Volume 25 - Issue 6 - June 2017
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
06/07/2017
John T. Coppola MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor, NYU
Chief, Cardiac Cath Lab Bellvue
New York, New York
John T. Coppola MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assoc...
In this month’s article, we turn to Dr. John Coppola from New York. Dr. Coppola has been a pioneer in the U.S., recognizing over a decade ago that femoral complications had consequences. As a result, he sought out the experience and tutelage...
In this month’s article, we turn to Dr. John Coppola from New York. Dr. Coppola has been a pioneer in the U.S., recognizing over a decade ago that femoral complications had consequences. As a result, he sought out the experience and tutelage...
In this month’s article, we turn...
06/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
06/07/2017
Peggy McElgunn, Esq. – Executive Director, Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals
Peggy McElgunn, Esq. – Executive Dire...
Seeing an opportunity to unite the profession and improve the benefits and reach of current members of both organizations, Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) leadership agreed to combine forces with the Alliance of...
Seeing an opportunity to unite the profession and improve the benefits and reach of current members of both organizations, Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) leadership agreed to combine forces with the Alliance of...
Seeing an opportunity to unite...
06/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
06/06/2017
Stacey Lang, Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stacey Lang, Vice President, Corazon,...
While no strategy can be successfully implemented without the involvement and commitment of all involved, there is perhaps no more important partnership for achieving success in healthcare today than that of physician and hospital.While no...
While no strategy can be successfully implemented without the involvement and commitment of all involved, there is perhaps no more important partnership for achieving success in healthcare today than that of physician and hospital.While no...
While no strategy can be...
06/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
06/07/2017
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...
This year, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) celebrated the “40 for 40” event; that is, the 40th anniversary of percutaneous coronary intervention and the 40th anniversary year of the founding of the SCAI. On...
This year, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) celebrated the “40 for 40” event; that is, the 40th anniversary of percutaneous coronary intervention and the 40th anniversary year of the founding of the SCAI. On...
This year, the Society for...
06/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Clinical Review
06/07/2017
Michael O’Bleness, MBA, MSN, RN, Staff Nurse Interventional Radiology/Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, Vallejo, California
Michael O’Bleness, MBA, MSN, RN, Staf...
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN)/acute kidney injury (AKI) is the third leading cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. As diagnostic imaging increases in interventional procedures such as coronary and peripheral angiography, along...
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN)/acute kidney injury (AKI) is the third leading cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. As diagnostic imaging increases in interventional procedures such as coronary and peripheral angiography, along...
Contrast-induced nephropathy...
06/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
06/07/2017
Joseph Ibrahim1, MSII, Vatsal Bhatt1, MSIII, Pratik Patel2, MD
1Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey;
2Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Joseph Ibrahim1, MSII, Vatsal Bhatt1,...
In this case report, we present a unique case of a saphenous vein graft (SVG) to obtuse marginal I (OM1) occlusion that was successfully treated with an alternative thrombolytic intervention followed by aspiration.
In this case report, we present a unique case of a saphenous vein graft (SVG) to obtuse marginal I (OM1) occlusion that was successfully treated with an alternative thrombolytic intervention followed by aspiration.
In this case report, we present...
06/07/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
06/06/2017
David J. Addley, DO, FACC, Medical Director, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Laboratory, Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David J. Addley, DO, FACC, Medical Di...
Congenital coronary anomalies are found in 0.2-1.6% of the population undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography.
Congenital coronary anomalies are found in 0.2-1.6% of the population undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography.
Congenital coronary anomalies...
06/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
06/06/2017
Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Hartford Hospital, Nissi Suppogu, MD, Cardiology Hospitalist, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, Brigid Carlson, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts
Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fell...
This report illustrates a remarkable case of a native right coronary to left ventricular fistula.
This report illustrates a remarkable case of a native right coronary to left ventricular fistula.
This report illustrates a...
06/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Department
CLI Perspectives
06/06/2017
CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.
Dr. Mustapha talks with Constantino S. Peña, MD, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida.
CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
Arterial disease can be imaged in many ways and in this issue, we are honored to have Dr. Constantino Peña from Miami, who will be sharing with us the different types of imaging currently available and the feasibility of each.
Arterial disease can be imaged in many ways and in this issue, we are honored to have Dr. Constantino Peña from Miami, who will be sharing with us the different types of imaging currently available and the feasibility of each.
Arterial disease can be imaged...
06/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/06/2017
Richard Joens, RN, BSN, Cardiac Cath and EP Lab Manager, Becky Quijano, RT(R)(CV), IR, Quality & Safety Specialist,
Ryan Hollenbeck, MD, FACC, Cardiac Cath Lab Medical Director, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Richard Joens, RN, BSN, Cardiac Cath ...
Mercy was recently approved for cardiothoracic surgery and our lab is part of a rapidly growing cardiology service line. Earlier this year, we hired an additional interventional cardiologist and a cardiothoracic surgeon; this is a very...
Mercy was recently approved for cardiothoracic surgery and our lab is part of a rapidly growing cardiology service line. Earlier this year, we hired an additional interventional cardiologist and a cardiothoracic surgeon; this is a very...
Mercy was recently approved for...
06/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
