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Volume 19 - Issue 5 - May 2011

News

Clinical and Industry News
05/03/2011
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
AngioJet® Solent™ Proxi Thrombectomy CatheterMedrad Interventional (Indianola, Pennsylvania) announces the availability of the Solent Proxi thrombectomy catheter, designed for large, difficult-to-remove thrombus like that found in deep vein...
AngioJet® Solent™ Proxi Thrombectomy CatheterMedrad Interventional (Indianola, Pennsylvania) announces the availability of the Solent Proxi thrombectomy catheter, designed for large, difficult-to-remove thrombus like that found in deep vein...
AngioJet® Solent™ Proxi...
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Column

What Do You Think?
05/03/2011
Reader-Submitted Questions Answered by Readers
Reader-Submitted Questions Answered b...
Questions AnsweredSterile Medication DistributionWho can/cannot hand off medication to the CVT or physician on the sterile field? If the circulator is a CVT, are they still able to handle these medications and put them on sterile field? In...
Questions AnsweredSterile Medication DistributionWho can/cannot hand off medication to the CVT or physician on the sterile field? If the circulator is a CVT, are they still able to handle these medications and put them on sterile field? In...
Questions AnsweredSterile...
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Department

SICP Section
05/03/2011

Compiled by CathLabDigest

Compiled by CathLabDigest
Register Today: SICP Annual Meeting, July 28-30, 2011, Boston MARegistration is open and available online at www.sicp.com. Please make your plans to participate in this much-anticipated meeting. Topics include: exploration of new techniques,...
Register Today: SICP Annual Meeting, July 28-30, 2011, Boston MARegistration is open and available online at www.sicp.com. Please make your plans to participate in this much-anticipated meeting. Topics include: exploration of new techniques,...
Register Today: SICP Annual...
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CLD Readers
CLD Readers
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with interest your article on “Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?” However, after reading the article, I am more puzzled.
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with interest your article on “Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?” However, after reading the article, I am more puzzled.
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with...
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In the Lab
05/03/2011
Travis Mackey, RN, CCRN, RCIS, EMT-P, Staff Nurse, Cox South, Springfield, Missouri
Travis Mackey, RN, CCRN, RCIS, EMT-P,...
Capnography is an underutilized technology that could potentially save lives. By definition, it is simply the measurement of a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide represented as a waveform on a monitor, but it is so much more than that. It...
Capnography is an underutilized technology that could potentially save lives. By definition, it is simply the measurement of a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide represented as a waveform on a monitor, but it is so much more than that. It...
Capnography is an underutilized...
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05/03/2011

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Cardiac Cath Lab Director, Bostick Heart Center, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Cardiac C...
An 81-year-old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia underwent a left heart catheterization procedure following a positive stress test and was referred to Zaheed Tai, DO, for a possible intervention. The left heart cath,...
An 81-year-old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia underwent a left heart catheterization procedure following a positive stress test and was referred to Zaheed Tai, DO, for a possible intervention. The left heart cath,...
An 81-year-old male with a...
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Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
05/03/2011
Marsha Knapik, RN, MSN, Senior Consultant, Corazon, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marsha Knapik, RN, MSN, Senior Consu...
Nurse’s Week allows us to set aside some time each year to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make in our world. This year, Nurse’s Week will be celebrated from May 6th (also known as Nurse’s Day) ending May 12th (Florence...
Nurse’s Week allows us to set aside some time each year to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make in our world. This year, Nurse’s Week will be celebrated from May 6th (also known as Nurse’s Day) ending May 12th (Florence...
Nurse’s Week allows us to set...
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New Devices
05/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kresock, MD, Cath Lab Director, Cardiovascular Center, Parker, Arizona
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kres...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kresock, MD, Cath Lab Director, Cardiovascular Center, Parker, Arizona, about his experience with the Arstasis device, which changes the approach to femoral arterial access in order to facilitate artery...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kresock, MD, Cath Lab Director, Cardiovascular Center, Parker, Arizona, about his experience with the Arstasis device, which changes the approach to femoral arterial access in order to facilitate artery...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank...
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Feature

Review
05/03/2011

Review by James McRae, RCIS

Review by James McRae, RCIS
The juxtaposition between medicine and literature has provoked a unique book called “The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart.” Co-writer Stephen Amidon is a novelist and literary critic.  His previous frame of reference for ...
The juxtaposition between medicine and literature has provoked a unique book called “The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart.” Co-writer Stephen Amidon is a novelist and literary critic.  His previous frame of reference for ...
The juxtaposition between...
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Case Report
05/03/2011
Tamam Mohamad, MD, Ahmad Munir, MD, Hamza Aurakzai, MD, Theodore Schreiber, MD, FACC, President, Detroit Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute, Division Chief, Clinical Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology Program Director, Wayne State University-Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Tamam Mohamad, MD, Ahmad Munir, MD, H...
AbstractIntroduction. Left ventricular assist devices help in reducing the cardiac workload, and provide circulatory assistance and protection to the myocardium and vital organs in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. Impella 2.5, a...
AbstractIntroduction. Left ventricular assist devices help in reducing the cardiac workload, and provide circulatory assistance and protection to the myocardium and vital organs in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. Impella 2.5, a...
AbstractIntroduction. Left...
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