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Volume 24 - Issue 12 - December 2016

Department

Announcements
Congratulations!
12/12/2016
The Cath Lab crew at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center, Show Low, Arizona, would like to announce that Len Penrod, RT(R)(CI), RCIS has successfully passed the RCIS certification examination. We are all very proud of you! Way to go,...
The Cath Lab crew at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center, Show Low, Arizona, would like to announce that Len Penrod, RT(R)(CI), RCIS has successfully passed the RCIS certification examination. We are all very proud of you! Way to go,...
The Cath Lab crew at Summit...
12/12/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
How the Heart Turns Into Bone
12/08/2016
Connective tissue cells in the heart turn into bone-producing cells in response to injury, University of California, Los Angeles scientists report November 17 in Cell Stem Cell. The discovery helps explain why some people who survive heart...
Connective tissue cells in the heart turn into bone-producing cells in response to injury, University of California, Los Angeles scientists report November 17 in Cell Stem Cell. The discovery helps explain why some people who survive heart...
Connective tissue cells in the...
12/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
Combining Technical Skill With a Uniquely Designed Device for CTO Success
12/06/2016

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

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Mahmood Razavi, MD, St. Joseph Heart & Vascular Center, Orange, California.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
In this issue, I am honored at the chance to interview Dr. Mahmood Razavi, one of the pioneers in CTO crossing who has historically demonstrated that combining proper technical skill to a uniquely designed CTO device provides a favorable...
In this issue, I am honored at the chance to interview Dr. Mahmood Razavi, one of the pioneers in CTO crossing who has historically demonstrated that combining proper technical skill to a uniquely designed CTO device provides a favorable...
In this issue, I am honored at...
12/06/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Upper Torso Vibroacoustic Stimulation for Treatment of No-Reflow Following STEMI-Directed PPCI: A Device and Pilot Study Protocol — Shake, Rattle, and Rock`n Reflow!
12/08/2016

Arkady Uryash, MD1, Harjit Gill, PhD2, Andrew Hoffmann, BSc3 
1CEO, Parallel Biotechnologies LLC, Miami Beach, Florida; 2In-Vitro Laboratories, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; 3Ahof Biophysical Systems Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Arkady Uryash, MD1, Harjit Gill, PhD2...
We present a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, controlled pilot study protocol to test whether tdVAS (50 Hz, 2mm), by 30-minute session directly following primary percutaneous coronary intervention, is feasible, safe, and may enhance...
We present a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, controlled pilot study protocol to test whether tdVAS (50 Hz, 2mm), by 30-minute session directly following primary percutaneous coronary intervention, is feasible, safe, and may enhance...
We present a prospective,...
12/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest
New Tools for Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions of the Peripheral Arteries
12/08/2016

Richard R. Heuser, MD, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 

Adapted from Heuser R. New tools for treatment of chronic total occlusions of the peripheral arteries. AMP Show Daily. 2016;August 11:8,10.

Richard R. Heuser, MD, St. Luke’s Med...
We describe some of the technical and clinical aspects of the newer peripheral CTO devices. 
We describe some of the technical and clinical aspects of the newer peripheral CTO devices. 
We describe some of the...
12/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Initial Experience With a Redesigned Care Pathway
12/08/2016

Mark C. Bieniarz, MD, FACC, New Mexico Heart Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Anne Beekman, RN, Vice President, Consulting, MedAxiom Consulting, Neptune Beach, Florida

 

Mark C. Bieniarz, MD, FACC, New Mexic...
The goal is to move beyond traditional process improvement events, and fully develop the entire care continuum and care team that supports the patient. The leadership and team at Lovelace provide a worthy example of how a radial pathway...
The goal is to move beyond traditional process improvement events, and fully develop the entire care continuum and care team that supports the patient. The leadership and team at Lovelace provide a worthy example of how a radial pathway...
The goal is to move beyond...
12/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Blog
The Making of an Interventional Cardiologist: A Fellow’s Perspective on the Use of Robotics
12/08/2016

Kusum Lata, MD

This blog was originally published on the Online Only/CLD Blogs section of http://www.cathlabdigest.com on September 9, 2016.

Submit your blog or blog idea to Cath Lab Digest via Rebecca Kapur at rkapur@hmpcommunications.com.

Kusum Lata, MD This blog was origina...
The introduction of robotic technology in the cath lab to protect against radiation exposure and associated risks will have a huge future impact on both patient and physician care.
The introduction of robotic technology in the cath lab to protect against radiation exposure and associated risks will have a huge future impact on both patient and physician care.
The introduction of robotic...
12/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Series
Use of GuideLiner to Facilitate Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Three Patients With Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Arising from the Left Coronary Sinus
12/06/2016

William K. K. Hui, MBBS, FRCP(C), FRCP(Edin), FACC, FHKAM, FHKCP1, C. M. Wong, MB,ChB, FRCP(London), FRCP(Edin), FACC,  FHKAM, FHKCP, FSCAI, FSCCT2

William K. K. Hui, MBBS, FRCP(C), FRC...
We report our experience on successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the use of the GuideLiner (Vascular Solutions) in three patients presenting with angina whose culprit lesions were located in the RCA with this anomaly. 
We report our experience on successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the use of the GuideLiner (Vascular Solutions) in three patients presenting with angina whose culprit lesions were located in the RCA with this anomaly. 
We report our experience on...
12/06/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Novel Strategy for Percutaneous Access Closure in Patients With Zero Tolerance for Bleeding
12/06/2016

Dipankar Mukherjee, MD, Liam Ryan, MD, Therese Federowicz, MD,  Tony Tallant, RT(R), Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia

Dipankar Mukherjee, MD, Liam Ryan, MD...
Complications related to arterial access continue to plague the interventionalist, despite advances in vessel closure technology.
Complications related to arterial access continue to plague the interventionalist, despite advances in vessel closure technology.
Complications related to...
12/06/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Transradial Series
How to Avoid Sacrificing the Benefits of Transradial PCI in Complex Patient Subsets
12/06/2016

Sukrut Nanavaty, MD, Nayanjyoti Kaushik, MD, Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACC, FSCAI, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania 

Sukrut Nanavaty, MD, Nayanjyoti Kaush...
We describe a case where transradial access was used in the setting of complex primary PCI of the right coronary artery (RCA), using appropriate escalation of techniques known to enhance guide support without sacrificing the usual metrics...
We describe a case where transradial access was used in the setting of complex primary PCI of the right coronary artery (RCA), using appropriate escalation of techniques known to enhance guide support without sacrificing the usual metrics...
We describe a case where...
12/06/2016
Cath Lab Digest

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December 2016 Volume 24 Issue 12

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Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

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Elizabeth Vasil

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