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Volume 20 - Issue 5 - May 2012

What Do You Think?
05/03/2012

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Compiled by CathLabDigest
Re: Pay Practices for MDs on CallDo some hospitals pay their inteventional cardiologists for call and if so, what does that rate look like? Is it based on carrying the beeper or actual call in time?  Thank you!Anonymous upon request. Email:...
Re: Pay Practices for MDs on CallDo some hospitals pay their inteventional cardiologists for call and if so, what does that rate look like? Is it based on carrying the beeper or actual call in time?  Thank you!Anonymous upon request. Email:...
Re: Pay Practices for MDs on...
05/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
05/03/2012

Compiled by Cath Lab Digest

Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Permanent Intracardiac ST Segment Monitoring Undergoing Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness in Two TrialsC. Michael Gibson, MS, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is serving as lead investigator on two large-scale studies of ST...
Permanent Intracardiac ST Segment Monitoring Undergoing Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness in Two TrialsC. Michael Gibson, MS, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is serving as lead investigator on two large-scale studies of ST...
Permanent Intracardiac ST...
05/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
News from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)
05/03/2012

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Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
March California Central Valley Chapter meetingBy Sharon J. JohnsonThe February 2012 California Central Valley SICP Chapter meeting took place at Café 225 in Visalia, California, and was sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences and Criticor.
March California Central Valley Chapter meetingBy Sharon J. JohnsonThe February 2012 California Central Valley SICP Chapter meeting took place at Café 225 in Visalia, California, and was sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences and Criticor.
March California Central Valley...
05/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Radial Access Made Easy: Try Ultrasound Guidance
05/03/2012
I saw an ad on television made by SonoSite, a maker of portable echo machines. The ad showed a dynamic pretty woman doctor running around “seeing inside” everything (by ultrasound imaging, of course) she examined (almost). I was entertained,...
I saw an ad on television made by SonoSite, a maker of portable echo machines. The ad showed a dynamic pretty woman doctor running around “seeing inside” everything (by ultrasound imaging, of course) she examined (almost). I was entertained,...
I saw an ad on television made...
05/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
BCIS-1: Pre-Procedure Elective IABP Use in High-Risk Patients Reduces Mortality by 34% at 5 Years
05/03/2012
The BCIS-1 Study was the first randomized, controlled, multicenter trial to assess the efficacy and safety of elective intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BCIS-1...
The BCIS-1 Study was the first randomized, controlled, multicenter trial to assess the efficacy and safety of elective intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BCIS-1...
The BCIS-1 Study was the first...
05/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI: Making the Best of It
05/02/2012
Appropriate use criteria (often referred to as AUC) for various diagnostic tests and procedures are either already in place or being developed across the healthcare industry, with several professional organizations supporting their use....
Appropriate use criteria (often referred to as AUC) for various diagnostic tests and procedures are either already in place or being developed across the healthcare industry, with several professional organizations supporting their use....
Appropriate use criteria (often...
05/02/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Low-Dose Unfractionated Heparin Administration During Intravascular Ultrasound Studies is Safe Even Shortly After Endomyocardial Biopsy in Cardiac Transplant Patients
05/02/2012
Abstract: Background. Full therapeutic heparin doses ranging from 5000-10,000 units or weight based (70-100 units/kg) have been recommended during percutaneous coronary interventions. However, there are currently no data available in regards...
Abstract: Background. Full therapeutic heparin doses ranging from 5000-10,000 units or weight based (70-100 units/kg) have been recommended during percutaneous coronary interventions. However, there are currently no data available in regards...
Abstract: Background. Full...
05/02/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Percutaneous Closure of a Persistent Atrial Septal Defect Following Patch Repair
05/02/2012
AbstractThe most common form of congenital malformation in adults is the secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), accounting for approximately 70% of all defects at the atrial level. Management of clinically significant ASD is achieved by closure...
AbstractThe most common form of congenital malformation in adults is the secundum atrial septal defect (ASD), accounting for approximately 70% of all defects at the atrial level. Management of clinically significant ASD is achieved by closure...
AbstractThe most common form of...
05/02/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Overcoming the Final Challenge in STEMI PCI: Reducing Infarct Size with Super-Selective ClearWay Catheter-Directed Delivery of Abciximab with Aspiration Thrombectomy
05/02/2012
Case ReportA 49-year-old gentleman with history of hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency room with two hours of chest pain. His EKG demonstrated anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). He was given aspirin 325 mg,...
Case ReportA 49-year-old gentleman with history of hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency room with two hours of chest pain. His EKG demonstrated anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). He was given aspirin 325 mg,...
Case ReportA 49-year-old...
05/02/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Increasing Patient Satisfaction and Throughput at Memorial Hospital: Self-Sealing Vascular Access with the AXERA Access Device
05/02/2012
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Memorial Hospital?Mike Bull, Manager, Cath Lab: We have three labs, and between prep and recovery and the cath lab, we have 32 staff. Eight cardiologists are part of our team and work in the labs, 4 who...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Memorial Hospital?Mike Bull, Manager, Cath Lab: We have three labs, and between prep and recovery and the cath lab, we have 32 staff. Eight cardiologists are part of our team and work in the labs, 4 who...
Can you tell us about the cath...
05/02/2012
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