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Calcium Corner

Interpreting the VEST Trial: Are We Missing the Point?

09/03/2018

Rahul N. Doshi, MD, FHRS, Director, Electrophysiology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Keck USC School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California

Rahul N. Doshi, MD, FHRS, Director, E...

At the American College of Cardiology’s 67th Annual Scientific Session held earlier this year, Dr. Jeffrey Olgin presented the results of the Vest Prevention of Early Sudden Death Trial (VEST) at the Late-Breaking Clinical Trial session.1

At the American College of...

09/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Using Integrated Clinical and Financial Analytics to Drive Change

09/03/2018

Matthew Paul Esham, Director, Business Intelligence, LUMEDX

Susan Heilman, Senior Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Matthew Paul Esham, Director, Busines...

The amount of data required to manage an invasive cardiology department continues to grow in both scale and complexity. Corazon believes it is no longer sufficient to track volumes while relying on months-old registry reports to measure...

The amount of data required to...

09/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

What Would Happen to Your Hospital PCI Program Today if CMS Reimbursed for Elective PCI in the Ambulatory Setting?

08/02/2018

Anne Beekman, RN, BSN, NEC, focuses on a very relevant and growing challenge for many cardiac programs — competing and surviving in this new and rapidly changing healthcare environment, an environment that demands a population health focus...

Anne Beekman, RN, BSN, NEC,...

08/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

No More Crush on the AT: SOBE Vascular Balloon Protection Technique With the MicroMedical Stent System

08/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest talks with Robert E. Beasley, MD, Section Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, and Timothy E. Yates, MD, RPVI, Associate Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Robert E. ...

The Mount Sinai Medical Center featured the first in-man MicroStent and has thus far completed 5 total cases, all with procedural success and no complications in up to 30-day follow-up.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center...

08/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Advanced Practice Providers Utilize a Pre-Catheterization Screening Tool to Decrease Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

07/09/2018

Jennifer K. McCullough, CRNP, Timothy J. Boyek, MD, FACC, Ralph G. Smith, BSN, RN, CCCC, Sharon M. Delaney, Valerie J. Dziados, CRNP, Joette C. Hughes, CRNP, Lauren D. Waronker, CRNP, Monica R. Pammer, PA, Laura Butera-Belton, CRNP, Katherine McLeod, CRNP, Joanne Seward, CRNP, Jennifer Seneca, CRNP, Christine Guilday, CRNP

Chester County Hospital – Penn Medicine, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Jennifer K. McCullough, CRNP, Timothy...

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) related to the use of contrast agents can lead to an increase in morbidity, mortality, and increased costs. CIN can be a serious consequence post coronary angiography, but can be significantly reduced or...

Contrast-induced nephropathy...

07/09/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Critical Limb Ischemia Has Found a Care Pathway in El Paso, Texas

07/09/2018

This month, I welcome Laiq Raja, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Jason Mendivil, DPM, and Lorie Henderson, APRN, MSN, NP-C. Their approach to a critical limb ischemia (CLI) care pathway is not only saving limbs, but changing lives one leg at a time. — Gary...

This month, I welcome Laiq Raja,...

07/09/2018

Cath Lab Digest

6 Reasons CMS Should Cover PCI in the Ambulatory Setting

07/08/2018

Marc Toth, CMAA, CEO, ACA Cardiovascular, Tucson, Arizona

Marc Toth, CMAA, CEO, ACA Cardiovascu...

If the potential change in Medicare reimbursement includes allowing cardiac interventions and cardiac rhythm management procedures to be performed in ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), we can expect to see a significant increase in...

If the potential change in...

07/08/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Cardiac Cath Lab Performance: Strategies to Measure Up

07/08/2018

Lorraine Buck, Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Lorraine Buck, Vice President, Corazo...

More than ever, providers must have a handle on cardiac catheterization laboratory performance, as it will be invaluable to creating a competitive edge in terms of clinical, operational, and financial performance. The first step is an...

More than ever, providers must...

07/08/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Gaining Efficiencies Through Parallel Program Management: Cardio and Neuro

05/06/2018

Mona Steinbeiser, Consultant, Corazon, Inc.

Mona Steinbeiser, Consultant, Corazon...

Although the institution of a dual program initiative may not coincide with most specialty programs, this approach can be beneficial for cardiac and neuro programs.

Although the institution of a...

05/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

CLI Perspectives

Indications for Pedal Loop Reconstruction and Distal Tibio-Pedal Reconstruction for Limb Salvage

04/05/2018

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

J.A. Mustapha, MD, talks with Bryan T. Fisher, Sr., MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery, Director of the Wound and Vascular Center, TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...

The pedal loop is the third and arguably most vital part of lower extremity perfusion and wound healing. It is known that outflow is correlated with patency, yet some would argue that we don’t pay enough attention to the distal foot...

The pedal loop is the third and...

04/05/2018

Cath Lab Digest

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