Steven R. Bailey, MD

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Zoltan G. Turi , MD;

Ted Feldman , MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC;

Frederic S. Resnic , MD, MSc;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Whatever Happened to the Routine Use of Protamine?

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Richard G. Bach , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

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

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Many of the editor’s pages come from issues raised by practicing interventionalists. Recently, a query came to our colleague, Dr. Zoltan Turi, from a chief of cardiology.

Many of the editor’s pages come...

12/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

08/04/2021

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Nils P. Johnson , MD, MS;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Kreton Mavromatis , MD;

Chet Rihal ;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Conversations in Cardiology – Heparin Potency: What is the Right Heparin Dose for PCI in 2021?

Pranav M. Patel ;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Dean J. Kereiakes , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Early in the field of cardiac catheterization, heparin anticoagulation was required for almost every procedure in order to prevent thrombosis on the catheter, as the initial catheter materials, like Dacron, were highly thrombogenic. Often the...

Early in the field of cardiac...

08/04/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

12/28/2020

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Nils P. Johnson , MD, MS;

Your Lead is Cracked? Radiation Safety Revisited

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Kreton Mavromatis , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Watch/listen (video included in article below) as Dr. Kern and Dr. Arnold H. Seto discuss this article in a 30-minute Clinical Editor's Corner Live presentation that took place on Thurs, January 28th at 1:30pm ET.

Watch/listen (video included in...

12/28/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

11/01/2015

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

From Cath Lab Digest: Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

I asked my cath lab expert colleagues a couple of short questions about radiation safety in their labs.

I asked my cath lab expert...

11/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

News

03/16/2020

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

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

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

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Conversations in Cardiology: Should We Wait for Labs Before Taking the STEMI Patient Directly to the Cath Suite?

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...

03/16/2020

EP Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

10/08/2018

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

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

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

07/26/2016

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Peter B. Berger , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Ted Feldman , MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Navin Kumar Kapur , MD;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Conversations in Cardiology: Futility in Patients With STEMI – Do All for All? (Includes Video Discussion)

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

03/02/2021

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Spencer B. King III, MD;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

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

Richard Chazal , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

How should we manage the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patient coming to the emergency department (ED) who appears to be so critically ill that further care would be futile?

How should we manage the...

03/02/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

11/14/2013

Joseph D. Babb , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

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;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;