Volume 24 - Issue 3 - March 2016
Department
Meeting Update
03/04/2016
Kalahari Water Park and Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Kalahari Water Park and Resort, Wisco...
Attendees were educated on topics including managing heart failure, leadless pacemakers, and fluoroless electrophysiology (EP) procedures.
Attendees were educated on topics including managing heart failure, leadless pacemakers, and fluoroless electrophysiology (EP) procedures.
Attendees were educated on...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
03/04/2016
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...
The SOMATOM Force CT system...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
03/04/2016
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...
When defining metrics, a...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
03/04/2016
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.
Where is my stent? I need it...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
03/03/2016
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.
Currently, our interventional...
03/03/2016
Cath Lab Digest
03/03/2016
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...
We screened two tertiary care...
03/03/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Review
03/04/2016
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.
Dr. Roubin is a pioneer in the...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Case Study
03/03/2016
[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...
[A] cardiac catheterization...
03/03/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Case Management
03/03/2016
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.
An entrapped rotational...
03/03/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Cath Lab Management
03/04/2016
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...
Cardiology has long had a...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
