Volume 18 - Issue 12 - December, 2010
Column
Ask the Clinical Instructor
12/30/2010
Questions are answered by Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by Todd Ginapp...
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...
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...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Expert
12/30/2010
Questions answered by Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Cardiac Cath Lab Director, Bostick Heart Center, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
Questions answered by Orlando Marrero...
Email your question to Orlando.Marrero@WinterHavenHospital.org
Does your lab do any rotational atherectomy via the right radial approach?
Email your question to Orlando.Marrero@WinterHavenHospital.org
Does your lab do any rotational atherectomy via the right radial approach?
Email your question to...
12/30/2010
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Technology Pulse
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with CANARY trial investigator David G. Rizik, MD
Cath Lab Digest talks with CANARY tri...
CLD did not speak to Dr. Rizik in time to include his comments with those of the other CANARY trial investigators in the November 2010 article. Below, Dr. Rizik shares his experience with the LipiScan and thoughts on the CANARY trial.
We...
CLD did not speak to Dr. Rizik in time to include his comments with those of the other CANARY trial investigators in the November 2010 article. Below, Dr. Rizik shares his experience with the LipiScan and thoughts on the CANARY trial.
We...
CLD did not speak to Dr. Rizik...
12/30/2010
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Clinical Editor's Corner
12/30/2010
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology, University of California Irvine, Orange, California. E-mail: mortonkern005@hotmail.com
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Pro...
Since the release of the FAME1 study [Fractional flow reserve vs. Angiography in Multivessel Evaluation] and new interest in the long-term fractional flow reserve (FFR) outcome studies,2-6 appreciation and use of FFR has risen. Many former...
Since the release of the FAME1 study [Fractional flow reserve vs. Angiography in Multivessel Evaluation] and new interest in the long-term fractional flow reserve (FFR) outcome studies,2-6 appreciation and use of FFR has risen. Many former...
Since the release of the FAME1...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Expert
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, about his upcoming LUMEN meeting, the second edition of the Textbook of STEMI Interventions, and the SINCERE database.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Sameer Meh...
Can you tell us about the February 2011 LUMEN meeting, focusing on the process and the procedure of ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) interventions?
This is the 10th year for LUMEN, now converted for the third year in a row into a...
Can you tell us about the February 2011 LUMEN meeting, focusing on the process and the procedure of ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) interventions?
This is the 10th year for LUMEN, now converted for the third year in a row into a...
Can you tell us about the...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
12/30/2010
Catherine DiNardo, Lead Business Consultant Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Catherine DiNardo, Lead Business Cons...
How prepared is your organization to recognize and embrace the new and changing healthcare regulations that will no doubt impact both ‘big picture’ strategy and day-to-day operations in the coming years? Understanding what these changes mean...
How prepared is your organization to recognize and embrace the new and changing healthcare regulations that will no doubt impact both ‘big picture’ strategy and day-to-day operations in the coming years? Understanding what these changes mean...
How prepared is your...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
12/30/2010
Morton J. Kern, MD and Lynne “Scotty” Maccubbin, RN
Morton J. Kern, MD and Lynne “Scotty”...
Dear Dr. Kern,
I read your article “Should NPO be the Rule Before Cath?” (CLD Oct 2010) with great interest. As the service line educator for the heart and vascular center at our institution, I recently spent a great deal of time developing...
Dear Dr. Kern,
I read your article “Should NPO be the Rule Before Cath?” (CLD Oct 2010) with great interest. As the service line educator for the heart and vascular center at our institution, I recently spent a great deal of time developing...
Dear Dr. Kern,
I read your...
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest
12/30/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, Medical Director of Cardiology, Northside Hospital and Director of Cardiac Research, Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute, Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Jack P. Ch...
Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta built a unique post procedure lounge for transradial patients that opened in March 2010. CLD catches up with the originator of this project, radialist Dr. Jack Chen, to discuss its impact on the hospital and...
Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta built a unique post procedure lounge for transradial patients that opened in March 2010. CLD catches up with the originator of this project, radialist Dr. Jack Chen, to discuss its impact on the hospital and...
Saint Joseph’s Hospital of...
12/30/2010
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Feature
Clinical Review
12/30/2010
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Jaffer M. Ansari, MD, Liberato Iannone*, MD, Edward O’Leary, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; *Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Jaffer M. Ansari, ...
Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease affecting all major vascular beds. In the cerebrovascular system, atherosclerosis can result in stroke; in the coronary system, it can result in myocardial infarction, and in the peripheral arteries,...
Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease affecting all major vascular beds. In the cerebrovascular system, atherosclerosis can result in stroke; in the coronary system, it can result in myocardial infarction, and in the peripheral arteries,...
Atherosclerosis is a systemic...
12/30/2010
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