Volume 32 - Issue 2 - February 2024
Patient Care
02/06/2024
Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI
End-tidal CO2 (EtCO2) measures the level of carbon dioxide that is released at the end of exhalation. Since the exhaled CO2 is much higher than the level in ambient air, EtCO2 is a sensitive marker of ventilatory effort, much more so than...
End-tidal CO2 (EtCO2) measures the level of carbon dioxide that is released at the end of exhalation. Since the exhaled CO2 is much higher than the level in ambient air, EtCO2 is a sensitive marker of ventilatory effort, much more so than...
End-tidal CO2 (EtCO2) measures...
02/06/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Peripheral Interventions
02/05/2024
Vishal Kapur, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
We have been using the Highlander™ 014 PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter since it came out in early 2023. It is a great balloon because of its deliverability, non-compliance, and ability to expand in a controlled, uniform manner.
We have been using the Highlander™ 014 PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter since it came out in early 2023. It is a great balloon because of its deliverability, non-compliance, and ability to expand in a controlled, uniform manner.
We have been using the...
02/05/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Corner
02/04/2024
Yousif Ahmad, MRCP, PhD, FSCAI, FACC, BMBS
Cath lab managers, administrators, and people looking at the overheads should be aware of this change because it is going to alter the landscape. If you are doing a complex case using multiple devices, there is no longer the potential for a...
Cath lab managers, administrators, and people looking at the overheads should be aware of this change because it is going to alter the landscape. If you are doing a complex case using multiple devices, there is no longer the potential for a...
Cath lab managers,...
02/04/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
02/03/2024
Eric A. Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; Killian J. McCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO
Terumo Interventional Systems has introduced two new players to their interventional arsenal: the Runthrough NS Izanai Coronary Guidewire and Takeru PTCA Balloon Dilatation Catheter. Both devices are designed to improve pushability and...
Terumo Interventional Systems has introduced two new players to their interventional arsenal: the Runthrough NS Izanai Coronary Guidewire and Takeru PTCA Balloon Dilatation Catheter. Both devices are designed to improve pushability and...
Terumo Interventional Systems...
02/03/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
02/04/2024
Dr. Morton J. Kern with contributions from Drs.:
- David J. Cohen, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York;
- Kirk Garratt, Christiana Medical Center, Newark, Delaware;
- Spencer King, Atlanta, Georgia;
- Neal S. Kleiman, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas;
- Srihari S. Naidu, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York;
- Matthew J. Price, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California;
- Steve Ramee, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana;
- Chet Rihal, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
- Bonnie Weiner, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Dr. Morton J. Kern with contributions...
While the SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists were new to me in terms of their potential impact on our procedures, we will likely hold these medications before elective invasive and interventional cardiac procedures.
While the SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists were new to me in terms of their potential impact on our procedures, we will likely hold these medications before elective invasive and interventional cardiac procedures.
While the SGLT2 inhibitors and...
02/04/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Letter to the Editor
02/03/2024
Yashendra Sethi, MD; Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
In the labyrinth of global health, a paradigm shift is long overdue. For decades, we’ve clung to the traditional villains — smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia — as the principal architects of cardiovascular and...
In the labyrinth of global health, a paradigm shift is long overdue. For decades, we’ve clung to the traditional villains — smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia — as the principal architects of cardiovascular and...
In the labyrinth of global...
02/03/2024
Cath Lab Digest
