Volume 18 - Issue 11 - November, 2010
Column
Cath Lab Management
12/30/2010
Anthony Zelenka, FACHE; Lynnette Dalton, BSN, MHA, MBA
Tell us about your hospital and why you needed a modular lab.
Tony: West Virginia University Hospitals-East is part of a four-hospital system, West Virginia United Health System. We are in what is called the “eastern panhandle” of the state....
Tell us about your hospital and why you needed a modular lab.
Tony: West Virginia University Hospitals-East is part of a four-hospital system, West Virginia United Health System. We are in what is called the “eastern panhandle” of the state....
Tell us about your hospital and...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
12/30/2010
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with CANARY trial investigators.
Cath Lab Digest talks with CANARY tri...
Combining grayscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) with near-infrared (NIR) lipid core plaque detection technology, the LipiScan IVUS system (InfraReDx, Burlington, Mass.) utilizes the same set-up and workflow of current IVUS systems. But,...
Combining grayscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) with near-infrared (NIR) lipid core plaque detection technology, the LipiScan IVUS system (InfraReDx, Burlington, Mass.) utilizes the same set-up and workflow of current IVUS systems. But,...
Combining grayscale...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
12/30/2010
Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA, FSCAI
Is the development of hybrid labs a meaningful trend?
Patient need will drive both suite implementation and long-term success. If minimally invasive therapies that combine aspects of cardiovascular surgery, interventional cardiology and most...
Is the development of hybrid labs a meaningful trend?
Patient need will drive both suite implementation and long-term success. If minimally invasive therapies that combine aspects of cardiovascular surgery, interventional cardiology and most...
Is the development of hybrid...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Expert
12/30/2010
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
A Q&A column for cath labs with physicians performing radial access
Failure to access the radial artery is the most common cause of failure for transradial catheterization. There are two general approaches to access: 1) The true Seldinger...
A Q&A column for cath labs with physicians performing radial access
Failure to access the radial artery is the most common cause of failure for transradial catheterization. There are two general approaches to access: 1) The true Seldinger...
A Q&A column for cath labs with...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
12/30/2010
Stacey Lang; Amy J. Newell, RT(R)
Growth trends over the past decade reveal that many hospitals across the United States have expanded upon their existing services — whether from a diagnostic cardiac center to offering therapeutic cardiac catheterizations or PCI; from general...
Growth trends over the past decade reveal that many hospitals across the United States have expanded upon their existing services — whether from a diagnostic cardiac center to offering therapeutic cardiac catheterizations or PCI; from general...
Growth trends over the past...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
STEMI Processes
12/30/2010
Orlando Rivera, RN, CEN, RCIS, EMT-P; Nainesh C. Patel, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital ranked first in 2008 and second in 2010 in lowest mortality for heart attack care in the U.S., according to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “Hospital Compare” data (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov). The...
Lehigh Valley Hospital ranked first in 2008 and second in 2010 in lowest mortality for heart attack care in the U.S., according to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “Hospital Compare” data (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov). The...
Lehigh Valley Hospital ranked...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Clinical Experience
12/30/2010
Jay Bitar, MD, FACC
The acute inferior infarct has certain characteristics that separate it from other infarcts.
It is fair to say that no two acute infarcts are the same. Each acute infarct is unique in its own way. Several variables determine each infarction...
The acute inferior infarct has certain characteristics that separate it from other infarcts.
It is fair to say that no two acute infarcts are the same. Each acute infarct is unique in its own way. Several variables determine each infarction...
The acute inferior infarct has...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
12/30/2010
Mic Bradshaw, RN, MSN, RCIS, CCRN
Can you tell us about your cath lab?
Can you tell us about your cath lab?
Can you tell us about your cath...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
12/30/2010
Debbie Hennessy; Carla Lix, RCIS; Jan Cassel, RN, CCRN
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Saint Vincent Healthcare, employing approximately 2,300 employees, is a 300-bed faith-based facility, one of twelve hospitals in the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Saint Vincent Healthcare, employing approximately 2,300 employees, is a 300-bed faith-based facility, one of twelve hospitals in the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth...
What is the size of your cath...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
