Volume 21 - Issue 4 - April 2013

Why it is Important to Test Platelet Reactivity

04/04/2013

Joseph Brent Muhlestein , MD, FAHA, FACC;

In acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients who receive stents in the cath lab, studies have demonstrated that if there is an inadequate amount of platelet inhibition despite the administration of dual antiplatelet therapy, many of these...

In acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...

04/04/2013

Cath Lab Digest

Behind the Scenes at the Structural and Congenital Heart Disease Program at Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute-North Shore LIJ Health System

04/04/2013

Carlos E. Ruiz , MD, PhD;

A heart team approach means that the evaluation of the patients, the assessment, the decision-making process, the analysis, everything, is done from beginning to end in a joint manner and the procedures are done together. That is what we...

A heart team approach means that...

04/04/2013

Cath Lab Digest

First Successful Implant of a CoreValve Inside a Degenerative Aortic Bioprosthesis (Valve-in-Valve) in the United States

04/04/2013

Michele Impreveduto , RN, BA, MPA, RNC;

Under the FDA-approved expanded use protocol, the Structural Heart Team at Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute-NSLIJ Health System has successfully implanted the first CoreValve inside a degenerative aortic bioprosthesis (ViV) in the U.S.

Under the FDA-approved expanded...

04/04/2013

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Everything is Blooming – Is Your Cath Lab Revenue?

04/04/2013

Kristin Truesdell ;

Cheyne Vernon ;

With profit margins narrowing, there has been increasing scrutiny of proper reimbursement, most particularly in the cath lab, since more and more procedures are shifting to the outpatient setting.

With profit margins narrowing,...

04/04/2013

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Good Samaritan Hospital, Ron and Carol Cope Heart Center

04/04/2013

Ashley Voet , RCIS;

Stefanie Roper , RN;

Stephanie Kee , RN;

Rocky Bailar , RCIS;

We recently moved into The Ron and Carol Cope Heart Center, a brand new addition to our hospital in September 2012. It features 3 GE labs with two primarily used for cardiac, and one dedicated to peripheral and pacemakers. A fourth lab is...

We recently moved into The Ron...

04/04/2013

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Rebecca Kapur

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