Volume 22 - Issue 7 - July 2014
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By Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, President, Heineman Foundation of Charlotte, Vice President, International Medical Outreach, Carolinas HealthCare System
By Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD, Chairma...
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,...
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Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
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...
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Cath Lab Digest
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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
07/07/2014
Mike Fronczak, RN, RCIS, Gloria Reidinger, RNC, APN, EdD, Zebuline Koran, RN, APN, DNP, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois*; John W. McConnell, PhD, Vice-President of Research and Development ECRA Group, Rosemont, Illinois
Mike Fronczak, RN, RCIS, Gloria Reidi...
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...
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Cath Lab Digest
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Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor
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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
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Stephen V. Priest, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, Raymond C. Lenius, MS, RCIS, Cole Hyden, RCIS, and Michele Curley, Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers, Florida
Stephen V. Priest, MD, FACC, FACP, FS...
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
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest talks with J. Michael Tuchek, DO, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Director, Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft Program, Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.
Cath Lab Digest talks with J. Michael...
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...
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Cath Lab Digest
News
News
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
07/07/2014
Adam T. Stys, MD, Professor of Medicine, Muhammad A. Khan, MD, Naveen Rajpurohit, MD, Tomasz P. Stys, MD, Marian Petrasko, MD, University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Adam T. Stys, MD, Professor of Medici...
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...
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Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
07/07/2014
J.A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director of Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratories,
Director of Endovascular Interventions, Director of Cardiovascular Research, Wyoming, Michigan
J.A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Direc...
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...
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Cath Lab Digest
