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Clinical Update
Cut to the Pace: Transcoronary Pacing
10/03/2011

Cary Lunsford, RCIS, FSICP, and Laura Minarsch, RT(R), CVT

Cary Lunsford, RCIS, FSICP, and Laura...
We have all been there: p-waves casually marching across the monitor. Giving the patient orders to “Cough! Cough!” It is a stressful scenario and as the technologists frantically unwrap transcutaneous pacing electrodes and another circulator...
We have all been there: p-waves casually marching across the monitor. Giving the patient orders to “Cough! Cough!” It is a stressful scenario and as the technologists frantically unwrap transcutaneous pacing electrodes and another circulator...
We have all been there: p-waves...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Evaluation of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Lesions in the Cath Lab
09/06/2011

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...
Many of our patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have had bypass graft surgery (CABG). Some patients have had surgery over a decade or more ago; others within the last several years. Rarely do patients need to come to the cath lab...
Many of our patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have had bypass graft surgery (CABG). Some patients have had surgery over a decade or more ago; others within the last several years. Rarely do patients need to come to the cath lab...
Many of our patients undergoing...
09/06/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Conversations in Cardiology – A First in Internet Dialog for Medical Education: Managing a Thrombus in the Left Main Coronary Artery
07/05/2011

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology
University of California Irvine, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MDClinical Editor, Profe...
Recent advances in the way we transmit important clinical educational materials now include email, “cloud” internet data repositories, iPhone and iPad instant access, and similar internet applications. Over the last 2 years, I and my...
Recent advances in the way we transmit important clinical educational materials now include email, “cloud” internet data repositories, iPhone and iPad instant access, and similar internet applications. Over the last 2 years, I and my...
Recent advances in the way we...
07/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Do You Know Your Radiation Dose During Your Cath?
06/01/2011

Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology University of California Irvine, Orange, California mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Pro...
I recently learned that I could see my real-time x-ray dose while doing a case. My x-ray system (Philips, Bothell, Wash.) has a display (see Figures) on the left side of the monitors that shows my table height, source-to-image distance (SID),...
I recently learned that I could see my real-time x-ray dose while doing a case. My x-ray system (Philips, Bothell, Wash.) has a display (see Figures) on the left side of the monitors that shows my table height, source-to-image distance (SID),...
I recently learned that I could...
06/01/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
My Big 4 at ACC: EVEREST II, Partner Cohort A, RIVAL, and PROTECT II
05/02/2011
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology University of California Irvine, Orange, California mortonkern2007@gmail.com
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor, Prof...
The American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session is the time to hear about the most important advances in cardiology. These presentations are often summarized in the media and later published in the scientific journals. I...
The American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session is the time to hear about the most important advances in cardiology. These presentations are often summarized in the media and later published in the scientific journals. I...
The American College of...
05/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Establishing a “Quality” Program for PCI in Your Lab
03/31/2011
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology University of California Irvine, Orange, California mortonkern2007@gmail.com
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor, Prof...
Why do we talk so much and so often about quality? It’s simple. We want the best for our patients. We want good care from top-rated physicians doing their work in top-rated facilities, with the most experienced and skilled cath lab staff,...
Why do we talk so much and so often about quality? It’s simple. We want the best for our patients. We want good care from top-rated physicians doing their work in top-rated facilities, with the most experienced and skilled cath lab staff,...
Why do we talk so much and so...
03/31/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Is Radial Artery Catheterization a Tempest in a Teapot?
03/03/2011
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology University of California Irvine, Orange, California mortonkern2007@gmail.com
Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor, Prof...
Several timely articles in leading newspapers across the country are spotlighting the recent surge in radial artery cardiac catheterization. For example, Suzanne Hoholik wrote the article “Some surgeons inserting stents through the wrist” for...
Several timely articles in leading newspapers across the country are spotlighting the recent surge in radial artery cardiac catheterization. For example, Suzanne Hoholik wrote the article “Some surgeons inserting stents through the wrist” for...
Several timely articles in...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
Percutaneous Treatment of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
03/03/2011
Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Michael S. Lee, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Uni...
Orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure.1 Complications and comorbidities associated with orthotopic heart transplant and the medications needed to prevent rejection...
Orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure.1 Complications and comorbidities associated with orthotopic heart transplant and the medications needed to prevent rejection...
Orthotopic heart transplantation...
03/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?
02/02/2011
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology, University of California Irvine, Orange, California
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Pro...
Several weeks ago, Dr. Chris White from the Ochsner Clinic commented, “I need some help. I have a vasculopathic patient who was admitted with resting moderately severe angina. He had CABG [coronary artery bypass graft] surgery several years...
Several weeks ago, Dr. Chris White from the Ochsner Clinic commented, “I need some help. I have a vasculopathic patient who was admitted with resting moderately severe angina. He had CABG [coronary artery bypass graft] surgery several years...
Several weeks ago, Dr. Chris...
02/02/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
How Should We Manage Nickel Allergy in Patients Needing Coronary Stents?
01/05/2011
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief Cardiology, University of California Irvine, Orange, California mortonkern005@hotmail.com
Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor, Pro...
Note: This article contains corrected information (at the bottom asterisk). I have had the good luck and opportunity to be able to discuss problems via an email
Note: This article contains corrected information (at the bottom asterisk). I have had the good luck and opportunity to be able to discuss problems via an email
Note: This article contains...
01/05/2011
Cath Lab Digest

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