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Volume 18 - Issue 9 - September, 2010

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Expansion from PCI to Open Heart: Key Considerations for Success
09/17/2010
Hospitals nationwide continue to see increased opportunities to expand invasive cardiac services to include PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) without the requirement of on-site open heart surgery. As this movement continues across the...
Hospitals nationwide continue to see increased opportunities to expand invasive cardiac services to include PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) without the requirement of on-site open heart surgery. As this movement continues across the...
Hospitals nationwide continue to...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
A Long-Term, Multidisciplinary Physician Collaboration Flourishes in Hybrid Labs
09/17/2010
Dr. David Brown, an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Todd Dewey, a cardiothoracic surgeon, and colleagues work closely together on hybrid procedures, particularly aortic valve replacement. Dr. Brown and Dr. Dewey share their thoughts on...
Dr. David Brown, an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Todd Dewey, a cardiothoracic surgeon, and colleagues work closely together on hybrid procedures, particularly aortic valve replacement. Dr. Brown and Dr. Dewey share their thoughts on...
Dr. David Brown, an...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Ask the Expert
A Q&A for Cath Labs with Physicians Performing Radial Access
09/17/2010
I see your hospital does a lot of training courses focusing on laser atherectomy. Do your physicians utilize transradial for chronic total occlusion procedures?
I see your hospital does a lot of training courses focusing on laser atherectomy. Do your physicians utilize transradial for chronic total occlusion procedures?
I see your hospital does a lot...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
Ask the Clinical Instructor: Why does the physician sometimes use 2 catheters to evaluate a valve, and why sometimes only 1?
09/17/2010
Why does the physician sometimes use 2 catheters to evaluate a valve, and why sometimes only 1? – Anonymous RCIS Review participant For a more detailed explanation of valve interrogations, please refer to articles written in April...
Why does the physician sometimes use 2 catheters to evaluate a valve, and why sometimes only 1? – Anonymous RCIS Review participant For a more detailed explanation of valve interrogations, please refer to articles written in April...
Why does the physician sometimes...
09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Treating Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Unprotected Left Main: Is PCI Better Than CABG?
09/13/2010
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09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Clinical Images
The Snake Within Us: An image from Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC
09/17/2010
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09/17/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Review
A Perspective on Sheath Selection and Access Sites for Coronary Angiography
09/13/2010
Abstract Numerous access and sheath options are available to the interventional cardiologist when performing percutaneous transcatheter procedures. Depending on the procedure, the radial, brachial, or femoral access routes may be used for...
Abstract Numerous access and sheath options are available to the interventional cardiologist when performing percutaneous transcatheter procedures. Depending on the procedure, the radial, brachial, or femoral access routes may be used for...
Abstract Numerous access and...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest

News

News
Parma Hospital Sets New Record With 14-Minute STEMIs
09/13/2010
Physician engagement and cooperation of EMS departments are critical to fast door-to-balloon times. In less than one month’s time this summer, two cardiologists at Parma Community General Hospital broke the hospital’s previous record of 15...
Physician engagement and cooperation of EMS departments are critical to fast door-to-balloon times. In less than one month’s time this summer, two cardiologists at Parma Community General Hospital broke the hospital’s previous record of 15...
Physician engagement and...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Meeting Update
The 2010 Live Symposium of Complex Coronary and Vascular Cases
09/13/2010
With a special focus on calcified, bifurcation and total occlusion lesions Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director, and Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Associate Director, of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital, lead the way in this...
With a special focus on calcified, bifurcation and total occlusion lesions Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director, and Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Associate Director, of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital, lead the way in this...
With a special focus on...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
University of Miami Hospital Elaine and Sydney Sussman Cardiac Catheterization Lab
09/13/2010
Tell us about your cath lab. The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has 5 total procedure rooms, including 1 hybrid room, 2 electrophysiology procedure (EP) rooms, and 2 cath labs. We performed 3,409 procedures in 2009. In 2010, we are...
Tell us about your cath lab. The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has 5 total procedure rooms, including 1 hybrid room, 2 electrophysiology procedure (EP) rooms, and 2 cath labs. We performed 3,409 procedures in 2009. In 2010, we are...
Tell us about your cath lab. The...
09/13/2010
Cath Lab Digest

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Editorial Staff

Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

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Elizabeth Vasil

Editorial Correspondence

Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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