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The Cardiovascular Professionals Seminar at the Washington Hospital Center

Filiz Demirci, Orchid HughleyKathryn Grace, Director of the Cath Lab at Florida Hospitals, was a guest speaker  on Crosstraining in The Cath Lab.Karen Woods CVT and Luther T. Ellis CVT. They demonstrated the PercuSurge GuardWire in the cath lab.Johanna Evans, Manuel Angelo, andKelly McNeil-JonesMarc Petkus, Louis Reyes, Steven Simms.Vicky Katsafanas, Filiz Demirci, Vicky Schweich.
VOLUME: 10 PUBLICATION DATE: Nov 01 2002

Device Demonstrations

•  eMedcon (Medcon Telemedicine Technologies) & ComView:
demonstrated by Raeshanne Black, BS

• The Possis AngioJet®: demonstrated
by Sari Caldwell, RCIS and
Leatitia Holloway, CVT

•  Rotablator® (Boston Scientific): demonstrated by Orchid Hughley, RCIS and Brian Taylor, RCIS

•  PercuSurge (PercuSurge, Inc.,
a division of Medtronic AVE):
demonstrated by Ted Ellis, RCIS
and Karen Wood, RCIS

•  Novoste Beta-Cath™ and Guidant Galileo™: demonstrated by
Jennifer Reilly, RT(R), RCIS

Breakout Sessions

• “Hemodynamic Monitoring
in the Cath Lab”:
Deborah Johnson Mosley, RCIS

• “Telecardiology”:
Raeshanne Black, BS

• “Atrial Septal Defect
Closure and Patent Foramen Ovale Occlusion”:
Diane Calabrese, RT(R), RCIS

• “Introduction to Intravascular Ultrasound”: Manuel Angelo, BA, RCIS and Donald Harrington, AA, RCIS

• “Congestive Heart Failure”:
Heather Russell, RN

• “Stress Reduction and Relaxation Techniques in the Cardiac Cath Lab”: Marilyn Ezibe, RCIS

• “Cardiac Catheterization Pharmacology: Louie Reyes, RN and Steve Simms, RN

• “Anticoagulants in the Cath Lab”:
Clarissa Bunales, RN and
Therina Robinson, CVT

• “Peripheral Cath Lab Diagnostic
and Interventional Procedures”:
Debbie Dewald, RCIS

• “Groin Management”: Larry Jones, RCIS and Mitch Hammond, NREMT-P

Issue Number: 
11
author: 

Manuel J. Angelo, BA, RCIS
Department of Invasive Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.

Designed to provide the most up-to-date information in the field of interventional cardiology, the daylong seminar featured presentations by the clinical and administrative staff of the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs at WHC, a talk by the Assistant Director of Cardiology of Florida Hospitals, Kathryn Grace, as well as lectures by two of the most prominent cardiologists at WHC, Dr. Lowell Satler and Dr. William Suddath.

Voncile Morrow, Director of Invasive Cardiology, opened the seminar in the conference theater of the CTEC with welcoming remarks and a brief history of the event before introducing Dr. Satler, who gave a comprehensive lecture on the first Grand Topic, Breakthroughs in Interventional Cardiology. He was followed by the guest speaker, Ms. Grace, whose topic Advantages to Cross-Training in the Cath Lab probably received the most rousing reception of the morning.

Vendors from Cordis, The Medicines Company (Angiomax), Spectranetics, Guidant, and COR Therapeutics and Key Pharmacology (Integrilin) were allotted a brief amount of time for remarks or commentary on issues of their choice. Breakout sessions were held in the adjoining boardrooms on a variety of topics.
Guided tours were conducted of the cath lab itself, where technologists and nurses gave hands-on demonstrations of a number of devices:

 AngioJet (Possis, Inc.),

 Rotablator (Boston Scientific)

 PercuSurge (PercuSurge, Inc., a division of Medtronic AVE), and

 Two brachytherapy systems:
“ Beta-Cath (Novoste)
“ Galileo (Guidant).

This was followed by afternoon breakout sessions.
The final two Grand Topics presented were Drug-Coated Stents in Restenosis Prevention, by Dr. Satler, and Emergencies in the Cath Lab, including actual case presentations, successfully presented for a second year in a row by Dr. Suddath.
In her closing remarks, Ms. Morrow thanked the audience and faculty of WHC for their participation and individually recognized several key members of the seminar, including the Seminar Directors Kelly NcNeil-Jones, Filiz Demirci, Marc Petkus; the Catering Event Planners, headed by Debra Pendergrass, the seminar moderators, and the support team members. Finally, the audience was treated to a photo montage created by Steve Simms of WHC staffers at work, fittingly titled, Devotion.
The academic event ended with a reception of wine, cheese, and pastries.

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