Gurpreet S. Sandhu, MD, PhD

Habib Samady , MD;

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

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

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Should We Do Elective Cardiac Catheterizations on the Weekends?

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

03/02/2022

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Chet Rihal ;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Richard Chazal , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Rajiv Gulati , MD, PhD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Conversations in Cardiology: Same-Day Discharge for Elective PCI — Ready for Prime Time

The issue of working weekends to deliver more care is complex and requires a thoughtful game plan to commit the resources for the value of the expanded services. In the times of COVID, the need for hospital throughput has never been more...

The issue of working weekends to...

03/02/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

11/27/2018

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Pinak Bipin Shah ;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

James E. Tcheng , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Adhir R. Shroff , MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Initiation of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: The Mayo Clinic Experience

Molly Szerlip , MD, FACP;

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

I asked for words of wisdom from our cath lab expert group regarding their experience with same-day discharge at their center. What are the obstacles to SDD? Who are the champions and why are we not doing it more?

I asked for words of wisdom from...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

12/15/2019

Conversations in Cardiology – Does Every Primary PCI Lab Need an Impella* (or Its Equivalent)?

Bradley W. Ternus , MD;

Jacob C. Jentzer , MD;

Charanjit S. Rihal , MD, MBA, FSCAI;

Kyle Bohman , MD;

Gregory W. Barsness , MD;

Gregory Schears ;

The aim of this study was to review the outcomes of patients initiated on ECMO support in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

The aim of this study was to...

12/15/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

07/26/2016

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Peter B. Berger , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Ted Feldman , MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Navin Kumar Kapur , MD;

Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

In this “Conversation in Cardiology”, Dr. Ted Feldman from Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, asks, “Is the availability of Impella a requirement for every STEMI [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] program (even in lower volume programs...

In this “Conversation in...

07/26/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Editor's Corner

03/15/2020

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

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

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

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Conversations in Cardiology: Who Should Scrub the Groin? Is the Cath Lab Just Like the OR?

Kirk N. Garrett ;

One of my colleagues asked this...

03/15/2020

Cath Lab Digest

02/26/2015

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Should Diagnostic-Only Operators Continue? Retool or Retire Redux

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

William J. French ;

Jeff Marshall: I have a question about who should scrub the groin or wrist before a cardiac cath or peripheral procedure.

Jeff Marshall: I have a question...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

12/05/2021

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

J. Dawn Abbott , MD;

Whatever Happened to the Routine Use of Protamine?

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

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 ;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Securing the Radial Sheath: An Update on a Pesky But Persistent Little Problem

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

11/03/2020

Peter J. Golden , RN;

Joe Moore ;

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

Karen Smith ;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;