Volume 25 - Issue 11 - November 2017

Featured Article

Cover Story

Setting Contrast Thresholds in High-Risk Patients

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest talks with Hitinder Gurm, MD, FSCAI, Associate Chief Clinical Officer (Cardiovascular Center/Neuro), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dr. Gurm discusses his research on contrast media use and risk reduction, and the broad, collaborative role of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2).

Cath Lab Digest talks with Hitinder G...

This is a simple tool that is easy to incorporate into clinical practice. Acknowledgement of the contrast threshold makes the entire cath lab staff cognizant of the importance of the contrast dosing to the patient and operators are able to...

This is a simple tool that is...

11/05/2017

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Clinical Editor's Corner

A Relook at the Transseptal Puncture: Heparin Dosing and Other Top Tips

11/05/2017

Morton J. Kern, MD, with the collaboration of Drs. Zoltan Turi, Co-Director, Structural and Congenital Heart Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey; Chet Rihal, Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota; Matthew Price, Director Interventional Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Jonathan Tobis, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Jeffery Moses, Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Morton J. Kern, MD, with the collabor...

Given the infrequency with which we perform TSP, I asked my expert cath lab colleagues about the need for more heparin in TSP for only diagnostic purposes. In addition, I also asked, “Does the anticoagulation regimen differ for each type of...

Given the infrequency with which...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

Office-Based Labs: An Evolving Healthcare Model

11/03/2017

Jeffrey G. Carr, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Tyler Cardiac and Endovascular Center, Vein Center of East Texas, Cardiovascular Associates of East Texas, Founding and Past President – Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society, Medical Director – Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society National Registry, Tyler, Texas

Jeffrey G. Carr, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Tyl...

There are several key considerations before deciding to launch out on your own.

There are several key...

11/03/2017

Cath Lab Digest

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Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Mercy Health Springfield

11/05/2017

Daniel S. Price BS, RRT, EMTP, Manager of Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Interventional Radiology, Springfield, Ohio

Daniel S. Price BS, RRT, EMTP, Manage...

We are the only community hospital within a 25-mile radius and are located directly between two larger cities, Dayton and Columbus. Our cath lab is very busy.

We are the only community...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

CLI Perspectives

The Value of Atherectomy in CLI

11/05/2017

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

Dr. Mustapha interviews Thomas M. Shimshak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Medical Director Heart and Vascular Center, Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center, Sebring, Florida.

CLI Perspectives is headed by section...

I like to break down the crossing of CTOs into 3 phases, including 1) penetrating the proximal cap, 2) negotiating the body of the CTO, and 3) crossing the distal cap.

I like to break down the...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Clinical Update

Aortic Valve Stenosis — An Overview and Knowledge Assessment

11/05/2017

Abdulrahman Abu Aqil (Student Technologist), Manal Alnasser (Student Technologist), Michelle McGovern, RDCS, Katrina Ortman (Student Technologist), Richard Merschen, EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS

Abdulrahman Abu Aqil (Student Technol...

The cardiac cath lab generally evaluates aortic stenosis (AS) in subsets where the echocardiography is inconclusive, or on cases of low gradient/low output AS. While echocardiography is considered the diagnostic tool of choice for AS, the...

The cardiac cath lab generally...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Update

Aortic Valve Stenosis — An Overview and Knowledge Assessment

11/05/2017

Abdulrahman Abu Aqil (Student Technologist), Manal Alnasser (Student Technologist), Michelle McGovern, RDCS, Katrina Ortman (Student Technologist), Richard Merschen, EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS

Abdulrahman Abu Aqil (Student Technol...

The cardiac cath lab generally...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Modified Crush via 6 French Radial Access

11/03/2017

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida, and Heart of Florida, Davenport, Florida

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Fl...

Bifurcation lesions, along with chronic total occlusion (CTOs), remain one of the more challenging lesion subsets for the interventional cardiologist.

Bifurcation lesions, along with...

11/03/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Acute Occlusion of Right Axillary to Left Jugular Collateral Vein Secondary to Paget-Schroetter Syndrome

11/03/2017

Joji J. Varghese, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Cardiology Consultants, Bailey Estes, RN-BC, RCIS, Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, Texas

Joji J. Varghese, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Ca...

We describe the successful endovascular treatment of a patient with a history of Paget-Schroetter syndrome who had a recurrent right upper extremity DVT due to acute thrombosis of the large right axillary to left jugular collateral vein.

We describe the successful...

11/03/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Clinical and Discharge Management of the Transradial PCI Patient

11/05/2017

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge, talks with Amit P. Amin¹, MD, MSc, Duane S. Pinto², MD, MPH, Sunil V. Rao³, MD, and William A. Rollefson⁴, MD.

We reached out to Dr. Amin this month and asked him to consult with his colleagues about their opinions and clinical practices centered around same-day discharge and the complexity of procedures. These physicians are experienced interventional cardiologists who utilize transradial access as primary access as a part of their everyday practice. Overall, it would appear that complexity of cases does not mutually exclude patients being ineligible for same-day discharge. — Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

We reached out to Dr. Amin this month and asked him to consult with his colleagues about their opinions and clinical practices centered around same-day discharge and the complexity of procedures.

We reached out to Dr. Amin this...

11/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Philips Azurion: Platte Valley Medical Center’s Experience

11/05/2017

Mark Baker, BHA, RCIS, MICP, RCSA, CTAE, FSICP, Cardiovascular Service Line Director, Platte Valley Medical Center, SCL Healthcare
Brighton, Colorado

Mark Baker, BHA, RCIS, MICP, RCSA, CT...

Platte Valley Medical Center, in Brighton, Colorado, was presented with an opportunity from Philips Healthcare to be one of the first facilities in the United States to have the new Azurion imaging system installed in our cath lab.

Platte Valley Medical Center, in...

11/05/2017

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