Volume 20 - Issue 2 - February 2012
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Cardiovascular Credentialing International Maintains Accreditation for Four Credentialing Programs and is Awarded Additional ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 AccreditationsCardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) announces that on December 13th,...
Cardiovascular Credentialing International Maintains Accreditation for Four Credentialing Programs and is Awarded Additional ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 AccreditationsCardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) announces that on December 13th,...
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SICP 2012 Important Dates: Register Today!March 24-25, 2012 RCIS/RCES Review Course Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina
SICP 2012 Important Dates: Register Today!March 24-25, 2012 RCIS/RCES Review Course Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina
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Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Chief Cardiology, Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital;
Associate Chief Cardiology, University California Irvine;
Professor of Medicine, UCI
Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com
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Last week in our lab, one of my young attendings was performing a cath from the radial approach in an elderly patient with aortic stenosis. The plan was to use a 6 French (F) double lumen pigtail from the radial artery and 5F brachial vein....
Last week in our lab, one of my young attendings was performing a cath from the radial approach in an elderly patient with aortic stenosis. The plan was to use a 6 French (F) double lumen pigtail from the radial artery and 5F brachial vein....
Last week in our lab, one of my...
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A completely unscientific survey of what CLD’s 12 spotlighted labs reported in 2011.Do any of your physicians routinely utilize transradial access?Yes: 10 (83.3%)No: 2 (16.7%)
A completely unscientific survey of what CLD’s 12 spotlighted labs reported in 2011.Do any of your physicians routinely utilize transradial access?Yes: 10 (83.3%)No: 2 (16.7%)
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James B. Williams, MD, FACS, ISES, Director, Endovascular Therapies Fellowship Training Program; Janet Winkler, RN,
Administrator, Endovascular Therapies Fellowship Training Program, Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
James B. Williams, MD, FACS, ISES, Di...
Peoria, Illinois hasn’t always been the first place that comes to mind when considering the best place to undertake post-graduate training in endovascular interventions, but that’s changing. Dr. James B. Williams has spent the last six years...
Peoria, Illinois hasn’t always been the first place that comes to mind when considering the best place to undertake post-graduate training in endovascular interventions, but that’s changing. Dr. James B. Williams has spent the last six years...
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Ross Swanson
Vice President, Corazon, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ross SwansonVice President, Corazon, ...
As the cardiovascular industry matures, more and more hospitals have entered the arena of therapeutic catheter services, complementing the diagnostic capabilities that many already offer. Corazon frequently supports hospitals with the...
As the cardiovascular industry matures, more and more hospitals have entered the arena of therapeutic catheter services, complementing the diagnostic capabilities that many already offer. Corazon frequently supports hospitals with the...
As the cardiovascular industry...
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Harit Desai, DO, Richard Kovach, MD, and Jon C. George, MD
Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine,
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey
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A 65-year-old male with advanced atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) status post third re-do coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with initial five-vessel bypass in 1984 followed by subsequent three-vessel bypass in 1998, systolic...
A 65-year-old male with advanced atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) status post third re-do coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with initial five-vessel bypass in 1984 followed by subsequent three-vessel bypass in 1998, systolic...
A 65-year-old male with advanced...
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Note from the editor: This article was written by Lauren Belliveau, Vice President Surgical Services for Owens & Minor, with input from Stephen Pala, Director of Cardiac Cath and EP Labs for Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Note from the editor: This article wa...
Hybrid operating rooms combine the diagnostic functions of a cath lab with the surgical functions of an operating room. Once only found at academic medical centers, they are growing in popularity as regional medical centers across the country...
Hybrid operating rooms combine the diagnostic functions of a cath lab with the surgical functions of an operating room. Once only found at academic medical centers, they are growing in popularity as regional medical centers across the country...
Hybrid operating rooms combine...
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Rawa Sarji, DO and Nattapong Sricharoen, MD,
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology,
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Rawa Sarji, DO and Nattapong Sricharo...
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac catheterization is an exciting technique that has many advantages over the traditional femoral approach. Most importantly it is a safe option for PCI with potential same day discharge for uncomplicated cases....
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac catheterization is an exciting technique that has many advantages over the traditional femoral approach. Most importantly it is a safe option for PCI with potential same day discharge for uncomplicated cases....
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac...
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Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginap...
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
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