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Volume 26 - Issue 3 - March 2018

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
03/02/2018

Morton J. Kern, MD, with contributions from Andrew Michaels, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California; Jim Blankenship, MD, The Geisinger Clinic, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Jeff Moses, MD, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Lloyd Klein, MD, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois; Charles Chambers, MD, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Morton J. Kern, MD, with contribution...
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, Sean Janzer, MD, Sanjog Kalra, MD, Christian Witzke, MD, and Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sandeep Dayanand, MD, Sean Janzer, 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

Cath Lab Digest talks with: 

John A. Goncalves, MD, FACS, FACC, Director of Cardiac Surgery and Surgical Director of the 

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program of The Valley Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI); 

Jaclyn Chomsky, DNP, Nurse Practitioner & Valve Clinic Coordinator; 

Lenka Mysliwiec, Nurse Practitioner & Valve Clinic Coordinator; 

Thomas P. Cocke, MD, FACC; 

Sean R. Wilson, MD, Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Cath Lab Digest talks with:  John A....
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

Cath Lab Digest talks to J. Brent Muhlestein, MD, FAHA, FACC, 

Co-Director of Cardiology Research, Intermountain Health Care and 

Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Professor of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Cath Lab Digest talks to J. Brent Muh...
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, Vascular Surgeon, Methodist Healthcare, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Bynthia M. Anose, PhD, Scientific Affairs Associate, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota; Brad J. Martinsen, PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota

Prateek K. Gupta, MD, FACS, Vascular ...
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

Michael Byers1, MS-III, Amir Malik2, MD, FACC, Farhan Ali2,3, MD, MA, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI

Michael Byers1, MS-III, Amir Malik2, ...
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, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida, and Heart of Florida, Davenport, Florida

Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter H...
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, CCL RN, P. Ramon Llobet, MD, FACC, St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago, Indiana

Nina Pistalo, CCL RN, P. Ramon Llobet...
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

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