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Carl L. Tommaso, MD

Clinical Editor's Corner
12/05/2021
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 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
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 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
03/02/2022
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 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
12/06/2012
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 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
Cath Lab Digest
11/05/2012
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 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
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
01/06/2016
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 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
11/14/2013
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
07/06/2020
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, 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
Cath Lab Digest