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Cath Lab Digest - ISSN: 1073-2667 - Volume 16 - Issue 5 - May 2008
Keith Barron, Ba App Sc in Med Rad, Radiographer, Quality Coordinator CCL, Clinical Services Quality Management Team Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Feature:
Unspoken Words
Michele Impreveduto, RN, BA, MPA Lead Nurse CCL Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey

Ask the Clinical Instructor
Questions are answered by: Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab

What Do You Think?
Multiple new and ongoing questions from readers. Your responses are welcome! Answer or pose a question at cathlabdigest@aol.com.

The Ten-Minute Interview with… Christopher Kambak, RT(R)
Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene, Oregon

Comparing Drug-Eluting Stents and Bare-Metal Stents
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center
This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents, from characteristics to techniques, to provide valuable and relevant information about this technology.

Keeping Your Heart & Vascular Employees: Proven Ideas for an Effective Retention Plan
Kevin Miracle, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cell Therapy in the Cath Lab for Heart Failure: A look at MyoCell® Therapy and the SEISMIC Trial
Cath Lab Digest talks with Warren Sherman, MD, Director, Cardiac Cell-based Endovascular Therapies, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York and Principal Investigator of the Phase II/III MARVEL Study
Cath Lab Digest talks with Warren Sherman, MD, Director, Cardiac Cell-based Endovascular Therapies, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York and Principal Investigator of the Phase II/III MARVEL Study

Performance Improvement Strategies Speed Up Treatment Times in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients
Sara Moseley, RN, MS, Performance Improvement Coordinator, Patient Safety and Quality, Deryck Yarde, RN, BSN, CCRN, Manager, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Haleh Eskandari, RN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS, Clinical Educator, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia; Jack Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, Northside Cardiology P.C., Atlanta, Georgia

Cardiac Cath Lab Economics in a Public Hospital of a Developing Country
F. Petersen-Aranguren, MD, FACC, L. Jauregui-Plascencia, MD Cardiology Department and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde” Guadalajara, México
Industry News:
May 2008
Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals:
April 2008 Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) News
Zorka Musovic, BS, RCIS, FSICP

 



The 2005 Cath Lab Digest Salary Survey
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.

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