Clinical Editor&amp;#039;s Corner: Kern

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

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

We had a puzzling case. A 37-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with 1 day of anterior chest pain at rest, somewhat positional. Three months ago, he had COVID-19 flu syndrome without hospitalization.

We had a puzzling case. A...

05/03/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

03/02/2021

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , 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;

Richard Chazal , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

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

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

12/28/2020

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Nils P. Johnson , MD, MS;

Your Patient Took Sildenafil Last Night. Should You Cancel the Cardiac Catheterization This Morning?

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

12/06/2020

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Securing the Radial Sheath: An Update on a Pesky But Persistent Little Problem

J. Dawn Abbott , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

William F. Fearon , MD;

Listen in to Dr. Kern and Dr. Lloyd Klein as they discuss this article in a 30-minute Clinical Editor's Corner Live presentation.

Listen in to Dr. Kern and Dr....

12/06/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

11/03/2020

Peter J. Golden , RN;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Joe Moore ;

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

Karen Smith ;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Aortic Valve Areas: Gorlin or Hakki?

Keith G. Oldroyd , MD, MBChB, FRCP;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

My daughter, at age 6, said to me many years ago when I was struggling with some vexing problem, “Dad, it’s not rocket surgery”. She meant to say rocket science, but we talked a lot of medicine then. Okay, I agree that securing the radial...

My daughter, at age 6, said to...

11/03/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

10/05/2020

Constrictive Pericardial Hemodynamics Made Easy

Cath lab math has always been a struggle for most of us, but with some patience and applied diligence, we can overcome this barrier. With this in mind, I thought I’d talk about how one of the most common and most important hemodynamic...

Cath lab math has always been a...

10/05/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

09/06/2020

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

In this issue of CLD, Manjunath et al present a case of a woman who presented with heart failure due to constrictive pericarditis. She had been treated with chemotherapy and chest radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

In this issue of CLD, Manjunath...

09/06/2020

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;

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;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Ten Tips for a Crisis: Lessons From a Soldier for the Cath Lab

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

05/10/2020