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Volume 24 - Issue 10 - October 2016

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
10/08/2016

Kristin Truesdell, Manager, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kristin Truesdell, Manager, Corazon, ...
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
10/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with:

Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas; Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Martin Zenni, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical Director, Cardiovascular Off Campus Outreach Program; Medical Director of Nuclear Cardiology, University of Florida Health Shands, Jacksonville, Florida.

Cath Lab Digest talks with: Emmanoui...
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

Feature

Single-Center Experience
10/08/2016

Arvind Gireesh, MD, FACC, Shahnaz Punjani, MD, Joseph Hannan, MD, FACC, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts

Arvind Gireesh, MD, FACC, Shahnaz Pun...
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
10/07/2016

William Fonbah, MD, Massoud A. Leesar, MD, FACC, 
Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

William Fonbah, MD, Massoud A. Leesar...
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
10/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with David Pacitti, President, 
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Head, 
Siemens Healthineers North America, Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Cath Lab Digest talks with David Paci...
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

Column

Ask the Expert
10/07/2016

Arthur C. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director of Peripheral Intervention, Cardiac and Vascular Institute; North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida

 

Arthur C. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Direc...
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
10/07/2016

Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, President, Cardiovascular Orientation Programs, Mechanicsville, Maryland

Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, Pre...
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
10/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with George Dangas, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Innovation at the Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York.

Cath Lab Digest talks with George Dan...
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
10/07/2016

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

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Robert E. Beasley, MD, Director, Vascular & Interventional Radiology Deparment, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
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
Cath Lab Digest
Cardiology Images
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

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