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Volume 29 - Issue 7 - July 2021

Single-Center Study
07/07/2021

Ryan Quinn, MD, FRCPC; Aiman Alak, MD, FRCPC; Madhu Natarajan, MD, FRCPC, MSc;
Ahmad Alshatti, MD, MRCP; Hussain Alzayer, MD, FRCPC; Matthew Sibbald, MD, FRCPC, MSc, PhD

McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

 

Ryan Quinn, MD, FRCPC; Aiman Alak, MD...
In PCI literature, major adverse events such as stroke, MI, bleeding, or death have been well studied. However, no studies have evaluated the types and rates of adverse events requiring intraprocedural supportive interventions that occur...
In PCI literature, major adverse events such as stroke, MI, bleeding, or death have been well studied. However, no studies have evaluated the types and rates of adverse events requiring intraprocedural supportive interventions that occur...
In PCI literature, major adverse...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Transradial Procedures
07/07/2021

Carmelo Panetta, MD1, and Greg Gordon, MD2

1LP Medical LLC, Eden Prairie, Minnesota; 2Radux Devices LLC, Maple Grove, Minnesota

Carmelo Panetta, MD1, and Greg Gordon...
The lower mortality with radial approach for those with myocardial infarction has driven a surge in radial approach for vascular access.
The lower mortality with radial approach for those with myocardial infarction has driven a surge in radial approach for vascular access.
The lower mortality with radial...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Radiation Safety
07/07/2021

Dilschad Murat, MD1*; Christian Wilken-Tergau, MD1*;  Uta Gottwald, MD1; Ole Nemitz, MD1; Thomas Uher, MD1; Eberhard Schulz, MD1,2

*Joint first authors.

From the 1Department of Cardiology, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle, Celle, Germany; and the 2Department of Cardiology 1, Center for Cardiology, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Dilschad Murat, MD1*; Christian Wilke...
Radiation protection is essential for staff of cardiac catheterization laboratories in order to prevent long-term radiation-associated injury and disease. Instant feedback about the actual received dose may help operators to optimize the use...
Radiation protection is essential for staff of cardiac catheterization laboratories in order to prevent long-term radiation-associated injury and disease. Instant feedback about the actual received dose may help operators to optimize the use...
Radiation protection is...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Commentary
07/07/2021

Lloyd W. Klein, MD

From the University of California, San Francisco, Cardiology Section, San Francisco, California.

Lloyd W. Klein, MD From the Universi...
Radiation shielding can provide effective protection from scatter radiation during cardiac interventional procedures, but the individual shields must be thoughtfully and precisely arranged to achieve optimum protection.
Radiation shielding can provide effective protection from scatter radiation during cardiac interventional procedures, but the individual shields must be thoughtfully and precisely arranged to achieve optimum protection.
Radiation shielding can provide...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Anomalies
07/07/2021

Vinayak Nagaraja, MD; Christopher T. Bajzer, MD

Division of Interventional Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Editor's note: A pdf of this article is available for download at right (look for red pdf icon).

Vinayak Nagaraja, MD; Christopher T. ...
Malignant or interarterial course of the large epicardial coronary arteries can cause myocardial ischemia, angina, acute coronary syndromes, congestive heart failure, or sudden cardiac death. Interarterial course occurs when the coronary...
Malignant or interarterial course of the large epicardial coronary arteries can cause myocardial ischemia, angina, acute coronary syndromes, congestive heart failure, or sudden cardiac death. Interarterial course occurs when the coronary...
Malignant or interarterial...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
07/07/2021

Bernadette Speiser, BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS; Xi Yuan, BSN, RCIS

Palo Alto Health Care System, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Palo Alto, California

Editor's Note: A pdf is available for download at right (look for the red PDF icon).

Bernadette Speiser, BSN, MSN, CCRN, R...
Aortic stenosis has been treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) since 2002 by Dr. Cribier and his colleagues.¹ The most common delivery technique for catheter-based valve replacement has been the retrograde femoral artery...
Aortic stenosis has been treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) since 2002 by Dr. Cribier and his colleagues.¹ The most common delivery technique for catheter-based valve replacement has been the retrograde femoral artery...
Aortic stenosis has been treated...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest
Perspectives
07/07/2021

Kusum Lata, MD1, FACC, FSCAI, Anshita Kumari2, and Avijit Bagga3

1
Interventional Cardiology, Early Career Physician Chair - ACC CA, Cardiology & Vascular Disease, Sutter Health, California; 2Research Associate, Sutter Health, California, MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India; 3Research Associate, Sutter Health, California

Kusum Lata, MD1, FACC, FSCAI, Anshita...
Our sincere acknowledgments to family, friends and world citizens who have lost their loved ones in the COVID-19 pandemic. India is being hit hard by a second wave of COVID-19 illness. The rate of COVID infection and a related mortality...
Our sincere acknowledgments to family, friends and world citizens who have lost their loved ones in the COVID-19 pandemic. India is being hit hard by a second wave of COVID-19 illness. The rate of COVID infection and a related mortality...
Our sincere acknowledgments to...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
07/07/2021

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Clinical Editor; Chief of Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...
Every year and especially at the beginning of the academic year, we have requests from new cath lab staff and some faculty or fellows about getting a new lead apron for procedures using fluoroscopy.
Every year and especially at the beginning of the academic year, we have requests from new cath lab staff and some faculty or fellows about getting a new lead apron for procedures using fluoroscopy.
Every year and especially at the...
07/07/2021
Cath Lab Digest

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