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Volume 28 - Issue 11 - November 2020

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
The Rationale for a Chest Pain Center Approach
11/04/2020
Carol Wesley, MSN, MHA, RN
The concept of the chest pain center (CPC) has grown since its inception in the 1990s. This concept is no longer just another marketing effort to draw patients into the emergency department, but rather a new way to organize and manage care...
The concept of the chest pain center (CPC) has grown since its inception in the 1990s. This concept is no longer just another marketing effort to draw patients into the emergency department, but rather a new way to organize and manage care...
The concept of the chest pain...
11/04/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Inside Look
Bringing My Ideas to Market: My Experience With TZ Medical
11/04/2020
Robert A. Souza, Jr.
CLD talks with Robert A. Souza Jr., Lead Cardiovascular Interventional Technologist, O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, California. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Souza has worked in interventional procedures for nearly 30 years. His ideas for improving...
CLD talks with Robert A. Souza Jr., Lead Cardiovascular Interventional Technologist, O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, California. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Souza has worked in interventional procedures for nearly 30 years. His ideas for improving...
CLD talks with Robert A. Souza...
11/04/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Same-Day Discharge: If Not Now, When?
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Same-Day Discharge: If Not Now, When?
11/03/2020
Michael J. Martinelli, MD, FACC, FSCAI; David H. Wohns, MD; Mamas A. Mamas, DPhil, BMBCh, MRCP, MD; Ronald P. Caputo, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Mary Osborne, MBA, MSN, RN
During last month’s virtual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, a panel discussion of clinicians and administrators addressed the challenges and opportunities surrounding the use of same-day discharge (or lack thereof)...
During last month’s virtual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, a panel discussion of clinicians and administrators addressed the challenges and opportunities surrounding the use of same-day discharge (or lack thereof)...
During last month’s virtual...
11/03/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Informed Consent for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Patient Perspective of a Complex Process
11/03/2020
Felicity Astin, PhD, MSc, BSc, RN, FESC, FHEA; Howard Thomas Blanchard, BSN; Diane L. Carroll, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FESC
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involves a complex informed consent process. Consent is sought simultaneously for a diagnostic angiography and the potential treatments that follow, including PCI, and fosters shared decision making....
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involves a complex informed consent process. Consent is sought simultaneously for a diagnostic angiography and the potential treatments that follow, including PCI, and fosters shared decision making....
Percutaneous coronary...
11/03/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
Late Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: VAD or Valve?
11/04/2020
Faris G. Araj, MD; Alpesh A. Amin, MD; Robert M. Morlend, MD; Pradeep P.A. Mammen, MD
A 76-year-old woman with a history of advanced heart failure and a bi-ventricular pacemaker-defibrillator underwent intra-pericardial left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant as destination therapy.
A 76-year-old woman with a history of advanced heart failure and a bi-ventricular pacemaker-defibrillator underwent intra-pericardial left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant as destination therapy.
A 76-year-old woman with a...
11/04/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Study
Intravascular Ultrasound to Aid in the Diagnosis of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
11/04/2020
Vincent Varghese, DO; Charles F. Sineri, DO, MHA; Vikram Raje, DO
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome. Intravascular imaging with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of SCAD. IVUS is used to identify the...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome. Intravascular imaging with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of SCAD. IVUS is used to identify the...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
11/04/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Study
Simultaneous Axillary Venous Access for Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitor and Biventricular Defibrillator Implantation
11/03/2020
Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI; Kyaw Khaing Soe, MD; Skea Skendarian; Michael Rochon-Duck, MD
The CardioMEMS HF system (Abbott) provides ambulatory monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures and reduces hospitalization for heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization therapy is indicated for patients with heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and...
The CardioMEMS HF system (Abbott) provides ambulatory monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures and reduces hospitalization for heart failure. Cardiac resynchronization therapy is indicated for patients with heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and...
The CardioMEMS HF system...
11/03/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Patient With Covid-19
11/03/2020
Nirat Beohar, MD; Timir K. Paul, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA; Hemang B. Panchal, MD, MPH; Varun Kohli, MD; Abhishek C. Sawant, MD, MPH
Infection with Covid-19 has been associated with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), which is likely secondary to an inflammatory cascade provoked by Covid-19.
Infection with Covid-19 has been associated with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), which is likely secondary to an inflammatory cascade provoked by Covid-19.
Infection with Covid-19 has been...
11/03/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Zero Contrast PCI Using SyncVision Precision Guidance
11/03/2020
Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI; Nachiket J. Patel, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI; Michael D. Barry, DO, FACC; Charles MT Jost, MD, MS, FACC; Stuart C. Lipskind, MD
Coronary angiography is the third leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) among hospitalized patients. Several risk factors for the development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) have been identified, including diabetes mellitus,...
Coronary angiography is the third leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) among hospitalized patients. Several risk factors for the development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) have been identified, including diabetes mellitus,...
Coronary angiography is the...
11/03/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
Securing the Radial Sheath: An Update on a Pesky But Persistent Little Problem
11/03/2020
Peter J. Golden, RN; Gurpreet S. Sandhu, MD, PhD; Joe Moore; Larry S. Dean, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; Karen Smith; Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Neal S. Kleiman, MD; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; David J. Cohen, MD, MPH, MSc; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; John Bittl, MD; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD; Keith G. Oldroyd, MD, MBChB, FRCP; Jeffrey Marshall
My daughter, at age 6, said to me many years ago when I was struggling with some vexing problem, “Dad, it’s not rocket surgery”. She meant to say rocket science, but we talked a lot of medicine then. Okay, I agree that securing the radial...
My daughter, at age 6, said to me many years ago when I was struggling with some vexing problem, “Dad, it’s not rocket surgery”. She meant to say rocket science, but we talked a lot of medicine then. Okay, I agree that securing the radial...
My daughter, at age 6, said to...
11/03/2020
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