Volume 25 - Issue 3 - March 2017
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
03/06/2017
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...
We prescribe these drugs to reduce the rates of stent-related thrombosis in both the short and long term, and we must weigh the risk of stent thrombosis against the risk of bleeding. This balancing act is not always straightforward.
We prescribe these drugs to reduce the rates of stent-related thrombosis in both the short and long term, and we must weigh the risk of stent thrombosis against the risk of bleeding. This balancing act is not always straightforward.
We prescribe these drugs to...
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
From the Front Lines
03/06/2017
Jackson Thatcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI, St. Cloud VA Healthcare System,
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Jackson Thatcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI, St...
In interventional cardiology, we are constantly forced to address real-life questions as to when, and not infrequently, when not to intervene. We must always remember that cath-stent is an unnatural reflex, which should also indicate...
In interventional cardiology, we are constantly forced to address real-life questions as to when, and not infrequently, when not to intervene. We must always remember that cath-stent is an unnatural reflex, which should also indicate...
In interventional cardiology, we...
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Conference Insights
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest talks with Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRACS,
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of New South Wales;
Vascular Surgeon, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
From the VEITH Symposium, November 15-19, 2016, New York, New York.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Ramon L. V...
This was a first-in-human study. We began working with this new investigational device approximately four years ago. The study itself was a single-center study and is a prospective cohort that we have been performing for slightly less than...
This was a first-in-human study. We began working with this new investigational device approximately four years ago. The study itself was a single-center study and is a prospective cohort that we have been performing for slightly less than...
This was a first-in-human study....
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
03/06/2017
Michael Seymour, MS, MPH, CIH, Organization for Occupational Radiation Safety in Interventional Fluoroscopy (ORSIF), Washington, D.C.
Michael Seymour, MS, MPH, CIH, Organi...
Over the past several years, a spate of scientific evidence has demonstrated the health risks that interventional teams incur while performing life-saving minimally invasive procedures. The health effects range from skin erythema to premature...
Over the past several years, a spate of scientific evidence has demonstrated the health risks that interventional teams incur while performing life-saving minimally invasive procedures. The health effects range from skin erythema to premature...
Over the past several years, a...
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
03/06/2017
Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge, talks with Amit P. Amin, MD, MSc, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Center for Value and Innovation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...
Despite tremendous improvements in PCI devices, technology and pharmacotherapy, we have not yet streamlined care pathways to mirror these technological advancements. Thus, the current care pathways are leading to unnecessary high costs of...
Despite tremendous improvements in PCI devices, technology and pharmacotherapy, we have not yet streamlined care pathways to mirror these technological advancements. Thus, the current care pathways are leading to unnecessary high costs of...
Despite tremendous improvements...
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
03/06/2017
Mary Farley, RN, BSN, Nurse Manager Invasive Cardiology
Alon Yarkoni, MD, FACC, Director, Structural Heart Program
Johnson City, New York
Mary Farley, RN, BSN, Nurse Manager I...
We recently renovated and expanded one cath and EP lab. The cath lab was built for use as a hybrid interventional lab, and in both rooms, we installed state-of-the-art equipment.
We recently renovated and expanded one cath and EP lab. The cath lab was built for use as a hybrid interventional lab, and in both rooms, we installed state-of-the-art equipment.
We recently renovated and...
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
03/05/2017
CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.
Dr. Mustapha interviews Luis Mariano Palena, MD, from the Interventional Radiology Unit, Foot and Ankle Clinic, Policlinico Abano Terme, Abano Terme Padova, Italy.
CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
A patient with rest pain and single-vessel runoff will be defined as CLI just as much as a patient with rest pain and/or skin breakdown with absent flow to the foot, usually referred to as desert foot.
A patient with rest pain and single-vessel runoff will be defined as CLI just as much as a patient with rest pain and/or skin breakdown with absent flow to the foot, usually referred to as desert foot.
A patient with rest pain and...
03/05/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Case Report
03/06/2017
Adam T. Stys MD, FACC, Muhammad A. Khan, MD, Naveen Rajpurohit, MD, Tomasz P. Stys, MD, FACC, Sanford Cardiovascular Institute, University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Adam T. Stys MD, FACC, Muhammad A. Kh...
We present a novel technique of extreme PCI support, as depicted in our case series, which allowed completion of PCI otherwise not possible by using conventional means. We describe a triple telescopic system, involving a smaller in a larger...
We present a novel technique of extreme PCI support, as depicted in our case series, which allowed completion of PCI otherwise not possible by using conventional means. We describe a triple telescopic system, involving a smaller in a larger...
We present a novel technique of...
03/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
03/05/2017
Brijeshwar S. Maini, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida; Regional Medical Director of Transcatheter Therapies, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Eastern Region - Coastal Division, Miguel A. Diaz, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Brian Valle, DO, Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida
Brijeshwar S. Maini, MD, Clinical Pro...
Here we present a case of severe degenerative MR with complex anatomy that was initially treated using the first-generation MitraClip device, resulting in an single leaflet device attachment (SLDA) of the second MitraClip. The patient later...
Here we present a case of severe degenerative MR with complex anatomy that was initially treated using the first-generation MitraClip device, resulting in an single leaflet device attachment (SLDA) of the second MitraClip. The patient later...
Here we present a case of severe...
03/05/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
03/05/2017
Arun K. Nagabandi, MBBS1, Supawat Ratanapo, MD1, Tarun Sharma, MD1, Pascha Schafer, MD2, Deepak Kapoor, MD3, FACC, FSCAI
Arun K. Nagabandi, MBBS1, Supawat Rat...
We present a case of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock requiring intra-aortic balloon pump placement and acute renal failure due to contrast-induced nephropathy over pre-existing chronic kidney disease....
We present a case of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock requiring intra-aortic balloon pump placement and acute renal failure due to contrast-induced nephropathy over pre-existing chronic kidney disease....
We present a case of non-ST...
03/05/2017
Cath Lab Digest
