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Volume 23 - Issue 10 - October, 2015

Cath Lab Spotlight
Spotlight: The Cleveland Clinic Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute
10/05/2015
Kathleen Kravitz, MBA, BSN, RN; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Stephen G. Ellis, MD; Scott Hantz, BSN, RN, EMT-P; Jennifer Barker, RN, BSN; Jeff Martin, RN, EMT-P; Carolyn Kerr, CPC; Jamie Brandt, BSN, RN; Howard Penland, II, BS
The Cleveland Clinic has been ranked as number one for treatment of cardiovascular diseases by U.S. News & World Report for the last 21 consecutive years. All workers in the cath lab, from technologists to nurses to fellows to attendings, are...
The Cleveland Clinic has been ranked as number one for treatment of cardiovascular diseases by U.S. News & World Report for the last 21 consecutive years. All workers in the cath lab, from technologists to nurses to fellows to attendings, are...
The Cleveland Clinic has been...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Protected PCI Series
Impella 2.5 System Supports PCI of Unprotected Left Main
10/05/2015
John J. Mulder, PA-C; David H. Wohns, MD
A 78-year-old male presented with rapidly progressing angina symptoms and signs of acutely decompensating left ventricular systolic heart failure.   
A 78-year-old male presented with rapidly progressing angina symptoms and signs of acutely decompensating left ventricular systolic heart failure.   
A 78-year-old male presented...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Transradial Intervention of a Chronic Total Iliac Artery Occlusion
10/05/2015
Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI; Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
This case exemplifies the versatility added by multiple accesses to treat a very complex chronic total occlusion with hybrid antegrade and retrograde approaches. 
This case exemplifies the versatility added by multiple accesses to treat a very complex chronic total occlusion with hybrid antegrade and retrograde approaches. 
This case exemplifies the...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Systems
Data and Reporting at Washington Health System
10/05/2015
Marcia Deeb, MBA, BA, RT(R)
When Washington Health Systems first began using the system in 2006, we started out slowly. We began with echo and hemodynamics for the cath lab. We then moved into cath and echo reporting.
When Washington Health Systems first began using the system in 2006, we started out slowly. We began with echo and hemodynamics for the cath lab. We then moved into cath and echo reporting.
When Washington Health Systems...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
5th Annual AMPutation Prevention Symposium Hosts Nation’s Largest Gathering of Clinicians Dedicated to Preventing CLI Amputations
10/05/2015
Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI
This year’s record attendance included nearly 800 participants from 42 states and 19 countries, representing the nation’s largest gathering of clinicians dedicated to preventing unnecessary amputations due to critical limb ischemia (CLI).   
This year’s record attendance included nearly 800 participants from 42 states and 19 countries, representing the nation’s largest gathering of clinicians dedicated to preventing unnecessary amputations due to critical limb ischemia (CLI).   
This year’s record attendance...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
The Exciting Educational Programs and Offerings at VIVA 2015
10/05/2015
Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI; D. Chris Metzger, MD, FACC
 I first learned about CLI and its implications at VIVA years ago and have watched the evolving education pertaining to CLI growing.  
 I first learned about CLI and its implications at VIVA years ago and have watched the evolving education pertaining to CLI growing.  
 I first learned about CLI and...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Who Should be Part of the Sheath Management Team in Your Cath Lab?
10/05/2015
David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC; James E. Tcheng, MD; John W. Hirshfeld, Jr.; Claudia Echeverry; Lloyd W. Klein, MD; Augusto D. Pichard, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The composition and scope of practice of the sheath management team is of concern to Dr. David Rizik, who asked our expert colleagues in the cath lab about sheath management in their hospitals.   
The composition and scope of practice of the sheath management team is of concern to Dr. David Rizik, who asked our expert colleagues in the cath lab about sheath management in their hospitals.   
The composition and scope of...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Few Women Choose a Career in Interventional Cardiology. Is That About to Change?
10/05/2015
Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC, FSCAI
It seems anomalous that interventional cardiology remains such a male-dominated profession in light of the advancements that women have made within the medical field. Women now make up more than 50% of medical students and nearly 33 percent...
It seems anomalous that interventional cardiology remains such a male-dominated profession in light of the advancements that women have made within the medical field. Women now make up more than 50% of medical students and nearly 33 percent...
It seems anomalous that...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
The FY 2016 Financial Future: How the Cath Lab Impacts the Hospital Bottom Line
10/05/2015
Kristin Truesdell
We provide a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2016 changes in terms of financial and quality standards. Understanding these updates can help hospital and program leaders, along with the cath lab staff, to be aware of new...
We provide a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2016 changes in terms of financial and quality standards. Understanding these updates can help hospital and program leaders, along with the cath lab staff, to be aware of new...
We provide a high-level look at...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest
The TAVR Program at Mercy Hospital Springfield
10/05/2015
Kevin Ka-Ho Kam, MBChB; Robert F. Merritt, MD; Sirish Parvathaneni, MD; Gary Shing-Him Cheung, MBBS
We switched fairly abruptly over to performing TAVR in the cath lab and haven’t excluded anybody from the cath lab unless they required surgical access. Out of the last 35 TAVR patients, 31 have been done in the cath lab and just 4 in the...
We switched fairly abruptly over to performing TAVR in the cath lab and haven’t excluded anybody from the cath lab unless they required surgical access. Out of the last 35 TAVR patients, 31 have been done in the cath lab and just 4 in the...
We switched fairly abruptly over...
10/05/2015
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