Volume 32 - Issue 6 - June 2024
Feature
Case Report
05/29/2024
Ori Waksman, MD
Hayder Hashim, MD, FSCAI
Revascularization of patients with unprotected left main disease poses a significant challenge due to the heightened risk of mortality and periprocedural hemodynamic collapse.
Revascularization of patients with unprotected left main disease poses a significant challenge due to the heightened risk of mortality and periprocedural hemodynamic collapse.
Revascularization of patients...
05/29/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Review
05/29/2024
Richard J. Merschen, EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS
Madalynne Ruth, RT/ICVT student
Waveform capnography is a continuous, non-invasive measurement of a patient’s ventilation effort and measures the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhaled air. It consists of two major elements: capnometry and waveform capnography.
Waveform capnography is a continuous, non-invasive measurement of a patient’s ventilation effort and measures the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in exhaled air. It consists of two major elements: capnometry and waveform capnography.
Waveform capnography is a...
05/29/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Images
05/28/2024
Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD
Amir Joshi, MD
Richard Wholey, MD
A 55-year-old nonsmoker male with a prior history of hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea presented for an exercise stress test to evaluate for palpitations. During his exercise treadmill stress test, he had a rate-related left bundle...
A 55-year-old nonsmoker male with a prior history of hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea presented for an exercise stress test to evaluate for palpitations. During his exercise treadmill stress test, he had a rate-related left bundle...
A 55-year-old nonsmoker male...
05/28/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Clinical Editor's Corner
05/29/2024
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Every year, we graduate cardiology fellows and introduce them as new interventionalists into our community. It is our fervent hope and desire that they succeed and deliver great care to their patients.
Every year, we graduate cardiology fellows and introduce them as new interventionalists into our community. It is our fervent hope and desire that they succeed and deliver great care to their patients.
Every year, we graduate...
05/29/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
05/29/2024
"We are seeing an increase in our structural case volumes, specifically left atrial appendage device implants," says Director of the Heart Institute Arin Hornsby, RN, BSN. "Our physicians are always pressing for innovation in technology and...
"We are seeing an increase in our structural case volumes, specifically left atrial appendage device implants," says Director of the Heart Institute Arin Hornsby, RN, BSN. "Our physicians are always pressing for innovation in technology and...
"We are seeing an increase in...
05/29/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Insights
ACC President
05/29/2024
My heart is still in the cath lab, always and forever,” says Cathie Biga, MSN, FACC, the 2024-2025 President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). “[Even as] VP of a hospital, I used to go to the cath lab just to get my sanity back.”
My heart is still in the cath lab, always and forever,” says Cathie Biga, MSN, FACC, the 2024-2025 President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). “[Even as] VP of a hospital, I used to go to the cath lab just to get my sanity back.”
My heart is still in the cath...
05/29/2024
Cath Lab Digest
