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Volume 22 - Issue 12 - December, 2014

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Successful Cardiologist Recruitment and Retention: Overcoming the Workforce Shortage
12/05/2014

Jessica Barrick, Senior Recruiter, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jessica Barrick, Senior Recruiter, Co...
The recruitment of expertly trained specialty physicians to a new or growing hospital-based program or practice is critical in order to compete in today’s healthcare marketplace.
The recruitment of expertly trained specialty physicians to a new or growing hospital-based program or practice is critical in order to compete in today’s healthcare marketplace.
The recruitment of expertly...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Congratulations!
12/05/2014

This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…

This month, Cath Lab Digest would lik...
Michael Brutsky of Spencerian College, Louisville, Kentucky, just completed his studies, received his Associate of Applied Science Degree, and passed his RCIS exam. Congratulations, Michael! — Sent in by Vicki Lemaster, BSRS, RT (R)(CV),...
Michael Brutsky of Spencerian College, Louisville, Kentucky, just completed his studies, received his Associate of Applied Science Degree, and passed his RCIS exam. Congratulations, Michael! — Sent in by Vicki Lemaster, BSRS, RT (R)(CV),...
Michael Brutsky of Spencerian...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
A Clinician’s Experience in Developing a Practice With the AngioVac System
12/05/2014

Cath Lab Digest talks with John M. Moriarty, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Director of Cardiology-Interventional Radiology Innovation, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, Los Angeles, California.

Cath Lab Digest talks with John M. Mo...
When people have clots within the veins of the legs or within the ileo-femoral arteries, inferior vena cava (IVC), superior vena cava (SVC) and right atrium (RA), these clots can be removed in a few different ways.
When people have clots within the veins of the legs or within the ileo-femoral arteries, inferior vena cava (IVC), superior vena cava (SVC) and right atrium (RA), these clots can be removed in a few different ways.
When people have clots within...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
To Be (Your Best) or Not To Be, That is the Question
12/05/2014

Marshall W. Ritchey, Manager/Cardiac Cath Lab, with contributions from Piedmont Medical Center Cardiac Cath Lab Staff, Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina

Marshall W. Ritchey, Manager/Cardiac ...
We share a list that you may change to make your own. You may make it part of each job description or personnel handbook, and/or post it in strategic places.  
We share a list that you may change to make your own. You may make it part of each job description or personnel handbook, and/or post it in strategic places.  
We share a list that you may...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Economic Advantages of the iFR Modality for Physiologic Assessment
12/05/2014

Bruce A. Samuels, MD, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California

Bruce A. Samuels, MD, Division of Car...
Approved by the FDA in March 2014, iFR is a diagnostic tool used to assess whether a stenosis is causing a limitation of blood flow in coronary arteries with subsequent ischemia. This tool preserves the advantages of physiology-based...
Approved by the FDA in March 2014, iFR is a diagnostic tool used to assess whether a stenosis is causing a limitation of blood flow in coronary arteries with subsequent ischemia. This tool preserves the advantages of physiology-based...
Approved by the FDA in March...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest

Insights

Case Report and Interview
The Lipid-Rich Plaque Study With Intravascular Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS): A Case Report and Interview
12/05/2014

Andre K. Artis, MD, FACC, Methodist Hospitals of Gary and Merrillville, Indiana

Andre K. Artis, MD, FACC, Methodist H...
Similar in design and deliverability to standard IVUS catheters, the TVC System’s NIRS-IVUS technology enables physicians to quickly localize coronary plaques and immediately determine whether they are lipid rich and metabolically active...
Similar in design and deliverability to standard IVUS catheters, the TVC System’s NIRS-IVUS technology enables physicians to quickly localize coronary plaques and immediately determine whether they are lipid rich and metabolically active...
Similar in design and...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Transradial Series
Complex PCI Using Transradial Access
12/05/2014

Nishith H. Vayada, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education; Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Associate Professor of Medicine, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Nishith H. Vayada, MD, Cardiology Fel...
In procedures requiring LV mechanical circulatory support, high-risk PCI via transradial access is feasible, and might even be preferred over a “bi-femoral” approach.
In procedures requiring LV mechanical circulatory support, high-risk PCI via transradial access is feasible, and might even be preferred over a “bi-femoral” approach.
In procedures requiring LV...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
Tortuous Subclavian Artery and Selective Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) Angiography: A Helpful Technique
12/05/2014

Nima Ghasemzadeh, MD, Bernetta M. Howard, BSN, RN-BC, CCRN*, and Andro G. Kacharava, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;*Cardiac Cath Lab, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Division of Cardiology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia

Nima Ghasemzadeh, MD, Bernetta M. How...
Tortuous left or right subclavian arteries (SA) in patients with previous coronary bypass surgery make selective cannulation of the internal mammary artery (IMA) through the femoral approach very difficult.  We describe a helpful technique.
Tortuous left or right subclavian arteries (SA) in patients with previous coronary bypass surgery make selective cannulation of the internal mammary artery (IMA) through the femoral approach very difficult.  We describe a helpful technique.
Tortuous left or right...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
Spotlight: Emory University Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab
12/05/2014

Nancy Sarpong, BSN, EUH Nurse Manager, Atlanta, Georgia

Nancy Sarpong, BSN, EUH Nurse Manager...
Emory is considered the birthplace of modern interventional cardiology. In 1980, Dr. Andreas Gruentzig joined with Emory’s faculty to vigorously research and refine the intervention known as angioplasty.
Emory is considered the birthplace of modern interventional cardiology. In 1980, Dr. Andreas Gruentzig joined with Emory’s faculty to vigorously research and refine the intervention known as angioplasty.
Emory is considered the...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Spotlight: Emory University Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab
12/05/2014

Nancy Sarpong, BSN, EUH Nurse Manager, Atlanta, Georgia

Nancy Sarpong, BSN, EUH Nurse Manager...
Emory is considered the birthplace of modern interventional cardiology. In 1980, Dr. Andreas Gruentzig joined with Emory’s faculty to vigorously research and refine the intervention known as angioplasty.
Emory is considered the birthplace of modern interventional cardiology. In 1980, Dr. Andreas Gruentzig joined with Emory’s faculty to vigorously research and refine the intervention known as angioplasty.
Emory is considered the...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest

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December 2014 Volume 22 Issue 12

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Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

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Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

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Elizabeth Vasil

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