Volume 21 - Issue 4 - April 2013
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
04/05/2013
Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Delaware, has received the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Delaware, has received the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Christiana Care Health System,...
04/05/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Contrast Management
04/04/2013
Bernetta Howard, BSN, CCRN, RN-BC, Andro G. Kacharava, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Staff Cardiologist, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia
Bernetta Howard, BSN, CCRN, RN-BC, An...
In order to decrease the rate of systemic or coronary air embolization during intracoronary medication delivery, our cardiac catherization laboratory has modified a 3-line manifold by inserting a stopcock pigtail attached to a 5 mL drug...
In order to decrease the rate of systemic or coronary air embolization during intracoronary medication delivery, our cardiac catherization laboratory has modified a 3-line manifold by inserting a stopcock pigtail attached to a 5 mL drug...
In order to decrease the rate of...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
Review courses and more information from the SICP.
Review courses and more information from the SICP.
Review courses and more...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
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, Chi...
I love hemodynamics in the cath lab and appreciate the opportunity to address problems with measurements and their interpretation. Dr. Safwan Kassas, from the Michigan Cardiovascular Institute, asked the following questions concerning...
I love hemodynamics in the cath lab and appreciate the opportunity to address problems with measurements and their interpretation. Dr. Safwan Kassas, from the Michigan Cardiovascular Institute, asked the following questions concerning...
I love hemodynamics in the cath...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest interviews Patrick Hoier, BS, RCIS, FSICP
Cath Lab Digest interviews Patrick Ho...
Patrick is the Director of the Invasive Cardiovascular Technology program at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Patrick is the Director of the Invasive Cardiovascular Technology program at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Patrick is the Director of the...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
Hayrullah Alp, MD, Research Fellow; Sevim Karaarslan, MD, Professor;
Tamer Baysal, Associate Professor;
Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram School of Medicine Hospital,
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Konya, Turkey
Hayrullah Alp, MD, Research Fellow; S...
We present an infant with Ebstein’s anomaly and ventricular communications that permitted excess pulmonary blood flow in neonatal period.
We present an infant with Ebstein’s anomaly and ventricular communications that permitted excess pulmonary blood flow in neonatal period.
We present an infant with...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
Brian Shaw, DO, Nemalan Selvaraj, DO, and Jon C. George, MD,
Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine,
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey
Brian Shaw, DO, Nemalan Selvaraj, DO,...
We present a case of a lesion within a previously placed right coronary artery stent that was determined to be thrombotic in nature, thereby guiding the strategy for percutaneous coronary intervention.
We present a case of a lesion within a previously placed right coronary artery stent that was determined to be thrombotic in nature, thereby guiding the strategy for percutaneous coronary intervention.
We present a case of a lesion...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
Notification of cardiovascular professionals’ recent accomplishments. Email information to cathlabdigest@aol.com.
Notification of cardiovascular professionals’ recent accomplishments. Email information to cathlabdigest@aol.com.
Notification of cardiovascular...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2013
Raymond C. Lenius, MS, RCIS, and Nicole Escarra, RCIS, Gulf Coast Medical Center,
Fort Myers, Florida
Raymond C. Lenius, MS, RCIS, and Nico...
We report the case of a 22-year-old male with a dissected right coronary artery following a motor vehicle collision while riding his bicycle, and the steps taken to repair the dissection.
We report the case of a 22-year-old male with a dissected right coronary artery following a motor vehicle collision while riding his bicycle, and the steps taken to repair the dissection.
We report the case of a...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Column
New Techniques
04/04/2013
Mzee Ngunga, MD, William Hui, MD, FRCPC, FACC, CK Hui Heart Centre, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Canada
Mzee Ngunga, MD, William Hui, MD, FRC...
We present herein a case of successful intervention of sequential lesions in an aberrant circumflex artery arising from the right coronary ostium, using a 5 French guide catheter and an anchoring wire into the normal right coronary artery to...
We present herein a case of successful intervention of sequential lesions in an aberrant circumflex artery arising from the right coronary ostium, using a 5 French guide catheter and an anchoring wire into the normal right coronary artery to...
We present herein a case of...
04/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
