Jim Blankenship, MD

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

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

07/26/2016

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

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;

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

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

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

Boomer to Zoomer – Transforming to the Post-Pandemic World

07/06/2020

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Peter C. Block , MD;

Frederic S. Resnic , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

E. Magnus Ohman , MD;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

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

Chet Rihal ;

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

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

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

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

Who Should Get the Consent for Cardiac Cath in Your Lab?

03/02/2018

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

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Andrew D. Michaels , MD, MAS;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

One of our colleagues, Andrew Michaels, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California, recently asked about the consent process for cardiac cath cases.

One of our colleagues, Andrew...

03/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

02/06/2021

Jim Blankenship , MD;

I am writing regarding the December 2020 CLD article on the career of Dr. Kusum Lata (“Clinical Academia: Challenging But Possible in Private Practice”;...

I am writing regarding the...

02/06/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

How Much of an Impact Does Your Cath Lab Staff Have on Device Selection?

10/03/2023

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

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

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

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

David A. Cox , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Douglas E. Drachman , MD;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

It is common knowledge that working in the cath lab is a team sport. The physicians and fellow operators work with and depend on the staff (RNs, LVNs, RTs, RCISs, CVTs, etc.). All of us benefit from the experience of the team, both...

It is common knowledge that...

10/03/2023

Cath Lab Digest