Cath Lab Digest

June 2012, Vol. 20, No. 6

Clinical Trial Update
The PLATO Trial (Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel): Did Poor Metabolizers of Clopidogrel Affect Results? A look at the genetic sub-study
Cath Lab Digest talks with Lars Wallentin, MD, Professor Cardiology, Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Case Files by Dr. George
Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Cath Lab Spotlight
Medical Center of the Rockies & Poudre Valley Hospitall
Tamara Brake, BSN, CVRN, Margaret Dereus, BSN, CVRN, Laura Henson, BSN, RCIS, Sonni Logan, BSN, CVRN II, Kristi Ramsey BSN, RCIS, Fort Collins, Colorado

Case Report & Discussion
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Following Percutaneous Revascularization
Ross Goodfellow, DO, Health First Cardiovascular Specialists, Merritt Island, Florida

Ask the Transradial Expert
The Safari Technique with a Twist
Orlando Marrero, Gainesville, Florida

Cath Lab Management
Strategies for Reducing Personal Anxiety Pre-Catheterization
Ryan Rivera

Case Report
A Patient with Recurrent ST Elevation
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, Iowa Heart Center, Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Iowa

Hemostasis
Implementing a Non-Physician Vascular Closure Program

In Every Issue
• Clinical Editor’s Corner: Morton Kern, MD
• Your Path to Program Success (sponsored by Corazon, Inc.)
• Ask the Clinical Instructor by Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
• Education Center: CEUs offered by Cath Lab Digest & the North American Center for CMEs (NACCME)-Princeton CME
• Industry News & Products
• Clinical Meetings Calendar
• Personnel Announcements

* Note: Articles subject to change at the discretion of the editor.

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