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Kenneth A. Gorski, RN, RCIS, BSN

06/19/2008
Now let’s jump to the latter half of the 1990s: percutaneous coronary interventions are routine and with the development of stenting, become safer, more effective therapy. The availability of hundreds of guide catheter curves, steerable...
Now let’s jump to the latter half of the 1990s: percutaneous coronary interventions are routine and with the development of stenting, become safer, more effective therapy. The availability of hundreds of guide catheter curves, steerable...
Now let’s jump to the latter...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Paris in May: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre (home of the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo), the Arc de Triomph, the Palace of Versailles, blossoms in bloom, young lovers walking hand-in-hand, and EuroPCR. EuroPCR is an international...
Paris in May: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre (home of the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo), the Arc de Triomph, the Palace of Versailles, blossoms in bloom, young lovers walking hand-in-hand, and EuroPCR. EuroPCR is an international...
Paris in May: the Eiffel Tower,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Hyperemia Myocardial blood flow is regulated by changes in vascular resistance at the level of the arterioles. As the oxygen demands of the myocardium increase, the arteriole beds dilate to increase blood flow to the region. Similarly, when...
Hyperemia Myocardial blood flow is regulated by changes in vascular resistance at the level of the arterioles. As the oxygen demands of the myocardium increase, the arteriole beds dilate to increase blood flow to the region. Similarly, when...
Hyperemia Myocardial blood flow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
I recently had the opportunity to read and review a new book by Sandy Watson and Kenneth Gorski, entitled Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Edition - A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel. This book was particularly interesting to me because I worked this...
I recently had the opportunity to read and review a new book by Sandy Watson and Kenneth Gorski, entitled Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Edition - A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel. This book was particularly interesting to me because I worked this...
I recently had the opportunity...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
NPSG #2 does not specifically say that reports to a receiving hospital unit has to be Nurse-to-Nurse; what it says is that the institution is responsible to implement a standardized approach to hand off communication, with an opportunity to...
NPSG #2 does not specifically say that reports to a receiving hospital unit has to be Nurse-to-Nurse; what it says is that the institution is responsible to implement a standardized approach to hand off communication, with an opportunity to...
NPSG #2 does not specifically...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
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06/19/2008
I recently had the opportunity to read and review a new book by Sandy Watson and Kenneth Gorski, entitled Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Edition - A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel. This book was particularly interesting to me because I worked this...
I recently had the opportunity to read and review a new book by Sandy Watson and Kenneth Gorski, entitled Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Edition - A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel. This book was particularly interesting to me because I worked this...
I recently had the opportunity...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
How often have you heard that from a patient? This question has been posed to me numerous times over the course of the past twenty years. Sometimes the more you know, the harder it becomes to answer the question. Back in the early days of...
How often have you heard that from a patient? This question has been posed to me numerous times over the course of the past twenty years. Sometimes the more you know, the harder it becomes to answer the question. Back in the early days of...
How often have you heard that...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
The primary purpose for the development of the Rotablator was to tackle the rock-hard, calcified lesions that standard angioplasty balloons have failed to effectively treat. It is the belief of many physicians that the selective tissue...
The primary purpose for the development of the Rotablator was to tackle the rock-hard, calcified lesions that standard angioplasty balloons have failed to effectively treat. It is the belief of many physicians that the selective tissue...
The primary purpose for the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
All of us who have chosen to work in cardiac catheterization and EP laboratories come from a variety of backgrounds: nursing, cardiovascular technology, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, emergency medical technology, and others. We...
All of us who have chosen to work in cardiac catheterization and EP laboratories come from a variety of backgrounds: nursing, cardiovascular technology, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, emergency medical technology, and others. We...
All of us who have chosen to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
The primary purpose for the development of the Rotablator was to tackle the rock-hard, calcified lesions that standard angioplasty balloons have failed to effectively treat. It is the belief of many physicians that the selective tissue...
The primary purpose for the development of the Rotablator was to tackle the rock-hard, calcified lesions that standard angioplasty balloons have failed to effectively treat. It is the belief of many physicians that the selective tissue...
The primary purpose for the...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest