The SOMATOM Force CT system (Siemens Healthcare), which enables fast temporal resolution, was used to perform a coronary CT angiogram (CCTA) on an emergency department patient. The CCTA displayed a 90 percent or greater non-calcified short...
The SOMATOM Force CT system (Siemens Healthcare), which enables fast temporal resolution, was used to perform a coronary CT angiogram (CCTA) on an emergency department patient. The CCTA displayed a 90 percent or greater non-calcified short...
When defining metrics, a collaborative process to determine priorities for the dashboard effort is key. How data will be obtained, who will collect it, and what the information will be used for are all very important questions to answer at...
When defining metrics, a collaborative process to determine priorities for the dashboard effort is key. How data will be obtained, who will collect it, and what the information will be used for are all very important questions to answer at...
Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab, Liz Hartsoe, Inventory Control Specialist, Robert Rentner, MBA, Director of Materials Management, Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, M...
Where is my stent? I need it now! What do you mean you don’t have one!!!
Please note there is no question mark in the last sentence.
Where is my stent? I need it now! What do you mean you don’t have one!!!
Please note there is no question mark in the last sentence.
Amir R. Piracha, MD, KentuckyOne Health Cardiology Associates, Louisville and Shepherdsville, Kentucky
Amir R. Piracha, MD, KentuckyOne Heal...
Currently, our interventional pulmonologist and three interventional cardiologists perform the EKOS procedure. Our goal is to train all our interventional cardiologists taking STEMI calls to do USATs for PE.
Currently, our interventional pulmonologist and three interventional cardiologists perform the EKOS procedure. Our goal is to train all our interventional cardiologists taking STEMI calls to do USATs for PE.
Ahmad Daraghmeh, MD1, Marc T. Zughaib, BSc, MPH2, Navneet Kumar, MD2, Modar Alom MD2, Marcel E. Zughaib, MD, FACC2
1Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas; 2Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Providence Heart Institute, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, Michigan.
Ahmad Daraghmeh, MD1, Marc T. Zughaib...
We screened two tertiary care hospitals’ National Cardiovascular Data Registry for any patient that was transferred for a same-day PCI procedure from the (satellite) hospital to the catheterization lab at the second hospital over a 3-year...
We screened two tertiary care hospitals’ National Cardiovascular Data Registry for any patient that was transferred for a same-day PCI procedure from the (satellite) hospital to the catheterization lab at the second hospital over a 3-year...
Book review by Mark Baker, RCIS, MICP, RCSA, CTAE, FSICP, Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton, Colorado
Book review by Mark Baker, RCIS, MICP...
Dr. Roubin is a pioneer in the field of invasive cardiology and worked with many of the true founding fathers of what we do in the cath lab. He has seen our selected field of healthcare grow from its infancy to where we stand today.
Dr. Roubin is a pioneer in the field of invasive cardiology and worked with many of the true founding fathers of what we do in the cath lab. He has seen our selected field of healthcare grow from its infancy to where we stand today.
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Rupak Desai, MBBS, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, Gautam Kumar, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University/Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Fl...
[A] cardiac catheterization reveal[ed] an angiographically significant, highly calcified proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis (90%), intermediate left main (LM) disease (40-50%), and complete occlusion of the...
[A] cardiac catheterization reveal[ed] an angiographically significant, highly calcified proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis (90%), intermediate left main (LM) disease (40-50%), and complete occlusion of the...
Kusum Lata, MD, Cindy L. Grines, MD, FSCAI, DMC Cardiovascular Institute - Heart Hospital, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
This case presentation and discussion took place at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Fall Fellows Course, which took place December 6-9, 2015 in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kusum Lata, MD, Cindy L. Grines, MD, ...
An entrapped rotational atherectomy burr is uncommon, but one of the nightmare complications in the cardiac cath lab, warranting the need for familiarity with various retrieval techniques and skilled application.
An entrapped rotational atherectomy burr is uncommon, but one of the nightmare complications in the cardiac cath lab, warranting the need for familiarity with various retrieval techniques and skilled application.
Michael Del Core, MD, FACC, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Program Director, Invasive and Interventional Cardiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Michael Del Core, MD, FACC, Chief, Di...
Cardiology has long had a tumultuous relationship with data. From the ongoing expansion of Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) to heightened regulatory and reimbursement scrutiny, to the forthcoming additions to the National Cardiovascular Data...
Cardiology has long had a tumultuous relationship with data. From the ongoing expansion of Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) to heightened regulatory and reimbursement scrutiny, to the forthcoming additions to the National Cardiovascular Data...
