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Volume 27 - Issue 7 - July 2019

Feature

NEA Approved Features
07/15/2019
Jill Waldbieser
Research has barely scratched the surface of what we can learn about the relationships between immunity and inflammatory skin disease. A leading expert discusses the implications of emerging and future research on managing AD.
Research has barely scratched the surface of what we can learn about the relationships between immunity and inflammatory skin disease. A leading expert discusses the implications of emerging and future research on managing AD.
Research has barely scratched...
07/15/2019
The Dermatologist
NPF Endorsed Features
07/14/2019
Jill Waldbieser
The association between psoriasis and cardiovascular risk has been well established, yet screening and management still lags behind. Here is what dermatologists should know.
The association between psoriasis and cardiovascular risk has been well established, yet screening and management still lags behind. Here is what dermatologists should know.
The association between...
07/14/2019
The Dermatologist
Feature Story
07/14/2019
Michael J. Visconti, BS; Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD; Arjun M. Bashyam, BA
Test your knowledge of psoriatic disease.
Test your knowledge of psoriatic disease.
Test your knowledge of psoriatic...
07/14/2019
The Dermatologist
Case Report
07/08/2019
Mohammed Nazir, RCIS; Arvin Arthur, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Scott B. Baron, MD, FACC, FSCAI
A 69-year-old morbidly obese Caucasian woman was seen in consultation owing to exertional dyspnea. She was found to have atrial fibrillation and a continuous murmur at the left upper sternal border. Echocardiography suggested the possibility...
A 69-year-old morbidly obese Caucasian woman was seen in consultation owing to exertional dyspnea. She was found to have atrial fibrillation and a continuous murmur at the left upper sternal border. Echocardiography suggested the possibility...
A 69-year-old morbidly obese...
07/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
07/09/2019
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms have changed the way we see our world. Social media will be the way we communicate, educate, notify, and share our views across wide groups of users, particularly in the cardiovascular...
Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms have changed the way we see our world. Social media will be the way we communicate, educate, notify, and share our views across wide groups of users, particularly in the cardiovascular...
Twitter, Facebook, and other...
07/09/2019
Cath Lab Digest

Continuing Education

Educational Update
07/08/2019
Nurses and technologists new to the cath lab came from near and far to the March 2019 session of Cath Lab and Beyond, a 4-day training program offered in Sacramento, California. This program, approved for 32 CEUs, has been offered for over 20...
Nurses and technologists new to the cath lab came from near and far to the March 2019 session of Cath Lab and Beyond, a 4-day training program offered in Sacramento, California. This program, approved for 32 CEUs, has been offered for over 20...
Nurses and technologists new to...
07/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest
07/08/2019
Jay Bitar, MD, FACC
A career in the field of interventional cardiology is a road riddled with land mines. A life of caring for the sickest of the sick through providing urgent and immediate lifesaving intervention. Skills that come at a high price and could, at...
A career in the field of interventional cardiology is a road riddled with land mines. A life of caring for the sickest of the sick through providing urgent and immediate lifesaving intervention. Skills that come at a high price and could, at...
A career in the field of...
07/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest
07/08/2019
Letitia P. Esbenshade-Smith, AS, RCIS, NASPE/PE, MS, RCES, RCIS
Pennsylvania College’s Professional Certificate Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology is the first online program to be granted initial accreditation. On March 15, 2019, the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences was awarded initial...
Pennsylvania College’s Professional Certificate Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology is the first online program to be granted initial accreditation. On March 15, 2019, the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences was awarded initial...
Pennsylvania College’s...
07/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest
07/08/2019
J. Aaron Grantham, MD
I do 250-300 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures per year, and 60-70% of those procedures are chronic total occlusions (CTOs) or complex high-risk indicated procedures (CHIP). It is important to emphasize that these procedures...
I do 250-300 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures per year, and 60-70% of those procedures are chronic total occlusions (CTOs) or complex high-risk indicated procedures (CHIP). It is important to emphasize that these procedures...
I do 250-300 percutaneous...
07/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
07/08/2019
Johnny Webb, RT(R); Muhammad Ahmad, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Cheryl Hickman, RN, BSN, MS; Deanna Porter, RN, BSN; Lorri Burgess, RN
Pikeville Medical Center is located in Pikeville, Kentucky. Nestled in the beautiful mountains of Appalachia, Pikeville Medical Center services a large rural area, including bordering states of West Virginia and Virginia. We began with a...
Pikeville Medical Center is located in Pikeville, Kentucky. Nestled in the beautiful mountains of Appalachia, Pikeville Medical Center services a large rural area, including bordering states of West Virginia and Virginia. We began with a...
Pikeville Medical Center is...
07/08/2019
Cath Lab Digest