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Volume 28 - Issue 5 - May 2020

05/15/2020

CLD talks with:

Augustin DeLago, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York;

Bassem M. Chehab, MD, FACC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas; Director, Structural Heart Program, Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Wichita, Kansas.

 

CLD talks with: Augustin DeLago, MD,...
Since COVID, we have figured out new techniques to help us have patients seen and the workup done in an expedited fashion outside of the hospital system.
Since COVID, we have figured out new techniques to help us have patients seen and the workup done in an expedited fashion outside of the hospital system.
Since COVID, we have figured out...
05/15/2020
Cath Lab Digest
05/11/2020

Hady Lichaa, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI, Interventional Cardiovascular Specialist, Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tennessee

Hady Lichaa, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, R...
We suggest approaching the important topic of alternative arterial access with the following questions: 1) WHAT is it?; 2) WHY is it needed?; 3) WHERE are the access sites?; 4) HOW safe is it?
We suggest approaching the important topic of alternative arterial access with the following questions: 1) WHAT is it?; 2) WHY is it needed?; 3) WHERE are the access sites?; 4) HOW safe is it?
We suggest approaching the...
05/11/2020
Cath Lab Digest
STEMI Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Vulnerability of Healthcare Workers
05/10/2020

Sridevi Pitta1, MD, MBA, Sameer Mehta2, MD, MBA

Sridevi Pitta1, MD, MBA, Sameer Mehta...
An increasing number of patients have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and there are significant implications for the cardiovascular care of patients.
An increasing number of patients have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and there are significant implications for the cardiovascular care of patients.
An increasing number of patients...
05/10/2020
Cath Lab Digest
05/10/2020

Sameer Mehta, MD, Samantha Quintero, MD, Lumen Foundation, Miami, Florida

Sameer Mehta, MD, Samantha Quintero, ...
The prevailing crisis with COVID-19 has unleashed a plethora of protocols, most of which are ridiculously complicated and take the reader through a labyrinth of rungs that recommend either unavailable resources or impractical pathways.
The prevailing crisis with COVID-19 has unleashed a plethora of protocols, most of which are ridiculously complicated and take the reader through a labyrinth of rungs that recommend either unavailable resources or impractical pathways.
The prevailing crisis with...
05/10/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Calcium Corner
05/11/2020

CLD talks with David E. Kandzari, MD, Director of Interventional, Piedmont Heart Institute and Chief Scientific Officer, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia.

CLD talks with David E. Kandzari, MD,...
The 3-year data have shown us a continued, highly significant statistically but also very clinically meaningful difference in the outcomes of target vessel-related myocardial infarction, target lesion revascularization, and the composite of...
The 3-year data have shown us a continued, highly significant statistically but also very clinically meaningful difference in the outcomes of target vessel-related myocardial infarction, target lesion revascularization, and the composite of...
The 3-year data have shown us a...
05/11/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
05/11/2020

Triston Smith, MD, FSCAI, Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Clinical Director, Structural Heart and CHIP Interventions, Heart and Vascular Center, Wheeling, West Virginia

Triston Smith, MD, FSCAI, Chairman, D...
We offer the latest diagnostic and interventional procedures to our region, and are the only STEMI receiving center within a 25-mile radius.
We offer the latest diagnostic and interventional procedures to our region, and are the only STEMI receiving center within a 25-mile radius.
We offer the latest diagnostic...
05/11/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Letters to the Editor
05/10/2020

Sameer Mehta, MD, Camila Narvaez-Caicedo, MD, Carmen Sanchez, MD, Ana Ledo, MD 

Sameer Mehta, MD, Camila Narvaez-Caic...
Although global dissemination of COVID-19 is multidimensional and non-homogenous, we hypothesize air pollution to be a mitigating factor.
Although global dissemination of COVID-19 is multidimensional and non-homogenous, we hypothesize air pollution to be a mitigating factor.
Although global dissemination of...
05/10/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Suggested Technique
05/11/2020

Nadim Shah, MBChB, DMedSc, FRACP, Ayman Al-Sibaie, MD, PhD, Sam Benny, BSc, Mohamed Aboalela Elberry, MBBS, Geili Abdalla, MBBS, MD, Fahad Baslaib, MD, Cardiology Department, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nadim Shah, MBChB, DMedSc, FRACP, Aym...
Balloons are often used to measure the length of lesions to estimate lesion length and hence, choose appropriately sized stents. This practice is usually performed without complication.
Balloons are often used to measure the length of lesions to estimate lesion length and hence, choose appropriately sized stents. This practice is usually performed without complication.
Balloons are often used to...
05/11/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
05/11/2020

Frances O. Wood, MD, FACC, WakeMed Heart & Vascular, Raleigh, North Carolina

Frances O. Wood, MD, FACC, WakeMed He...
Robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) technology has evolved to assist operators in simple and complex lesions. Robotic assistance adds precision, decreases radiation to the patient and staff, and reduces time wearing lead...
Robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) technology has evolved to assist operators in simple and complex lesions. Robotic assistance adds precision, decreases radiation to the patient and staff, and reduces time wearing lead...
Robotic-assisted percutaneous...
05/11/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
05/10/2020

Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Morris Hospital, Morris, Illinois

Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Morris Hospital, M...
Angiography showed a severe proximal subclavian artery stenosis adjacent to the origin of the left vertebral artery. There was concern that a stent might jail the left vertebral artery.
Angiography showed a severe proximal subclavian artery stenosis adjacent to the origin of the left vertebral artery. There was concern that a stent might jail the left vertebral artery.
Angiography showed a severe...
05/10/2020
Cath Lab Digest

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