Volume 20 - Issue 5 - May 2012
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Re: Pay Practices for MDs on CallDo some hospitals pay their inteventional cardiologists for call and if so, what does that rate look like? Is it based on carrying the beeper or actual call in time? Thank you!Anonymous upon request. Email:...
Re: Pay Practices for MDs on CallDo some hospitals pay their inteventional cardiologists for call and if so, what does that rate look like? Is it based on carrying the beeper or actual call in time? Thank you!Anonymous upon request. Email:...
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Permanent Intracardiac ST Segment Monitoring Undergoing Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness in Two TrialsC. Michael Gibson, MS, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is serving as lead investigator on two large-scale studies of ST...
Permanent Intracardiac ST Segment Monitoring Undergoing Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness in Two TrialsC. Michael Gibson, MS, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is serving as lead investigator on two large-scale studies of ST...
Permanent Intracardiac ST...
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March California Central Valley Chapter meetingBy Sharon J. JohnsonThe February 2012 California Central Valley SICP Chapter meeting took place at Café 225 in Visalia, California, and was sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences and Criticor.
March California Central Valley Chapter meetingBy Sharon J. JohnsonThe February 2012 California Central Valley SICP Chapter meeting took place at Café 225 in Visalia, California, and was sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences and Criticor.
March California Central Valley...
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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
Morton Kern, MDClinical EditorChief C...
I saw an ad on television made by SonoSite, a maker of portable echo machines. The ad showed a dynamic pretty woman doctor running around “seeing inside” everything (by ultrasound imaging, of course) she examined (almost). I was entertained,...
I saw an ad on television made by SonoSite, a maker of portable echo machines. The ad showed a dynamic pretty woman doctor running around “seeing inside” everything (by ultrasound imaging, of course) she examined (almost). I was entertained,...
I saw an ad on television made...
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Cath Lab Digest talks with trial co-investigator Divaka Perera, MA, MD, MRCP, Cardiovascular Division, Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital Campus, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Cath Lab Digest talks with trial co-i...
The BCIS-1 Study was the first randomized, controlled, multicenter trial to assess the efficacy and safety of elective intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BCIS-1...
The BCIS-1 Study was the first randomized, controlled, multicenter trial to assess the efficacy and safety of elective intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BCIS-1...
The BCIS-1 Study was the first...
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Marsha L. Knapik, RN, MSN, Consultant
Corazon, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marsha L. Knapik, RN, MSN, Consultant...
Appropriate use criteria (often referred to as AUC) for various diagnostic tests and procedures are either already in place or being developed across the healthcare industry, with several professional organizations supporting their use....
Appropriate use criteria (often referred to as AUC) for various diagnostic tests and procedures are either already in place or being developed across the healthcare industry, with several professional organizations supporting their use....
Appropriate use criteria (often...
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Reza Arsanjani, MD, Avinash Khitri, MD, Mehrnoosh
Hashemzadeh, PhD, Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD
University of Arizona School of Medicine and the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System & University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona
Reza Arsanjani, MD, Avinash Khitri, ...
Abstract: Background. Full therapeutic heparin doses ranging from 5000-10,000 units or weight based (70-100 units/kg) have been recommended during percutaneous coronary interventions. However, there are currently no data available in regards...
Abstract: Background. Full therapeutic heparin doses ranging from 5000-10,000 units or weight based (70-100 units/kg) have been recommended during percutaneous coronary interventions. However, there are currently no data available in regards...
Abstract: Background. Full...
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Harit Desai, DO, Ibrahim Moussa, DO, and Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey
Harit Desai, DO, Ibrahim Moussa, DO, ...
AbstractThe most common form of congenital malformation in adults is the secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), accounting for approximately 70% of all defects at the atrial level. Management of clinically significant ASD is achieved by closure...
AbstractThe most common form of congenital malformation in adults is the secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), accounting for approximately 70% of all defects at the atrial level. Management of clinically significant ASD is achieved by closure...
AbstractThe most common form of...
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Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief Medical Executive, Holy Spirit Cardiovascular Institute, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, The Ortenzio Heart Center, Holy Spirit Hospital
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chie...
Case ReportA 49-year-old gentleman with history of hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency room with two hours of chest pain. His EKG demonstrated anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). He was given aspirin 325 mg,...
Case ReportA 49-year-old gentleman with history of hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency room with two hours of chest pain. His EKG demonstrated anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). He was given aspirin 325 mg,...
Case ReportA 49-year-old...
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Cath Lab Digest talks with Olivia Jones, RN, Supervisor Prep & Recovery Area, and Mike Bull, Manager, Cath Lab, at the
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, about their experience with the Axera device and how it has changed their cath lab.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Olivia Jon...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Memorial Hospital?Mike Bull, Manager, Cath Lab: We have three labs, and between prep and recovery and the cath lab, we have 32 staff. Eight cardiologists are part of our team and work in the labs, 4 who...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Memorial Hospital?Mike Bull, Manager, Cath Lab: We have three labs, and between prep and recovery and the cath lab, we have 32 staff. Eight cardiologists are part of our team and work in the labs, 4 who...
Can you tell us about the cath...
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