Clinical Editor's Corner: Kern

Re: left radial cath/PCI in a recent Cath Lab Digest — I agree with all of those who find the procedure by this approach less than optimal — in fact, downright infuriating at times!

Re: left radial cath/PCI in a...

08/04/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Conversations in Cardiology: Is a hematocrit drop after uncomplicated PCI really a bleeding complication?

02/03/2015

John Bittl , MD;

Richard G. Bach , MD;

Barry Borlaug , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Do people think that aggressive hydration combined with typical procedural blood loss could push the Hgb down by 3gms, or am I fooling myself?

Do people think that aggressive...

02/03/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: What Should You Do If Your Guide Wire Breaks? Dealing With Equipment Malfunction

01/13/2015

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

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

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

A challenging access case required a coronary 0.014-inch wire to deliver a micropuncture sheath into the internal jugular vein (the standard micropuncture wire couldn’t be manipulated into the superior vena cava [SVC]). At some point during...

A challenging access case...

01/13/2015

Cath Lab Digest