Tips and tricks

From the Front Lines

01/08/2016

Wah Wah Htun, MD, Brittany Bjornholm, BAS, RCIS, Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

Wah Wah Htun, MD, Brittany Bjornholm,...

We innovated a methodology to flip the R wave in lead II so that the iFR modality can still be utilized.

We innovated a methodology to...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Pleating Artifact: A Mimicker of Spasm, Clot and Dissection

10/05/2015

Irfan Muhammad FCPS (Cardiology), Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Malik Faisal Iftekhar Resident (FCPS Cardiology), Department of Cardiology, PGMI LRH, Peshawar, Pakistan

Irfan Muhammad FCPS (Cardiology), Ass...

In a tortuous artery, the guide wire at times does not conform to the curves in the artery.

In a tortuous artery, the guide...

10/05/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Pleating Artifact: A Mimicker of Spasm, Clot and Dissection

10/05/2015

Irfan Muhammad FCPS (Cardiology), Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Malik Faisal Iftekhar Resident (FCPS Cardiology), Department of Cardiology, PGMI LRH, Peshawar, Pakistan

Irfan Muhammad FCPS (Cardiology), Ass...

In a tortuous artery, the guide wire at times does not conform to the curves in the artery.

In a tortuous artery, the guide...

10/05/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Tips and Techniques

New Setup for Dual Injection for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Using a Single Automated Contrast Injector System

09/07/2015

Adam T. Stys, MD, Professor, Naveen Rajpurohit, MD, Cardiovascular Fellow, Shenjing Li, MD, Cardiovascular Fellow, Muhammad Ali Khan, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Adam T. Stys, MD, Professor, Naveen R...

Currently, manual injectors are used in addition to ACIST for dual injection during CTO PCIs. We introduce a novel setup for dual injection with the help of one ACIST.

Currently, manual injectors are...

09/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

A Novel Use of the GuideLiner Catheter in Diagnostic Coronary Angiography

08/01/2015

Mallory Balmer-Swain, DO, General Cardiology Fellow, Plaza Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Farhan Ali, MD, MPH, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Interventional Cardiologist,

Heart Center of North Texas, Fort Worth, Texas

Mallory Balmer-Swain, DO, General Car...

The GuideLiner catheter is a 20cm extension that is placed through a guiding catheter in a “mother and child” configuration, allowing deep intubation of the target vessel.

The GuideLiner catheter is a...

08/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Suggested Technique

Tortuous Subclavian Artery and Selective Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) Angiography: A Helpful Technique

12/05/2014

Nima Ghasemzadeh, MD, Bernetta M. Howard, BSN, RN-BC, CCRN*, and Andro G. Kacharava, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;*Cardiac Cath Lab, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Division of Cardiology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia

Nima Ghasemzadeh, MD, Bernetta M. How...

Tortuous left or right subclavian arteries (SA) in patients with previous coronary bypass surgery make selective cannulation of the internal mammary artery (IMA) through the femoral approach very difficult. We describe a helpful technique.

Tortuous left or right...

12/05/2014

Cath Lab Digest