Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September 2013
09/04/2013
Loyola University Medical Center, in Maywood, Illinois, has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes Loyola’s commitment and success in implementing an...
Loyola University Medical Center, in Maywood, Illinois, has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes Loyola’s commitment and success in implementing an...
Loyola University Medical...
09/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
It’s 1 am and my beeper goes off. The readout says, “STEMI in ED, bed 5.” I have a beeper (read “pager”) — an old-fashioned, on my belt, gray button beeper.
It’s 1 am and my beeper goes off. The readout says, “STEMI in ED, bed 5.” I have a beeper (read “pager”) — an old-fashioned, on my belt, gray button beeper.
It’s 1 am and my beeper goes...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….
Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….
Email notice of credentialing,...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Message from the SICP President, Sally Elliott, RCIS, BS; SICP at the NCVH meeting; Advocacy in California; Educational events
Message from the SICP President, Sally Elliott, RCIS, BS; SICP at the NCVH meeting; Advocacy in California; Educational events
Message from the SICP President,...
09/03/2013
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09/03/2013
Marsha L. Knapik, RN, MSN, Account Manager, Corazon, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marsha L. Knapik, RN, MSN, Account Ma...
Being involved in the daily care of patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is both challenging and rewarding; however, it can be easily overlooked that for the patients, the experience is likely unfamiliar and frightening, and may...
Being involved in the daily care of patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is both challenging and rewarding; however, it can be easily overlooked that for the patients, the experience is likely unfamiliar and frightening, and may...
Being involved in the daily care...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Jon C. George, MD, Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey
Jon C. George, MD, Interventional Car...
The advantages of transradial access along with techniques to selectively engage the carotid artery are further illustrated by the case herein.
The advantages of transradial access along with techniques to selectively engage the carotid artery are further illustrated by the case herein.
The advantages of transradial...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
09/03/2013
Luca Fallavollita, MD1, Carlo Massini, MD2, Fabrizio Balestrini, MD1 1Unit of Cardiology-Italian National Institute of Research on Aging - INRCA – Fermo, Italy; 2Salus Hospital Cotignola –Villa Maria Group, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Luca Fallavollita, MD1, Carlo Massini...
We present the case of a young woman with migraine attacks, stroke, and PFO. The patient was successfully treated by percutaneous closure of the PFO with the new Gore Septal Occluder device (W. L. Gore & Associates).
We present the case of a young woman with migraine attacks, stroke, and PFO. The patient was successfully treated by percutaneous closure of the PFO with the new Gore Septal Occluder device (W. L. Gore & Associates).
We present the case of a young...
09/03/2013
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Staffing
09/03/2013
Presented by: SpringBoard, Inc.
Presented by: SpringBoard, Inc.
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SpringBoard’s Cath Lab Wage Survey aims to gather comprehensive insight into the salaries & wages, responsibilities and backgrounds of professionals working in the sector. The survey responses for 2013 as in previous years were drawn from...
SpringBoard’s Cath Lab Wage Survey aims to gather comprehensive insight into the salaries & wages, responsibilities and backgrounds of professionals working in the sector. The survey responses for 2013 as in previous years were drawn from...
SpringBoard’s Cath Lab Wage...
09/03/2013
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2013
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital Winter Haven, Florida
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Fl...
This case demonstrates the ability to access the right heart from the forearm, thereby extending benefits of the transradial approach. Utilization of this approach is conditional upon obtaining venous access.
This case demonstrates the ability to access the right heart from the forearm, thereby extending benefits of the transradial approach. Utilization of this approach is conditional upon obtaining venous access.
This case demonstrates the...
09/03/2013
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Department
Anomalies
09/03/2013
Ihab Alomari, MD, Nila Akhtar, MD, Mark J. Ricciardi, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ihab Alomari, MD, Nila Akhtar, MD, Ma...
Coronary angiography (Figure 1) revealed a single common coronary artery (SCA) arising from the right coronary cusp with no significant obstructive disease and a dominant right coronary artery (RCA) that wrapped around the left ventricular...
Coronary angiography (Figure 1) revealed a single common coronary artery (SCA) arising from the right coronary cusp with no significant obstructive disease and a dominant right coronary artery (RCA) that wrapped around the left ventricular...
Coronary angiography (Figure 1)...
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