Volume 31 - Issue 2 - February 2023
Structural Heart Imaging
02/23/2023
Praveen Mehrotra, MD, FACC, FASE; Carey D. Kimmelstiel, MD, FACC, FACP, MSCAI
Cath Lab Digest interviewed Dr. Carey Kimmelstiel and Dr. Praveen Mehrotra about the challenges they face in structural heart procedures, how the equipment they use helps to address those challenges, and the future of structural heart imaging.
Cath Lab Digest interviewed Dr. Carey Kimmelstiel and Dr. Praveen Mehrotra about the challenges they face in structural heart procedures, how the equipment they use helps to address those challenges, and the future of structural heart imaging.
Cath Lab Digest interviewed Dr....
02/23/2023
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Feature
Case Report
02/15/2023
Eric C. Scott, MD
Eric C. Scott, MD: A Case of Directional Atherectomy and Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty
Eric C. Scott, MD: A Case of Directional Atherectomy and Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty
Eric C. Scott, MD: A Case of...
02/15/2023
Cath Lab Digest
Insights
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
02/13/2023
Mark Goodwin, MD
Having continuous hemodynamics differentiates the SavvyWire from the typical routine. Without having to change out a pigtail or flush a catheter, we can find out the resting gradient on the table when we are done, in real time. It is zeroed...
Having continuous hemodynamics differentiates the SavvyWire from the typical routine. Without having to change out a pigtail or flush a catheter, we can find out the resting gradient on the table when we are done, in real time. It is zeroed...
Having continuous hemodynamics...
02/13/2023
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Column
Cath Lab Management
02/02/2023
Amy J. Newell, RT(R); Michael Church
Healthcare’s continued focus on preventative medicine, combined with the shift of an abundant number of procedures to an outpatient setting of care, has created an environment where CPCs can be a driving force for the productivity and...
Healthcare’s continued focus on preventative medicine, combined with the shift of an abundant number of procedures to an outpatient setting of care, has created an environment where CPCs can be a driving force for the productivity and...
Healthcare’s continued focus on...
02/02/2023
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Cath Lab Management
01/23/2023
Mariann Lannon, BSN, RN-BC; Sandra Page, MBA; Dana Lada, BSN, RN, CCRN; Willis Wu, MD, FACC
With the NCDR LAAO Registry, UNC Health Rex maintains an A rating for proportion of successful LAAO procedures, among many other data-driven metrics.
With the NCDR LAAO Registry, UNC Health Rex maintains an A rating for proportion of successful LAAO procedures, among many other data-driven metrics.
With the NCDR LAAO Registry, UNC...
01/23/2023
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Clinical Editor's Corner
01/23/2023
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
I thought that the article on the variation of outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the cath lab was on point and that we could learn more, reflect, and improve our performance for this critical event.
I thought that the article on the variation of outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the cath lab was on point and that we could learn more, reflect, and improve our performance for this critical event.
I thought that the article on...
01/23/2023
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Department
Imaging Corner
01/24/2023
Images courtesy University of Missouri.
Images courtesy University of Missour...
This case illustrates how robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can be leveraged in a complex case involving multilevel arterial occlusive disease.
This case illustrates how robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can be leveraged in a complex case involving multilevel arterial occlusive disease.
This case illustrates how...
01/24/2023
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