Volume 24 - Issue 1 - January 2016

Department

Letters to the Editor

01/08/2016

I applaud the article by Dr. Morton J. Kern and other contributors entitled “Your Lead is Cracked? Radiation Safety Revisited,” (Clinical Editor’s Corner, Vol. 23, Issue 11 – November 2015) for calling attention to the failures that continue...

I applaud the article by Dr....

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

CLI Perspectives

Fundamental Basics of CLI Training: Should Everyone Be Performing Complex CLI Interventions?

01/08/2016

Jihad A. Mustapha , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

John H. Rundback , MD, FAHA, FSIR;

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) therapy is experiencing immense growth and it is reflected among all specialties. Most of the growth is in the form of endovascular therapies. Despite this vast growth in therapy, the outcome and results are not...

Critical limb ischemia (CLI)...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

The Catheterization Laboratory at Carolinas HealthCare System Northeast

01/06/2016

Kevin R. Kruse , MD, FACC;

Christopher R. Kroll , MD, FACC;

Amanda B. Thompson , RN, BSN, MHA, NEA-BC;

Paul T. Campbell , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

Gina D. Young , BSN, RN-BC;

We are a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) center as well as a tertiary referral hospital for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The cardiac catheterization/electrophysiology (EP) department consists of 3 labs: 2...

We are a primary percutaneous...

01/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Perspectives on PCI Program Accreditation in Pennsylvania: Value, Rationale, and Results

01/08/2016

Amy J. Newell , RT(R);

Program accreditation has swiftly moved to the strategic forefront for PCI programs in states that employ more strict criteria related to the ability to offer this life-saving clinical service. In states without formal guidelines,...

Program accreditation has...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Clot Busters: The Pulmonary Embolism Program at Detroit Medical Center

01/07/2016

Mahir D. Elder , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FASNC, FCCP, RPVI;

We formatted a program specifically to counteract submassive and massive PE.

We formatted a program...

01/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Column

From the Front Lines

How Do You Flip the R Wave?

01/08/2016

Wah Wah Htun , MD;

Brittany Bjornholm , BAS, RCIS;

Cindy L. Grines , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

We innovated a methodology to flip the R wave in lead II so that the iFR modality can still be utilized.

We innovated a methodology to...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Ask the Expert

Enjoying and Teaching the Ins and Outs of Transradial Access

01/07/2016

Sandeep Nathan , MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI;

Irrespective of the type of patients you are seeing or the acuity of the patients you are generally seeing, radial has an impact. It certainly has had an impact at the University of Chicago.

Irrespective of the type of...

01/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: How Should We Report the Stenosis – Worst View, Averaged, or Just Forget About a Number?

01/06/2016

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

John Hodgson , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Our colleague and cath lab expert, Dr. Barry Uretsky from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, started this conversation with one of the oldest and probably most important questions about coronary angiography, and that is, how should we...

Our colleague and cath lab...

01/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again: A Stepwise Approach to the Non-Dilatable Lesion

01/08/2016

Antony G. Kaliyadan , MD;

Henry Siu , MD;

David L. Fischman , MD;

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD;

Brandon M. Madsen , BS ;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

We describe a case using an escalating, stepwise approach to a non-dilatable lesion, which ultimately was successfully dilated after the use of an excimer laser catheter.

We describe a case using an...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Transradial Structural Intervention: Aortic Paravalvular Leak Closure

01/06/2016

Kintur Sanghvi , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Nha Huynh , DO;

Justin Szawlewicz , MD;

Antonio Christophy , DO;

This case illustrates that a transradial approach can be used for aortic PVL closure prior to considering transapical approach.

This case illustrates that a...

01/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

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