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Volume 23 - Issue 11 - November 2015

11/03/2015

Anthony J. Minisi, MD, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia

Anthony J. Minisi, MD, McGuire VA Med...
I readily acknowledge that my initial reaction to innovation is skepticism. As a result, my response to early reports of performing catheterization through the right radial artery was dismissive.
I readily acknowledge that my initial reaction to innovation is skepticism. As a result, my response to early reports of performing catheterization through the right radial artery was dismissive.
I readily acknowledge that my...
11/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
11/03/2015

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, ...
Early in my career as a radiologic technologist (RT), I spent many years dedicated to saving lives as a team member in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. I fondly recall, throughout those years, the week each November where RTs were...
Early in my career as a radiologic technologist (RT), I spent many years dedicated to saving lives as a team member in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. I fondly recall, throughout those years, the week each November where RTs were...
Early in my career as a...
11/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
11/03/2015

Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI, Chief of Cardiology, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona,  College of Medicine – Phoenix
Terry Buelna, BSME, President & CEO, Verve Medical, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
Adam Gold, MSME, Verve Medical, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
Rahul Rao, BSME, Verve Medical, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
William Van Alstine, DVM, PhD, Cook Research Institute, West Lafayette, Indiana

Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FE...
Although the number of patients treated with hypertension with our device is small, it appears to be an approach that can result in an immediate blood pressure drop, similar to open sympathectomy.
Although the number of patients treated with hypertension with our device is small, it appears to be an approach that can result in an immediate blood pressure drop, similar to open sympathectomy.
Although the number of patients...
11/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Department

CLI Perspectives
11/03/2015

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. 

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews LINC Course Director Dierk Scheinert, MD. Professor Scheinert is Head of the Department of Medicine, Angiology and Cardiology at Park-Krankenhaus Leipzig and Head of the Department of Angiology at the University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Germany. 

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
LINC is viewed as one of the largest and most comprehensive peripheral meetings in the world. This reputation is rightfully gained, as LINC has provided tremendous value over the years to physicians’ daily practice. 
LINC is viewed as one of the largest and most comprehensive peripheral meetings in the world. This reputation is rightfully gained, as LINC has provided tremendous value over the years to physicians’ daily practice. 
LINC is viewed as one of the...
11/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Calcium Corner
11/02/2015

Cath Lab Digest talks with Gregory Piazza, MD, MS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Gregory Pi...
SEATTLE II was a prospective, single-arm, multi-center trial of the EkoSonic Endovascular System (EKOS Corporation) used with alteplase, a tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), for treatment of acute pulmonary embolism.
SEATTLE II was a prospective, single-arm, multi-center trial of the EkoSonic Endovascular System (EKOS Corporation) used with alteplase, a tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), for treatment of acute pulmonary embolism.
SEATTLE II was a prospective,...
11/02/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Spotlight
11/02/2015

Jana Hart, RN, BSN, Manager Cardiac Cath Lab, Fargo, North Dakota

Jana Hart, RN, BSN, Manager Cardiac C...
We have 5 cath lab rooms in total with 3 designated for cardiac cath, vascular, and structural heart procedures, and 2 designated for electrophysiology. We have approximately 40 staff members in our lab.  
We have 5 cath lab rooms in total with 3 designated for cardiac cath, vascular, and structural heart procedures, and 2 designated for electrophysiology. We have approximately 40 staff members in our lab.  
We have 5 cath lab rooms in...
11/02/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
11/01/2015
An interesting question that came our way regarding a patient taken to the cath lab after an un-witnessed arrest.  
An interesting question that came our way regarding a patient taken to the cath lab after an un-witnessed arrest.  
An interesting question that...
11/01/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
11/02/2015

Nha Huynh, DO1, Ulrich Luft, MD2, Kintur Sanghvi, MD1

Nha Huynh, DO1, Ulrich Luft, MD2, Kin...
Here, we demonstrate that percutaneous closure of a pmVSD using transradial and basilic vein access can be successful, safe, and can avoid the potential risks of bleeding and vascular complications associated with the transfemoral approach. 
Here, we demonstrate that percutaneous closure of a pmVSD using transradial and basilic vein access can be successful, safe, and can avoid the potential risks of bleeding and vascular complications associated with the transfemoral approach. 
Here, we demonstrate that...
11/02/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education
11/02/2015

Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS1, Mfonobong Ikpim, BS, RT(R)2, Fahad Alghamdi, BS2, Xinmin Liu, BS, RT(R)2 

1Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Health Professions; Senior Staff Technologist, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 2Jefferson School of Health Professions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The authors can be contacted via Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS, at richardmerschen@verizon.net.

Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), R...
Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is an abnormal elevation in pulmonary artery pressure and may be an idiopathic presentation, the result of left heart failure, pulmonary vascular disease, thromboembolic events, interstitial lung diseases, or a...
Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is an abnormal elevation in pulmonary artery pressure and may be an idiopathic presentation, the result of left heart failure, pulmonary vascular disease, thromboembolic events, interstitial lung diseases, or a...
Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is...
11/02/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Insights

Blog
11/01/2015

C. Jane Haddox, RT
CVIR Education
www.cvir-ed.com.

C. Jane Haddox, RT CVIR Education www...
We’ve all been there. You’re on call and come in at 2 am or so. Then, you get up to be back at work at 7 am.
We’ve all been there. You’re on call and come in at 2 am or so. Then, you get up to be back at work at 7 am.
We’ve all been there. You’re on...
11/01/2015
Cath Lab Digest

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