Volume 21 - Issue 1 - January 2013
01/07/2013
We perform 6,061 cardiac and peripheral procedures per year.
We perform 6,061 cardiac and peripheral procedures per year.
We perform 6,061 cardiac and...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
All three categories of PE patients should not be treated the same. It is evident we should be treating these patients differently and we should be more aggressive with the massive and submassive patients.
All three categories of PE patients should not be treated the same. It is evident we should be treating these patients differently and we should be more aggressive with the massive and submassive patients.
All three categories of PE...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
At 12 months, the LifeStent was far superior to balloon angioplasty with regard to target lesion revascularization and had better patency by duplex ultrasound.
At 12 months, the LifeStent was far superior to balloon angioplasty with regard to target lesion revascularization and had better patency by duplex ultrasound.
At 12 months, the LifeStent was...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
Once the cells are placed into a leg that has low oxygen because of poor blood flow, the cells change themselves or they behave differently, growing new small blood vessels and releasing various cytokines that can affect healing.
Once the cells are placed into a leg that has low oxygen because of poor blood flow, the cells change themselves or they behave differently, growing new small blood vessels and releasing various cytokines that can affect healing.
Once the cells are placed into a...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove that there is an additional benefit to performing atherectomy prior to the use of a drug-eluting balloon.
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove that there is an additional benefit to performing atherectomy prior to the use of a drug-eluting balloon.
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
DEBATE BTK looked at patients with diabetes and critical limb ischemia undergoing revascularization with either the Medtronic Invatec In.Pact Amphirion DEB or an uncoated balloon, in occluded or stenotic tibial vessels with lesions of at...
DEBATE BTK looked at patients with diabetes and critical limb ischemia undergoing revascularization with either the Medtronic Invatec In.Pact Amphirion DEB or an uncoated balloon, in occluded or stenotic tibial vessels with lesions of at...
DEBATE BTK looked at patients...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
In most cases, through retrograde recanalization, it is possible to recanalize the tibial vessel.
In most cases, through retrograde recanalization, it is possible to recanalize the tibial vessel.
In most cases, through...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
While most patients are asymptomatic from subclavian stenosis, some patients present with symptoms of upper extremity ischemia, including arm or hand claudication with or without neurologic symptoms or symptoms of subclavian steal syndrome.
While most patients are asymptomatic from subclavian stenosis, some patients present with symptoms of upper extremity ischemia, including arm or hand claudication with or without neurologic symptoms or symptoms of subclavian steal syndrome.
While most patients are...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
After acquiring three other accreditations (Stroke Certification, Heart Failure Certification, and Chest Pain Center Certification), the cath lab at Forbes Regional Hospital decided to obtain ACE accreditation in April 2012.
After acquiring three other accreditations (Stroke Certification, Heart Failure Certification, and Chest Pain Center Certification), the cath lab at Forbes Regional Hospital decided to obtain ACE accreditation in April 2012.
After acquiring three other...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
01/07/2013
Our case report is a first of its kind where the right subclavian artery was involved in a steal phenomenon from the left internal mammary artery graft.
Our case report is a first of its kind where the right subclavian artery was involved in a steal phenomenon from the left internal mammary artery graft.
Our case report is a first of...
01/07/2013
Cath Lab Digest
