Cath Lab Digest talks with Samin Sharma, MD, FACC,
Co-Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, and Director of Interventional Cardiology and the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
Cath Lab Digest talks with Samin Shar...
Mount Sinai Hospital cath lab accomplishes over 5,000 interventions annually, making it one of the busiest cath labs in the country. In 2008, the cath lab performed 5,254 interventions, a 7% increase over 2007 (4,908 interventions). The cath...
Mount Sinai Hospital cath lab accomplishes over 5,000 interventions annually, making it one of the busiest cath labs in the country. In 2008, the cath lab performed 5,254 interventions, a 7% increase over 2007 (4,908 interventions). The cath...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Nick Saucedo Jr., RT, CEO APEX Staffing Service, Inc.
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Cath Lab Digest talks with Nick Sauce...
How did you move from the cath lab to creating a temporary staffing agency?
I started in diagnostic x-ray in 1994 and worked there for about 5 years, then moved to the cardiac cath lab after that. I left to work in industry for a number of...
How did you move from the cath lab to creating a temporary staffing agency?
I started in diagnostic x-ray in 1994 and worked there for about 5 years, then moved to the cardiac cath lab after that. I left to work in industry for a number of...
Mary Pappas, RN, Shari Slyder, RT(R), Tiana Riley, RN, Kathleen Nolan, RT(R)(CV), Alexandra Martyniuk, RT, Thomas Matella, RT(R)(CV), Zahid Amin, MD, and Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, FSCAI, FACC, FAAP
Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Mary Pappas, RN, Shari Slyder, RT(R),...
The world of medicine is fascinating. Each day presents itself with new opportunities to learn, invent, and most importantly, heal. In our years of working in cardiology, we have come across countless medical products and techniques, many of...
The world of medicine is fascinating. Each day presents itself with new opportunities to learn, invent, and most importantly, heal. In our years of working in cardiology, we have come across countless medical products and techniques, many of...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Paul Zimnik, founder, Patient
Medical Association (PAMEAS), Washington, D.C.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Dr. Paul Z...
Why found PAMEAS?
I had worked in physician education training for a long time and felt that we needed an organization to represent patients and improve the patient experience. I wanted an organization that could do so, unlike typical...
Why found PAMEAS?
I had worked in physician education training for a long time and felt that we needed an organization to represent patients and improve the patient experience. I wanted an organization that could do so, unlike typical...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Jeffrey Popma, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Innovations in Interventional Cardiology; Senior Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, about his use of and experience with the transradial approach.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Jeffrey Po...
How did you come to use the transradial approach?
About fifteen years ago, I was invited to a transradial session in Amsterdam, taught by Ferdinand Kiemeneij. It was a live demonstration course and I was in the audience as a femoral...
How did you come to use the transradial approach?
About fifteen years ago, I was invited to a transradial session in Amsterdam, taught by Ferdinand Kiemeneij. It was a live demonstration course and I was in the audience as a femoral...
Cath Lab Digest talks with Simon R. Dixon, MBChB, FACC, FRACP, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and the Co-Director of Cardiovascular Research at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Simon R. D...
How is a vulnerable plaque clinically defined?
Coronary plaque rupture with superimposed thrombus is the proximate cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). “Vulnerable plaque” is the atherosclerotic lesion defined as the precursor to...
How is a vulnerable plaque clinically defined?
Coronary plaque rupture with superimposed thrombus is the proximate cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). “Vulnerable plaque” is the atherosclerotic lesion defined as the precursor to...
We explore four areas pertaining to peer evaluations. These areas include a look at potential problems in an evaluation performed solely by management, the positive and negative aspects of peer evaluations, suggestions on how to implement a...
We explore four areas pertaining to peer evaluations. These areas include a look at potential problems in an evaluation performed solely by management, the positive and negative aspects of peer evaluations, suggestions on how to implement a...
Jack F. Kerr, AIA, Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Jack F. Kerr, AIA, Array Healthcare F...
A new trend is emerging in cardiac services — the hybrid catheterization lab. There is some controversy over the specific definition (A cath lab where they will also do surgery? An OR where they have fixed imaging?), but hybrid cath labs...
A new trend is emerging in cardiac services — the hybrid catheterization lab. There is some controversy over the specific definition (A cath lab where they will also do surgery? An OR where they have fixed imaging?), but hybrid cath labs...
Rebecca D. Holt, RN, Director of Invasive Cardiovascular Services, with contributions from Adam Light, RT(R), RCIS; Elizabeth Potter, RCIS; Leslie Bishop, RT(R), RCIS; Kingsport, Tennessee
Rebecca D. Holt, RN, Director of Inva...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Holston Valley Medical Center (HVMC), a member of the Wellmont Health System, is a 544-bed facility located in Kingsport, Tennessee. In 2005, and again in 2007, Holston...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Holston Valley Medical Center (HVMC), a member of the Wellmont Health System, is a 544-bed facility located in Kingsport, Tennessee. In 2005, and again in 2007, Holston...
