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Volume 24 - Issue 10 - October 2016

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
The FY 2017 Financial Future: How the Cath Lab Impacts the Hospital Bottom Line
10/08/2016
The following summary provides a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2017 changes in terms of financial and quality standards.  Understanding these updates can help hospital and program leaders, along with the cath lab staff, to...
The following summary provides a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2017 changes in terms of financial and quality standards.  Understanding these updates can help hospital and program leaders, along with the cath lab staff, to...
The following summary provides a...
10/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest
The Use of Tirofiban in ACS Patients
10/07/2016
A new, more concentrated format of tirofiban will soon become available to deliver the FDA-approved, high-dose bolus of 25 mcg/kg at the start of treatment: pre-mixed, ready-to-use, 250 mcg/mL in a 15 mL vial.
A new, more concentrated format of tirofiban will soon become available to deliver the FDA-approved, high-dose bolus of 25 mcg/kg at the start of treatment: pre-mixed, ready-to-use, 250 mcg/mL in a 15 mL vial.
A new, more concentrated format...
10/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Cardiology Images
Imaging Corner: Mitral Valve Insufficiency and Percutaneous Treatment
10/07/2016
Multi-modality imaging is essential for successful treatment of many cardiac diseases, including severe mitral regurgitation (MR). The following four clinical images demonstrate mitral valve insufficiency treatment support. 
Multi-modality imaging is essential for successful treatment of many cardiac diseases, including severe mitral regurgitation (MR). The following four clinical images demonstrate mitral valve insufficiency treatment support. 
Multi-modality imaging is...
10/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Single-Center Experience
Use of Micropuncture Needle in the Treatment of Pericardial Effusion by Pericardiocentesis
10/08/2016
We present a case series of the use of the 21-gauge micropuncture needle in successful pericardiocentesis.
We present a case series of the use of the 21-gauge micropuncture needle in successful pericardiocentesis.
We present a case series of the...
10/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
High-Definition IVUS System for Sizing BVS and Post-Dilation Balloon to Optimize BVS Expansion
10/07/2016
The unique resolution of the ACIST HDi IVUS system allows for reliable evaluation of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) expansion within our described technique of using the lumen and external elastic membrane diameters for sizing the BVS...
The unique resolution of the ACIST HDi IVUS system allows for reliable evaluation of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) expansion within our described technique of using the lumen and external elastic membrane diameters for sizing the BVS...
The unique resolution of the...
10/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Focus
Imaging for Optimal Therapy and Patient Outcomes: Siemens Healthineers
10/06/2016
We want to do everything we can to help physicians and healthcare facilities improve overall patient outcomes.
We want to do everything we can to help physicians and healthcare facilities improve overall patient outcomes.
We want to do everything we can...
10/06/2016
Cath Lab Digest

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Ask the Expert
Coronary Atherectomy, Part III of III: Orbital Atherectomy
10/07/2016
This case highlights the fact that the lack of utilizing vessel preparation appropriately can result in lower procedural success rates, higher complication rates, higher contrast and radiation doses, and increased cost.
This case highlights the fact that the lack of utilizing vessel preparation appropriately can result in lower procedural success rates, higher complication rates, higher contrast and radiation doses, and increased cost.
This case highlights the fact...
10/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Suggested Practices for Infection Control in the Invasive Cardiovascular Laboratory
10/07/2016
We have compiled an updated list of suggested practices, in an uncomplicated form, as an updated reference for invasive staff and institutions.
We have compiled an updated list of suggested practices, in an uncomplicated form, as an updated reference for invasive staff and institutions.
We have compiled an updated list...
10/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
Reducing Radiation in the Cath Lab Using a Novel, Eye-Controlled, Moveable Region of Interest
10/07/2016
What if we could track where we were looking and focus the x-ray beam only where it is needed? That is the trick of this technology.
What if we could track where we were looking and focus the x-ray beam only where it is needed? That is the trick of this technology.
What if we could track where we...
10/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest

Department

CLI Perspectives
Technologies Built for an Unmet Need: Hostile Arterial Conduits
10/07/2016
In this interview, we showcase how one start-up company is focused on developing not only low profile, but ultra-low profile devices, for this unchartered territory. We, as critical limb ischemia (CLI) therapists, try to deliver the most...
In this interview, we showcase how one start-up company is focused on developing not only low profile, but ultra-low profile devices, for this unchartered territory. We, as critical limb ischemia (CLI) therapists, try to deliver the most...
In this interview, we showcase...
10/07/2016
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Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

Production Manager
Elizabeth Vasil

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Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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