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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

06/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with Alon Yarkoni, MD, FACC, Director, UHS Structural Heart and Valve Center, Johnson City, New York.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Alon Yarko...
Initially, we felt there was no way we could do this procedure within our current cath lab, expecting to have to wait to purchase a new camera and renovate the whole layout, which is a huge project. Yet we found we could use the lab we...
Initially, we felt there was no way we could do this procedure within our current cath lab, expecting to have to wait to purchase a new camera and renovate the whole layout, which is a huge project. Yet we found we could use the lab we...
Initially, we felt there was no...
06/07/2016
Cath Lab Digest
04/04/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with Gregory J. Mishkel, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, Interventional Cardiology, Vascular and Endovascular Medicine – Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd., Executive Medical Director, Prairie Heart Institute, Springfield, Illinois.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Gregory J....
The most remarkable and unique thing about our program is that it has been a fairly successful, robust, and innovative program in a city of relatively small size and in a non-academic institution with private practitioners.
The most remarkable and unique thing about our program is that it has been a fairly successful, robust, and innovative program in a city of relatively small size and in a non-academic institution with private practitioners.
The most remarkable and unique...
04/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
10/05/2015

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventional cardiologist Robert F. Merritt, MD, Springfield, Missouri (with contributions from Jonathan Hart, Senior Vice President, Jonathan Lindsey & Associates Inc., Austin, Texas), and cardiothoracic surgeon Sirish Parvathaneni, MD, Springfield, Missouri.

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventi...
We switched fairly abruptly over to performing TAVR in the cath lab and haven’t excluded anybody from the cath lab unless they required surgical access. Out of the last 35 TAVR patients, 31 have been done in the cath lab and just 4 in the...
We switched fairly abruptly over to performing TAVR in the cath lab and haven’t excluded anybody from the cath lab unless they required surgical access. Out of the last 35 TAVR patients, 31 have been done in the cath lab and just 4 in the...
We switched fairly abruptly over...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
08/04/2015
The training session featured more than 20 physicians and teams from 10 states who were able to watch two live TAVR cases, led by Dr. Daniel O’Hair, a cardiovascular surgeon, and Dr. Tanvir Bajwa, an interventional cardiologist.
The training session featured more than 20 physicians and teams from 10 states who were able to watch two live TAVR cases, led by Dr. Daniel O’Hair, a cardiovascular surgeon, and Dr. Tanvir Bajwa, an interventional cardiologist.
The training session featured...
08/04/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
02/26/2015

John K. Forrest, MD, Director Structural Heart Disease Program, Abeel A. Mangi, MD, Surgical Director Transcatheter Therapies, Michael Cleman, MD, Director of Cardiac Cath Lab, Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut

John K. Forrest, MD, Director Structu...
The CoreValve is the first transcatheter valve to have shown superiority to surgical aortic valve replacement for in patients with increased surgical risk. The following case study illustrates the effective use of this valve in a high-risk...
The CoreValve is the first transcatheter valve to have shown superiority to surgical aortic valve replacement for in patients with increased surgical risk. The following case study illustrates the effective use of this valve in a high-risk...
The CoreValve is the first...
02/26/2015
Cath Lab Digest
11/05/2014

Cath Lab Digest talks with Daniel P. O’Hair, MD, Director, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Daniel P. ...
TAVR is labor intensive and we aim to make the best use of our resources. Over the next few weeks, we will have visitors from around the country and as far away as France coming to study our efficiency.
TAVR is labor intensive and we aim to make the best use of our resources. Over the next few weeks, we will have visitors from around the country and as far away as France coming to study our efficiency.
TAVR is labor intensive and we...
11/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Continuing Education
10/15/2014

Cath Lab Digest talks with: Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory Hospital Midtown, Co-Director, Structural Heart and Valve Center, Emory University School of Medicine; and Vasilis C. Babaliaros, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Co-Director, Emory Structural Heart & Valve Center, Emory Healthcare, Co-Director, Adult Congenital Heart Intervention, Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine; Atlanta, Georgia

Cath Lab Digest talks with: Vinod H. ...
Alan Cribier, in Europe, has been doing a minimalist approach long before us, so the idea came from him. Dr. Babaliaros had trained with Dr. Cribier in 2004. We decided to try some of the things in the U.S. that Dr. Cribier is doing in...
Alan Cribier, in Europe, has been doing a minimalist approach long before us, so the idea came from him. Dr. Babaliaros had trained with Dr. Cribier in 2004. We decided to try some of the things in the U.S. that Dr. Cribier is doing in...
Alan Cribier, in Europe, has...
10/15/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
08/06/2014
Sara Downing, RN, BSN, CCRN, Diane Bogstie, RN, BSN, Jeff Mercer, RCIS, Mary Smith, RN, BSN, Seattle, Washington
Sara Downing, RN, BSN, CCRN, Diane Bo...
The Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute includes three state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs, one of which is specialized for peripheral endovascular intervention and 3-dimensional (3D) vessel reconstruction imaging. We also utilize...
The Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute includes three state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs, one of which is specialized for peripheral endovascular intervention and 3-dimensional (3D) vessel reconstruction imaging. We also utilize...
The Swedish Heart and Vascular...
08/06/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
08/06/2014
Sara Downing, RN, BSN, CCRN, Diane Bogstie, RN, BSN, Jeff Mercer, RCIS, Mary Smith, RN, BSN, Seattle, Washington
Sara Downing, RN, BSN, CCRN, Diane Bo...
The Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute includes three state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs, one of which is specialized for peripheral endovascular intervention and 3-dimensional (3D) vessel reconstruction imaging. We also utilize...
The Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute includes three state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs, one of which is specialized for peripheral endovascular intervention and 3-dimensional (3D) vessel reconstruction imaging. We also utilize...
The Swedish Heart and Vascular...
08/06/2014
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest talks with J. Michael Tuchek, DO, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Director, Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft Program, Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.
Cath Lab Digest talks with J. Michael...
In patients receiving a large device, whether it is a percutaneous aortic valve such as the CoreValve, a thoracic stentgraft, or an abdominal stent graft for an aneurysm, one of the issues has always been access. Can we get there?
In patients receiving a large device, whether it is a percutaneous aortic valve such as the CoreValve, a thoracic stentgraft, or an abdominal stent graft for an aneurysm, one of the issues has always been access. Can we get there?
In patients receiving a large...
07/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest