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Volume 27 - Issue 4 - April 2019

Feature

Case Report
03/31/2019

Robert F. Riley, MD, MS, The Christ Hospital and Lindner Center for Research and Education, Cincinnati, Ohio

Robert F. Riley, MD, MS, The Christ H...
We present a case report describing the treatment of a left circumflex coronary artery CTO due to ISR of a double layer of stent utilizing a novel cutting balloon (Wolverine Cutting Balloon, Boston Scientific) after oversized noncompliant...
We present a case report describing the treatment of a left circumflex coronary artery CTO due to ISR of a double layer of stent utilizing a novel cutting balloon (Wolverine Cutting Balloon, Boston Scientific) after oversized noncompliant...
We present a case report...
03/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
03/31/2019

Vijay A. Doraiswamy, MD, Genaro Fernandez, MD, Robert Wilson, MD,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Vijay A. Doraiswamy, MD, Genaro Ferna...
We describe the first atraumatic technique where the use of a micropuncture kit and supportive wire is all that is needed to exchange or upsize the support. Our technique does not damage the Impella catheter and is safer, as it does not...
We describe the first atraumatic technique where the use of a micropuncture kit and supportive wire is all that is needed to exchange or upsize the support. Our technique does not damage the Impella catheter and is safer, as it does not...
We describe the first atraumatic...
03/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
03/31/2019

Nathaniel Wynn, MBA, BSN, RN, Cory Robbins, BSN, RN, CEN, Deanna Del Valle, BSN, RN, CCRN, Kettering, Ohio

Nathaniel Wynn, MBA, BSN, RN, Cory Ro...
Our lab is an expansive 8,250 square feet, allowing for ample space in the control rooms, catheterization labs, and storage facilities. The catheterization lab includes three catheterization labs, two electrophysiology (EP) labs, and a hybrid...
Our lab is an expansive 8,250 square feet, allowing for ample space in the control rooms, catheterization labs, and storage facilities. The catheterization lab includes three catheterization labs, two electrophysiology (EP) labs, and a hybrid...
Our lab is an expansive 8,250...
03/31/2019
Cath Lab Digest
03/30/2019

Francesco Burzotta, MD, PhD;  Osama Shoeib, MD*;  Cristina Aurigemma, MD, PhD;  Carlo Trani, MD

Francesco Burzotta, MD, PhD;  Osama S...
This technique is designed to facilitate large-sheath femoral access in procedures requiring ancillary arterial access.
This technique is designed to facilitate large-sheath femoral access in procedures requiring ancillary arterial access.
This technique is designed to...
03/30/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
03/30/2019

Carol Wesley, Senior Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carol Wesley, Senior Consultant, Cora...
Four strategies can be employed or improved upon across operations to ultimately enhance the patient experience, and these include optimization of care and access, the delivery of seamless clinical coordination, care standardization, and data...
Four strategies can be employed or improved upon across operations to ultimately enhance the patient experience, and these include optimization of care and access, the delivery of seamless clinical coordination, care standardization, and data...
Four strategies can be employed...
03/30/2019
Cath Lab Digest
03/26/2019

Cath Lab Digest talks with Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI, Director, Center for Complex Coronary Interventions, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Emmanouil ...
CTA gives us greater confidence in determining the potential course of the occlusion and allows us to advance guidewires in the right direction. Co-registration helps us see, live, if the wire is moving in the intended course, reducing the...
CTA gives us greater confidence in determining the potential course of the occlusion and allows us to advance guidewires in the right direction. Co-registration helps us see, live, if the wire is moving in the intended course, reducing the...
CTA gives us greater confidence...
03/26/2019
Cath Lab Digest
In the Literature
03/08/2019
Dissection Re-entry Technique: How is it Really Looking?
Dissection Re-entry Technique: How is it Really Looking?
Dissection Re-entry Technique:...
03/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Cath Lab Management
03/29/2019

Lisa A. Dittrich, MSEd, RCIS, Staff Development Coordinator, Portland, Maine

Lisa A. Dittrich, MSEd, RCIS, Staff D...
Have you ever had a manager who nearly always put your needs (and others’ needs) at the forefront? Did you feel that when you conversed with them, your voice was truly heard and that your manager took a genuine interest in your problems, your...
Have you ever had a manager who nearly always put your needs (and others’ needs) at the forefront? Did you feel that when you conversed with them, your voice was truly heard and that your manager took a genuine interest in your problems, your...
Have you ever had a manager who...
03/29/2019
Cath Lab Digest
Editor's Corner
03/14/2019

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine
Long Beach VA Medical Center
Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology, 
University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA Cl...
Our fellows mentioned that a review of basic hemodynamics and interpretation of pressure waveforms would be helpful. With this in mind, let’s briefly review hemodynamics that might be seen during MitraClip (Abbott Vascular) implantation for...
Our fellows mentioned that a review of basic hemodynamics and interpretation of pressure waveforms would be helpful. With this in mind, let’s briefly review hemodynamics that might be seen during MitraClip (Abbott Vascular) implantation for...
Our fellows mentioned that a...
03/14/2019
Cath Lab Digest

News

News
03/27/2019
Results Include Cath/IR/EP Industry Wage Trends from 2011 to 2019.
Results Include Cath/IR/EP Industry Wage Trends from 2011 to 2019.
Results Include Cath/IR/EP...
03/27/2019
Cath Lab Digest

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