Volume 20 - Issue 4 - April 2012
06/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Lou Vadlamani, chief medical officer of CardioSolution, and Perrin Peacock, chief executive officer of CardioSolution, Columbus, Ohio.
"CardioSolution is neither a doctors’ practice nor a locums firm."
Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Lou Va...
CardioSolution offers a “hybrid” solution to rural or regional hospitals with diagnostic-only cath labs. What does that mean?Perrin Peacock, CEO: We guarantee comprehensive interventional cardiology service lines, specifically to rural and...
CardioSolution offers a “hybrid” solution to rural or regional hospitals with diagnostic-only cath labs. What does that mean?Perrin Peacock, CEO: We guarantee comprehensive interventional cardiology service lines, specifically to rural and...
CardioSolution offers a “hybrid”...
06/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/29/2012
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
FDA Clears New Blood Clot Aspiration System: Aspire MaxOn February 28, 2012, Control Medical Technology announced receipt of United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the Aspire Max Thrombus Aspiration System.
FDA Clears New Blood Clot Aspiration System: Aspire MaxOn February 28, 2012, Control Medical Technology announced receipt of United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the Aspire Max Thrombus Aspiration System.
FDA Clears New Blood Clot...
03/29/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/29/2012
Compiled by CathLabDigest
Compiled by CathLabDigest
New!Re: Post Procedure Care for Brachial Access PatientsAlong with a major increase in radial artery cardiac catheterizations, we are seeing an increase in the amount of peripheral procedures and cardiac catheterizations being done through...
New!Re: Post Procedure Care for Brachial Access PatientsAlong with a major increase in radial artery cardiac catheterizations, we are seeing an increase in the amount of peripheral procedures and cardiac catheterizations being done through...
New!Re: Post Procedure Care for...
03/29/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
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
Morton Kern, MDClinical EditorChief C...
“Tonight will make 9 straight days on call. I’m exhausted. We’ve been in the hospital 5 nights, and a couple times on 2,” she said. “Why so many?” “Not enough people to cover. One on vacation, one on sick leave, and two rotated to radiology....
“Tonight will make 9 straight days on call. I’m exhausted. We’ve been in the hospital 5 nights, and a couple times on 2,” she said. “Why so many?” “Not enough people to cover. One on vacation, one on sick leave, and two rotated to radiology....
“Tonight will make 9 straight...
03/28/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
Dennis L. Kaiser, AIA, NCARB, LEED® AP, principal, Perkins+Will, Boston, Massachusetts
Dennis L. Kaiser, AIA, NCARB, LEED® A...
In this era of health care and financial reform, hospital officials are turning to measures that promise to reduce costs yet still improve the quality of care. Consolidating a hospital’s surgical and catheterization departments not only...
In this era of health care and financial reform, hospital officials are turning to measures that promise to reduce costs yet still improve the quality of care. Consolidating a hospital’s surgical and catheterization departments not only...
In this era of health care and...
03/28/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginap...
“I have heard that there are specific ways to prepare balloons and stents for use. All of the doctors seem to have a different way to do so. What is the standard?” — From an RCIS Review online studentWell, there is a simple answer. “Always...
“I have heard that there are specific ways to prepare balloons and stents for use. All of the doctors seem to have a different way to do so. What is the standard?” — From an RCIS Review online studentWell, there is a simple answer. “Always...
“I have heard that there are...
03/28/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
Bruce Payton, Director,
Kristin Truesdell,
Lead Business Consultant,
Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bruce Payton, Director,Kristin Truesd...
Hospitals and health systems continue to seek ways to align their interests with those of their cardiologists in order to achieve common goals. The challenge lies in finding the correct alignment model or structure. Corazon believes that...
Hospitals and health systems continue to seek ways to align their interests with those of their cardiologists in order to achieve common goals. The challenge lies in finding the correct alignment model or structure. Corazon believes that...
Hospitals and health systems...
03/28/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
Bhavin M. Patel, 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
Bhavin M. Patel, DO, Richard Kovach, ...
CaseA 40-year-old female with history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and palpitations presented initially for evaluation in 2005. Work up for dyspnea at that time confirmed congenital heart disease with a fistula between the proximal left...
CaseA 40-year-old female with history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and palpitations presented initially for evaluation in 2005. Work up for dyspnea at that time confirmed congenital heart disease with a fistula between the proximal left...
CaseA 40-year-old female with...
03/28/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
Interview by Stephanie Wasek
Interview by Stephanie Wasek
Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants helped to build, from scratch, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program at the Prairie Heart Institute at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL — in just three months. This article will...
Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants helped to build, from scratch, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program at the Prairie Heart Institute at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL — in just three months. This article will...
Prairie Cardiovascular...
03/28/2012
Cath Lab Digest
03/28/2012
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, and
Tak Kwan, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, ...
Expediency in culprit coronary reperfusion is of paramount importance during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Additionally, recent studies have underscored the enhanced safety of...
Expediency in culprit coronary reperfusion is of paramount importance during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Additionally, recent studies have underscored the enhanced safety of...
Expediency in culprit coronary...
03/28/2012
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