Volume 20 - Issue 9 - September 2012
09/04/2012
Sarwat I. Chaudhry, MD
Gait speed and cognition may be important indicators for outcomes post PCI in geriatric patients.
Gait speed and cognition may be important indicators for outcomes post PCI in geriatric patients.
Gait speed and cognition may be...
09/04/2012
Cath Lab Digest
08/31/2012
Jane Bower
Could you tell us about your position as CV Service Line Director of Development?The department assists with developing a vision for the Cardiovascular (CV) Service Line based on forecasted trends in the CV market, which ultimately drives the...
Could you tell us about your position as CV Service Line Director of Development?The department assists with developing a vision for the Cardiovascular (CV) Service Line based on forecasted trends in the CV market, which ultimately drives the...
Could you tell us about your...
08/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
08/31/2012
Matthew Evans, DO; Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Case reportA 55-year-old Caucasian farmer presented to our endovascular clinic with the chief complaints of bilateral hip and thigh claudication, limiting his ability to work on the farm. He had a past medical history of hypertension,...
Case reportA 55-year-old Caucasian farmer presented to our endovascular clinic with the chief complaints of bilateral hip and thigh claudication, limiting his ability to work on the farm. He had a past medical history of hypertension,...
Case reportA 55-year-old...
08/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
08/31/2012
Ronald P. Caputo, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The Resolute Integrity drug-eluting stent (DES) (Medtronic) was approved for use in the U.S. in February 2012. The first stent to have an indication for the treatment of coronary artery disease in diabetic patients, the stent has enjoyed...
The Resolute Integrity drug-eluting stent (DES) (Medtronic) was approved for use in the U.S. in February 2012. The first stent to have an indication for the treatment of coronary artery disease in diabetic patients, the stent has enjoyed...
The Resolute Integrity...
08/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
08/31/2012
Lorissa Pils, DNP, RN, CNS
Tell us about your cath lab.Crouse Hospital is a 563-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Syracuse, New York. Within the Cardiac Care Center, there are three cath labs and a nine-bed admission/recovery area.
Tell us about your cath lab.Crouse Hospital is a 563-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Syracuse, New York. Within the Cardiac Care Center, there are three cath labs and a nine-bed admission/recovery area.
Tell us about your cath...
08/31/2012
Cath Lab Digest
09/05/2012
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“Does your institution use 1 or 2 transducers for cardiac caths? We currently have one for femoral arterial and one for aortic pressures. A single transducer would be more cost effective. How do you flush the sheath with one transducer and do...
“Does your institution use 1 or 2 transducers for cardiac caths? We currently have one for femoral arterial and one for aortic pressures. A single transducer would be more cost effective. How do you flush the sheath with one transducer and do...
“Does your institution use 1 or...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
09/05/2012
Tom A. Lassar, MD
Tell us about the cath labs at University Hospital (UH) Case Medical Center and your satellite facilities.Case Medical Center UH Main has two cath labs and we have just added an eleventh interventionalist.
Tell us about the cath labs at University Hospital (UH) Case Medical Center and your satellite facilities.Case Medical Center UH Main has two cath labs and we have just added an eleventh interventionalist.
Tell us about the cath labs at...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
09/05/2012
Kim Wooten, BSN, RN, RCIS
Tell us about the cath lab at WakeMed.WakeMed Heart Center’s program is the busiest in North Carolina and we treat more heart patients than any other hospital in the state. Our invasive cardiology department has nine cardiac catheterization...
Tell us about the cath lab at WakeMed.WakeMed Heart Center’s program is the busiest in North Carolina and we treat more heart patients than any other hospital in the state. Our invasive cardiology department has nine cardiac catheterization...
Tell us about the cath lab at...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
09/05/2012
Remo L. Morelli, MD, FACC; Soidjon D. Khodjaev, MD
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and a source of considerable morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of AF is estimated at 1% of the population older than 60 years,1 and it increases with age, affecting 10% of...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and a source of considerable morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of AF is estimated at 1% of the population older than 60 years,1 and it increases with age, affecting 10% of...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
09/05/2012
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
I am frequently asked questions about performing fractional flow reserve (FFR) in vessels with serial lesions. For example, one colleague asks, “You have a left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) with several lesions separated by...
I am frequently asked questions about performing fractional flow reserve (FFR) in vessels with serial lesions. For example, one colleague asks, “You have a left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) with several lesions separated by...
I am frequently asked questions...
09/05/2012
Cath Lab Digest
