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Volume 20 - Issue 9 - September 2012

Clinical and Industry News
09/05/2012

 

 

  
Vaccine for Heart Disease? New Discovery Points to PossibilityA number of research studies have demonstrated inflammation’s role in fueling atherosclerosis, but knowledge of which immune cells are key to this process has been limited until...
Vaccine for Heart Disease? New Discovery Points to PossibilityA number of research studies have demonstrated inflammation’s role in fueling atherosclerosis, but knowledge of which immune cells are key to this process has been limited until...
Vaccine for Heart Disease? New...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
News from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)
09/05/2012

 

 

  
As many of our members have probably heard by now, the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Bill, HR 2104, was reintroduced in the House of Representatives on March 13th, 2012. ...
As many of our members have probably heard by now, the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Bill, HR 2104, was reintroduced in the House of Representatives on March 13th, 2012. ...
As many of our members have...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Serial Lesion FFR Made Simple
09/05/2012

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, MD Clinical Editor Chief...
I am frequently asked questions about performing fractional flow reserve (FFR) in vessels with serial lesions. For example, one colleague asks, “You have a left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) with several lesions separated by...
I am frequently asked questions about performing fractional flow reserve (FFR) in vessels with serial lesions. For example, one colleague asks, “You have a left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) with several lesions separated by...
I am frequently asked questions...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Time and Confidence vs. IVUS “Is it worth the time?”
09/05/2012

Director Cath Lab, Palestine Regional Medical Center
Palestine, Texas

Director Cath Lab, Palestine Regional...
I would like to address the many responses I received regarding an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) article I recently wrote (“Give Your Patient the Correct Stent”, CLD July 2012). Many people stated that it took too long to advance an IVUS...
I would like to address the many responses I received regarding an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) article I recently wrote (“Give Your Patient the Correct Stent”, CLD July 2012). Many people stated that it took too long to advance an IVUS...
I would like to address the many...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Acute Pulmonary Edema
09/05/2012

Donna Gagne, RCIS, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine

Donna Gagne, RCIS, Maine Medical Cent...
Acute pulmonary edema is a life-threatening condition that can occur suddenly and at any time during a cardiac catheterization procedure. It is also commonly referred to as “flash” pulmonary edema. The cath lab team must recognize the...
Acute pulmonary edema is a life-threatening condition that can occur suddenly and at any time during a cardiac catheterization procedure. It is also commonly referred to as “flash” pulmonary edema. The cath lab team must recognize the...
Acute pulmonary edema is a...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
One-Catheter Technique for Acute Coronary Syndromes Using an Ikari Right 1.0 Guide Catheter
09/05/2012

Case presented by Donnie Whatley, RN, CCRN
(Cath Lab Supervisor), Winter Haven Hospital, Bostick
Heart Center, Winter Haven, Florida.

Case performed by Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI,
Winter Haven Hospital, Bostick Heart Center, Winter Haven, Florida

Case presented by Donnie Whatley, RN,...
IndicationA 57-year-old white male with history of previous tobacco abuse and hypertension presented to another facility with acute onset of chest discomfort. He was found to have acute inferior wall ST elevation (Figure 1). The patient was...
IndicationA 57-year-old white male with history of previous tobacco abuse and hypertension presented to another facility with acute onset of chest discomfort. He was found to have acute inferior wall ST elevation (Figure 1). The patient was...
IndicationA 57-year-old white...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Complex Coronary Intervention in a Patient With Decompensated Heart Failure and a Mechanical Aortic Valve Using a Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device
09/05/2012

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

Harit Desai, DO, Richard Kovach, MD, ...
AbstractPercutaneous devices have been developed to provide hemodynamic support during complex coronary interventions. However, the presence of a mechanical aortic valve excludes the use of the Impella left ventricular assist device.
AbstractPercutaneous devices have been developed to provide hemodynamic support during complex coronary interventions. However, the presence of a mechanical aortic valve excludes the use of the Impella left ventricular assist device.
AbstractPercutaneous devices...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Transradial Arterial Access for Cath and PCI, and the Impact on Hospital Bottom Lines
09/05/2012

Marsha L. Knapik RN, MSN Manager, Corazon, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Marsha L. Knapik RN, MSN Manager, Cor...
Over the past decade, the new mantra for healthcare leaders has become cost reduction, increased efficiency, and stellar quality outcomes. Given this current scenario, Corazon advocates that cardiac services leadership in any busy cardiac...
Over the past decade, the new mantra for healthcare leaders has become cost reduction, increased efficiency, and stellar quality outcomes. Given this current scenario, Corazon advocates that cardiac services leadership in any busy cardiac...
Over the past decade, the new...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Textbook Review: Complications of Cardiovascular Procedures (Mauro Moscucci)
09/05/2012

Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1st edition (March 30, 2012)

Reviewed by Arnold Seto, MD, MPA, and Todd Zynda, DO, University of California-Irvine and Long Beach VA Medical Center, Orange, California

Published by Lippincott Williams &amp...
Complications have fortunately become less common in the catheterization laboratory as cardiovascular procedures have matured. At the same time, eventually every cath lab operator will encounter an adverse event. Since no single physician,...
Complications have fortunately become less common in the catheterization laboratory as cardiovascular procedures have matured. At the same time, eventually every cath lab operator will encounter an adverse event. Since no single physician,...
Complications have fortunately...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Ligation and Exclusion as an Alternative Stroke Prevention in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
09/05/2012

Remo L. Morelli, MD, FACC and Soidjon D. Khodjaev, MD
St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
San Francisco, California

Remo L. Morelli, MD, FACC and Soidjon...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and a source of considerable morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of AF is estimated at 1% of the population older than 60 years,1 and it increases with age, affecting 10% of...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and a source of considerable morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of AF is estimated at 1% of the population older than 60 years,1 and it increases with age, affecting 10% of...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest

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Morton Kern, MD

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Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

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Elizabeth Vasil

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