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Volume 26 - Issue 9 - September 2018

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
09/04/2018

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA ...
“When is the right time to accept the fractional flow reserve (FFR) during the adenosine hyperemic recording?” I thought this issue had been settled a few years ago, but after speaking with Arnold, we thought we should revisit some of the...
“When is the right time to accept the fractional flow reserve (FFR) during the adenosine hyperemic recording?” I thought this issue had been settled a few years ago, but after speaking with Arnold, we thought we should revisit some of the...
“When is the right time to...
09/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
09/04/2018

Loukas Boutis, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Dorothy L. Veron, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director, Patient Care Services, Cardiology, Manhasset, New York

Loukas Boutis, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Direc...
The NSUH cath lab shares the invasive procedural area with EP. The invasive cardiology suite consists of 5 cardiac catheterization labs (4 GE Healthcare, 1 Philips), 3 electrophysiology labs (GE Healthcare), 1 EP procedure room (C-arm), and...
The NSUH cath lab shares the invasive procedural area with EP. The invasive cardiology suite consists of 5 cardiac catheterization labs (4 GE Healthcare, 1 Philips), 3 electrophysiology labs (GE Healthcare), 1 EP procedure room (C-arm), and...
The NSUH cath lab shares the...
09/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
09/04/2018

Loukas Boutis, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Dorothy L. Veron, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director, Patient Care Services, Cardiology, Manhasset, New York

Loukas Boutis, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Direc...
The NSUH cath lab shares the invasive procedural area with EP. The invasive cardiology suite consists of 5 cardiac catheterization labs (4 GE Healthcare, 1 Philips), 3 electrophysiology labs (GE Healthcare), 1 EP procedure room (C-arm), and...
The NSUH cath lab shares the invasive procedural area with EP. The invasive cardiology suite consists of 5 cardiac catheterization labs (4 GE Healthcare, 1 Philips), 3 electrophysiology labs (GE Healthcare), 1 EP procedure room (C-arm), and...
The NSUH cath lab shares the...
09/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest
09/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest talks with Michael J. Rinaldi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Michael J....
Stroke is a persistent problem in TAVR, and while many of the early problems with TAVR, such as access site complications and perivalvular leak, have been dramatically improved by advances in devices and technique, TAVR stroke rates have...
Stroke is a persistent problem in TAVR, and while many of the early problems with TAVR, such as access site complications and perivalvular leak, have been dramatically improved by advances in devices and technique, TAVR stroke rates have...
Stroke is a persistent problem...
09/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
09/04/2018
In this month’s TCT special edition, I wanted to draw attention to ongoing efforts to better understand the influences that transradial has had and will continue to have as it relates to the cardiac catheterization and intervention.
In this month’s TCT special edition, I wanted to draw attention to ongoing efforts to better understand the influences that transradial has had and will continue to have as it relates to the cardiac catheterization and intervention.
In this month’s TCT special...
09/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2018

Simon Hogan

Simon Hogan
Some hospitals are meeting the challenge of improving PE outcomes head on by creating pulmonary embolism response programs, a model of care that builds upon the concept of rapidly activating and deploying a multidisciplinary team of...
Some hospitals are meeting the challenge of improving PE outcomes head on by creating pulmonary embolism response programs, a model of care that builds upon the concept of rapidly activating and deploying a multidisciplinary team of...
Some hospitals are meeting the...
09/03/2018
Cath Lab Digest
09/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest talks with Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA; Chairperson, Lumen Foundation; Course Director, Lumen Global; Miami, Florida.

 
Cath Lab Digest talks with Sameer Meh...
STEMI interventions have completely changed the global epidemiology. As a result of the amazing work by interventional cardiologists performing STEMI interventions, acute MI is no longer the biggest killer in the United States. 
STEMI interventions have completely changed the global epidemiology. As a result of the amazing work by interventional cardiologists performing STEMI interventions, acute MI is no longer the biggest killer in the United States. 
STEMI interventions have...
09/03/2018
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
09/04/2018

Htoo Kyaw1, MD, Won J. Park1, MD, Caesar Ayala Rodriguez1, MD, Geeta Malieckal4, MD, Ramachandra Reddy3, MD, Srinivas Kesanakurthy1,2, MD

Htoo Kyaw1, MD, Won J. Park1, MD, Cae...
We report the case of a migrated coil from the epigastric vein to the right ventricle requiring cardiac surgery and tricuspid valve replacement.
We report the case of a migrated coil from the epigastric vein to the right ventricle requiring cardiac surgery and tricuspid valve replacement.
We report the case of a migrated...
09/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
09/03/2018

Mohammed Andaleeb Chowdhury1, MD, MRCP(UK), Sana Chikodi2, MBBS, Ankush Moza1, MD, Jacob E. Bieszczad3, MD, Ehab Eltahawy1, MD

 
Mohammed Andaleeb Chowdhury1, MD, MRC...
We report a patient presenting with new onset heart failure in which a fistula between the left anterior descending and the pulmonary artery was incidentally diagnosed. Issues regarding the diagnosis, management and long-term surveillance of...
We report a patient presenting with new onset heart failure in which a fistula between the left anterior descending and the pulmonary artery was incidentally diagnosed. Issues regarding the diagnosis, management and long-term surveillance of...
We report a patient presenting...
09/03/2018
Cath Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Education
09/03/2018

Tammy Chandler, RN, MSN, ACNS, Sonyette Farrier, RCVT, James Jones, RN, MSN, Angela Pope, RN, MSN, Pearl Roberts, RN, MED, Donna Rosin, RN, BSN, Jessica Smith, RN, MSN, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Tammy Chandler, RN, MSN, ACNS, Sonyet...
At the time of our RHC education project, our team consisted of several members (registered nurses and technologists alike) who had never worked in the cardiac cath lab environment, and our team decided to formulate a right heart...
At the time of our RHC education project, our team consisted of several members (registered nurses and technologists alike) who had never worked in the cardiac cath lab environment, and our team decided to formulate a right heart...
At the time of our RHC education...
09/03/2018
Cath Lab Digest

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