Prashant Kaul, MD, FACC, FSCAI

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Spotlight: The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

John Hodgson , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

Michael Krucoff ;

Ramon Quesda ;

Fred Resnick ;

Gus Pichard, Washington Heart Center, asks, “Mort, who among the radialists has stopped shaving the groin?

Gus Pichard, Washington Heart...

04/30/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

07/06/2016

Spotlight: The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill

Reginald L. Erwin , RCIS;

Brenda McClure , RN, BSN;

Cathy Rege , RN, MS;

Our median time from arrival to primary PCI for the last 12 months was 38 minutes for patients presenting directly to UNC. For patients transferred from other non-PCI capable facilities, our median time from arrival at the referral facility...

Our median time from arrival to...

07/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

07/06/2016

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

Reginald L. Erwin , RCIS;

Brenda McClure , RN, BSN;

Cathy Rege , RN, MS;

Our median time from arrival to...

07/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

08/04/2020

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Ken Rosenfeld , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

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

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

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

Editor's Corner

03/15/2020

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

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

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

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Conversations in Cardiology: Do Contrast Media Reactions Still Happen? Will Your Lab Know What to Do?

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

10/06/2021

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

John S. Marshall ;

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

Thomas Bashore ;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

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

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Adnan K. Chhatriwalla , MD;

A middle-aged man underwent a routine cath for coronary artery disease that showed non-obstructive mild coronary narrowings.

A middle-aged man underwent a...

10/06/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

04/20/2023

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Ken Rosenfeld , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

David A. Cox , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

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

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

News

03/16/2020

James C. Blankenship , MD;