January 2017

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Volume 25 Issue 1

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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Cath Laughs: A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Heather Bloodworth, Brittany McNeil, Kyle Sisak, and Tom Maloney got creative during a December 2016 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) case at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
Conversations in Cardiology: Thrombus Troubles During STEMI
The management of a patient with a large intracoronary thrombus during ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has remained troublesome and controversial.
Spotlight: Northwell Health – Lenox Hill Hospital
We have 6 angio suites and a 12-bed pre/post area, including a multi-specialty interventional lab and a stroke encephalo-volumetry (EVM) center where we also treat pulmonary embolism and structural heart disease.
News: Online Electrophysiology Education Launched to Fill Training Gap
Reacting to a critical shortage of electrophysiology (EP) lab technologists and nurses who treat heart arrhythmias, SpringBoard Healthcare, Phoenix, Arizon, in collaboration with Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina, has launched an online educa…
Intervention in Heart Failure
Interventional heart failure is a field that has been growing very fast over the last decade. It has been around for quite some time, particularly with the development of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), but as catheter-based technologies mat…
Research at VEITHSymposium: Lithoplasty From Shockwave Medical for Treating Heavily Calcified Lower Extremity Occlusive Lesions
The Shockwave Medical Lithoplasty System uses lithotripsy to disrupt both superficial and deep vascular calcium.
The One-of-a-Kind “Radial Access Sleeve” Finally, an Answer to the Left Radial Prep: “The Black Swan of Radials”
With the “Transradial Revolution” in full swing, cath lab staff have also looked for new and innovative ways to contribute to this paradigm shift. One of these innovations is the Radial Access Sleeve (RAS) (Tesslagra Design Solutions, Staten Island,…
A Look at the IMPRESS Trial: Impella CP vs IABP in Acute MI Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
In many areas, STEMI and cardiac arrest care is delivered within regional systems organized in concert with pre-hospital emergency services. So, the expectation that shock is emergently managed and fixed in the cath lab is an increasing reality. Most…
Cardiac Bundles — What Are the Implications?
In my interview with Ryan Graver, President of MedAxiom Ventures, we discuss some of the challenges and opportunities that will be facing many cardiac programs, but also look to the future, and how embracing and possibly expanding the mandatory bundl…
The Benefits of a CLI Program in a Large Health Care System
A CLI team was created using a multidisciplinary approach and a well-planned algorithm for treatment. Coordination of care between the different providers was improved though better communication between multiple disciplines, despite the inherent inf…