Volume 14 - Issue 4 - April, 2006
Feature
06/19/2008
Retrofitting a cath lab as part of a major facility project requires multiple approaches to meet often-complex phasing issues. Cath labs must remain operational throughout any project and construction must impact the staff as little as...
Retrofitting a cath lab as part of a major facility project requires multiple approaches to meet often-complex phasing issues. Cath labs must remain operational throughout any project and construction must impact the staff as little as...
Retrofitting a cath lab as part...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW question?
Nitric oxide for RH Caths
Does anyone have a written procedure for right heart cath studies using nitric oxide inhalation to determine pulmonary artery reactivity for...
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW question?
Nitric oxide for RH Caths
Does anyone have a written procedure for right heart cath studies using nitric oxide inhalation to determine pulmonary artery reactivity for...
Can you help your fellow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Retrofitting a cath lab as part of a major facility project requires multiple approaches to meet often-complex phasing issues. Cath labs must remain operational throughout any project and construction must impact the staff as little as...
Retrofitting a cath lab as part of a major facility project requires multiple approaches to meet often-complex phasing issues. Cath labs must remain operational throughout any project and construction must impact the staff as little as...
Retrofitting a cath lab as part...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
I want to start studying for my registry. Can you suggest any resources I could use to study?
Sure. I went a couple of routes. First, I used Wes Todd’s review books. They were a great help and I would recommend them to anyone who is taking...
I want to start studying for my registry. Can you suggest any resources I could use to study?
Sure. I went a couple of routes. First, I used Wes Todd’s review books. They were a great help and I would recommend them to anyone who is taking...
I want to start studying for my...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
What were some of the issues in treating certain vessel sizes in the past?
Five years ago, any vessel less than 3.0 mm in diameter was considered a small vessel. Now, small vessels are those that are less than 2.5 to 2.75 mm. Treating...
What were some of the issues in treating certain vessel sizes in the past?
Five years ago, any vessel less than 3.0 mm in diameter was considered a small vessel. Now, small vessels are those that are less than 2.5 to 2.75 mm. Treating...
What were some of the issues in...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW question?
Nitric oxide for RH Caths
Does anyone have a written procedure for right heart cath studies using nitric oxide inhalation to determine pulmonary artery reactivity for...
Can you help your fellow professionals with the following NEW question?
Nitric oxide for RH Caths
Does anyone have a written procedure for right heart cath studies using nitric oxide inhalation to determine pulmonary artery reactivity for...
Can you help your fellow...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
I want to start studying for my registry. Can you suggest any resources I could use to study?
Sure. I went a couple of routes. First, I used Wes Todd’s review books. They were a great help and I would recommend them to anyone who is taking...
I want to start studying for my registry. Can you suggest any resources I could use to study?
Sure. I went a couple of routes. First, I used Wes Todd’s review books. They were a great help and I would recommend them to anyone who is taking...
I want to start studying for my...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Cath Lab Management
06/19/2008
Setting the Scene: Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute is part of Inova Health System, a not-for-profit health care system based in Northern Virginia that consists of six hospitals and other health services...
Setting the Scene: Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute is part of Inova Health System, a not-for-profit health care system based in Northern Virginia that consists of six hospitals and other health services...
Setting the Scene: Inova Heart...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
A patient who has renal insufficiency before the administration of contrast material is five to 10 times more likely to develop contrast-induced renal failure, (also known as contrast-induced nephropathy, CIN) than patients in the general...
A patient who has renal insufficiency before the administration of contrast material is five to 10 times more likely to develop contrast-induced renal failure, (also known as contrast-induced nephropathy, CIN) than patients in the general...
A patient who has renal...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest