Volume 26 - Issue 12 - December 2018

Tips and Techniques

“Blowout” Technique: Deep Expiration for Wire Navigation Into the Ascending Aorta With Severe Subclavian Tortuosity From the Right Radial Approach

11/27/2018

Richard Casazza, MAS, RT(R)(CI), Brooklyn, New York

Richard Casazza, MAS, RT(R)(CI), Broo...

Prior to bailing out to an alternative approach, we hypothesized that doing the exact opposite might gain us access to the AA. After several minutes of fluoroscopy and extensive deep inspirations disallowed navigation, a single deep...

Prior to bailing out to an...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The Pendulum Swings Back for Cardiovascular Services

11/27/2018

Ross Swanson, Executive Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Ross Swanson, Executive Vice Presiden...

We have worked extensively with hospitals in three strategic areas, including: 1) re-engineering cardiovascular service line infrastructure; 2) enhancing existing cardiovascular facilities or building entirely new ones; and 3) renewing focus...

We have worked extensively with...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Making the Right Move: Use of the Distal Radial Artery Access in the Hand for Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

11/27/2018

Enrique A. Flores, MD, FACC, RPVI, Interventional Cardiologist, Georgia Heart Specialist, Conyers, Georgia

Enrique A. Flores, MD, FACC, RPVI, In...

Here we describe our experience in the first 200 consecutive patients to undergo DRA access in the cardiac catheterization laboratory of Rockdale Medical Center (Conyers, Georgia)3, over half of whom had acute coronary syndrome.

Here we describe our experience...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

New, Longer 220 mm Length of Lutonix 035 Drug-Coated Balloon Reduces Cost at Arkansas Heart Hospital

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest talks with Ian M. Cawich, MD, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Ian M. Caw...

The newest device that we have been able to use has been the 220 mm length version of the Lutonix 035 drug-coated balloon (BD/Bard). We have used this product since it launched in August and have done six cases thus far, all with great...

The newest device that we have...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Images

Fight the Resistance: The Use of the Ostial Flash Balloon in a Highly Resistive Right Coronary Artery Lesion

11/27/2018

Richard R. Heuser, MD, Grant M. Gordon, MD, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Richard R. Heuser, MD, Grant M. Gordo...

In this case, we describe use of the Flash Ostial System (Ostial Corporation), designed specifically to treat ostial lesions, particularly those with calcific and resistant stenoses.

In this case, we describe use of...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Use of Excimer Laser to Facilitate CTO Crossing Complicated by Stent Fracture

11/27/2018

Kyle Macdonald, BS, Kirk Minkus, MD, Charles Jost, MD, MS,

Mountain Vista Medical Center, Mesa, Arizona

Kyle Macdonald, BS, Kirk Minkus, MD, ...

Here, we will discuss the use of excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA) for an uncrossable obstruction due to stent fracture and in-stent restenosis (ISR).

Here, we will discuss the use of...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Column

Looking Ahead

A Primer on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Plus: Is Your Job on the Line?

11/27/2018

Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, Maria Isabel Acosta, MD, Claudia Lopez, MD, Gladys Pinto, MD, Daniel Vieira, MD, Mario Alberto Torres, MD, Haytham Aboushi, MD, Alejandra Frauenfelder, MD, Jorge Mazzini, MD, Francisco Nola, MD, Cristina Matheus, MD, Daniel Espina, MD, Francisco Fernandez, MBA, Carlos Villagran, MsC, Sebastian Niklitschek, PhD

Division of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Lumen Foundation, Miami, Florida

Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, Maria Is...

This article will serve as an introduction for cardiologists and for other healthcare providers regarding AI’s presence in the world of medicine.

This article will serve as an...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

News

News: BD Announces Clinical Trial Data for the Lutonix 014 Drug-Coated Balloon Below-The-Knee IDE Trial

11/27/2018

Safety and efficacy results presented during late-breaking clinical trials session at VIVA 2018.

Safety and efficacy results...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight

Cath Lab Spotlight: Sentara RMH Medical Center

11/27/2018

Anne Snow, RN, Jessica Edwards, RN, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Anne Snow, RN, Jessica Edwards, RN, H...

Located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Sentara RMH Medical Center (SRMH) is a 238-bed hospital serving a seven-county area. SRMH is a Magnet hospital. Our cath lab is multidisciplinary, combining cath, vascular, electrophysiology...

Located in the heart of the...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Cath Lab Spotlight: Sentara RMH Medical Center

11/27/2018

Anne Snow, RN, Jessica Edwards, RN, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Anne Snow, RN, Jessica Edwards, RN, H...

Located in the heart of the...

11/27/2018

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