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Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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January 2013

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Volume 21 Issue 1
Kresge Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health
We perform 6,061 cardiac and peripheral procedures per year.
Pulmonary Embolism: The SEATTLE II Trial
All three categories of PE patients should not be treated the same. It is evident we should be treating these patients differently and we should be more aggressive with the massive and submassive patients.
3-Year Results of the RESILIENT Trial With the LifeStent: Are the Results of SFA Stents Durable?
At 12 months, the LifeStent was far superior to balloon angioplasty with regard to target lesion revascularization and had better patency by duplex ultrasound.
Stem Cell Therapy Will Have an Increasing Role in the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia: The RESTORE-CLI Phase IIb Trial
Once the cells are placed into a leg that has low oxygen because of poor blood flow, the cells change themselves or they behave differently, growing new small blood vessels and releasing various cytokines that can affect healing.
Atherectomy and DEBs for Native Disease and In-Stent Restenosis in the SFA and Popliteal: Stents Can Be Avoided Completely
DEFINITIVE AR seeks to prove that there is an additional benefit to performing atherectomy prior to the use of a drug-eluting balloon.
Drug-Eluting Balloons are Better for Below-Knee Lesions Than Sirolimus-Eluting Stents
DEBATE BTK looked at patients with diabetes and critical limb ischemia undergoing revascularization with either the Medtronic Invatec In.Pact Amphirion DEB or an uncoated balloon, in occluded or stenotic tibial vessels with lesions of at least 40 mm.
An Extreme Approach to CTOs via Retrograde Puncture of the Pedal Loop and Digital Arteries
In most cases, through retrograde recanalization, it is possible to recanalize the tibial vessel.
Transradial Revascularization of a Chronic Total Subclavian Occlusion
While most patients are asymptomatic from subclavian stenosis, some patients present with symptoms of upper extremity ischemia, including arm or hand claudication with or without neurologic symptoms or symptoms of subclavian steal syndrome.
A Journey Toward Better Patient Care: The Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) Accreditation Process
After acquiring three other accreditations (Stroke Certification, Heart Failure Certification, and Chest Pain Center Certification), the cath lab at Forbes Regional Hospital decided to obtain ACE accreditation in April 2012.
Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft to Contralateral Subclavian Steal Syndrome
Our case report is a first of its kind where the right subclavian artery was involved in a steal phenomenon from the left internal mammary artery graft.