Volume 19 - Issue 10 - October 2011
Column
Case Files by Dr. George
10/04/2011
Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interventional Cardiology
and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center,
Browns Mills, New Jersey
Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interv...
AbstractPercutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions of saphenous bypass grafts have a relatively low success rate and considerably higher adverse event rates, leading to a non-recommendation based on current guidelines....
AbstractPercutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions of saphenous bypass grafts have a relatively low success rate and considerably higher adverse event rates, leading to a non-recommendation based on current guidelines....
AbstractPercutaneous...
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Insights
Commentary
10/04/2011
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC, Professor and Chairman of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC, Profe...
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Clinical Update
10/03/2011
Cary Lunsford, RCIS, FSICP, and Laura Minarsch, RT(R), CVT
Cary Lunsford, RCIS, FSICP, and Laura...
We have all been there: p-waves casually marching across the monitor. Giving the patient orders to “Cough! Cough!” It is a stressful scenario and as the technologists frantically unwrap transcutaneous pacing electrodes and another circulator...
We have all been there: p-waves casually marching across the monitor. Giving the patient orders to “Cough! Cough!” It is a stressful scenario and as the technologists frantically unwrap transcutaneous pacing electrodes and another circulator...
We have all been there: p-waves...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Review
10/03/2011
Michael S. Lee, MD, William Finch, BS,
Division of Cardiology, UCLA Medical Center,
Los Angeles, California
Michael S. Lee, MD, William Finch, BS...
IntroductionDistal embolization of thrombus material is a known complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is associated with both a larger infarct size and increased mortality.1 Several devices attempt to address the issue...
IntroductionDistal embolization of thrombus material is a known complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is associated with both a larger infarct size and increased mortality.1 Several devices attempt to address the issue...
IntroductionDistal embolization...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
10/03/2011
Kenneth Gorski, RN, RCIS, Cleveland Clinic Heart and
Vascular Institute,
Cleveland, Ohio;
Thomas H. Maloney, MHA, RCIS*, Memorial Regional
Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia
Kenneth Gorski, RN, RCIS, Cleveland C...
Across the United States, the use of the radial artery to perform cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has steadily risen within the past year. The interest among physicians, allied health professionals, and...
Across the United States, the use of the radial artery to perform cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has steadily risen within the past year. The interest among physicians, allied health professionals, and...
Across the United States, the...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
10/03/2011
Kimberly Holmes, MSN, RN, PCCN
Clinical Practice Leader
Cardiac Catheterization and
Electrophysiology Laboratory
Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, Delaware
Kimberly Holmes, MSN, RN, PCCNClinica...
AbstractCardiac rehabilitation programs have historically been under-utilized as a treatment modality in cardiovascular health. Issues such as lack of physician referral, financial burden to the patient, and limited awareness of the benefits...
AbstractCardiac rehabilitation programs have historically been under-utilized as a treatment modality in cardiovascular health. Issues such as lack of physician referral, financial burden to the patient, and limited awareness of the benefits...
AbstractCardiac rehabilitation...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
NCDR Studies
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest talks with Paul S. Chan, MD, MSc, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart and Vascular Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Cath Lab Digest talks with Paul S. Ch...
In July 2011, the Journal of the American Medical Association published “Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,” a look at 500,000 PCIs at 1,000 hospitals from 2009-10.1 Data was gathered from the American College of...
In July 2011, the Journal of the American Medical Association published “Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,” a look at 500,000 PCIs at 1,000 hospitals from 2009-10.1 Data was gathered from the American College of...
In July 2011, the Journal of the...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
10/03/2011
Christy Hoover, BSN, RN, Clinical Resource Nurse, Cardiac Cath Lab, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York
Christy Hoover, BSN, RN, Clinical Res...
Tell us about your lab.Rochester General Hospital has 4 angiography suites, 2 electrophysiology (EP) suites, and a 26-bed pre/post procedure area. Staff is a mix of registered nurses (RNs), radiologic technologists (RTs), licensed practical...
Tell us about your lab.Rochester General Hospital has 4 angiography suites, 2 electrophysiology (EP) suites, and a 26-bed pre/post procedure area. Staff is a mix of registered nurses (RNs), radiologic technologists (RTs), licensed practical...
Tell us about your lab.Rochester...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
