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Clinical Editor's Corner
11/05/2014

Morton Kern, MD

Morton Kern, MD
Given what we now understand about closure devices and femoral angiography, I found it strange that this question would come up, but I put it out to my colleagues on the “Cath List” to see what the conversation might be. 
Given what we now understand about closure devices and femoral angiography, I found it strange that this question would come up, but I put it out to my colleagues on the “Cath List” to see what the conversation might be. 
Given what we now understand...
11/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/15/2014
Morton Kern, MD
Morton Kern, MD
“I just put two drug-eluting stents into a native vessel and a distal graft anastomosis in a patient who is already on clopidogrel AND who has an aspirin allergy that cannot be touched or addressed. What additional drug, if any, would you...
“I just put two drug-eluting stents into a native vessel and a distal graft anastomosis in a patient who is already on clopidogrel AND who has an aspirin allergy that cannot be touched or addressed. What additional drug, if any, would you...
“I just put two drug-eluting...
10/15/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
06/04/2014
Morton Kern, MD
Morton Kern, MD
In our continuing series of “Conversations in Cardiology”, we present some controversy about when we should be using the activated clotting time (ACT) and what it means.
In our continuing series of “Conversations in Cardiology”, we present some controversy about when we should be using the activated clotting time (ACT) and what it means.
In our continuing series of...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
04/30/2014

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.

Dr. Kern can be reached at mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor; Chi...
Is there a right or wrong way to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for a STEMI?
Is there a right or wrong way to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for a STEMI?
Is there a right or wrong way to...
04/30/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
01/07/2014

Morton J. Kern, MD, with the following contributors: Sam Butman, Cottonwood, AZ; John Bittl, Ocala, Florida; Justin Davies, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Lloyd W. Klein MD, FACC, FSCAI, Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College; Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Interventional Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC; Peter Ver Lee, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine; Habib Samady, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Gregg W. Stone MD, Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Co-Director of Medical Research and Education, The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York

Morton J. Kern, MD, with the followin...
My cardiology fellow said we should now stent the RCA since we were already here and the patient was quite stable. I demurred and said we will be back in a couple weeks unless the patient develops angina. The RCA could be treated after...
My cardiology fellow said we should now stent the RCA since we were already here and the patient was quite stable. I demurred and said we will be back in a couple weeks unless the patient develops angina. The RCA could be treated after...
My cardiology fellow said we...
01/07/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
12/09/2013
Morton Kern, MD
Morton Kern, MD
The operator says to his assistant, “I’ve been looking for the right coronary for 10 minutes with 4 catheters. Where can it be?”
The operator says to his assistant, “I’ve been looking for the right coronary for 10 minutes with 4 catheters. Where can it be?”
The operator says to his...
12/09/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
11/14/2013

Compiled by Morton J. Kern with the contributions from Steve Bailey, Joe Babb, Malcolm Bell, John Bittl, Charles Chambers, Bernard DeBruyne, Kirk Garrett, Alan Jeremias, Lloyd W. Klein, Mitch Krucoff, Gus Pichard, David Rizik, Gregg Stone, Carl Tommaso, Barry Uretsky, Peter Ver Lee, George Vetrovec, Mladen I. Vidovich, Bonnie Weiner, Fred Welt, and Chris White (see affiliations of contributors in article).

Compiled by Morton J. Kern with the c...
Left ventriculography, once an integral part of every cardiac angiographic procedure, has been reconsidered as often unnecessary in light of high quality echocardiography for left ventricular (LV) functional assessment.
Left ventriculography, once an integral part of every cardiac angiographic procedure, has been reconsidered as often unnecessary in light of high quality echocardiography for left ventricular (LV) functional assessment.
Left ventriculography, once an...
11/14/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Interview
02/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest talks with interventional cardiologist Daniel T. Fontenot, MD, FACC
Cath Lab Digest talks with interventi...
Depending on whether I am excluding or confirming the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease, I can start off with a Corus CAD test and potentially eliminate some noninvasive testing.
Depending on whether I am excluding or confirming the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease, I can start off with a Corus CAD test and potentially eliminate some noninvasive testing.
Depending on whether I am...
02/04/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/31/2011

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

Morton Kern, MDClinical EditorChief C...
One of my recent interventional fellows, now a new staff interventionalist at a nearby hospital, wants to know when to discharge uncomplicated patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). He mentions that the guidelines are not...
One of my recent interventional fellows, now a new staff interventionalist at a nearby hospital, wants to know when to discharge uncomplicated patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). He mentions that the guidelines are not...
One of my recent interventional...
10/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/04/2011

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

Morton Kern, MDClinical EditorChief C...
Evolving clinical conundrums in modern cardiology require insights from many sources. In this spirit, I’d like to present another ‘conversation in cardiology’ about a real dilemma involving a woman, a stent, and dual anti-platelet therapy. My...
Evolving clinical conundrums in modern cardiology require insights from many sources. In this spirit, I’d like to present another ‘conversation in cardiology’ about a real dilemma involving a woman, a stent, and dual anti-platelet therapy. My...
Evolving clinical conundrums in...
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest

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