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Volume 25 - Issue 2 - February 2017

Department

Announcements
Congratulations!
02/13/2017


 

 
Congratulations to Peter Fountain, RCIS, Supervisor, Cath Lab, Summit Healthcare Hospital, Show Low, Arizona, who recently obtained his RCIS certification. Peter’s team also wants to wish him a very happy birthday. - Sent in by Luis Sobarzo
Congratulations to Peter Fountain, RCIS, Supervisor, Cath Lab, Summit Healthcare Hospital, Show Low, Arizona, who recently obtained his RCIS certification. Peter’s team also wants to wish him a very happy birthday. - Sent in by Luis Sobarzo
Congratulations to Peter...
02/13/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Spotlight: Palmetto General Hospital
02/07/2017

Dayami Rodriguez, ARNP-BC, Director, Cardiac Cath Lab; 
Mike Diaz, MD, FACC, FSCAI,
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program,
Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida

Dayami Rodriguez, ARNP-BC, Director, ...
During the last 3 quarters of 2016, our average D2B time was 57 minutes. We maintain a standard below 60 minutes. We have a protocol for each department involved with STEMIs and our goal is to have the patient on the table and ready for...
During the last 3 quarters of 2016, our average D2B time was 57 minutes. We maintain a standard below 60 minutes. We have a protocol for each department involved with STEMIs and our goal is to have the patient on the table and ready for...
During the last 3 quarters of...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
Supervised Exercise Program for PAD vs CLI – Learn From the Expert
02/07/2017

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

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews R. Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, Associate Professor, Program Director|Vascular Medicine & Intervention, Interventional Cardiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
I would love to see CLI Centers of Excellence across the world where there is multidisciplinary, efficient, and effective treatment of patients with CLI. This program would need to encompass multiple specialties, reside in a common physical...
I would love to see CLI Centers of Excellence across the world where there is multidisciplinary, efficient, and effective treatment of patients with CLI. This program would need to encompass multiple specialties, reside in a common physical...
I would love to see CLI Centers...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
Small Innovations Can Make a Big Difference: The Role of Staff Initiatives to Drive Efficiency in the Cath Lab
02/07/2017

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine, 
Long Beach Veterans 
Administration Health Care 
System, Long Beach, California; 
Associate Chief Cardiology, 
Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...
Every cardiac cath lab around the world is staffed with hardworking men and women of various backgrounds, experiences, education, and work ethics. Every lab strives to be its best at all times. Each team member has the opportunity (or should...
Every cardiac cath lab around the world is staffed with hardworking men and women of various backgrounds, experiences, education, and work ethics. Every lab strives to be its best at all times. Each team member has the opportunity (or should...
Every cardiac cath lab around...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
How Does Your Cath Lab Stack Up?
02/07/2017

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...
In this month’s article, we call on our colleagues at MedAxiom to share their findings from the 2016 Cath Lab Survey.  The survey results demonstrate some very compelling findings that correlate closely to the observations seen in assessments...
In this month’s article, we call on our colleagues at MedAxiom to share their findings from the 2016 Cath Lab Survey.  The survey results demonstrate some very compelling findings that correlate closely to the observations seen in assessments...
In this month’s article, we call...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Episode Payment Models: Ensuring Readiness for Reimbursement Changes
02/06/2017

Rhonda Somnitz, Consultant, Kristin Truesdell, Manager, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rhonda Somnitz, Consultant, Kristin T...
This approach seems easy and effective in theory; however, the burden lies with the hospitals. Forming these collective relationships can play a pivotal role in cost reduction and payment distribution.
This approach seems easy and effective in theory; however, the burden lies with the hospitals. Forming these collective relationships can play a pivotal role in cost reduction and payment distribution.
This approach seems easy and...
02/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Cardiovascular Wage Survey Results Help Healthcare Professionals Gain a Big-Picture Perspective and Better Manage Their Career
02/06/2017

Tom Harmon, Vice President, SpringBoard Healthcare
Phoenix, Arizona

Tom Harmon, Vice President, SpringBoa...
Considered the gold standard of wage surveys for the industry, the 2016-2017 Cath Lab, EP, and IR Wage Survey was designed to provide comprehensive insight into the salaries and wages of employees in that sector. 
Considered the gold standard of wage surveys for the industry, the 2016-2017 Cath Lab, EP, and IR Wage Survey was designed to provide comprehensive insight into the salaries and wages of employees in that sector. 
Considered the gold standard of...
02/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
A Safe, Novel, and Non-Invasive Method of Treating Long Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysm
02/07/2017

Howard Lan, DO1,2, Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS1, Ahmed Athar, MD2
1Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California; 2VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, California

Howard Lan, DO1,2, Marshall W. Ritche...
Bedside ultrasound revealed a long 0.5 x 0.5 x 7.0 cm pulsatile radial artery pseudoaneurysm. Treatment with ultrasound-guided compression for over one hour was unsuccessful.
Bedside ultrasound revealed a long 0.5 x 0.5 x 7.0 cm pulsatile radial artery pseudoaneurysm. Treatment with ultrasound-guided compression for over one hour was unsuccessful.
Bedside ultrasound revealed a...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Rapid Removal of Pulmonary Emboli and Subsequent Reversal of Right Ventricular Dysfunction Using the FlowTriever Retrieval/Aspiration System
02/07/2017

Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Louisiana Heart, Lung, & Vascular Institute, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana 

Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS, Cardioth...
The current case report demonstrated that the FlowTriever System provided an effective means of removing emboli and reversing compromised hemodynamics without any complication in a submassive PE patient.
The current case report demonstrated that the FlowTriever System provided an effective means of removing emboli and reversing compromised hemodynamics without any complication in a submassive PE patient.
The current case report...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
ASPIRE: Minimizing Complications in Complex Intervention
02/07/2017

Shwan Jalal, MD,Thomas P. Davis, MD, FACC, 
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; 
Director, Peripheral Interventions and Disease, 
St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

Shwan Jalal, MD,Thomas P. Davis, MD, ...
The Aspire Mechanical Thrombectomy Kit serves as a distal protection device for the tibial vessels when we do atherectomy. I use a blood pressure cuff to occlude the tibial vessels, then the Aspire system to remove any emboli from my...
The Aspire Mechanical Thrombectomy Kit serves as a distal protection device for the tibial vessels when we do atherectomy. I use a blood pressure cuff to occlude the tibial vessels, then the Aspire system to remove any emboli from my...
The Aspire Mechanical...
02/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest

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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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