Volume 23 - Issue 5 - May, 2015
Column
Cath Lab Management
04/30/2015
Adopting a dyad structure to manage their cardiovascular service line may be the best option for providers, especially for the high-cost cardiac cath lab.
Adopting a dyad structure to manage their cardiovascular service line may be the best option for providers, especially for the high-cost cardiac cath lab.
Adopting a dyad structure to...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
04/30/2015
Sounds pretty easy, right? In reality, it is a very difficult task to find and train inexperienced staff to work in the cardiac cath lab.
Sounds pretty easy, right? In reality, it is a very difficult task to find and train inexperienced staff to work in the cardiac cath lab.
Sounds pretty easy, right? In...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
04/30/2015
iFR assesses whether a stenosis is causing a limitation of blood flow in coronary arteries with subsequent ischemia without the requirement of running adenosine.
iFR assesses whether a stenosis is causing a limitation of blood flow in coronary arteries with subsequent ischemia without the requirement of running adenosine.
iFR assesses whether a stenosis...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
04/30/2015
We have 4 rooms, including 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab and 2 catheterization labs utilizing GE Innova imaging, and 1 hybrid lab utilizing Philips imaging.
We have 4 rooms, including 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab and 2 catheterization labs utilizing GE Innova imaging, and 1 hybrid lab utilizing Philips imaging.
We have 4 rooms, including 1...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Letters to the Editor
04/30/2015
The recently introduced Prodigy support catheter (Radius Medical) can be utilized both with complex percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as well as in chronic total occlusion (CTO) cases.
The recently introduced Prodigy support catheter (Radius Medical) can be utilized both with complex percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as well as in chronic total occlusion (CTO) cases.
The recently introduced Prodigy...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
04/30/2015
The CFA is an important site for vascular access as well as an important site for bypass surgical procedures; therefore, typically, stenting is not considered an ideal treatment, although several reports have shown excellent stent patency.
The CFA is an important site for vascular access as well as an important site for bypass surgical procedures; therefore, typically, stenting is not considered an ideal treatment, although several reports have shown excellent stent patency.
The CFA is an important site for...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Coding and Billing
04/30/2015
Without a doubt, the ICD-10-PCS transition will create a myriad of challenges for coding within the cath lab and throughout the healthcare industry.
Without a doubt, the ICD-10-PCS transition will create a myriad of challenges for coding within the cath lab and throughout the healthcare industry.
Without a doubt, the ICD-10-PCS...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
04/30/2015
The 2015 Educational Guidelines for Invasive Cardiovascular Technology Personnel in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory standards are intended to provide a framework for invasive cardiovascular programs as they develop or...
The 2015 Educational Guidelines for Invasive Cardiovascular Technology Personnel in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory standards are intended to provide a framework for invasive cardiovascular programs as they develop or...
The 2015 Educational Guidelines...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
04/30/2015
As catheterization procedural volumes increase and the population ages, Corazon believes that preparation in the cath lab for an increased frequency of stroke is warranted.
As catheterization procedural volumes increase and the population ages, Corazon believes that preparation in the cath lab for an increased frequency of stroke is warranted.
As catheterization procedural...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
04/30/2015
Gus Pichard, Washington Heart Center, asks, “Mort, who among the radialists has stopped shaving the groin?
Gus Pichard, Washington Heart Center, asks, “Mort, who among the radialists has stopped shaving the groin?
Gus Pichard, Washington Heart...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
