Volume 23 - Issue 2 - February, 2015

Cath Lab Digest talks with:

Lawrence Garcia, MD, on the DEFINITIVE trials and directional atherectomy’s success in the lower extremities;

Cath Lab Digest talks with:

Jonathan R. Boyle, MD, on minimizing contrast-induced nephropathy in peripheral interventions;

Cath Lab Digest talks with:

Enrico Ascher, MD, on when we should treat critical limb ischemia patients with bypass surgery;

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, 

Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. 

This month, J.A. Mustapha, MD, interviews Andrej Schmidt, MD, Department of Angiology, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, with cases by Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida and Kaylan K. Veerina MD, Opelousas General Health System, Opelousas, Louisiana

Compiled by Morton Kern from contributions from Richard Bach, MD, St. Louis, Missouri; John Bittl, MD, Ocala, Florida; Barry Borlaug, MD, Rochester, Minnesota; Greg Dehmer, MD, Temple, Texas; Kirk Garrett, MD, New York, New York; Lloyd Klein, MD, Chicago, Illinois; Mitch Krucoff, MD, Durham, North Carolina; Gus Pichard, MD, Washington, D.C.; Habib Samady, MD, Atlanta, Georgia; and Bonnie Weiner, MD, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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

David Wohns, MD, Medical Director, and Ryan Madder, MD, 

Kresge Cardiac Cath Labs, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, 

Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Thomas Waggoner, DO, Richard Kovach, MD, and Jon C. George, MD, 

Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, 

Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Nicholas Ierovante, DO, Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania