Volume 25 - Issue 4 - April 2017
Feature
Case Report
04/10/2017
Nelson Lim Bernardo, MD, Co-Director, Coronary CTO Program, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Medical Director, Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, MedStar Heart Institute; Director for Peripheral Intervention, Cardiovascular Research Institute, MedStar Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Virginia campus of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine; Robert Anthony Gallino, MD, Co-Director, Coronary CTO Program, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Nelson Lim Bernardo, MD, Co-Director,...
The Micro 14 catheter was able to traverse a very delicate and highly tortuous epicardial collateral without any damage being done to the vessel.
The Micro 14 catheter was able to traverse a very delicate and highly tortuous epicardial collateral without any damage being done to the vessel.
The Micro 14 catheter was able...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
04/10/2017
Georg Nickenig, MD, and Robert Schueler, MD
Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Georg Nickenig, MD, and Robert Schuel...
Interventional mitral valve repair provided an option for treatment of MR-related symptoms in this case where medical therapy failed to improve the clinical and functional status.
Interventional mitral valve repair provided an option for treatment of MR-related symptoms in this case where medical therapy failed to improve the clinical and functional status.
Interventional mitral valve...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
04/10/2017
Kazuki Haraguchi, MD, Yoshiaki Shintani, MD, Tomohiro Kawasaki, MD, Cardiovascular Center, Shin-Koga Hospital, Kurume, Japan
Kazuki Haraguchi, MD, Yoshiaki Shinta...
This report highlights a coral reef aorta, of special interest because it was successfully treated in Japan with a self-expanding nitinol stent in October 2012 and followed up a year later, in October 2013.
This report highlights a coral reef aorta, of special interest because it was successfully treated in Japan with a self-expanding nitinol stent in October 2012 and followed up a year later, in October 2013.
This report highlights a coral...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Calcium Corner
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest talks with Ryan D. Madder, MD, FACC, and Mike Oostdyk, Lead Technologist, Kresge Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Ryan D. Ma...
If you can perform a PCI procedure sitting in a cockpit a few feet from the patient, then there is really no reason you couldn’t increase that distance using modern technology.
If you can perform a PCI procedure sitting in a cockpit a few feet from the patient, then there is really no reason you couldn’t increase that distance using modern technology.
If you can perform a PCI...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
04/10/2017
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...
For patients in cardiogenic shock, LV mechanical support, depending on the hemodynamic profile of the device, can restore and support the systemic circulation, an especially beneficial effect if instituted early, an action that may improve...
For patients in cardiogenic shock, LV mechanical support, depending on the hemodynamic profile of the device, can restore and support the systemic circulation, an especially beneficial effect if instituted early, an action that may improve...
For patients in cardiogenic...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
04/10/2017
Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge
Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...
Dr. Rollefson and his institute are great examples of how a high-volume, tertiary care center can utilize tranradial in conjunction with a same-day discharge care pathway to create the win-win environment for all stakeholders.
Dr. Rollefson and his institute are great examples of how a high-volume, tertiary care center can utilize tranradial in conjunction with a same-day discharge care pathway to create the win-win environment for all stakeholders.
Dr. Rollefson and his institute...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
04/10/2017
Gina Donnelly, Director, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Gina Donnelly, Director, Corazon, Inc...
Corazon has long advocated the incorporation of a service line approach into a specialty program as a means to enhance clinical outcomes, improve financial performance, streamline operations, and differentiate a hospital with a competitive...
Corazon has long advocated the incorporation of a service line approach into a specialty program as a means to enhance clinical outcomes, improve financial performance, streamline operations, and differentiate a hospital with a competitive...
Corazon has long advocated the...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Department
CLI Perspectives
04/10/2017
CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.
Dr. Mustapha interviews Steven Kum, MBBS, FRCS, Novena Vascular & Varicose Vein Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital; Director of Vascular Services, Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
Dr. Steven Kum of Singapore believes that patients with end-stage disease can still benefit from a unique procedure called arterial venous flow reversal. Dr. Kum, a vascular surgeon, developed an endovascular procedure to not only create the...
Dr. Steven Kum of Singapore believes that patients with end-stage disease can still benefit from a unique procedure called arterial venous flow reversal. Dr. Kum, a vascular surgeon, developed an endovascular procedure to not only create the...
Dr. Steven Kum of Singapore...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
04/10/2017
Katie Sturgill, RN, BSN, Clinical Manager, Trenton, Michigan
Katie Sturgill, RN, BSN, Clinical Man...
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton is well known as a patient-centered community facility that provides compassionate, exceptional care.
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton is well known as a patient-centered community facility that provides compassionate, exceptional care.
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton is...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
04/10/2017
Katie Sturgill, RN, BSN, Clinical Manager, Trenton, Michigan
Katie Sturgill, RN, BSN, Clinical Man...
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton is well known as a patient-centered community facility that provides compassionate, exceptional care.
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton is well known as a patient-centered community facility that provides compassionate, exceptional care.
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton is...
04/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
