Volume 26 - Issue 3 - March 2018
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
03/02/2018
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Charles E. Chambers, MD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Andrew D. Michaels, MD, MAS; Jim Blankenship, MD; Lloyd W. Klein, MD
One of our colleagues, Andrew Michaels, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California, recently asked about the consent process for cardiac cath cases.
One of our colleagues, Andrew Michaels, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California, recently asked about the consent process for cardiac cath cases.
One of our colleagues, Andrew...
03/02/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Case Files by Dr. George
03/01/2018
Sandeep Dayanand, MD; Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Sanjog Kalra, MD; Sean Janzer, MD; Christian F. Witzke, MD
Placement of covered stents in the aneurysmal segment is evolving as a less-invasive percutaneous option of excluding the aneurysm, rather than surgical ligation. Covered stents, when placed optimally, effectively seal off flow to the...
Placement of covered stents in the aneurysmal segment is evolving as a less-invasive percutaneous option of excluding the aneurysm, rather than surgical ligation. Covered stents, when placed optimally, effectively seal off flow to the...
Placement of covered stents in...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
03/01/2018
Sean R. Wilson, MD; John A. Goncalves, MD, FACS, FACC; Jaclyn Chomsky, DNP; Lenka Mysliwiec; Thomas P. Cocke, MD, FACC
Our procedure days are expanding, because we typically can’t get all the cases done in just one day a week. We meet in the ICU the morning after, or on the floor, at either 7 or 7:30 am, with the entire team. Rounding more as a team, going...
Our procedure days are expanding, because we typically can’t get all the cases done in just one day a week. We meet in the ICU the morning after, or on the floor, at either 7 or 7:30 am, with the entire team. Rounding more as a team, going...
Our procedure days are...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
03/01/2018
In this month’s article, we have asked Anne Beekman, MedAxiom Consulting, and Keely Macmillan, Archway Health, to discuss what the new voluntary bundles offer as an opportunity for cath lab programs considering percutaneous coronary...
In this month’s article, we have asked Anne Beekman, MedAxiom Consulting, and Keely Macmillan, Archway Health, to discuss what the new voluntary bundles offer as an opportunity for cath lab programs considering percutaneous coronary...
In this month’s article, we have...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
03/01/2018
Joseph Brent Muhlestein, MD, FAHA, FACC
If patients are not already on dual antiplatelet therapy when they come in, achieving that status is going to take time and there is going to be a window in which they are not protected. One of the advantages of the short-term infusion of...
If patients are not already on dual antiplatelet therapy when they come in, achieving that status is going to take time and there is going to be a window in which they are not protected. One of the advantages of the short-term infusion of...
If patients are not already on...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
03/01/2018
Prateek K. Gupta, MD, FACS; Brad J. Martinsen, PhD; Bynthia M. Anose, PhD
While percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) enjoys high procedural success rates in focal lesions, the first line of therapy for the elderly, diabetic, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient population tends to be amputation.(8)
While percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) enjoys high procedural success rates in focal lesions, the first line of therapy for the elderly, diabetic, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient population tends to be amputation.(8)
While percutaneous transluminal...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Case Report
03/01/2018
Amir Z. Malik, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Farhan Ali, MD, MA, MPH, FSCAI, FACC, RPVI; Michael Byers, MS
The Tryton side branch stent is a specially designed stand-alone device that has been shown to effectively stent bifurcation lesions. The CorPath GRX robotic heart catheterization system was developed for reducing radiation exposure to the...
The Tryton side branch stent is a specially designed stand-alone device that has been shown to effectively stent bifurcation lesions. The CorPath GRX robotic heart catheterization system was developed for reducing radiation exposure to the...
The Tryton side branch stent is...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
03/01/2018
Zaheed Tai, MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI
Featuring an expert operator discussion with Dr. Amir Kaki, Medical Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab, Detroit Medical Center Heart Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State School of Medicine, and the Director of the CHIP...
Featuring an expert operator discussion with Dr. Amir Kaki, Medical Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab, Detroit Medical Center Heart Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Wayne State School of Medicine, and the Director of the CHIP...
Featuring an expert operator...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
03/01/2018
Nina Pistalo; P. Ramon Llobet, MD, FACC
When possible, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) should be considered as a first-line choice for diabetic patients with foot ulcers and peripheral arterial disease with obstruction, as opposed to amputation.
When possible, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) should be considered as a first-line choice for diabetic patients with foot ulcers and peripheral arterial disease with obstruction, as opposed to amputation.
When possible, percutaneous...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Image Corner
03/01/2018
Images courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia
Images courtesy of Medscan Barangaroo...
Physicians strive to avoid unnecessary invasive angiograms when determining the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a patient as well as CAD’s impact on blood flow to the heart.
Physicians strive to avoid unnecessary invasive angiograms when determining the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a patient as well as CAD’s impact on blood flow to the heart.
Physicians strive to avoid...
03/01/2018
Cath Lab Digest
