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Volume 30 - Issue 9 - September 2022

Featured Article

Clinical Editor's Corner
09/05/2022
Lloyd W. Klein, MD; Amir Lerman, MD; Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Augusto D. Pichard, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Samuel M. Butman, MD; Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC; Colin Berry, MBChB, BSc, PhD, MRCP; Bernard DeBruyne; Gregory J. Dehmer, MD; Spencer B. King, III, MD; Kreton Mavromatis, MD; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; David J. Moliterno, MD; Srihari S. Naidu, MD; Jonathan M. Tobis, MD; Peter C. Block, MD; Timothy D. Henry, MD; Olga Toleva
INOCA and MINOCA (myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries) are now widely known and gathering attention regarding their diagnosis and treatment. Many labs now have sensor guidewires and software to make this possible. Specialized...
INOCA and MINOCA (myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries) are now widely known and gathering attention regarding their diagnosis and treatment. Many labs now have sensor guidewires and software to make this possible. Specialized...
INOCA and MINOCA (myocardial...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
09/06/2022
Sandra Skrobiszewski, RT(R), RCIS; Cassidy Cohen, RT(R), RCIS; Kristen Schmale, RT(R); Andrew Tomicek
Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) is a small, independently owned, rural community hospital with just under 100 beds. We are a standalone cath lab Level 2, meaning we do not have an on-site open heart program. We are located in the Poconos...
Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) is a small, independently owned, rural community hospital with just under 100 beds. We are a standalone cath lab Level 2, meaning we do not have an on-site open heart program. We are located in the Poconos...
Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) is...
09/06/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Letter to the Editor
09/05/2022
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Christopher E. Buller, MD, FRCPC, FACC
Nearly 18 months have passed since Teleflex made the decision to voluntarily recall Langston® Dual Lumen Catheters. A cluster of inner-member separations occurring during power injections had been reported, and readers may recall one...
Nearly 18 months have passed since Teleflex made the decision to voluntarily recall Langston® Dual Lumen Catheters. A cluster of inner-member separations occurring during power injections had been reported, and readers may recall one...
Nearly 18 months have passed...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Imaging Corner
09/05/2022

Images courtesy of Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Images courtesy of Medical University...
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and high vessel calcification are contraindicated for traditional computed tomography (CT) and must undergo catheter-based angiography. Photon-counting CT has the potential to change this paradigm....
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and high vessel calcification are contraindicated for traditional computed tomography (CT) and must undergo catheter-based angiography. Photon-counting CT has the potential to change this paradigm....
Patients with coronary artery...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Calcium Corner
09/06/2022
Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD
Dr. Khatri is the Director of Complex Coronary Intervention at Cleveland Clinic, performing 150-200 chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedures annually, along with a high volume of complex and high-risk coronary intervention procedures (CHIP).
Dr. Khatri is the Director of Complex Coronary Intervention at Cleveland Clinic, performing 150-200 chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedures annually, along with a high volume of complex and high-risk coronary intervention procedures (CHIP).
Dr. Khatri is the Director of...
09/06/2022
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
09/05/2022
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Perry Wu, MD; Maya Yabumoto, MD
We present a 39-year-old man with long-term respiratory sequelae from COVID-19 pneumonia who underwent right heart catheterization for lung transplant evaluation. The unusual sclerotic and aneurysmal lesions in the peripheral and central...
We present a 39-year-old man with long-term respiratory sequelae from COVID-19 pneumonia who underwent right heart catheterization for lung transplant evaluation. The unusual sclerotic and aneurysmal lesions in the peripheral and central...
We present a 39-year-old man...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest

Insights

Cutting-Edge Technology
09/05/2022
Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Femoral access is here to stay, particularly for patients who present with cardiogenic shock, or undergo high-risk PCI procedures and need mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices. Femoral access is also important in the structural arena,...
Femoral access is here to stay, particularly for patients who present with cardiogenic shock, or undergo high-risk PCI procedures and need mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices. Femoral access is also important in the structural arena,...
Femoral access is here to stay,...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
09/05/2022
Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD
The use of intravascular imaging has allowed us to improve percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) techniques and device selection. Starting with IVUS, intravascular imaging has been utilized in interventional cardiology since the late...
The use of intravascular imaging has allowed us to improve percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) techniques and device selection. Starting with IVUS, intravascular imaging has been utilized in interventional cardiology since the late...
The use of intravascular imaging...
09/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest