Volume 15 - Issue 10 - October, 2007
Searching for a Cardiovascular Position? Tips for Creating a "Stand-Out" Resume
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How important is the impression you make with your resume? What elements can cause a resume to "stand out" among the rest? In this month’s column, we will address these and other questions about making sure the first impression you have on a potential employer is the best it can be. Regardless of the extent of your professional and educational background, your career is nonetheless summed up in words on a page.
A resume should be a summary of your professional and personal experiences education, clinical expertise, employment milestones, skills and interests within the workplace. Overall
The Ten-Minute Interview with: Angie Bowles, RN, CCRN
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Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
For me, the cath lab is the best place to work. Where else in life can you get instant gratification and patient satisfaction?
Can you describe your role in the cath lab?
I have had a few roles in the cath lab. I started in the room as an RN. I soon learned how to pan and drive the c-arm and table. These were the days of chasing 35mm film through stinky solutions in the dark! After becoming pregnant, I learned to record/monitor the cases, as our station was outside the room. I was the flow coordinator for C
CMS Issues Final FY 2008 IPPS Rule
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This all sounds like good news! However, the detail of the FY08 IPPS rule includes the most significant change in the way hospital inpatient services are reimbursed since the adoption and implementation of the current DRG system in 1983, namely the adoption of the Medicare Severity DRG system (MS-DRGs). The MS-DRGs will be phased in over the next two years using a blended payment of the old and new systems.
The Medicare Severity DRG system (MS-DRGs)
Under the new system, the existing list of 538 DRGs will be replaced with 745 MS-DRGs that take into consideration the severity of
Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals (ACVP) Awards
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ACVP's Awards program allows us all to be excellent! This is a great way to recognize your peers and their contributions, not only to the Alliance, but to the healthcare profession. The ACVP nomination process is easy you can nominate online at www.acp-online.org. Take the time to honor someone you know self-nominations are accepted too!!
ACVP Awards and criteria are outlined below:
Innovator Award
This award recognizes individuals who have made cumulative contributions to the field of cardiology and/or pulmonary and healthcare in general.
Criteria: Candidates
Experience with a New Workhorse Guidewire
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Joseph De Gregorio, MD, Chief of Interventional Cardiology and Interventional Research, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
Can you tell us about the cath lab at Hackensack University Medical Center?
De Gregorio: Hackensack is the fourth-largest medical center in the country and one of the top fifty rated cardiac centers in the U.S. We perform over 3,000 coronary interventions a year along with a significant number of peripheral procedures.
Tell us about your experience with the Runthrough NS (nitinol stainless) guidewire.
Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
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Yes, it is important to understand how breathing affects pressure waveforms to obtain the most accurate readings. To do this, we have to revisit the basic mechanics of normal respiration.
Let’s bring out an experiment that you should remember from junior high or high school. Hopefully, you recall the bell jar (Figure 1) experiment, used to demonstrate how our lungs work.
Simply, this is a large glass dome with some small balloons inside and a large piece of rubber attached to the bottom. The large piece of rubber also has a knob on it that you can hold. In this experiment, we think
A Glimpse of the Future of Clinical Education: Boston Scientific's SimSuite Bus Visits Carnegie Institute
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Carnegie Institute was recently privileged to have a visit by the Boston Scientific (Natick, MA) simulation van and the SimSuite (Medical Simulation Corporation, Denver, CO) hands-on demonstration team. Our invasive cardiovascular technology (CVT) instructors and students had an opportunity to work on a complex right coronary artery (RCA) lesion and manage the various complications that arose. A steady stream of administrative staff and admissions counselors were also able to view the process up close, providing them with a deeper understanding of the high-tech world their students will be ent
Saints Medical Center
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What type of procedures are performed at your lab?
We perform elective heart caths, angioplasty, stent implants, pacemaker implants, trans-esophageal echos (TEE) and cardioversions. We perform approximately 20 cases per week and recently have started to perform peripheral cases as well, including renal, femoral, and iliac percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and peripheral interventions.
How did you begin performing peripheral cases?
The hospital administration realized that this is a continuing paradigm shift and that the cath labs, special procedure lab
2007 Educational Fair Held at the Washington Hospital Center
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Attendance is voluntary, but students enrolled in our Accelerated Cardiovascular Technology Training Program (through our affiliation with Howard Community College in Maryland) and less-experienced staff are strongly encouraged to participate. Many of our vendors voluntarily support the fair by underwriting some of the expense, but also by coming in person to set up stations for hands-on demonstrations. Additionally, one or more of our attending physicians will give a talk to the entire assemblage.
This year, the fair was held on August 25th, a Saturday morning, from 8:30 am until 12:45 pm
Fibromuscular Dysplasia in Children and Adolescents
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Furthermore, some may present with stroke, cardiac failure or other manifestations of end organ damage or ischemia. Typical clinical manifestations are renovascular hypertension, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, abdominal angina or claudication of the legs or arms. In patients with symptoms, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has emerged as the treatment of choice in most involved vascular beds.2
Etiology
The etiology of FMD is currently unknown, although genetic, hormonal, and mechanical factors have been suggested. 3 FMD is probably not a single diseas
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