Volume 16 - Issue 1 - January, 2008
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Commentary: I. ‘False Positives’
In the December 2007 issue of Cath Lab Digest, I provided an editorial comment to the exceptional quality of scientific work that was performed with short door-to-balloon (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial...
Commentary: I. ‘False Positives’
In the December 2007 issue of Cath Lab Digest, I provided an editorial comment to the exceptional quality of scientific work that was performed with short door-to-balloon (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial...
Commentary: I. ‘False...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Laura Mauri, MD, MSc
This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents (DES), from characteristics to techniques, to provide valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary technology. What was the...
This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents (DES), from characteristics to techniques, to provide valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary technology. What was the...
This monthly column in Cath Lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Carol Dombrowicki
Happy New Year! Hopefully your new year’s resolution includes not only improving yourself, but facilitating improvement in the skills of your staff and department as well. There are so many ways you can help the educational growth of your...
Happy New Year! Hopefully your new year’s resolution includes not only improving yourself, but facilitating improvement in the skills of your staff and department as well. There are so many ways you can help the educational growth of your...
Happy New Year! Hopefully your...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
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Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. Pressure Tubing Open? I am a critical care nurse by background. For years, I have learned through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) that pressure tubing should never...
Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com. Pressure Tubing Open? I am a critical care nurse by background. For years, I have learned through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) that pressure tubing should never...
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06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Debbie Gatewood, RN, BSN; Christine McIntyre, RN, MHA, BSN; Nanette Jackson, RT, MBA, RT(R)
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Central Baptist is a 374-bed tertiary hospital. The invasive cardiology department includes 5 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology (EP) labs and a 28-bed...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Central Baptist is a 374-bed tertiary hospital. The invasive cardiology department includes 5 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology (EP) labs and a 28-bed...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Marsha Holton, CCRN, RCIS, FSICP, BS
Introduction This article is written for cath lab staff and physicians. It is written for the government agencies and insurance carriers that look for ways to prevent injury and must pay the bills for those injuries that happen anyway. It is...
Introduction This article is written for cath lab staff and physicians. It is written for the government agencies and insurance carriers that look for ways to prevent injury and must pay the bills for those injuries that happen anyway. It is...
Introduction This article is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
A 59-year-old man with high blood pressure has progressive angina over the last six weeks. The patient’s angina occurs while brushing his teeth as well as during easy walking. He is admitted for cardiac catheterization immediately after an...
A 59-year-old man with high blood pressure has progressive angina over the last six weeks. The patient’s angina occurs while brushing his teeth as well as during easy walking. He is admitted for cardiac catheterization immediately after an...
A 59-year-old man with high...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Roxana Mehran, MD
How big of a problem is contrast-induced nephropathy in the cath lab?
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) has traditionally been somewhat ignored. Only in the last few years has there been some light shed on this complication. We knew as...
How big of a problem is contrast-induced nephropathy in the cath lab?
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) has traditionally been somewhat ignored. Only in the last few years has there been some light shed on this complication. We knew as...
How big of a problem is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
