Volume 22 - Issue 2 - February 2014

02/03/2014

In the January 2014 issue, CLD featured a discussion question submitted by Marshall Ritchey, MS, MBS, RCIS, CPFT, a cath lab manager. His question focused on whether STEMI patients — if stable and not in great distress — should be slid over...

In the January 2014 issue, CLD...

02/03/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Norman Regional Health System and Norman Heart Hospital Achieves Cycle IV Chest Pain Accreditation

02/03/2014

Only Accredited Chest Pain Center in the Oklahoma City Metro Area

Only Accredited Chest Pain...

02/03/2014

Cath Lab Digest

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01/31/2014

Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….

Email notice of credentialing,...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

An Update from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)

01/31/2014

News and educational events from the SICP

News and educational events from...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Complex Coronary Intervention Using Coronary Orbital Atherectomy (Diamondback 360˚) via a Transradial Approach

01/31/2014

Troy Trayer, DO, Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Deborah Heart & Lung Institute, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Troy Trayer, DO, Kintur Sanghvi, MD, ...

This case illustrates where coronary orbital atherectomy can be easily utilized via a radial approach to modify the plaque and allow for successful stenting of an extremely calcified long lesion.

This case illustrates where...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Percutaneous Support with TandemHeart Device for Post Myocardial Infarction Ventriculoseptal Rupture and Cardiogenic Shock: A New Treatment Paradigm?

01/31/2014

Hamza Zaheer Ansari, MD, Internal Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Saihari Sadanandan, MD, Interventional Cardiologist, Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants, Clearwater, Florida

Hamza Zaheer Ansari, MD, Internal Med...

We describe here a case of a man who developed ventriculoseptal rupture with cardiogenic shock after a large myocardial infarction and later received hemodynamic support with a TandemHeart assist device, allowing myocardial recovery and...

We describe here a case of a man...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

New Devices

An Interventional Cardiologist’s Experience with Google Glass

01/31/2014

Jordan Safirstein, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey

Jordan Safirstein, MD, FACC, FSCAI, M...

The attraction of a wearable device that could stream live video, connect to the Internet and facilitate live peer-to-peer interaction – without the use of your hands – seemed like a fantastic combination for teaching fellows and consulting...

The attraction of a wearable...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

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Cath Lab Management

How Should a “Code Blue” be Managed in the Cath Lab?

01/31/2014

Morton Kern, MD

I received an important question about running a code (cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in the cath lab from an administrative director of an interventional cath lab without cardiothoracic surgical back up.

I received an important question...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

Strategies for Optimal Cath Lab Staffing

01/31/2014

Kelly Neal Wilson, RN, MSN, MBA, Account Manager, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kelly Neal Wilson, RN, MSN, MBA, Acco...

Of all the current financial, compliance, and operational issues facing cardiovascular administrators today, cath lab staffing continues to top the list of common conundrums.

Of all the current financial,...

01/31/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Department

Anomalies

A Patient With Coronary Cameral Fistulae and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Post Liver Transplant

01/31/2014

Mallory Balmer-Swain, DO, General Cardiology Fellow, Plaza Medical Center; Arash Manzori, DO, Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Plaza Medical Center; Giri Mundluru, MD, Interventional Cardiologist, Tarrant County Cardiology Fort Worth, Texas

Mallory Balmer-Swain, DO, General Car...

A 55-year-old female patient presented to our facility with dyspnea in the setting of bacteremia. During the course of her hospital stay, she was diagnosed with two rare entities that were contributing to her symptoms: severe pulmonary...

A 55-year-old female patient...

01/31/2014

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Laurie Gustafson

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Rebecca Kapur

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