Volume 23 - Issue 10 - October, 2015

Scott Hantz, BSN, RN, EMT-P, Nurse Manager; Samir Kapadia, MD, Medical Director, Section Head; Stephen Ellis, MD; Jennifer Barker, RN, BSN, Assistant Nurse Manager; Jeff Martin, RN, EMT-P, Assistant Nurse Manager; Carolyn Kerr, CPC, Cardiology Reimbursement Specialist; Jamie Brandt, BSN, RN, Quality Facilitator; Howard Penland II, BS, Inventory Coordinator; Kathleen Kravitz, MBA, BSN, RN, Quality Director, Cleveland, Ohio

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan      

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews D. Chris Metzger, MD, FACC, Co-Medical Director, Wellmont CVA Heart Institute, Kingsport, Tennessee.

David H. W. Wohns, MD, John J. Mulder IV, PA-C, Spectrum Health Meijer Heart Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

This case is part of a series of high-risk PCI cases supported by the Impella 2.5.

Robby Wu, DO¹, Sunny Jhamnani, MD², William Bennett, MD, PhD², Robert R. Attaran, MD²

Irfan Muhammad FCPS (Cardiology), Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Malik Faisal Iftekhar Resident (FCPS Cardiology), Department of Cardiology, PGMI LRH, Peshawar, Pakistan

Kintur Sanghvi, MD, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey, Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania. This case is part of a series of transradial-focused reports directed by section editor Dr. Samir Pancholy. This case series is supported by an educational grant from Medtronic. 

Kristin Truesdell, Decision Support Manager, Corazon, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cath Lab Digest talks with Marcia Deeb, MBA, BA, RT(R), CVIS Coordinator, Washington Health System, Washington, Pennsylvania.

Washington Health System has been using McKesson Cardiology since 2006. CVIS coordinator Marcia Deeb shares how her cath lab relies on the system, is able to move quickly on real-time data, and continually seeks out opportunities to improve.