Michael J. Lim, MD

Feature

Advanced Imaging Technology in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease: One Step at a Time

06/19/2008

In 1958, while performing an ascending aortogram, the tip of Mason Sones’ catheter inadvertently cannulated the right coronary artery and injected contrast material. The patient survived and thus began a new paradigm of investigation for the...

In 1958, while performing an...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

The 2005 ACC/AHA/SCAI Percutaneous CoronaryIntervention Guidelines:Summarizing changes and some of the major recommendations

06/19/2008

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

Michael J. Lim , MD;

It is important to keep in mind that these guideline documents are created in an attempt to define practices to meet the needs of most patients encountered in clinical practice. In creating these recommendations, a writing group reviews the...

It is important to keep in mind...

06/19/2008

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Feature

Advancing the Field of Coronary Intervention: Magnetic Guidewire Navigation

06/19/2008

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Why Do We Need Such Technology? While the currently available guide catheters, highly specialized guidewires, and transit catheters have allowed operators to gain access to distal vasculature not reachable five years ago, we still run into...

Why Do We Need Such...

06/19/2008

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Clinical Editor's Corner

What Should We Do With an Anomalous Coronary Artery (ALCA) With a Malignant Left Main Course in an Asymptomatic Patient?

05/07/2018

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

Michael J. Lim , MD;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Jeannie Yu , MD;

Andrew Doorey ;

Pinak Bipin Shah ;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

William M. Suh , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Dr. Paul Teirstein, Chief of Cardiology, at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, asked our cath lab experts for their opinions on what to do with an asymptomatic executive who had a screening CTA (Figure 1).

Dr. Paul Teirstein, Chief of...

05/07/2018

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Teaching Collection

Early Ambulation Strategies with Contrast Management

08/01/2008

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Efficiency in the cardiac catheterization lab is tied directly to patient recovery time in many institutions due to the limited recovery space and expenses inherent in the personnel required. This must always be balanced against the quality...

Efficiency in the cardiac...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Why Is My Lab’s PCI Volume Decreasing?

12/06/2012

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Ted A. Bass , MD;

James E. Tcheng , MD;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

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

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

Cath Lab Digest regrets that a page of Dr. Kern's Clinical Editor's Column was omitted from the CLD November print issue. The article is published in full online and in the tablet edition. We will also reprint Dr. Kern's column in full in the...

Cath Lab Digest regrets that a...

12/06/2012

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Boomer to Zoomer – Transforming to the Post-Pandemic World

07/06/2020

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Peter C. Block , MD;

Frederic S. Resnic , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

E. Magnus Ohman , MD;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

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

Chet Rihal ;

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

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...

Like many of my contemporaries,...

07/06/2020

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Why Is My Lab’s PCI Volume Decreasing?

11/05/2012

John Bittl , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

James E. Tcheng , MD;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

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

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Ted A. Bass , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

In this “Conversation in Cardiology,” Dr. Carl Tommaso asks, “Since 2006, the number of percutaneous coronary interventions in the United States is down 39% (963,000 procedures in 2006, 589,000 in 2010), with an estimated 10-15% decrease in...

In this “Conversation in...

11/05/2012

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