Volume 18 - Issue 9 - September, 2010
Feature
Clinical Update
09/27/2010
Gerard Lagasse, RCIS, Senior Staff Member, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Gerard Lagasse, RCIS, Senior Staff Me...
[Editor's Note: This article was published in the September 2001 issue of Cath Lab Digest, and is being posted under September 2010 as a reader reference only)
If we say that someone other than a cardiologist can and should perform a...
[Editor's Note: This article was published in the September 2001 issue of Cath Lab Digest, and is being posted under September 2010 as a reader reference only)
If we say that someone other than a cardiologist can and should perform a...
[Editor's Note: This article was...
09/27/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Single-Center Experience
09/17/2010
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Nattapong Sricharoen, MD,
Kamran Akram, MD, Keith Weeks, MD,
Scott Shurmur, MD, Director Cardiac Cath Lab
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Nattapong Sricharo...
Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
The transradial approach has been used more commonly in Europe than the United States. In some invasive laboratories in Europe, the transradial approach is...
Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
The transradial approach has been used more commonly in Europe than the United States. In some invasive laboratories in Europe, the transradial approach is...
Disclosure: The authors report...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Movers and Shakers!
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest accepts notification of promotions, certifications and job changes at cathlabdigest@aol.com
Cath Lab Digest accepts notification ...
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jennifer Dunifon, Daven Remly, Brittany Gibbs, and Toby Austin for passing their RCIS exam!
— Sent in by Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
Spencerian College is proud to announce...
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jennifer Dunifon, Daven Remly, Brittany Gibbs, and Toby Austin for passing their RCIS exam!
— Sent in by Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
Spencerian College is proud to announce...
...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
News
Clinical and Industry News
09/20/2010
Physicians performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) frequently encounter a number of challenges during the procedure. Among the complications is retroperitoneal hematoma, a condition associated with high mortality and morbidity....
Physicians performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) frequently encounter a number of challenges during the procedure. Among the complications is retroperitoneal hematoma, a condition associated with high mortality and morbidity....
Physicians performing...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/20/2010
High-risk patients undergoing a coronary procedure such as placement of a stent who electively received an intra-aortic balloon pump prior to the procedure did not experience a significantly lower overall rate of events such as heart attack,...
High-risk patients undergoing a coronary procedure such as placement of a stent who electively received an intra-aortic balloon pump prior to the procedure did not experience a significantly lower overall rate of events such as heart attack,...
High-risk patients undergoing a...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/20/2010
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center opened an advanced hybrid, robotic operating room. The new suite integrates advanced robotics, imaging and navigation with surgery to offer patients the least invasive and safest surgical and...
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center opened an advanced hybrid, robotic operating room. The new suite integrates advanced robotics, imaging and navigation with surgery to offer patients the least invasive and safest surgical and...
The Methodist DeBakey Heart &...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/20/2010
Endovascular and Open Interventions for Recurrent Superficial Femoral Artery Disease Studied
Researchers from The Methodist Hospital’s DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston, Texas have studied outcomes of patients who had endovascular...
Endovascular and Open Interventions for Recurrent Superficial Femoral Artery Disease Studied
Researchers from The Methodist Hospital’s DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston, Texas have studied outcomes of patients who had endovascular...
Endovascular and Open...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/20/2010
For ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, delay in the time between first contact with emergency medical service to initiation of therapy such as balloon angioplasty is associated with an increased risk of death,...
For ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, delay in the time between first contact with emergency medical service to initiation of therapy such as balloon angioplasty is associated with an increased risk of death,...
For ST-segment elevation...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/20/2010
Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) currently accepting applications for accreditation of carotid artery stenting programs
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the American College of...
Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) currently accepting applications for accreditation of carotid artery stenting programs
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the American College of...
Accreditation for Cardiovascular...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MSEC, MBA, FSCAI, FACC Board Chair and Chief Medical Officer of ACE and Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Bonnie H. ...
What’s the purpose of the Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) organization?
The overall purpose is to accredit facilities performing invasive cardiovascular and endovascular procedures. By doing so, we hope to set an objective,...
What’s the purpose of the Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) organization?
The overall purpose is to accredit facilities performing invasive cardiovascular and endovascular procedures. By doing so, we hope to set an objective,...
What’s the purpose of the...
09/20/2010
Cath Lab Digest
