industry News
01/11/2010
Importance of FFR in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Confirmed by New PCI Guidelines Level of evidence for FFR upgraded to an “A” following the recent results of the landmark FAME trial, which demonstrated that FFR-guided treatment...
Importance of FFR in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Confirmed by New PCI Guidelines Level of evidence for FFR upgraded to an “A” following the recent results of the landmark FAME trial, which demonstrated that FFR-guided treatment...
Importance of FFR in Treatment...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Improving Patient Experience and Provider-Patient Communications
01/11/2010
Paul Konowitz, MD; Ken Wilan
Every patient has a story to tell, and here’s why sharing that story is so important: The act of writing decreases patient stress around procedures, improves provider-patient communications and provides unique data to healthcare providers to...
Every patient has a story to tell, and here’s why sharing that story is so important: The act of writing decreases patient stress around procedures, improves provider-patient communications and provides unique data to healthcare providers to...
Every patient has a story to...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Two Transradial Experts, Two Perspectives, One Course
01/11/2010
Byron C. Sizemore, MD; Zaheed Tai, MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Tai and Dr. Sizemore offer a regular course in Florida for physicians interested in learning radial technique. Technologists can also attend to learn about transradial equipment, prepping the patient and proper setup. Courses have been...
Dr. Tai and Dr. Sizemore offer a regular course in Florida for physicians interested in learning radial technique. Technologists can also attend to learn about transradial equipment, prepping the patient and proper setup. Courses have been...
Dr. Tai and Dr. Sizemore offer a...
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
Found in Cath Lab: An Aortic Dissection
01/11/2010
Tharen J. Leesch, CVT-AAS, Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, Zephyrhills, Florida
Tharen J. Leesch, CVT-AAS, Florida Ho...
Case Report A 76-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe angina. She stated that she had experienced pain in her right arm along with a feeling of pressure the day prior. At that time, she took her blood...
Case Report A 76-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe angina. She stated that she had experienced pain in her right arm along with a feeling of pressure the day prior. At that time, she took her blood...
Case Report A 76-year-old...
01/11/2010
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Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC 

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