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Volume 23 - Issue 12 - December 2015

News

News
12/07/2015
Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah have found that patients are fine from a heart standpoint, and may need no further treatment, if their vitamin D level is anywhere above 15 nanograms per...
Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah have found that patients are fine from a heart standpoint, and may need no further treatment, if their vitamin D level is anywhere above 15 nanograms per...
Researchers at the Intermountain...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest
News
12/07/2015
Dr. Thomas S. Monahan, a surgeon at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, has successfully found a way to prevent intimal hyperplasia — or thickening within arteries — by identifying and successfully blocking a protein associated with the scarring...
Dr. Thomas S. Monahan, a surgeon at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, has successfully found a way to prevent intimal hyperplasia — or thickening within arteries — by identifying and successfully blocking a protein associated with the scarring...
Dr. Thomas S. Monahan, a surgeon...
12/07/2015
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News
12/07/2015
Two students in cardiology technology training programs at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Conn., have been recognized with national awards.
Two students in cardiology technology training programs at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Conn., have been recognized with national awards.
Two students in cardiology...
12/07/2015
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12/07/2015

Neel Khanna, MD, MPH, Alan Gass, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

Neel Khanna, MD, MPH, Alan Gass, MD, ...
The Vascade Vascular Closure System appears to be a useful addition to the collection of vascular closure devices, particularly in patients who are expected to undergo repeated coronary angiograms such as cardiac transplant recipients. Its...
The Vascade Vascular Closure System appears to be a useful addition to the collection of vascular closure devices, particularly in patients who are expected to undergo repeated coronary angiograms such as cardiac transplant recipients. Its...
The Vascade Vascular Closure...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest
12/07/2015

Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS, Vascular & Vein Institute, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana

Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS, Vascular...
For a large majority of patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), the usual standard of care of anticoagulation alone falls far short of saving lives and avoiding long-term sequelae, such as chronic thromboembolic...
For a large majority of patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), the usual standard of care of anticoagulation alone falls far short of saving lives and avoiding long-term sequelae, such as chronic thromboembolic...
For a large majority of patients...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Case Files by Dr. George
12/07/2015

Pranav Doshi, DO, Richard Kovach, MD, Vincent Varghese, DO, and Jon C. George, MD*, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Pranav Doshi, DO, Richard Kovach, MD,...
Here we discuss a case of iliac stent embolization as a complication and its management with the use of percutaneous techniques.     
Here we discuss a case of iliac stent embolization as a complication and its management with the use of percutaneous techniques.     
Here we discuss a case of iliac...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
12/07/2015

Vinayak Subramaniana, BS, George L. Adamsb, MD, MHS, Orlando Marreroc, RCIS, MBA

Vinayak Subramaniana, BS, George L. A...
The superficial femoral artery (SFA) is unlike any other vessel in the body and presents unique challenges for endovascular intervention. Complete occlusions tend to predominate stenosis, and disease is often diffuse along the SFA. 
The superficial femoral artery (SFA) is unlike any other vessel in the body and presents unique challenges for endovascular intervention. Complete occlusions tend to predominate stenosis, and disease is often diffuse along the SFA. 
The superficial femoral artery...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Freestanding Cath Lab
12/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventional cardiologist Rajul Patel, MD, FACC, and Jerry VanHorn, RT(R)(CV), ARRT, CardioVascular Manager, Phoenix Heart, PLLC, Glendale, Arizona, with a sidebar interview with Bijal B. Dave, Physician Liaison, Phoenix Heart, Glendale, Arizona.

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventi...
The CardioVascular lab at Phoenix Heart consists of a 4-bed pre and post procedure area, and a single interventional suite. We have 4 full-time staff members in the lab; two are registered nurses and two are registered radiologic...
The CardioVascular lab at Phoenix Heart consists of a 4-bed pre and post procedure area, and a single interventional suite. We have 4 full-time staff members in the lab; two are registered nurses and two are registered radiologic...
The CardioVascular lab at...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
12/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventional radiologist Samuel A. Shube, MD, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida.

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventi...
After we completed our first 75 PE cases, we reviewed our results, which were very good, with zero complications. We were able to significantly decrease thrombus load and decrease pulmonary artery pressures almost uniformly across the board. 
After we completed our first 75 PE cases, we reviewed our results, which were very good, with zero complications. We were able to significantly decrease thrombus load and decrease pulmonary artery pressures almost uniformly across the board. 
After we completed our first 75...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
12/07/2015

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

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Barry T. Katzen MD, FACR, FACC, FSIR, Founder and Medical Director, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Barry T. Katzen MD, FACR, FACC, FSIR, Founder and Medical Director, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida.
This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Barry T. Katzen MD, FACR, FACC, FSIR, Founder and Medical Director, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida.
This month, Dr. Mustapha...
12/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest

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