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Volume 25 - Issue 7 - July 2017

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
07/11/2017

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine, 
Long Beach Veterans 
Administration Health Care System, Long Beach, California; 
Associate Chief Cardiology, 
Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...
The PA pressure sensor technology now is simple and easily implemented in the cath lab. Caveats aside, this looks like a game changer for our patients with difficult-to-manage CHF.
The PA pressure sensor technology now is simple and easily implemented in the cath lab. Caveats aside, this looks like a game changer for our patients with difficult-to-manage CHF.
The PA pressure sensor...
07/11/2017
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
07/10/2017

Carla Durham, RN, Tupelo, Mississippi

 

Carla Durham, RN, Tupelo, Mississippi...
Given the rural nature of north Mississippi, we believe it is unique to support a high number of increasingly complex cardiovascular procedures at such a high level of competency. We face all issues with a multi-disciplinary team to discuss...
Given the rural nature of north Mississippi, we believe it is unique to support a high number of increasingly complex cardiovascular procedures at such a high level of competency. We face all issues with a multi-disciplinary team to discuss...
Given the rural nature of north...
07/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
07/10/2017

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Fadi Saab, MD, Larry Diaz-Sandoval, MD, Elizabeth Sayers, PA-C, Carmen Heaney, BSN, Metro Health University of Michigan Health, Wyoming, Michigan

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Fadi Saab, MD, Lar...
The patient’s first presentation to the authors’ institution was via the emergency department with a Rutherford Class 6 ulcer.
The patient’s first presentation to the authors’ institution was via the emergency department with a Rutherford Class 6 ulcer.
The patient’s first presentation...
07/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Freestanding Cath Lab
07/09/2017

Marc Toth, CMAA, ACA Cardiovascular, Tucson, Arizona, and 
Robert Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE, ASD Management, Incline Village, Nevada

This article is adapted from http://www.acacardiovascular.com/posts/.

Marc Toth, CMAA, ACA Cardiovascular, ...
With proper planning, a pre-development strategy, and a solid business plan, the Ambulatory CardioVascular Center is the next wave of delivering high-quality, efficient, endovascular, cardiology, and dialysis vascular access therapy to...
With proper planning, a pre-development strategy, and a solid business plan, the Ambulatory CardioVascular Center is the next wave of delivering high-quality, efficient, endovascular, cardiology, and dialysis vascular access therapy to...
With proper planning, a...
07/09/2017
Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Case Report
07/10/2017

Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida, and Heart of Florida, Davenport, Florida

Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter H...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of vein grafts is associated with a higher rate of periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI), target vessel revascularization, and mortality compared to native vessel intervention.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of vein grafts is associated with a higher rate of periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI), target vessel revascularization, and mortality compared to native vessel intervention.
Percutaneous coronary...
07/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Study
07/10/2017

Vatsal Bhatta, MSIII, Joseph Ibrahima, MSII, Christopher Maulionb, MD, George Batsidesb, MD, Pratik Patelb, MD

Vatsal Bhatta, MSIII, Joseph Ibrahima...
We present a case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with exertional dyspnea and was found to have a 7.0 cm x 3.5 cm right atrial mass on transthoracic echocardiogram that required surgical resection.
We present a case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with exertional dyspnea and was found to have a 7.0 cm x 3.5 cm right atrial mass on transthoracic echocardiogram that required surgical resection.
We present a case of a...
07/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Case Study
07/09/2017

Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Nissi Suppogu, MD, Cardiology Hospitalist, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, Kevin Floyd, MD, 
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts

Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fell...
Right ventricular perforation during emergent pericardiocentesis is an unfortunate but known complication of the procedure. However, right ventricular perforation with resultant endocardial and epicardial thrombi has never been described as a...
Right ventricular perforation during emergent pericardiocentesis is an unfortunate but known complication of the procedure. However, right ventricular perforation with resultant endocardial and epicardial thrombi has never been described as a...
Right ventricular perforation...
07/09/2017
Cath Lab Digest
07/10/2017

Matheen A. Khuddus, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Gainesville, Florida

Matheen A. Khuddus, MD, FACC, FSCAI T...
Although hospital systems are quick to embrace the transradial approach due to its proven cost savings, improved outcomes, and an increase in same-day discharge, only a few have dedicated the resources to streamlining recovery post-TRA...
Although hospital systems are quick to embrace the transradial approach due to its proven cost savings, improved outcomes, and an increase in same-day discharge, only a few have dedicated the resources to streamlining recovery post-TRA...
Although hospital systems are...
07/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
07/10/2017

We are very pleased to host Dave Terry and Ryan Graver in this month’s article. Mr. Terry is a thought leader and frequent speaker on bundled payments and other payment reform initiatives, and is the Founder and CEO of Archway Health. Archway works with providers and payers to design and execute bundled payment programs and value-based specialty networks. 

Ryan Graver is the President of MedAxiom Ventures. Mr. Graver brings more than two decades of diverse healthcare experience spanning multiple dimensions of care delivery, research, business development, and med-tech related strategy. He leads the Ventures division of MedAxiom, a network of nearly 400 cardiovascular programs nationally. Archway Health and MedAxiom are working with cardiovascular providers to prepare for and optimize performance around bundled payments.     
— Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

We are very pleased to host Dave Terr...
Since 2011 we have seen Medicare launch six bundled payment programs. …As 2016 ended, we began to see evidence of the effectiveness of bundled payments. 
Since 2011 we have seen Medicare launch six bundled payment programs. …As 2016 ended, we began to see evidence of the effectiveness of bundled payments. 
Since 2011 we have seen Medicare...
07/10/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
07/09/2017

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

 

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, ...
What would Andreas Gruentzig think about angioplasty 40 years later, given all of the regulatory restrictions and guideline revisions that directly impact the decisions in treating patients with coronary artery disease? 
What would Andreas Gruentzig think about angioplasty 40 years later, given all of the regulatory restrictions and guideline revisions that directly impact the decisions in treating patients with coronary artery disease? 
What would Andreas Gruentzig...
07/09/2017
Cath Lab Digest

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