Christopher J. White, DO, MD

Michael J. Lim , MD;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

TAVR: Who Should Prep the Device? The Role of Industry Representatives’ Participation in the Cath Lab

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Jeannie Yu , MD;

Andrew Doorey ;

Pinak Bipin Shah ;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

William M. Suh , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Dr. Paul Teirstein, Chief of Cardiology, at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, asked our cath lab experts for their opinions on what to do with an asymptomatic executive who had a screening CTA (Figure 1).

Dr. Paul Teirstein, Chief of...

05/07/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

01/03/2022

Michael Ragosta , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Ramon Quesada , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Susheel K. Kodali , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Amir Kaki , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

William F. Fearon , MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Conversations in Cardiology – Does Every Primary PCI Lab Need an Impella* (or Its Equivalent)?

After years of having the industry clinical support staff prep the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) valves in the lab (without a single adverse event because of faulty prep, to my knowledge) some administrators have now begun to...

After years of having the...

01/03/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

07/26/2016

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Peter B. Berger , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Ted Feldman , MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Navin Kumar Kapur , MD;

Conversations in Cardiology: The End of End-hole Left Ventriculography – A Consensus of Operators

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

In this “Conversation in Cardiology”, Dr. Ted Feldman from Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, asks, “Is the availability of Impella a requirement for every STEMI [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] program (even in lower volume programs...

In this “Conversation in...

07/26/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

11/14/2013

Joseph D. Babb , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Puzzling Erythematous Patches Managed with Anakinra

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Bernard DeBruyne ;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Left ventriculography, once an integral part of every cardiac angiographic procedure, has been reconsidered as often unnecessary in light of high quality echocardiography for left ventricular (LV) functional assessment.

Left ventriculography, once an...

11/14/2013

Cath Lab Digest

Feature Story

07/11/2021

Conversations in Cardiology: How Should Complex Procedures in Small Community Hospitals Be Managed?

Kristin Witfill , DO;

Brett Brazen , MS;

A patient presented with a puzzling rash of the abdomen following pharyngitis, rhinorrhea, cough, and worsening dyspnea. The authors report the diagnosis and treatment of a rare multisystemic disorder, adult-onset Still’s disease.

A patient presented with a...

07/11/2021

The Dermatologist

Clinical Editor's Corner

08/04/2020

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Ken Rosenfeld , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Boomer to Zoomer – Transforming to the Post-Pandemic World

This “Conversation in Cardiology” focuses on how patients needing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure in a community hospital are best managed. It is a continuation of an older discussion about how the transmission of high quality, high...

This “Conversation in...

08/04/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

07/06/2020

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Peter C. Block , MD;

Frederic S. Resnic , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

E. Magnus Ohman , MD;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

Chet Rihal ;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

DISRUPT PAD III Trial Summary

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...

Like many of my contemporaries,...

07/06/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Interview

07/19/2021

Clinical Editor's Corner Live: Left Main PCI in Interventional Labs Without On-Site Surgery

William A. Gray , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

A brief trial summary and interviews with William A. Gray, MD, and Christopher J. White, MD, regarding the DISRUPT PAD trial.

A brief trial summary and...

07/19/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Discussions with Morton Kern, MD

03/10/2023

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Frequency of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias following Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale

When is high risk too high?

03/10/2023

Cath Lab Digest

08/01/2008

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;