May 2011

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Volume 19 Issue 5

Editorial Staff

Clinical Editor
Morton Kern, MD
Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson
Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur
Production Manager
Elizabeth Vasil

Editorial Correspondence

Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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News
AngioJet® Solent™ Proxi Thrombectomy CatheterMedrad Interventional (Indianola, Pennsylvania) announces the availability of the Solent Proxi thrombectomy catheter, designed for large, difficult-to-remove thrombus like that found in deep vein thrombosi…
What Do You Think?
Questions AnsweredSterile Medication DistributionWho can/cannot hand off medication to the CVT or physician on the sterile field? If the circulator is a CVT, are they still able to handle these medications and put them on sterile field? In our practi…
News from the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP)
Register Today: SICP Annual Meeting, July 28-30, 2011, Boston MARegistration is open and available online at www.sicp.com. Please make your plans to participate in this much-anticipated meeting. Topics include: exploration of new techniques, case stu…
Letters to the Clinical Editor
Dear Dr. Kern, I read with interest your article on “Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?” However, after reading the article, I am more puzzled.
Book Review: "The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart" By Dr. Thomas Amidon and Stephen Amidon
The juxtaposition between medicine and literature has provoked a unique book called “The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart.” Co-writer Stephen Amidon is a novelist and literary critic.  His previous frame of reference for  understanding…
Making Waves: The Use of Waveform Capnography for Procedural Sedation in the Cardiac Cath Lab
Capnography is an underutilized technology that could potentially save lives. By definition, it is simply the measurement of a patient’s exhaled carbon dioxide represented as a waveform on a monitor, but it is so much more than that. It provides a re…
Successful Rotoblator Use Via the Right Radial Approach
An 81-year-old male with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia underwent a left heart catheterization procedure following a positive stress test and was referred to Zaheed Tai, DO, for a possible intervention. The left heart cath, performed vi…
Celebrating Excellence: A Salute to Cardiac Cath Lab Nurses
Nurse’s Week allows us to set aside some time each year to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution nurses make in our world. This year, Nurse’s Week will be celebrated from May 6th (also known as Nurse’s Day) ending May 12th (Florence Nightingale’…
Revolutionizing Femoral Access: A Move to the Arstaotomy Technique in Accessing and Closing the Femoral Artery
Cath Lab Digest talks with Frank Kresock, MD, Cath Lab Director, Cardiovascular Center, Parker, Arizona, about his experience with the Arstasis device, which changes the approach to femoral arterial access in order to facilitate artery closure.
Successful Implantation of Impella 2.5 Through Left Femoral Approach After Angioplasty of Aortic Stent Graft in High-Risk PCI
AbstractIntroduction. Left ventricular assist devices help in reducing the cardiac workload, and provide circulatory assistance and protection to the myocardium and vital organs in patients with severe systolic dysfunction. Impella 2.5, a percutaneou…