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

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

J. Dawn Abbott , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Conversations in Cardiology: Futility in Patients With STEMI – Do All for All? (Includes Video Discussion)

An interventionist in the southeastern United States asked me this question at TCT. The issue is quite an old one, but still relevant and perhaps more so now with the proliferation of fractional flow reserve (FFR), instantaneous wave-free...

An interventionist in the...

12/05/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

03/02/2021

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Spencer B. King III, MD;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

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

Richard Chazal , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

How should we manage the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patient coming to the emergency department (ED) who appears to be so critically ill that further care would be futile?

How should we manage the...

03/02/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

01/06/2016

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;

John Hodgson , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Whatever Happened to the Routine Use of Protamine?

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

08/04/2021

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Nils P. Johnson , MD, MS;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Kreton Mavromatis , MD;

Chet Rihal ;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

From Cath Lab Digest: Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

Pranav M. Patel ;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Dean J. Kereiakes , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Early in the field of cardiac catheterization, heparin anticoagulation was required for almost every procedure in order to prevent thrombosis on the catheter, as the initial catheter materials, like Dacron, were highly thrombogenic. Often the...

Early in the field of cardiac...

08/04/2021

Cath Lab Digest

News

03/16/2020

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Herbert D. Aronow , MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Conversations in Cardiology: Should a Lipid Panel Be Required Before Coronary Angiography or PCI?

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

One of my colleagues asked this critical question, “How are cath labs around the USA and the globe managing [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] STEMI and other cardiac emergencies in patients with suspected COVID-19 that would normally have...

One of my colleagues asked this...

03/16/2020

EP Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

08/22/2023

Kimberly A. Skelding , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

George D. Dangas , MD, PhD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Phillip Mumford , RCIS;

Kreton Mavromatis , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Conversations in Cardiology: What Should You Do If Your Guide Wire Breaks? Dealing With Equipment Malfunction

Dr. Ajay Kirtane asks, “I know of a couple of other places who do [pre-cath] lipid testing, but I think it is by far the exception rather than the rule. What are your thoughts?”

Dr. Ajay Kirtane asks, “I know...

08/22/2023

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

01/13/2015

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Coronary Thrombosis in the Time of COVID-19 – A Puzzling Entity (With Video Discussion)

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

A challenging access case required a coronary 0.014-inch wire to deliver a micropuncture sheath into the internal jugular vein (the standard micropuncture wire couldn’t be manipulated into the superior vena cava [SVC]). At some point during...

A challenging access case...

01/13/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

05/03/2021

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

You Went Ulnar When Radial was Not Suitable. Now How Do You Close the Punctures?

We had a puzzling case. A 37-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with 1 day of anterior chest pain at rest, somewhat positional. Three months ago, he had COVID-19 flu syndrome without hospitalization.

We had a puzzling case. A...

05/03/2021

Cath Lab Digest

10/06/2017

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;