Volume 23 - Issue 3 - March 2015

OCT-Guided PCI With Rotational Atherectomy in a Heavily Calcified Bifurcation Lesion

02/26/2015

Annapoorna S. Kini , MD, MRCP, FACC;

Yuliya Vengrenyuk , PhD;

The following case is part of a series of optical coherence tomography-focused cases supported by St. Jude Medical.

The following case is part of a...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Economics and Care

Switching From Eptifibatide to Tirofiban Use in ACS: Reducing Cost While Maintaining Quality of Care

02/26/2015

Joseph Brent Muhlestein , MD, FAHA, FACC;

An emphasis on consensus and partnership allows Intermountain Health Care to unite under treatment guidelines, establish protocols, and save money, all while providing quality patient care.

An emphasis on consensus and...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Test Your Hemodynamic Knowledge: Part II– The Answer Key

02/26/2015

Richard J. Merschen , EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS;

The diagnosis for this patient is…

The diagnosis for this patient...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Test Your Hemodynamic Knowledge: Part I

02/26/2015

Richard J. Merschen , EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS;

A 51-year-old white male presented to the cardiac cath lab with a recent, progressive history of shortness of breath, chest pain on exertion, and fatigue.

A 51-year-old white male...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Navigating a Radial Loop

02/26/2015

Zaheed Tai , MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Orlando Marrero , RCIS, MBA;

Once the catheter engages the coronary ostium, there is very little difference between transradial angioplasty and transfemoral, save some catheter support issues and perhaps guide size. It is the route to the coronary that can often be more...

Once the catheter engages the...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Tips and Techniques

What to Do When Your Aspiration Thrombectomy Catheter Gets Overwhelmed

02/26/2015

Naveen Rajpurohit , MD;

Adam T. Stys , MD, FACC;

Tomasz P. Stys , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Muhammad Ali Khan , MD;

In cases of poor or no flow into an aspiration syringe in spite of negative pressure applied, we advise maintaining a vacuum (negative pressure inside of the thrombectomy catheter), as premature discontinuation of suction can lead to thrombus...

In cases of poor or no flow into...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Conversations in Cardiology: Who Should Scrub the Groin? Is the Cath Lab Just Like the OR?

02/26/2015

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

William J. French ;

Jeff Marshall: I have a question about who should scrub the groin or wrist before a cardiac cath or peripheral procedure.

Jeff Marshall: I have a question...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Structured Reporting

Early Adopters: The Valley Hospital’s Structured Reporting Journey With ProVation MD Cardiology

02/26/2015

Janet E. Strain , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Cathy Ilardi , RN, BSN, CNML;

Randy Sturm , RT(R);

The ProVation system is really very user-friendly. It also does a very reasonable job of generating a billing report, which I use on every case and then give to my billing staff, which makes billing much easier.

The ProVation system is really...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Durham VA Medical Center

02/26/2015

Marri "Nicki" Fryar , RN, MBA, MHA;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

The authors can be contacted via Dr. Sunil Rao at sunil.rao@duke.edu. Tell us about your cath lab.

The authors can be contacted via...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

CLI Perspectives

Looking at the Multi-Level Disease of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)

02/26/2015

Jihad A. Mustapha , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews: Larry J. Diaz-Sandoval, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan; Fadi Saab, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan; and George Adams, MD, Director of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular...

This month, Dr. Mustapha...

02/26/2015

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