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Volume 19 - Issue 12 - December 2011

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12/05/2011

Compiled by Cath Lab Digest

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Severity of STEMI Dependent on Time of DayThe size of a heart attack and subsequent left ventricular function are significantly different based on the time of day of  onset of ischemia, according to a first of its kind study in humans,...
Severity of STEMI Dependent on Time of DayThe size of a heart attack and subsequent left ventricular function are significantly different based on the time of day of  onset of ischemia, according to a first of its kind study in humans,...
Severity of STEMI Dependent on...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Forearm Vein Access for Radial Procedures: An Easy Method for Right and Left Heart Catheterization
12/05/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
About 15% of diagnostic cardiac cath cases need right heart hemodynamics with their left heart cath. For these patients, it seems that the radial approach may be discouraged because of perceived venous access difficulties and a desire to use...
About 15% of diagnostic cardiac cath cases need right heart hemodynamics with their left heart cath. For these patients, it seems that the radial approach may be discouraged because of perceived venous access difficulties and a desire to use...
About 15% of diagnostic cardiac...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Selected Original Research Abstracts From the Journal of Invasive Cardiology September 2011
12/05/2011

 

 

  
Relationship of Walking Impairment and Ankle-Brachial Index Assessments with Peripheral Arterial Translesional Pressure GradientsSubhash Banerjee, MD, Neeraj Badhey, MD, Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD, Cyril Varghese, MS, Emmanouil S....
Relationship of Walking Impairment and Ankle-Brachial Index Assessments with Peripheral Arterial Translesional Pressure GradientsSubhash Banerjee, MD, Neeraj Badhey, MD, Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD, Cyril Varghese, MS, Emmanouil S....
Relationship of Walking...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Regulatory Update: An Overview of the Latest Changes
12/05/2011
Catherine DiNardo
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as the healthcare reform law, was enacted in March of 2010. Most of the initiatives contained in the Act were not fully defined, and most were scheduled to start two to four...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as the healthcare reform law, was enacted in March of 2010. Most of the initiatives contained in the Act were not fully defined, and most were scheduled to start two to four...
The Patient Protection and...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Behind the Scenes
Email Exchange
12/05/2011

We share an email exchange where two readers contacted author Jim Wade, RN, MBA, FSICP, Rockford, Illinois, regarding his March 2010 article, “A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab” (available online at www.cathlabdigest.com).

We share an email exchange where two ...
We share an email exchange where two readers contacted author Jim Wade, RN, MBA, FSICP, Rockford, Illinois, regarding his March 2010 article, “A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab” (available online at www.cathlabdigest.com).
We share an email exchange where two readers contacted author Jim Wade, RN, MBA, FSICP, Rockford, Illinois, regarding his March 2010 article, “A New IT Role is Needed for the Cath Lab” (available online at www.cathlabdigest.com).
We share an email exchange where...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
The King Laryngeal Tube: Failed Airway or Airway of Choice?
12/05/2011
Travis Mackey, RN, CCRN, RCIS, EMT-P
Your patient stops breathing! It is a fairly common occurrence in the cath lab. An acute patient suffering a myocardial infarction (MI) is brought into your lab emergently. Before the heart can be reperfused, the patient goes into cardiac...
Your patient stops breathing! It is a fairly common occurrence in the cath lab. An acute patient suffering a myocardial infarction (MI) is brought into your lab emergently. Before the heart can be reperfused, the patient goes into cardiac...
Your patient stops breathing! It...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest

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Case Files by Dr. George
Novel Use of Intravascular Ultrasound in Percutaneous Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty: A Case Report
12/05/2011
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Faisal Shamshad, MD
AbstractPercutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty has been limited, due to poor durability and high rates of recurrence and restenosis. Moreover, interpretation of valve gradients and valve areas post-valvuloplasty has been inconsistent due...
AbstractPercutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty has been limited, due to poor durability and high rates of recurrence and restenosis. Moreover, interpretation of valve gradients and valve areas post-valvuloplasty has been inconsistent due...
AbstractPercutaneous balloon...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Corner
TWENTE: Abbott’s Xience V Stent and Medtronic’s Resolute Go Head-to-Head
12/05/2011
Clemens von Birgelen, MD, PhD
What is the history of comparisons between the Xience V and Resolute stents?The TWENTE trial is actually the second, prospective, randomized trial between Resolute and Xience V in patients with complex coronary artery disease. The first, the...
What is the history of comparisons between the Xience V and Resolute stents?The TWENTE trial is actually the second, prospective, randomized trial between Resolute and Xience V in patients with complex coronary artery disease. The first, the...
What is the history of...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
Impella 2.5-Supported Revascularization in a Patient with Normal EF and a Large Amount of Myocardial Jeopardy
12/05/2011
Branavan Umakanthan, DO, FACC, FSCAI; Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FACP, FSCAI
IntroductionThe advent of left ventricular assist devices has allowed the interventional cardiology community to perform complex coronary interventional procedures in a safe, effective manner.  Initial iterations of left ventricular assist...
IntroductionThe advent of left ventricular assist devices has allowed the interventional cardiology community to perform complex coronary interventional procedures in a safe, effective manner.  Initial iterations of left ventricular assist...
IntroductionThe advent of left...
12/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Optical Coherence Tomography Findings During “Evolving” Stent Thrombosis
12/05/2011
Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD, FESC; Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, MD, PhD; Brian Zakhem, MBBS, FRACP
ABSTRACTStent thrombosis is a rare but feared complication. While intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography are frequently used to unravel mechanical predisposing factors in patients suffering from this dreadful complication,...
ABSTRACTStent thrombosis is a rare but feared complication. While intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography are frequently used to unravel mechanical predisposing factors in patients suffering from this dreadful complication,...
ABSTRACTStent thrombosis is a...
12/05/2011
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