Bernadette S. Speiser, BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS

Cath Lab Spotlight

Chicago Healthcare System, Lakeside Division

06/19/2008

Bernadette S. Speiser , BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS;

What is the size of your facility and number of staff members? We have a single digital cath lab and just opened up a second lab dedicated to EP. We have a total of three employees: 1 BSN-prepared RN 1 MSN-prepared RN 1 radiology...

What is the size of your...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Chicago Healthcare System, Lakeside Division

06/19/2008

Bernadette S. Speiser , BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS;

What is the size of your...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

TAVR: Valve-in-Valve Challenges and a Unique Approach with an EN Snare Device

07/31/2017

Bernadette S. Speiser , BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS;

Bethany Eytchison-Fung , BSN, CCRN;

Kent Essman , BSN, MSN, CCRN;

There is a specialized group of clients who present an increased challenge to TAVR teams: valve-in-valve cases. Valve-in-valve procedures are best suited for patient who present with regurgitation and/or stenosis of the aortic bioprosthetic...

There is a specialized group of...

07/31/2017

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Case Report

Expandable Sheath Perforation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

07/07/2021

Bernadette S. Speiser , BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS;

Xi Yuan , BSN, RCIS;

Aortic stenosis has been treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) since 2002 by Dr. Cribier and his colleagues.¹ The most common delivery technique for catheter-based valve replacement has been the retrograde femoral artery...

Aortic stenosis has been treated...

07/07/2021

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Case Report

Unplugged: A Case Study of a Left Atrial Appendage Leak

03/10/2023

Bernadette S. Speiser , BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS;

Patrick Burchfiel , MA, BSN, CEN;

Jessica Finster , RN, BSN;

The source of the blood stasis and clot formation leading to stroke has most often been identified as the left atrial appendage (LAA). More than 90% of intracardiac thrombi in patients with cardioembolic events occur in this location.(4)

The source of the blood stasis...

03/10/2023

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