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Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
07/31/2016

Susan Heck, Senior Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Susan Heck, Senior Vice President, Co...
Today’s product ads targeted to the baby boomer generation are lauding the transformative process of aging, implying that older can be better. If we think about how the field of invasive cardiology has matured, we can indeed see significant...
Today’s product ads targeted to the baby boomer generation are lauding the transformative process of aging, implying that older can be better. If we think about how the field of invasive cardiology has matured, we can indeed see significant...
Today’s product ads targeted to...
07/31/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
07/26/2016

Compiled by Morton Kern with contributions from Steve Bailey, San Antonio, Texas; Peter Berger, New Hyde Park, New York; Jim Blankenship, Danville, Pennsylvania; Ted Feldman, Evanston, Illinois; David Kandzari, Atlanta, Georgia; Aaron Kaplan, Dartmouth, New Hampshire; Navin K. Kapur, Boston, Massachusetts; Ajay J. Kirtane, New York City, New York; Lloyd Klein, Chicago, Illinois; Jeffrey Moses, New York City, New York; Gurpreet Sandhu, Rochester, Minnesota; Gregg Stone, New York City, New York; George Vetrovec, Richmond, Virginia; Bonnie Weiner, Worchester, Massachusetts; Chris White, New Orleans, Louisiana [See contributor list at end].

*The Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device (Abiomed, Inc).

Compiled by Morton Kern with contribu...
In this “Conversation in Cardiology”, Dr. Ted Feldman from Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, asks, “Is the availability of Impella a requirement for every STEMI [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] program (even in lower volume programs...
In this “Conversation in Cardiology”, Dr. Ted Feldman from Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, asks, “Is the availability of Impella a requirement for every STEMI [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] program (even in lower volume programs...
In this “Conversation in...
07/26/2016
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
07/09/2016

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. 

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Osamu Iida, MD, Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.
This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Osamu Iida, MD, Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.
This month, Dr. Mustapha...
07/09/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Safety
07/09/2016

Arnold Seto, MD, MPA, Chief, Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California

Arnold Seto, MD, MPA, Chief, Cardiolo...
Healthcare is, like most complex human activities, a team sport. There are many aspects to effective teams including a common purpose, mutual respect, effective leadership and conflict resolution, good communication, situational awareness,...
Healthcare is, like most complex human activities, a team sport. There are many aspects to effective teams including a common purpose, mutual respect, effective leadership and conflict resolution, good communication, situational awareness,...
Healthcare is, like most complex...
07/09/2016
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
06/06/2016

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor 
J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, 
Wyoming, Michigan. 

This month, Dr. Mustapha talks with:

George Adams, MD, Director of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Research, Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina; and

Fadi Saab, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCAI, Cardiovascular Medicine-Interventional Cardiology, Associate Director of Cardiovascular & Endovascular Laboratories, Associate Director of Pulmonary Embolism and Venous Thrombosis Services, Clinical Assistant Professor-Michigan State University, School of Medicine, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
In this issue, we are privileged to have two busy critical limb ischemia (CLI) specialists, Dr. George Adams and Dr. Fadi Saab, discuss the controversial topic of imposing ultrasound for access in all arterial conduits during CLI therapy.   
In this issue, we are privileged to have two busy critical limb ischemia (CLI) specialists, Dr. George Adams and Dr. Fadi Saab, discuss the controversial topic of imposing ultrasound for access in all arterial conduits during CLI therapy.   
In this issue, we are privileged...
06/06/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
06/05/2016

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...
Last month, the SCAI released their expert consensus paper codifying the best practices in the cardiac catheterization lab.(1) This is the second iteration of this document(2) and it is a must-read for all those working and running cath labs....
Last month, the SCAI released their expert consensus paper codifying the best practices in the cardiac catheterization lab.(1) This is the second iteration of this document(2) and it is a must-read for all those working and running cath labs....
Last month, the SCAI released...
06/05/2016
Cath Lab Digest
News
05/09/2016
News: Michigan Outpatient Vascular Institute, (Dearborn Michigan) recently became the first center in the state of Michigan to enroll subjects in the clinical trial (MIMICS-2) of an investigational nitinol stent for femoropopliteal artery...
News: Michigan Outpatient Vascular Institute, (Dearborn Michigan) recently became the first center in the state of Michigan to enroll subjects in the clinical trial (MIMICS-2) of an investigational nitinol stent for femoropopliteal artery...
News: Michigan Outpatient...
05/09/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
04/05/2016

Warren Grand, RN, Manager Cardiac Cath Lab/Cardio-Diagnostics, Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee

Warren Grand, RN, Manager Cardiac Cat...
A short poem to reinforce the first critical minutes during a STEMI.
A short poem to reinforce the first critical minutes during a STEMI.
A short poem to reinforce the...
04/05/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
04/04/2016

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 can attest from personal experience that running a cath lab is not intuitive.
I can attest from personal experience that running a cath lab is not intuitive.
I can attest from personal...
04/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest
03/04/2016

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab, Liz Hartsoe, Inventory Control Specialist, Robert Rentner, MBA, Director of Materials Management, Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, M...
Where is my stent? I need it now! What do you mean you don’t have one!!! Please note there is no question mark in the last sentence.  
Where is my stent? I need it now! What do you mean you don’t have one!!! Please note there is no question mark in the last sentence.  
Where is my stent? I need it...
03/04/2016
Cath Lab Digest

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