Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Patient Management Guidelines

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

For STEMI patients, what labs (e.g., glucose, electrolytes, lactate or pH) are being obtained prior to the patient going to the cath suite? More importantly, are POC labs being done in the emergency department prior to the STEMI patient going...

For STEMI patients, what labs...

10/08/2018

Cath Lab Digest

06/19/2008

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

What are patient management guidelines, and how are they set? In cardiology, guidelines are typically set by an organization when a sufficient body of evidence exists for the treatment of a specific disease state. Guidelines are also used as...

What are patient management...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

01/03/2022

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

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 ;

Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

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

Editor's Corner

03/15/2020

Herbert D. Aronow , MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

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

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Discussions With Dr. Kern: Left Main PCI in Interventional Labs Without On-Site Surgery

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

One of my colleagues asked this critical question, “How are cath labs around the USA and the globe managing [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] STEMI and other cardiac emergencies in patients with suspected COVID-19 that would normally have...

One of my colleagues asked this...

03/15/2020

Cath Lab Digest

CHallenges in Care

03/14/2023

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

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

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Patient Management Guidelines

Michael J. Lim , MD;

When is high risk too high? Dr. Morton Kern and six expert colleagues review the complexity of left main percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a lab without on-site surgery.

When is high risk too high? Dr....

03/14/2023

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

06/19/2008

Should We Do Elective Cardiac Catheterizations on the Weekends?

What are patient management...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

03/02/2022

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Chet Rihal ;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Richard Chazal , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Rajiv Gulati , MD, PhD;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Who Should be Part of the Sheath Management Team in Your Cath Lab?

The issue of working weekends to deliver more care is complex and requires a thoughtful game plan to commit the resources for the value of the expanded services. In the times of COVID, the need for hospital throughput has never been more...

The issue of working weekends to...

03/02/2022

Cath Lab Digest

10/05/2015

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Conversations in Cardiology: Do We Need to Document Balloon Inflation Pressures?

James E. Tcheng , MD;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

Claudia Echeverry ;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

The composition and scope of practice of the sheath management team is of concern to Dr. David Rizik, who asked our expert colleagues in the cath lab about sheath management in their hospitals.

The composition and scope of...

10/05/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

04/20/2023

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Ken Rosenfeld , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Hemostasis in the Era of the Chronic Anticoagulated Patient

David A. Cox , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Matthew J. Price , MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Chet Rihal ;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Mr. Phillip Mumford asked, “We are changing our patient documentation to Epic at my facilities. Do you know if it’s required to still document balloon inflation pressures (ATM) and time (seconds) when charting the procedure?"

Mr. Phillip Mumford asked, “We...

04/20/2023

Cath Lab Digest

Review

08/01/2008

Thomas Fischer , PhD;

Sergio Waxman , MD, MBA;