Volume 23 - Issue 4 - April, 2015
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Yuliya Vengrenyuk, PhD, Annapoorna Kini, MD, Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
Yuliya Vengrenyuk, PhD, Annapoorna Ki...
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 series of optical coherence tomography-focused cases supported by St. Jude Medical.
The following case is part of a...
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Cath Lab Digest
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This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…
This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…
This month, Cath Lab Digest...
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Cath Lab Digest
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A 48-year-old man comes to the emergency room with 2 hours of chest pain and electrocardiogram (ECG) showing inferior ST elevation (Figure 1)..
A 48-year-old man comes to the emergency room with 2 hours of chest pain and electrocardiogram (ECG) showing inferior ST elevation (Figure 1)..
A 48-year-old man comes to the...
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Cath Lab Digest
In the Lab
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A collection of images courtesy of St. Elizabeth Health System, Kentucky.
A collection of images courtesy of St...
A collection of coronary images courtesy of St. Elizabeth Health System, Kentucky.
A collection of coronary images courtesy of St. Elizabeth Health System, Kentucky.
A collection of coronary images...
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Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
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Terrence Devine, RN III, Houston, Texas
Terrence Devine, RN III, Houston, Tex...
The hospital is the first in Texas, and the only one in Houston, to employ St. Jude Medical's MediGuide Technology, a device that uses GPS-like technology to guide heart catheters during the surgical treatment of arrhythmia.
The hospital is the first in Texas, and the only one in Houston, to employ St. Jude Medical's MediGuide Technology, a device that uses GPS-like technology to guide heart catheters during the surgical treatment of arrhythmia.
The hospital is the first in...
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Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
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CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. This month, J.A. Mustapha, MD, interviews Thomas P. Davis, MD, FACC, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Director, Peripheral Interventions and Disease, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Davis, a pioneer in peripheral vascular revascularization, discusses the value of specialty balloons in infrainguinal disease.
CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
This month Dr. Mustapha interviews Dr. Tom Davis, MD who is a pioneer in peripheral vascular revascularization. He shares with us the value of specialty balloons in infrainguinal disease.
This month Dr. Mustapha interviews Dr. Tom Davis, MD who is a pioneer in peripheral vascular revascularization. He shares with us the value of specialty balloons in infrainguinal disease.
This month Dr. Mustapha...
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Cath Lab Digest
Column
Cath Lab Systems
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Cath Lab Digest talks with Katherine McCardell, RN, Heart & Vascular Services Director, and Mike Colgate, RCIS, MPH, Lead Cardiovascular Technologist, Cardiac Cath Lab/EP, Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, California.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Katherine ...
With Xper IM, we have greatly increased our ability to data mine, query, and trend and track cases. This has proven valuable for management as well as physicians.
With Xper IM, we have greatly increased our ability to data mine, query, and trend and track cases. This has proven valuable for management as well as physicians.
With Xper IM, we have greatly...
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Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
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Dona M. Hoffman, RN, BSN, MHA, BC-NE, Manager Invasive & Noninvasive Cardiac Services and Interventional Radiology, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois
Dona M. Hoffman, RN, BSN, MHA, BC-NE,...
Although leaders must meet budgets and address fiscal imperatives, the art of leadership is ultimately about positively impacting others, which in turn has the potential to positively impact healthcare outcomes.
Although leaders must meet budgets and address fiscal imperatives, the art of leadership is ultimately about positively impacting others, which in turn has the potential to positively impact healthcare outcomes.
Although leaders must meet...
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Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
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Cath Lab Digest talks with Bruno Damascelli, MD1, and Vladimira Tichà, MD1,2, 1Department of Interventional Radiology, EMO GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy; 2Department of Radiology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, Italy
Cath Lab Digest talks with Bruno Dama...
The Destino Twist (Oscor) is a single guiding sheath allowing access to difficult-to-reach vascular anatomy. Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Bruno Damascelli and Dr. Vladimira Tichà about their experience with the Destino Twist in procedures...
The Destino Twist (Oscor) is a single guiding sheath allowing access to difficult-to-reach vascular anatomy. Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Bruno Damascelli and Dr. Vladimira Tichà about their experience with the Destino Twist in procedures...
The Destino Twist (Oscor) is a...
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Feature
Case Report
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George L. Adams*, MD, MHS, Vinayak Subramanian, BS†, Orlando Marrero RCIS, MBA‡ ,*Director of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Research, Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina; †Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; ‡Tampa, Florida
George L. Adams*, MD, MHS, Vinayak Su...
Utilizing a combination of exotic techniques such as retrograde access and transcollateral crossing can increase the options available to the interventionalist for treatment of a complex lesion and improve procedural success.
Utilizing a combination of exotic techniques such as retrograde access and transcollateral crossing can increase the options available to the interventionalist for treatment of a complex lesion and improve procedural success.
Utilizing a combination of...
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