John Bittl, 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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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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Clinical Editor's Corner

To PRAMI or not to PRAMI: Should we do PCI of the Non-Infarct-Related Artery in STEMI Patients?

01/07/2014

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Habib Samady , MD;

Justin E. Davies , MBBS, MRCP, PhD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

My cardiology fellow said we should now stent the RCA since we were already here and the patient was quite stable. I demurred and said we will be back in a couple weeks unless the patient develops angina. The RCA could be treated after...

My cardiology fellow said we...

01/07/2014

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: The End of End-hole Left Ventriculography – A Consensus of Operators

11/14/2013

Joseph D. Babb , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

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

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

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Bernard DeBruyne ;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Left ventriculography, once an integral part of every cardiac angiographic procedure, has been reconsidered as often unnecessary in light of high quality echocardiography for left ventricular (LV) functional assessment.

Left ventriculography, once an...

11/14/2013

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Clinical Editor's Corner

“Let the Patient Eat.” Isn’t It Time to Change the NPO Rule for the Cath Lab?

01/31/2016

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

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Pinak Bipin Shah ;

John Bittl , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

What is the rationale for continuing the NPO order

What is the rationale for...

01/31/2016

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Clinical Editor's Corner

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

11/03/2020

Peter J. Golden , RN;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

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;

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

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Keith G. Oldroyd , MD, MBChB, FRCP;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

My daughter, at age 6, said to me many years ago when I was struggling with some vexing problem, “Dad, it’s not rocket surgery”. She meant to say rocket science, but we talked a lot of medicine then. Okay, I agree that securing the radial...

My daughter, at age 6, said to...

11/03/2020

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