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Cath Lab Digest - ISSN: 1073-2667 - Volume 13 Oct 05 - Issue 10 - October 2005 | |
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| John Florio, Executive Director, Cardiovascular Services, University of Kansas Hospital; President-Elect ACVP |
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Educating Invasive Cardiac Patients from Multicultural Backgrounds |
| Christine A. Lucas, RN, BSN, Bhawna Oberoi, BSRS, RPA-RA, RT(R)(M), C. Ody Williams, BS, RPA-RA, RT(R)(CV)(CI), RCIS, CPFT, Pattie Freschett, RN, BSN, BS, V. Lanier Hall, RT(R), BS |
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Book Review: Invasive Cardiology, 2nd Edition – A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel |
| Authors: Sandy Watson, RN, BN, NFESC and Kenneth Gorski, RN, RCIS, FSICP
Publisher: Physiciian's Pres, Birmingham, Michigan
Reviewed by: Gerald Legasse, RCIS
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Ask the Expert: Questions for J. Willis Hurst, MD |
| Cath Lab Digest talks with the legendary teacher, researcher, author and clinician, Dr. J. Willis Hurst, author of The Heart, first published in 1966. The 11th and most recent edition of Hurst’s The Heart, edited by Fuster, Alexander, and O’Rourke, was published in 2004. Dr. Hurst is currently an active consultant to the Cardiology Division at Emory University in Atlanta. |
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The Ten-Minute Interview with George Fichter, BS, CVT, RCIS, MS, FSICP |
| George Fichter, BS, CVT, RCIS, MS, FSICP |
I am a ten-year veteran of the field of invasive cardiology and an alumnus of the Geneva College Cardiovascular Technology Program (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Clinical site: Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia). Prior to that, I earned a Bachelors Degree in Molecular Biology from Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania. Over the last ten years I have furthered my education by achieving a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Science. I have worked at four different hospital facilities, varying from well-established tertiary care facilities to community hospital cardiovascular start-up programs. I have experience with management as well as everyday staffing of the cardiac cath lab.
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Where is Denice P., CVT? |
| A travel column by Denice Putland, CVT
This month: Washington DC (home of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, October 17–21, 2005)
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Denice Putland graduated as a CVT in 1988 and worked in the catheterization laboratory for seven years. She has lived and worked in the southeastern Virginia area her entire life. At present, Denice is working in noninvasive nuclear cardiology at Portsmouth Cardiology, in Portsmouth, Virginia. In the past eighteen years, she has done a lot of traveling to the Caribbean, Bermuda, Cape Cod, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Florida, South Carolina and Canada. Married to a family practice physician, she has two children, ages 10 and 12. Denice comments, “Cath techs work hard and we play hard. Why not share information about where we travel to relax and unwind?”
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Drug-Eluting Stent Solutions: Deliverability in DES |
| Carey Kimmelstiel, MD
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This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents (DES), from characteristics to techniques, to provide physicians and cardiovascular professionals with valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary technology.
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Incoporating Innovation |
| Darrell Carlson, AIA, Vice President
HGA, Inc.,Minneapolis, Minnesota |
As catherization techniques become more prevalent and profitable, healthcare providers are looking for creative ways to update existing facilities
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Research Update |
| The following research abstracts are reprinted with permission from The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Vol. 17, No. 9 (September 2005) |
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What Do You Think? |
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Multiple ongoing questions...Your responses are welcome!
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The 2005 Cath Lab Digest Salary Survey
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Cath Lab Digest conducted its fifth annual salary survey in an attempt to
assess the market value of cardiac catheterization laboratory professionals
across the country. The survey will also be available on our website,
www.cathlabdigest.com, as a PDF file. Cath Lab Digest had 108 survey responses.
Click here to learn more |
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