Transradial

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The Cath Lab is Full of Cost-Saving Opportunity

04/05/2018

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

When surveyed, healthcare leaders continue to point to reducing unwarranted care variation as a goal for reducing costs and improving quality.

When surveyed, healthcare...

04/05/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Experience

How Do You Secure Your Radial Sheath?

01/02/2018

Morton J. Kern, MD

Small innovations can make a big difference. It’s a recurrent theme in interventional cardiology. Small changes or new application of a common piece or equipment, supply, or method can make a difference in your lab.1,2

Small innovations can make a big...

01/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

What are High-Performing Cardiac Catheterization Labs Doing Right?

12/28/2017

This month, we have a great article from Anne Beekman, Senior Consultant with MedAxiom. Her overview of a recent survey conducted among cath labs across the country is very telling and should be viewed with an eye towards looking inward at...

This month, we have a great...

12/28/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Operator Pelvic Radiation Exposure During Percutaneous Coronary Procedures

12/15/2017

Alessandro Sciahbasi, MD, PhD¹; Emanuela Piccaluga, MD²; Alessandro Sarandrea, Eng³; Giacomo Nucci, MD⁴; Nicola Caretto, MD, Phys⁵; Stefano Rigattieri, MD, PhD¹; Silvio Fedele, MD¹; Silvio Romano, MD⁴; Maria Penco, MD⁴

Alessandro Sciahbasi, MD, PhD1; Eman...

RADIANT is a prospective, single-center, observational study evaluating operator radiation exposure during percutaneous coronary procedures using electronic dosimeters placed at thorax level.

RADIANT is a prospective,...

12/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Occupational Hazards in the Cath Lab — Physician, Protect Thyself!

12/15/2017

Lloyd W. Klein, MD and Enrique Padilla Campos, MD

Lloyd W. Klein, MD and Enrique Padill...

The authors offer their thoughts on operator radiation exposure during percutaneous coronary procedures.

The authors offer their thoughts...

12/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Clinical and Discharge Management of the Transradial PCI Patient

11/05/2017

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge, talks with Amit P. Amin¹, MD, MSc, Duane S. Pinto², MD, MPH, Sunil V. Rao³, MD, and William A. Rollefson⁴, MD.

We reached out to Dr. Amin this month and asked him to consult with his colleagues about their opinions and clinical practices centered around same-day discharge and the complexity of procedures. These physicians are experienced interventional cardiologists who utilize transradial access as primary access as a part of their everyday practice. Overall, it would appear that complexity of cases does not mutually exclude patients being ineligible for same-day discharge. — Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

We reached out to Dr. Amin this month and asked him to consult with his colleagues about their opinions and clinical practices centered around same-day discharge and the complexity of procedures.

We reached out to Dr. Amin this...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Modified Crush via 6 French Radial Access

11/03/2017

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida, and Heart of Florida, Davenport, Florida

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Fl...

Bifurcation lesions, along with chronic total occlusion (CTOs), remain one of the more challenging lesion subsets for the interventional cardiologist.

Bifurcation lesions, along with...

11/03/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Time to Review Your Radial Practice for Best Results

09/05/2017

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine,
Long Beach Veterans
Administration Health Care
System, Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology,
Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...

I was impressed with a recent article by Obaid et al describing their experience with balloon-assisted tracking to improve radial artery access success, especially during primary PCI for STEMI, as well as an accompanying editorial by Dr....

I was impressed with a recent...

09/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Same-Day Discharge: Requirement or Nice to Have?

09/04/2017

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

Numerous single-center studies and meta-analyses have been published over the past several years that speak to the feasibility of performing SDD discharge for the uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Numerous single-center studies...

09/04/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Bon Secours St. Francis Health System

08/01/2017

James E. Conner, RT(R), Greenville, South Carolina

James E. Conner, RT(R), Greenville, S...

Our cardiology group performs more than 85% of cases via the radial approach. The radial program is one of the jewels in the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System crown. The entire lab is oriented towards radial access and our same-day...

Our cardiology group performs...

08/01/2017

Cath Lab Digest