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Volume 22 - Issue 6 - June 2014

06/04/2014
Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
The patient presents with staged percutaneous coronary intervention of the right coronary artery (RCA), as a part of a hybrid revascularization strategy.
The patient presents with staged percutaneous coronary intervention of the right coronary artery (RCA), as a part of a hybrid revascularization strategy.
The patient presents with staged...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
06/04/2014
Jeremy Cox, DO; Aaron VanHise, DO; Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Vincent Varghese, DO
Coronary angiography via transradial access revealed severe multi-vessel disease: left anterior descending artery (LAD) with tubular 80% stenosis in mid-vessel (Figure 1), left circumflex with 100% occlusion after a small obtuse marginal...
Coronary angiography via transradial access revealed severe multi-vessel disease: left anterior descending artery (LAD) with tubular 80% stenosis in mid-vessel (Figure 1), left circumflex with 100% occlusion after a small obtuse marginal...
Coronary angiography via...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
06/04/2014
John C. Gurley, MD, MBA
We first began using the AngioDynamics AngioVac Cannula and Extracorporeal Circuit (AngioVac System) about a year ago, in order to manage large thrombus burdens that affect the IVC and SVC. In our practice, the role of the AngioVac is to...
We first began using the AngioDynamics AngioVac Cannula and Extracorporeal Circuit (AngioVac System) about a year ago, in order to manage large thrombus burdens that affect the IVC and SVC. In our practice, the role of the AngioVac is to...
We first began using the...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
05/23/2014
Diana Augustine, RN, CCRN; Lynn Butner, RN, CCRN
Located on the shore of Long Island Sound, and with a view of Manhattan on a clear day, is Norwalk Hospital, a 328-bed, not-for-profit, acute care teaching hospital serving the 250,000 residents of lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. In our...
Located on the shore of Long Island Sound, and with a view of Manhattan on a clear day, is Norwalk Hospital, a 328-bed, not-for-profit, acute care teaching hospital serving the 250,000 residents of lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. In our...
Located on the shore of Long...
05/23/2014
Cath Lab Digest
New Devices
06/04/2014
Aref M. Rahman, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The Mynx Ace (Figure 1A-B) uses the Grip Technology sealant, which is composed of two different components of polyethylene glycol. The tip is unreacted and not cross-linked. Upon deployment, human body temperature and pH level cause this...
The Mynx Ace (Figure 1A-B) uses the Grip Technology sealant, which is composed of two different components of polyethylene glycol. The tip is unreacted and not cross-linked. Upon deployment, human body temperature and pH level cause this...
The Mynx Ace (Figure 1A-B) uses...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
06/04/2014
Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….
Email notice of credentialing, job changes, promotions, etc., to us at cathlabdigest@aol.com. This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate….
Email notice of credentialing,...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
06/04/2014
John H. Balcom, RN, BScN
In this article, we will share the path of iPad integration into a clinical setting, in this case, the Cardiac Diagnostic Interventional Unit (CDIU) at SickKids.
In this article, we will share the path of iPad integration into a clinical setting, in this case, the Cardiac Diagnostic Interventional Unit (CDIU) at SickKids.
In this article, we will share...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
06/04/2014
Zaheed Tai, MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI; Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA
Following is a case where a “guide extension” was required for the procedure despite left radial access.
Following is a case where a “guide extension” was required for the procedure despite left radial access.
Following is a case where a...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Anomalies
06/04/2014
Vishal Mundra, MBBS, MD; Gaurav Kumar, MBBS, MD, FACC
Anomalous origin of circumflex artery is one of the most common incidental findings during cardiac catheterization
Anomalous origin of circumflex artery is one of the most common incidental findings during cardiac catheterization
Anomalous origin of circumflex...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
06/04/2014
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
In our continuing series of “Conversations in Cardiology”, we present some controversy about when we should be using the activated clotting time (ACT) and what it means.
In our continuing series of “Conversations in Cardiology”, we present some controversy about when we should be using the activated clotting time (ACT) and what it means.
In our continuing series of...
06/04/2014
Cath Lab Digest