Volume 19 - Issue 10 - October 2011
Cath Lab Spotlight
10/03/2011
Christy Hoover, BSN, RN
Tell us about your lab.Rochester General Hospital has 4 angiography suites, 2 electrophysiology (EP) suites, and a 26-bed pre/post procedure area. Staff is a mix of registered nurses (RNs), radiologic technologists (RTs), licensed practical...
Tell us about your lab.Rochester General Hospital has 4 angiography suites, 2 electrophysiology (EP) suites, and a 26-bed pre/post procedure area. Staff is a mix of registered nurses (RNs), radiologic technologists (RTs), licensed practical...
Tell us about your lab.Rochester...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
10/03/2011
Kimberly Holmes, MSN, RN, PCCN
AbstractCardiac rehabilitation programs have historically been under-utilized as a treatment modality in cardiovascular health. Issues such as lack of physician referral, financial burden to the patient, and limited awareness of the benefits...
AbstractCardiac rehabilitation programs have historically been under-utilized as a treatment modality in cardiovascular health. Issues such as lack of physician referral, financial burden to the patient, and limited awareness of the benefits...
AbstractCardiac rehabilitation...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Review
10/03/2011
Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI; William Finch, BS
IntroductionDistal embolization of thrombus material is a known complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is associated with both a larger infarct size and increased mortality.1 Several devices attempt to address the issue...
IntroductionDistal embolization of thrombus material is a known complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is associated with both a larger infarct size and increased mortality.1 Several devices attempt to address the issue...
IntroductionDistal embolization...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
NCDR Studies
10/03/2011
Paul S. Chan, MD, MSc
In July 2011, the Journal of the American Medical Association published “Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,” a look at 500,000 PCIs at 1,000 hospitals from 2009-10.1 Data was gathered from the American College of...
In July 2011, the Journal of the American Medical Association published “Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,” a look at 500,000 PCIs at 1,000 hospitals from 2009-10.1 Data was gathered from the American College of...
In July 2011, the Journal of the...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
10/03/2011
Kenneth A. Gorski, RN, RCIS, BSN; Thomas H. Maloney, MS, MHA, RCIS, FSICP
Across the United States, the use of the radial artery to perform cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has steadily risen within the past year. The interest among physicians, allied health professionals, and...
Across the United States, the use of the radial artery to perform cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has steadily risen within the past year. The interest among physicians, allied health professionals, and...
Across the United States, the...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Update
10/03/2011
Cary Lunsford, RCIS, FSICP; Laura Minarsch, CCRP, CVT, RT, RT(R)
We have all been there: p-waves casually marching across the monitor. Giving the patient orders to “Cough! Cough!” It is a stressful scenario and as the technologists frantically unwrap transcutaneous pacing electrodes and another circulator...
We have all been there: p-waves casually marching across the monitor. Giving the patient orders to “Cough! Cough!” It is a stressful scenario and as the technologists frantically unwrap transcutaneous pacing electrodes and another circulator...
We have all been there: p-waves...
10/03/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Commentary
10/04/2011
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Case Files by Dr. George
10/04/2011
Jon C. George, MD, MBA
AbstractPercutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions of saphenous bypass grafts have a relatively low success rate and considerably higher adverse event rates, leading to a non-recommendation based on current guidelines....
AbstractPercutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions of saphenous bypass grafts have a relatively low success rate and considerably higher adverse event rates, leading to a non-recommendation based on current guidelines....
AbstractPercutaneous...
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
10/04/2011
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Evolving clinical conundrums in modern cardiology require insights from many sources. In this spirit, I’d like to present another ‘conversation in cardiology’ about a real dilemma involving a woman, a stent, and dual anti-platelet therapy. My...
Evolving clinical conundrums in modern cardiology require insights from many sources. In this spirit, I’d like to present another ‘conversation in cardiology’ about a real dilemma involving a woman, a stent, and dual anti-platelet therapy. My...
Evolving clinical conundrums in...
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
Tips and Techniques
10/04/2011
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI; Arif Mahmood, MD
The balloon anchoring technique was initially described by Fujita in 2003 as inflation of a balloon in the side branch of a target coronary vessel to facilitate equipment delivery to a target lesion.1 Two variations of this technique (coaxial...
The balloon anchoring technique was initially described by Fujita in 2003 as inflation of a balloon in the side branch of a target coronary vessel to facilitate equipment delivery to a target lesion.1 Two variations of this technique (coaxial...
The balloon anchoring technique...
10/04/2011
Cath Lab Digest
