Volume 18 - Issue 8 - August, 2010
News
Clinical and Industry News
08/16/2010
A new study by researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has found that women between the ages of 35 and 54 were more likely to die in hospitals following heart attacks than men of a similar age. This finding from a sample of...
A new study by researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has found that women between the ages of 35 and 54 were more likely to die in hospitals following heart attacks than men of a similar age. This finding from a sample of...
A new study by researchers at...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
08/16/2010
Cambridge Heart, Inc. announced the first patient enrollments in the MTWA-CAD study (Evaluation of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing for the Detection of Active Ischemia in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease). The...
Cambridge Heart, Inc. announced the first patient enrollments in the MTWA-CAD study (Evaluation of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing for the Detection of Active Ischemia in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease). The...
Cambridge Heart, Inc....
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
08/16/2010
Medicare beneficiaries in some parts of the United States appear more likely to receive carotid endarterectomy, whereas those in other regions more often receive stents for the same condition, according to a report in the July 26 issue of...
Medicare beneficiaries in some parts of the United States appear more likely to receive carotid endarterectomy, whereas those in other regions more often receive stents for the same condition, according to a report in the July 26 issue of...
Medicare beneficiaries in some...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
08/16/2010
Atul Aggarwal, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA; Brian Dees, RCIS
Tell us about your cath lab.
Bakersfield Heart Hospital is a 47-bed cardiac specialty hospital. The cath lab has four procedure rooms joined by a central control room. Having a central control room works well, since all staff immediately...
Tell us about your cath lab.
Bakersfield Heart Hospital is a 47-bed cardiac specialty hospital. The cath lab has four procedure rooms joined by a central control room. Having a central control room works well, since all staff immediately...
Tell us about your cath...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
08/16/2010
Ken Beamer, RCIS
I am an invasive cardiovascular technology student enrolled at Spokane Community College in Spokane, WA, currently finishing my final twelve-week clinical rotation. I am nearing the end of the invasive cardiovascular technology program...
I am an invasive cardiovascular technology student enrolled at Spokane Community College in Spokane, WA, currently finishing my final twelve-week clinical rotation. I am nearing the end of the invasive cardiovascular technology program...
I am an invasive...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
08/16/2010
Larry S. Dean, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Is your facility working to create a hybrid lab?
Yes, the hybrid suites at the University of Washington Medical Center are now in the planning stages. We have two major hospitals in our system. Our other hospital is further along in the...
Is your facility working to create a hybrid lab?
Yes, the hybrid suites at the University of Washington Medical Center are now in the planning stages. We have two major hospitals in our system. Our other hospital is further along in the...
Is your facility working to...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
08/16/2010
John A. Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Can you share some of your research interests and how the individual risk consent software came about?
Can you share some of your research interests and how the individual risk consent software came about?
Can you share some of your...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Ask the Expert
08/16/2010
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
Does your cath lab do acute myocardial infarction patients via the radial approach, and does it interfere with the door-to-balloon time?
Excellent question. At our facility, we prefer to do all ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs)...
Does your cath lab do acute myocardial infarction patients via the radial approach, and does it interfere with the door-to-balloon time?
Excellent question. At our facility, we prefer to do all ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs)...
Does your cath lab do acute...
08/16/2010
Cath Lab Digest
