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Volume 25 - Issue 1 - January 2017

Cath Lab Laughs
01/12/2017
Heather Bloodworth, Brittany McNeil, Kyle Sisak, and Tom Maloney got creative during a December 2016 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) case at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
Heather Bloodworth, Brittany McNeil, Kyle Sisak, and Tom Maloney got creative during a December 2016 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) case at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
Heather Bloodworth, Brittany...
01/12/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Tools
01/10/2017
With the “Transradial Revolution” in full swing, cath lab staff have also looked for new and innovative ways to contribute to this paradigm shift. One of these innovations is the Radial Access Sleeve (RAS) (Tesslagra Design Solutions, Staten...
With the “Transradial Revolution” in full swing, cath lab staff have also looked for new and innovative ways to contribute to this paradigm shift. One of these innovations is the Radial Access Sleeve (RAS) (Tesslagra Design Solutions, Staten...
With the “Transradial...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
01/10/2017

Terumo Business Edge

Terumo Business Edge
In my interview with Ryan Graver, President of MedAxiom Ventures, we discuss some of the challenges and opportunities that will be facing many cardiac programs, but also look to the future, and how embracing and possibly expanding the...
In my interview with Ryan Graver, President of MedAxiom Ventures, we discuss some of the challenges and opportunities that will be facing many cardiac programs, but also look to the future, and how embracing and possibly expanding the...
In my interview with Ryan...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
01/11/2017
The management of a patient with a large intracoronary thrombus during ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has remained troublesome and controversial.
The management of a patient with a large intracoronary thrombus during ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has remained troublesome and controversial.
The management of a patient with...
01/11/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Corner
01/10/2017
In many areas, STEMI and cardiac arrest care is delivered within regional systems organized in concert with pre-hospital emergency services. So, the expectation that shock is emergently managed and fixed in the cath lab is an increasing...
In many areas, STEMI and cardiac arrest care is delivered within regional systems organized in concert with pre-hospital emergency services. So, the expectation that shock is emergently managed and fixed in the cath lab is an increasing...
In many areas, STEMI and cardiac...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
01/11/2017
We have 6 angio suites and a 12-bed pre/post area, including a multi-specialty interventional lab and a stroke encephalo-volumetry (EVM) center where we also treat pulmonary embolism and structural heart disease.
We have 6 angio suites and a 12-bed pre/post area, including a multi-specialty interventional lab and a stroke encephalo-volumetry (EVM) center where we also treat pulmonary embolism and structural heart disease.
We have 6 angio suites and a...
01/11/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical News
01/10/2017
Reacting to a critical shortage of electrophysiology (EP) lab technologists and nurses who treat heart arrhythmias, SpringBoard Healthcare, Phoenix, Arizon, in collaboration with Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina, has launched an...
Reacting to a critical shortage of electrophysiology (EP) lab technologists and nurses who treat heart arrhythmias, SpringBoard Healthcare, Phoenix, Arizon, in collaboration with Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina, has launched an...
Reacting to a critical shortage...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
CRF-SKIRBALL Interventional Innovation Corner
01/10/2017
Interventional heart failure is a field that has been growing very fast over the last decade. It has been around for quite some time, particularly with the development of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), but as catheter-based...
Interventional heart failure is a field that has been growing very fast over the last decade. It has been around for quite some time, particularly with the development of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), but as catheter-based...
Interventional heart failure is...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
01/10/2017
The Shockwave Medical Lithoplasty System uses lithotripsy to disrupt both superficial and deep vascular calcium.
The Shockwave Medical Lithoplasty System uses lithotripsy to disrupt both superficial and deep vascular calcium.
The Shockwave Medical...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
01/10/2017
A CLI team was created using a multidisciplinary approach and a well-planned algorithm for treatment. Coordination of care between the different providers was improved though better communication between multiple disciplines, despite the...
A CLI team was created using a multidisciplinary approach and a well-planned algorithm for treatment. Coordination of care between the different providers was improved though better communication between multiple disciplines, despite the...
A CLI team was created using a...
01/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest