Volume 20 - Issue 8 - August 2012
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Cath Lab Digest talks with Pam Mace, RN, FMD patient, Executive Director, Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America, Rocky River, Ohio, about the registry and her long experience with FMD.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Pam Mace, ...
Registry data regarding patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was recently published in Circulation.1 Cath Lab Digest talks with Pam Mace, RN, FMD patient, Executive Director, Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America, Rocky River,...
Registry data regarding patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was recently published in Circulation.1 Cath Lab Digest talks with Pam Mace, RN, FMD patient, Executive Director, Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America, Rocky River,...
Registry data regarding patients...
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SICP Clinical Instructor CEUClinical instructors affiliated with a CAAHEP-accredited invasive cardiovascular technology or electrophysiology education program can receive up to six (6) continuing education unit credits per calendar year for...
SICP Clinical Instructor CEUClinical instructors affiliated with a CAAHEP-accredited invasive cardiovascular technology or electrophysiology education program can receive up to six (6) continuing education unit credits per calendar year for...
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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...
Practical questions from my colleagues are the source of valuable information for all of us working in the cath lab. Recently, Dr. Peter Verlee, from Maine, had a dilemma. “One of our cardiac surgeons asked me a question. A patient was...
Practical questions from my colleagues are the source of valuable information for all of us working in the cath lab. Recently, Dr. Peter Verlee, from Maine, had a dilemma. “One of our cardiac surgeons asked me a question. A patient was...
Practical questions from my...
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Syntervention Releases First Commercial Product, the SWIPER™ Medical Device Foam Wiper, Designed to Eliminate Foreign Body Contamination Found With Use of Cotton GauzeData confirms that foreign body contamination is associated with...
Syntervention Releases First Commercial Product, the SWIPER™ Medical Device Foam Wiper, Designed to Eliminate Foreign Body Contamination Found With Use of Cotton GauzeData confirms that foreign body contamination is associated with...
Syntervention Releases First...
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Questions answered by Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida.
Questions answered by Orlando Marrero...
“In the past few weeks, I have read a lot about complex procedures and that they can’t be done via the transradial approach, due to its complexity. Orlando, our physicians state that the necessary tools and medical devices can’t be used...
“In the past few weeks, I have read a lot about complex procedures and that they can’t be done via the transradial approach, due to its complexity. Orlando, our physicians state that the necessary tools and medical devices can’t be used...
“In the past few weeks, I have...
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Phillip Mumford, RCIS, Director Cath Lab, Palestine Regional Medical Center, Palestine, Texas
Phillip Mumford, RCIS, Director Cath ...
Training in the cardiac catheterization lab, in my opinion, is one of the most integral components for building a skillful, successful lab. Some cath labs train staff members by on-the-job training only, but does this leave out critical...
Training in the cardiac catheterization lab, in my opinion, is one of the most integral components for building a skillful, successful lab. Some cath labs train staff members by on-the-job training only, but does this leave out critical...
Training in the cardiac...
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Jason Bisesi, Interim Specialist, Corazon, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jason Bisesi, Interim Specialist, Cor...
Consider this scenario: New projects are underway within your cardiovascular service line, initiatives that will change the department for both the short- and long-term, and one of the key managers or physician leaders decides to make a move....
Consider this scenario: New projects are underway within your cardiovascular service line, initiatives that will change the department for both the short- and long-term, and one of the key managers or physician leaders decides to make a move....
Consider this scenario: New...
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Brent Barnes, DO, Kintur Sanghvi, MD, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Browns Mills, New Jersey
Brent Barnes, DO, Kintur Sanghvi, MD,...
CaseA 69-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of chest pain. The electrocardiogram revealed inferior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
CaseA 69-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of chest pain. The electrocardiogram revealed inferior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
CaseA 69-year-old male with no...
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Michael Jackson, RN, BSN, Staff Nurse Cardiac Catheterization Lab, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Michael Jackson, RN, BSN, Staff Nurse...
The San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) cardiac cath lab has now been using an automated, all-electronic method of sending procedure reports generated in our GE Medical Systems Mac-Lab to the patient record for over a year and a half....
The San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) cardiac cath lab has now been using an automated, all-electronic method of sending procedure reports generated in our GE Medical Systems Mac-Lab to the patient record for over a year and a half....
The San Francisco Veterans...
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Michael Hakimi, 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
Michael Hakimi, DO, Richard Kovach, M...
AbstractA 53-year-old male presented with unstable angina and was found to have severe coronary artery disease. However, despite percutaneous coronary intervention with adequate anticoagulation, the patient had recurrent stent thromboses...
AbstractA 53-year-old male presented with unstable angina and was found to have severe coronary artery disease. However, despite percutaneous coronary intervention with adequate anticoagulation, the patient had recurrent stent thromboses...
AbstractA 53-year-old male...
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