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Volume 20 - Issue 8 - August 2012

Fibromuscular Dysplasia: The Registry and Results
08/03/2012
Pam Mace, RN
Registry data regarding patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was recently published in Circulation.1 Cath Lab Digest talks with Pam Mace, RN, FMD patient, Executive Director, Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America, Rocky River,...
Registry data regarding patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was recently published in Circulation.1 Cath Lab Digest talks with Pam Mace, RN, FMD patient, Executive Director, Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America, Rocky River,...
Registry data regarding patients...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Good Closure Starts With Good Access
08/03/2012
Robert Foster, MD; Shannon Vaughn, RN, RT(R); Rhonda R. Ash, RN
Can you tell us about your practice?We do all kinds of vascular procedures, both arterial and venous. On the arterial side, we of course perform coronary interventions and also peripheral vascular interventions. We do a great deal of lower...
Can you tell us about your practice?We do all kinds of vascular procedures, both arterial and venous. On the arterial side, we of course perform coronary interventions and also peripheral vascular interventions. We do a great deal of lower...
Can you tell us about your...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Staffing Complex Procedures at Deborah Heart and Lung Center
08/03/2012
Valerie Harris, RN
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Deborah Heart and Lung Center?Currently, we have three cath labs, with an additional lab under construction. We also have a dedicated endovascular lab for peripheral procedures that is housed within the...
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Deborah Heart and Lung Center?Currently, we have three cath labs, with an additional lab under construction. We also have a dedicated endovascular lab for peripheral procedures that is housed within the...
Can you tell us about the cath...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report
08/02/2012
Kamran I. Muhammad, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Clinical presentationJ.S. is an 87-year-old female with severe calcific aortic stenosis and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV congestive heart failure symptoms who is referred for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve...
Clinical presentationJ.S. is an 87-year-old female with severe calcific aortic stenosis and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV congestive heart failure symptoms who is referred for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve...
Clinical presentationJ.S. is an...
08/02/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Spotlight Interview: Cath Lab/Interventional Radiology and Observation Unit at IU Health North Hospital
08/02/2012
Angela Bolinger, RN; Kelly Mundt, RN; Toni Beymer, MSN, RN, NE-BC; Dianna Cobb, RN, BSN
Tell us about your cath lab.The Indiana University (IU) Health North Hospital is a 189-bed, full-service hospital. Our cardiovascular lab has three Artis suites (Siemens Medical). Our lab is a combination of cardio/peripheral vascular and...
Tell us about your cath lab.The Indiana University (IU) Health North Hospital is a 189-bed, full-service hospital. Our cardiovascular lab has three Artis suites (Siemens Medical). Our lab is a combination of cardio/peripheral vascular and...
Tell us about your cath lab.The...
08/02/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Recurrent Stent Thrombosis in a Patient Found to Have Antiphospholipid Syndrome
08/03/2012
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Michael N. Hakimi, DO; Richard C. Kovach, MD
AbstractA 53-year-old male presented with unstable angina and was found to have severe coronary artery disease. However, despite percutaneous coronary intervention with adequate anticoagulation, the patient had recurrent stent thromboses...
AbstractA 53-year-old male presented with unstable angina and was found to have severe coronary artery disease. However, despite percutaneous coronary intervention with adequate anticoagulation, the patient had recurrent stent thromboses...
AbstractA 53-year-old male...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Interfacing the GE Mac-Lab Patient Data Acquisition System and the VA Hospital Information System: A Case Study
08/03/2012
Michael Johnson, RN, BSN
The San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) cardiac cath lab has now been using an automated, all-electronic method of sending procedure reports generated in our GE Medical Systems Mac-Lab to the patient record for over a year and a half....
The San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) cardiac cath lab has now been using an automated, all-electronic method of sending procedure reports generated in our GE Medical Systems Mac-Lab to the patient record for over a year and a half....
The San Francisco Veterans...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Rheolytic Thrombectomy via Radial Artery Access to Treat ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
08/03/2012
Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI; S. Brent Barnes, DO, MD
CaseA 69-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of chest pain. The electrocardiogram revealed inferior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). 
CaseA 69-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of chest pain. The electrocardiogram revealed inferior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). 
CaseA 69-year-old male with no...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Should You Do a Radial Artery Cath in Patients Needing CABG or Dialysis?
08/03/2012
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Practical questions from my colleagues are the source of valuable information for all of us working in the cath lab. Recently, Dr. Peter Verlee, from Maine, had a dilemma. “One of our cardiac surgeons asked me a question. A patient was...
Practical questions from my colleagues are the source of valuable information for all of us working in the cath lab. Recently, Dr. Peter Verlee, from Maine, had a dilemma. “One of our cardiac surgeons asked me a question. A patient was...
Practical questions from my...
08/03/2012
Cath Lab Digest
Bridging the Gap: The Importance of Leadership and Physician Continuity in the Cardiac Setting
08/03/2012
Jason Bisesi
Consider this scenario: New projects are underway within your cardiovascular service line, initiatives that will change the department for both the short- and long-term, and one of the key managers or physician leaders decides to make a move....
Consider this scenario: New projects are underway within your cardiovascular service line, initiatives that will change the department for both the short- and long-term, and one of the key managers or physician leaders decides to make a move....
Consider this scenario: New...
08/03/2012
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