Volume 20 - Issue 6 - June 2012
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Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
Compiled by Cath Lab Digest
SICP Central California Valley Chapter (CCVC) Holds Series of Successful Monthly MeetingsBy Leslie Pollard, RN, BS, SICP CCVC SecretaryThe SICP Central California Valley Chapter (CVCC) has held a series of successful meetings in 2012....
SICP Central California Valley Chapter (CCVC) Holds Series of Successful Monthly MeetingsBy Leslie Pollard, RN, BS, SICP CCVC SecretaryThe SICP Central California Valley Chapter (CVCC) has held a series of successful meetings in 2012....
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Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Iowa Heart Center, Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Iowa Heart Center,...
Typical anginal symptoms are characterized by recurrent attacks of retrosternal chest pain brought on by effort and emotion, and relieved by rest or by the administration of nitroglycerine. In 1960, Dr. Prinzmetal and his colleagues described...
Typical anginal symptoms are characterized by recurrent attacks of retrosternal chest pain brought on by effort and emotion, and relieved by rest or by the administration of nitroglycerine. In 1960, Dr. Prinzmetal and his colleagues described...
Typical anginal symptoms are...
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Questions are answered by:
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginap...
We have diagnostic cardiologists who perform the angiograms and find a blockage. Their partners often cannot come back and perform the intervention for several hours. When they come to perform the angioplasty, we have debates about the best...
We have diagnostic cardiologists who perform the angiograms and find a blockage. Their partners often cannot come back and perform the intervention for several hours. When they come to perform the angioplasty, we have debates about the best...
We have diagnostic cardiologists...
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Jennifer Westford, Recruiter, Corazon, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Westford, Recruiter, Corazon...
Social media. We hear about its growth and see its impact on businesses every day. While many organizations in a variety of industries have been successful in leveraging social media, healthcare has been slower to adopt this tool.
Social media. We hear about its growth and see its impact on businesses every day. While many organizations in a variety of industries have been successful in leveraging social media, healthcare has been slower to adopt this tool.
Social media. We hear about its...
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Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor
Chief Cardiology, Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital;
Associate Chief Cardiology, University California Irvine;
Professor of Medicine, UCI
Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com
Morton Kern, MDClinical EditorChief C...
The perfect human prosthetic implant is one that is easily put in, does its job, and then disappears with no residual effects. That would be ideal for a coronary or other vascular stent. When I think about bioabsorbable stents, this is the...
The perfect human prosthetic implant is one that is easily put in, does its job, and then disappears with no residual effects. That would be ideal for a coronary or other vascular stent. When I think about bioabsorbable stents, this is the...
The perfect human prosthetic...
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Case performed by
interventional cardiologist
Arthur Lee, MD, and
presented by Orlando
Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Gainesville, Florida.
Case performed by interventional card...
The “SAFARI” technique1, or subintimal arterial flossing with antegrade-retrograde intervention, is a method for recanalization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) when subintimal angioplasty fails. Retrograde access is usually obtained via...
The “SAFARI” technique1, or subintimal arterial flossing with antegrade-retrograde intervention, is a method for recanalization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) when subintimal angioplasty fails. Retrograde access is usually obtained via...
The “SAFARI” technique1, or...
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Brent Barnes, DO, Ulrich Luft, MD, Allen Mogtader, MD, and Jon C. George, MD
Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey
Brent Barnes, DO, Ulrich Luft, MD, Al...
AbstractParavalvular leak (PVL) is a relatively uncommon but potentially serious complication of surgical mitral valve replacement (MVR). In the presence of symptoms, surgical repair of PVL is recommended to prevent consequences such as heart...
AbstractParavalvular leak (PVL) is a relatively uncommon but potentially serious complication of surgical mitral valve replacement (MVR). In the presence of symptoms, surgical repair of PVL is recommended to prevent consequences such as heart...
AbstractParavalvular leak (PVL)...
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Ross J. Goodfellow, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Health First Cardiovascular Specialists, Merritt Island, Florida
Ross J. Goodfellow, DO, FACC, FSCAI, ...
Case ReportA 68-year-old male with a known history of tobacco abuse, coronary artery disease, and previous myocardial infarction presented to the emergency room after experiencing chest pressure. He had multiple stents placed 10 years prior...
Case ReportA 68-year-old male with a known history of tobacco abuse, coronary artery disease, and previous myocardial infarction presented to the emergency room after experiencing chest pressure. He had multiple stents placed 10 years prior...
Case ReportA 68-year-old male...
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Cath Lab Digest talks with Lars Wallentin, MD, Professor Cardiology, Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
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For acute coronary syndrome patients, the PLATO trial showed that ticagrelor was superior to clopidogrel in the reduction of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction and stroke. Dr. Wallentin discusses ticagrelor and the discovery that...
For acute coronary syndrome patients, the PLATO trial showed that ticagrelor was superior to clopidogrel in the reduction of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction and stroke. Dr. Wallentin discusses ticagrelor and the discovery that...
For acute coronary syndrome...
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Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief Medical Executive, Holy Spirit Cardiovascular Institute, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, The Ortenzio Heart Center, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chie...
A 49-year-old gentleman with histThe patient is a 46-year-old gentleman with no prior history of coronary artery disease who presented to the emergency room with six hours of chest pain and an electrocardiogram (EKG) consistent with acute...
A 49-year-old gentleman with histThe patient is a 46-year-old gentleman with no prior history of coronary artery disease who presented to the emergency room with six hours of chest pain and an electrocardiogram (EKG) consistent with acute...
A 49-year-old gentleman with...
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