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Revisiting Best Practices for an Accurate FFR and Non-Hyperemic Pressure Ratios (NHPR)

09/04/2018

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

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

“When is the right time to accept the fractional flow reserve (FFR) during the adenosine hyperemic recording?” I thought this issue had been settled a few years ago, but after speaking with Arnold, we thought we should revisit some of the...

“When is the right time to...

09/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Education

Trick Question!

05/09/2016

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, Manager*, Cardiac Cath Lab,
Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, M...

I have a trick question that I ask of newcomers to the cardiac cath lab. How many major coronary arteries does the human heart have? Are there 2, 3, or 4 arteries?

I have a trick question that I...

05/09/2016

Cath Lab Digest

When Do You Need to Do Pericardiocentesis?

09/02/2014

Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine, Long Beach Veterans Administration Health Care System, Long Beach, California; Associate Chief Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California

Morton Kern, MD, Clinical Editor; Chi...

We were called to the intensive care unit to see a 52-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on weekly hemodialysis who had a large pericardial effusion and increasing dyspnea with activity.

We were called to the intensive...

09/02/2014

Cath Lab Digest