Cath Lab Digest - ISSN: 1073-2667 - Volume 12 - Issue 6: June 2004 - June 2004 Feature: Distal Embolic Protection: A routine part of interventional procedures in the near future Cath Lab Digest talks with Donald S. Baim, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Sunny Koshy BS, RT(R)(CT)(CV)(CI)(ARRT), CCT, RCIS Cardiovascular Specialist Winston-Salem, North Carolina A Successful Suture-Mediated Closure Program: Turning Your Lab Into a Profitable Entity Donna Florio-Bronen, RN, ANCC, Anthony Pucillo, MD, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York Mercy Medical Center’s Experience: Early Ambulation post PCI with Use of Direct Thrombin Inhibitor, Bivalirudin Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, Director Cardiac Cath Lab, Samir M. Yebara, MD, Mohammed Ibrahim, MD, Martha Reyes, MD, Mercy Medical Center, Miami, Florida; Annmarie Galli, BSN, MBA, The Medicines Company, Parsippany, New Jersey CME Offering: The Impact of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents on Patients at High Risk for Restenosis with Bare Metal Stenting Atul Sharma, MD and S.Chiu Wong, MD, Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine, The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York At the Heart: Cath Lab Planning Adapts to New Technology and Improved Diagnoses Coleman DeMoss, RA, Principal, Perkins & Will, Atlanta, Georgia Transvenous Annuloplasty for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Jonathan Rourke, Chief Operating Officer , Viacor, Inc, Wilmington, Massachusetts Welcome to the team The following is a letter to those professionals who are just beginning their careers in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Cardiovascular Technology Student Passes a Big Test Michael Savage, CVT Student, Grossmont College and Rick Kirby, RCIS, RCS, MA, Director, CVT Program, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California Readers comment on the May Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion Group Question: Professionalism, Redefined? Elisabeth M. Frails, RCVT/RCIS, Cardiovascular Educator, University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia Industry News: June 2004 Letter from the Editor: Cath Laughs Cath Lab Digest and ASOCC Rebecca Yospyn Managing Editor cathlabdigest@aol.com SICP CVT School Spotlight: Sentara School of Health Professions Betty Ashdown, RT(R)(CT)(CV), RCIS, FAVIR, FSICP, Invasive Clinical Instructor*, School of Cardiovascular Technology, Chesapeake, Virginia Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals: The Ten-Minute Interview with... Todd Chitwood, RCIS, FSICP Oregon Cardiology Diagnostic Center Eugene, Oregon SICP Book Review: The Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 4th Edition Reviewed by Charles C. Barbiere, RN, CCRN, RCIS, CCT, CRT, FSICP, Clinical Application Coordinator, Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Denver, Colorado