Volume 18 - Issue 1 - January, 2010
Column
Cath Lab Systems
01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with Wanda Cooley, BA, RCIS, Cath Labs, Theresa DeMuro, RN, CCRN, Holding Area, and James E. Tcheng, MD, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute (J.E.T.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Cath Lab Digest talks with Wanda Cool...
A behind-the-scenes look with three superusers.
Theresa DeMuro (Holding) and Wanda Cooley (Cath Labs)
Tell us about your previous hemodynamic system and why you changed to the Xper Information Management system.
Theresa (Holding): We...
A behind-the-scenes look with three superusers.
Theresa DeMuro (Holding) and Wanda Cooley (Cath Labs)
Tell us about your previous hemodynamic system and why you changed to the Xper Information Management system.
Theresa (Holding): We...
A behind-the-scenes look with...
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What Do You Think?
01/11/2010
Questions!
Prasugrel
What are other hospitals doing with prasugrel? We have been checking P2y12 assays and if inhibition is not greater than 50%, switching the patient to prasugrel. (However, we did have one patient who had 0 inhibition on...
Questions!
Prasugrel
What are other hospitals doing with prasugrel? We have been checking P2y12 assays and if inhibition is not greater than 50%, switching the patient to prasugrel. (However, we did have one patient who had 0 inhibition on...
Questions!
Prasugrel
What are...
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Clinical Editor's Corner
01/11/2010
I asked my table of nurses from Venice, Florida, “What is the single biggest problem you have in your lab?” I was expecting comments like, “It’s the hemodynamics” or “I struggle with coronary anatomy” or “I don’t like covering the on-call...
I asked my table of nurses from Venice, Florida, “What is the single biggest problem you have in your lab?” I was expecting comments like, “It’s the hemodynamics” or “I struggle with coronary anatomy” or “I don’t like covering the on-call...
I asked my table of nurses from...
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Ask the Clinical Instructor
01/11/2010
Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses.
Questions are answered by:
Todd Gina...
In a first-degree heart block, why is there such a long delay in the PR interval? What is the pathology of this occurrence?
– Beverly Eskdale, Winter Haven, FL
A first-degree heart block can sometimes be dramatic and gathers a lot of...
In a first-degree heart block, why is there such a long delay in the PR interval? What is the pathology of this occurrence?
– Beverly Eskdale, Winter Haven, FL
A first-degree heart block can sometimes be dramatic and gathers a lot of...
In a first-degree heart block,...
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Department
Announcements
01/11/2010
Congratulations!
Lisa Higgins, APRN-C, MSN, RCSA, one of the contributors on the development of the Cardiovascular Specialist Assistant Program, passed the advance practice registered nurse examination on November 4, 2009. She has been a...
Congratulations!
Lisa Higgins, APRN-C, MSN, RCSA, one of the contributors on the development of the Cardiovascular Specialist Assistant Program, passed the advance practice registered nurse examination on November 4, 2009. She has been a...
Congratulations!
Lisa Higgins,...
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SICP Section
01/11/2010
4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference: Bigger Than Ever!
The 4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference was held at the Kalahari Water Park and Resort in the Wisconsin Dells on November 13-14, 2009. The annual board of directors meeting...
4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference: Bigger Than Ever!
The 4th Annual WI-SICP Educational Conference was held at the Kalahari Water Park and Resort in the Wisconsin Dells on November 13-14, 2009. The annual board of directors meeting...
4th Annual WI-SICP Educational...
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News
Clinical and Industry News
01/11/2010
Importance of FFR in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Confirmed by New PCI Guidelines
Level of evidence for FFR upgraded to an “A” following the recent results of the landmark FAME trial, which demonstrated that FFR-guided treatment...
Importance of FFR in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Confirmed by New PCI Guidelines
Level of evidence for FFR upgraded to an “A” following the recent results of the landmark FAME trial, which demonstrated that FFR-guided treatment...
Importance of FFR in Treatment...
01/11/2010
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01/11/2010
Paul Konowitz, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, head and neck surgeon and otolaryngologist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Medical Director of HealthAngle, Inc.; and Ken Wilan, president of HealthAngle, Brookline, Massachusetts, and journalist for Nature, Cell, Scientific American, The Boston Globe and The Scientist
Paul Konowitz, MD, Assistant Clinical...
Every patient has a story to tell, and here’s why sharing that story is so important: The act of writing decreases patient stress around procedures, improves provider-patient communications and provides unique data to healthcare providers to...
Every patient has a story to tell, and here’s why sharing that story is so important: The act of writing decreases patient stress around procedures, improves provider-patient communications and provides unique data to healthcare providers to...
Every patient has a story to...
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01/11/2010
Cath Lab Digest talks with Zaheed Tai, DO, and Byron C. Sizemore, MD, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida.
Cath Lab Digest talks with Zaheed Tai...
Dr. Tai and Dr. Sizemore offer a regular course in Florida for physicians interested in learning radial technique. Technologists can also attend to learn about transradial equipment, prepping the patient and proper setup.
Courses have been...
Dr. Tai and Dr. Sizemore offer a regular course in Florida for physicians interested in learning radial technique. Technologists can also attend to learn about transradial equipment, prepping the patient and proper setup.
Courses have been...
Dr. Tai and Dr. Sizemore offer a...
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Feature
Case Report
01/11/2010
Tharen J. Leesch, CVT-AAS, Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, Zephyrhills, Florida
Tharen J. Leesch, CVT-AAS, Florida Ho...
Case Report
A 76-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe angina. She stated that she had experienced pain in her right arm along with a feeling of pressure the day prior. At that time, she took her blood...
Case Report
A 76-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe angina. She stated that she had experienced pain in her right arm along with a feeling of pressure the day prior. At that time, she took her blood...
Case Report
A 76-year-old...
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