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Volume 24 - Issue 1 - January 2016

Department

Letters to the Editor
01/08/2016

Michael D. Seymour, MS, MPH, CIH
Director of Advocacy Programs
ORSIF

Michael D. Seymour, MS, MPH, CIH Dire...
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. 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
01/08/2016

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. 

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews John H. Rundback, MD, FAHA, FSVM, FSIR, Medical Director, Interventional Institute, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, New Jersey.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...
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) 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
01/06/2016

Paul T. Campbell, MD, FSCAI, FACC, Kevin R. Kruse, MD, FACC, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, 
Christopher R. Kroll, MD, FACC, Amanda B. Thompson, RN, BSN, MHA, NEA-BC, Assistant Vice President, Cardiovascular Services, Gina D. Young, BSN, RN-BC, Manager, Cardiac Catheterization, Concord, North Carolina

Paul T. Campbell, MD, FSCAI, FACC, Ke...
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 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
01/08/2016

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, ...
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 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
01/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventional cardiologist Mahir Elder, MD, Medical Director, Endovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Institute, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.

 

Cath Lab Digest talks with interventi...
We formatted a program specifically to counteract submassive and massive PE.
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
01/08/2016

Wah Wah Htun, MD, Brittany Bjornholm, BAS, RCIS, Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

Wah Wah Htun, MD, Brittany Bjornholm,...
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 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
01/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest talks with Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI, ThinkRadial Course Director and Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit,  Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program and Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Cath Lab Digest talks with Sandeep Na...
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 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
01/06/2016

Compiled by Morton J. Kern, MD, with contributions from Drs. James Blankenship, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania; Sam Butman, Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood, Arizona; John Hodgson, MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio; Allan Jeremias, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Aaron V. Kaplan, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Ajay Kirtane, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Lloyd Klein, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois; Mitchell W. Krucoff, Duke University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jeffrey W. Moses, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Jeff Popma, Boston, Massachusetts; Gregg W. Stone, Columbia University, New York City, New York; Carl L. Tommaso, Chicago, Illinois; Barry Uretsky, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas; George Vetrovec, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Bonnie Weiner, Worcester, Massachusetts.  

Compiled by Morton J. Kern, MD, with ...
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 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
01/08/2016

Antony G. Kaliyadan, MD, Henry Siu, MD, David L. Fischman, MD, Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD, Brandon M. Madsen, BS, and Michael P. Savage, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Antony G. Kaliyadan, MD, Henry Siu, M...
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 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
01/06/2016

Nha Huynh, DO, Justin Szawlewicz, MD, Antonio Christophy, DO, Kintur Sanghvi, MD
Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Nha Huynh, DO, Justin Szawlewicz, MD,...
This case illustrates that a transradial approach can be used for aortic PVL closure prior to considering transapical approach. 
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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