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Volume 22 - Issue 7 - July 2014

UNICAR, the Guatemalan Heart Institute, Turns 45 Years Old
07/07/2014
During the next three decades, the cardiac program in Guatemala City grew from a service of a half a dozen beds to a modern department of cardiac surgery, which not only performed an important clinical task but also served as the first...
During the next three decades, the cardiac program in Guatemala City grew from a service of a half a dozen beds to a modern department of cardiac surgery, which not only performed an important clinical task but also served as the first...
During the next three decades,...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
World’s Smallest, Leadless Heart Pacemaker Implanted at Ohio State
07/07/2014
It’s about the size of a large vitamin pill and, for the first time in Ohio, the smallest heart pacemaker available is being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.
It’s about the size of a large vitamin pill and, for the first time in Ohio, the smallest heart pacemaker available is being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.
It’s about the size of a large...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Race a Factor in Mortality in Heart Attack Patients on Clopidogrel
07/07/2014
Among patients taking clopidogrel, the one-year mortality rate for African Americans was 7.2 percent, compared with 3.6 percent for Caucasians.
Among patients taking clopidogrel, the one-year mortality rate for African Americans was 7.2 percent, compared with 3.6 percent for Caucasians.
Among patients taking...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Testing a Risk Predictor Tool: Can It Identify Patients at Higher Risk for Vascular Groin Complication Post Cardiac Cath or PCI?
07/07/2014
Northwest Community Hospital looked more closely into risk prediction post cath or PCI by evaluating a tool created to predict groin complications.
Northwest Community Hospital looked more closely into risk prediction post cath or PCI by evaluating a tool created to predict groin complications.
Northwest Community Hospital...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Measurement of Cardiac Output in the Cath Lab: How Accurate is It?
07/07/2014
Recently, Dr. Herb Aronow, an interventional cardiologist at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, Michigan, asked our interventional cardiologist group the following question about cardiac output (CO):
Recently, Dr. Herb Aronow, an interventional cardiologist at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, Michigan, asked our interventional cardiologist group the following question about cardiac output (CO):
Recently, Dr. Herb Aronow, an...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Ventricular Septal Defect in an Acute Myocardial Infarction
07/07/2014
Ventricular septal rupture can be life threatening, and has a high mortality rate. According to the guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, the best treatment for a VSR is urgent surgical intervention,...
Ventricular septal rupture can be life threatening, and has a high mortality rate. According to the guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, the best treatment for a VSR is urgent surgical intervention,...
Ventricular septal rupture can...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
Overcoming Calcified, Tortuous Access for Large Devices with the SoloPath Balloon-Expandable and Collapsible Sheath
07/07/2014
In patients receiving a large device, whether it is a percutaneous aortic valve such as the CoreValve, a thoracic stentgraft, or an abdominal stent graft for an aneurysm, one of the issues has always been access. Can we get there?
In patients receiving a large device, whether it is a percutaneous aortic valve such as the CoreValve, a thoracic stentgraft, or an abdominal stent graft for an aneurysm, one of the issues has always been access. Can we get there?
In patients receiving a large...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest

News

News
Rate of Hospitalization for Severe Heart Attacks in China Quadruples in 10 Years
07/07/2014
The rate of hospitalization for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) more than quadrupled in China between 2001 and 2011, according to new research published in The Lancet.
The rate of hospitalization for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) more than quadrupled in China between 2001 and 2011, according to new research published in The Lancet.
The rate of hospitalization for...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest

Column

New Techniques
Guidewire Hydroglide Technique ‘Booster’
07/07/2014
OTW systems can be retrieved without the use of guide wire extension by utilizing the “hydroglide” technique.
OTW systems can be retrieved without the use of guide wire extension by utilizing the “hydroglide” technique.
OTW systems can be retrieved...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
Cath Lab Spotlight: Metro Health Hospital Cardiovascular Lab
07/07/2014
The first retrograde pedal access case utilizing the new 60 cm Diamondback orbital atherectomy device (Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.) was performed in our lab in March of this year and received local media attention.
The first retrograde pedal access case utilizing the new 60 cm Diamondback orbital atherectomy device (Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.) was performed in our lab in March of this year and received local media attention.
The first retrograde pedal...
07/07/2014
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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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