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Volume 26 - Issue 10 - October 2018

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Clinical Editor's Corner
Conversations in Cardiology: Should We Wait for Labs Before Taking the STEMI Patient Directly to the Cath Suite?
10/08/2018

Compiled by Morton J. Kern, MD, from conversations with Steven R. Bailey, MD, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; James Blankenship, MD, Geisinger Cardiovascular Center for Clinical Research, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Kirk N. Garratt, MD, Christiana Care, Wilmington, Delaware; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD, Duke University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jeffrey Moses, MD, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Gregg W. Stone, MD, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Bonnie Weiner, MD, University of Massachusetts, Worchester, Massachusetts; Barry Uretsky, MD, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas; Peter Ver Lee, MD, Bangor, Maine; Fred Welt, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Compiled by Morton J. Kern, MD, from ...
For STEMI patients, what labs (e.g., glucose, electrolytes, lactate or pH) are being obtained prior to the patient going to the cath suite? More importantly, are POC labs being done in the emergency department prior to the STEMI patient going...
For STEMI patients, what labs (e.g., glucose, electrolytes, lactate or pH) are being obtained prior to the patient going to the cath suite? More importantly, are POC labs being done in the emergency department prior to the STEMI patient going...
For STEMI patients, what labs...
10/08/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
Advice: Good Management
10/07/2018

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, CPFT, CET

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, C...
Most staff know what to do. Our job, as management, is to lead, delegate and provide the tools to get the job done. 
Most staff know what to do. Our job, as management, is to lead, delegate and provide the tools to get the job done. 
Most staff know what to do. Our...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
Spotlight: Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Heart & Vascular Institute
10/08/2018

Ruben N. Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD, CCEMT-P, Supervisor Invasive Cardiology, Charlotte, North Carolina

Ruben N. Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD, C...
Our department has a 20-bay pre/post unit, three cath lab procedure rooms, and utilizes a hybrid OR room as necessary.
Our department has a 20-bay pre/post unit, three cath lab procedure rooms, and utilizes a hybrid OR room as necessary.
Our department has a 20-bay...
10/08/2018
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
Reflections on the 8th Annual AMPutation Prevention Symposium (AMP)
10/07/2018

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Founder and Director, AMPutation Prevention Symposium, Founding Board Member, CLI Global Society; Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Founder and Direct...
It was exciting to see complex CLI cases performed by some of the best CLI operators in the world, who were able to show us extreme, unique approaches to treat complex disease from the groin to the toes. 
It was exciting to see complex CLI cases performed by some of the best CLI operators in the world, who were able to show us extreme, unique approaches to treat complex disease from the groin to the toes. 
It was exciting to see complex...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest
The Successful Transradial Program at Crittenton Hospital Medical Center
10/07/2018

Cath Lab Digest talks with Samer Kazziha, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, FSVMD, Executive Director Cardiovascular Services, and Jacqueline S. Jones, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CEN-CMC, Rochester, Michigan.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Samer Kazz...
We are performing more complex interventions via transradial access. Transradial access is here to stay.
We are performing more complex interventions via transradial access. Transradial access is here to stay.
We are performing more complex...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Routes: An Overview
10/07/2018

Abdulrahman Abu Aqil, MS, Richard J. Merschen, EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Health Professions, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abdulrahman Abu Aqil, MS, Richard J. ...
As radial artery access becomes more common in coronary angiography, US guidance has benefits that may result in higher cannulation success rates, fewer total attempts, and decreased procedural time.
As radial artery access becomes more common in coronary angiography, US guidance has benefits that may result in higher cannulation success rates, fewer total attempts, and decreased procedural time.
As radial artery access becomes...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
High-Performing Labs Are Utilizing Radial Access and Same-Day Discharge Successfully
10/07/2018
Fear of failure creates a powerful hindrance to adoption for a seasoned and respected interventionist. However, the learning curve to become a competent transradial interventionalist is neither steep nor arduous.
Fear of failure creates a powerful hindrance to adoption for a seasoned and respected interventionist. However, the learning curve to become a competent transradial interventionalist is neither steep nor arduous.
Fear of failure creates a...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Clinical Images
Single Leaflet Device Attachment Complicating Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Tricuspid Valve Using the MitraClip
10/07/2018

Chak-Yu So, MBChB;  Kun-Chong Tam, MD;  Yat-Yin Lam, MD;  Alex Pui-Wai Lee, MD

Chak-Yu So, MBChB;  Kun-Chong Tam, MD...
We demonstrate that immediate deployment of one or more adjacent clips, particularly to the remaining attached leaflet, may stabilize the flailing clip and be a possible transcatheter treatment option for single leaflet device attachment...
We demonstrate that immediate deployment of one or more adjacent clips, particularly to the remaining attached leaflet, may stabilize the flailing clip and be a possible transcatheter treatment option for single leaflet device attachment...
We demonstrate that immediate...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education & Social Media
Cath Lab Digest talks with WikiDoc creator C. Michael Gibson, MS, MD, about WikiDoc, Tweetbook, and his work as CEO of the Baim Institute for Clinical Research.
10/07/2018
Information wants to be free. Let information flow freely from patients to doctors and from doctors to patients, and when you have free-flowing information, healthcare is enriched.
Information wants to be free. Let information flow freely from patients to doctors and from doctors to patients, and when you have free-flowing information, healthcare is enriched.
Information wants to be free....
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Education & Social Media
The Launch of Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions
10/07/2018

Cath Lab Digest talks with David L. Fischman, MD, and Michael P. Savage, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Cath Lab Digest talks with David L. F...
“Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions” gives us an opportunity to offer up cases for discussion on Twitter that are both peer-reviewed and accompanied by references.
“Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions” gives us an opportunity to offer up cases for discussion on Twitter that are both peer-reviewed and accompanied by references.
“Tweetbook: Cardiovascular...
10/07/2018
Cath Lab Digest

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October 2018 Volume 26 Issue 10

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Editorial Staff

Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD

Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson

Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur

Production Manager
Elizabeth Vasil

Editorial Correspondence

Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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