Lesion evaluation

Case Report

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again: A Stepwise Approach to the Non-Dilatable Lesion

01/08/2016

Antony G. Kaliyadan , MD;

Henry Siu , MD;

David L. Fischman , MD;

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD;

Brandon M. Madsen , BS ;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

We describe a case using an escalating, stepwise approach to a non-dilatable lesion, which ultimately was successfully dilated after the use of an excimer laser catheter.

We describe a case using an...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: How Should We Report the Stenosis – Worst View, Averaged, or Just Forget About a Number?

01/06/2016

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

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

John Hodgson , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

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

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Our colleague and cath lab expert, Dr. Barry Uretsky from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, started this conversation with one of the oldest and probably most important questions about coronary angiography, and that is, how should we...

Our colleague and cath lab...

01/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

In the Lab

Inaccurate Lesion Length Measurement is Still a Problem and is Easily Solved

05/28/2015

Paul T. Campbell , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

How accurate is eyeballing lesion length via coronary angiography? Dr. Paul Campbell discusses his study, and shares how and why he’s using robotic measurements to determine lesion length.

How accurate is eyeballing...

05/28/2015

Cath Lab Digest