Stephen Balter, PhD

This report represents the first guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of anaphylactoid reactions to contrast media occurring specifically during cardiac catheterization. The incidence of contrast media complications in the...

This report represents the first...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Systemic Anaphylactoid Reactions to Iodinated Contrast Media During Cardiac Catheterization Procedures:Guidelines for preventi

06/19/2008

Jerome E. Goss , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Frederick A. Heupler , MD;

Arfan J. Al-Hani , MD;

Stephen Balter , PhD;

William T. Armstrong , MD;

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

Airlie A.C. Cameron , MD;

Wayne E. Dear , MD;

Manuel de la Llata , MD;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

John P. Dervan , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

James C. Dillion , MD;

Lowell I. Gerber , MD;

Kenneth R. Jutzy , MD;

Francis Y.K. Lau , MD;

William J. Phillips , MD;

Sheldon S. Sbar , MD;

William C. Sheldon , MD;

This report represents the first...

06/19/2008

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Cath Lab Management

Radiation and the Pregnant Nurse

06/19/2008

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Jennifer Lamont , LPN, RCIS;

In this case, the pregnant worker is a nurse. She had recently come to Lenox Hill Hospital from Indianapolis to gain additional experience as an angioplasty assistant. Her preference is to continue doing this for as long as possible. An...

In this case, the pregnant...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Your Lead is Cracked? Radiation Safety Revisited

11/01/2015

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

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

I asked my cath lab expert colleagues a couple of short questions about radiation safety in their labs.

I asked my cath lab expert...

11/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Special Communications

Occupational Health Hazards in the Interventional Laboratory: Time for a safer environment

05/05/2009

Matthew A. Mauro , MD;

Donald L. Miller , MD;

Warren K. Laskey , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Alexander Norbash , MD;

David E. Haines , MD, FHRS, FACC;

James A. Goldstein , MD;

This document is a consensus statement by the major American societies of physicians who work in the interventional laboratory environment. It reviews available data on the prevalence of occupational health risks and summarizes ongoing...

This document is a consensus...

05/05/2009

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A Multicenter, Randomized, Dose-Finding Study of Gamma Intracoronary Radiation Therapy to Inhibit Recurrent Restenosis after Ste

08/01/2008

Roberto Lipsztein , MD;

Prabhakar Tripuraneni , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Martin B. Leon , MD;

Alexandra J. Lansky , MD;

Manuela Negoita , MD;

Huan Giap , MD;

Ray Lin , MD;

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Roxana Mehran , MD;

Shirish Jani , PhD;

Matthew J. Price , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Stephen Steuterman , MS;

Michael B. Collins , MD;

Jack Dalton , MD;

Intracoronary radiation therapy (ICRT) for in-stent restenosis within bare metal stents substantially reduces the risk of recurrence.1–3 However, target vessel failure remains a significant clinical problem for some patients. A higher...

Intracoronary radiation therapy...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

An Evaluation of Fluoroscopy Time and Correlation with Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

08/01/2008

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Tereza Pucelikova , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Liz Kaufman , PhD;

Martin B. Leon , MD;

Martin Fahy , MSc;

Alexandra J. Lansky , MD;

George D. Dangas , MD, PhD;

Roxana Mehran , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Eugenia Nikolsky , MD, PhD;

Advances in interventional cardiology are reflected in the increased complexity of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). This leads to an increasing use of fluoroscopic guidance in these procedures with a concomitant increase in concern...

Advances in interventional...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Occupational Health Hazards in the Interventional Laboratory: Progress Report of the Multispecialty Occupational Health Group

02/02/2011

Donald L. Miller , MD;

Stephen Balter , PhD;

Alexander Norbash , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

David E. Haines , MD, FHRS, FACC;

Lynne Fairobent , BS;

James A. Goldstein , MD;

The Multispecialty Occupational Health Group (MSOHG), formed in 2005, is an informal coalition of societies representing professionals who work in, or are concerned with, interventional fluoroscopy. The group’s long-term goals are to improve...

The Multispecialty Occupational...

02/02/2011

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