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Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab Digest
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October 2018

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Volume 26 Issue 10
Conversations in Cardiology: Should We Wait for Labs Before Taking the STEMI Patient Directly to the Cath Suite?
For STEMI patients, what labs (e.g., glucose, electrolytes, lactate or pH) are being obtained prior to the patient going to the cath suite? More importantly, are POC labs being done in the emergency department prior to the STEMI patient going to the…
Spotlight: Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Heart & Vascular Institute
Our department has a 20-bay pre/post unit, three cath lab procedure rooms, and utilizes a hybrid OR room as necessary.
The Successful Transradial Program at Crittenton Hospital Medical Center
We are performing more complex interventions via transradial access. Transradial access is here to stay.
Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Routes: An Overview
As radial artery access becomes more common in coronary angiography, US guidance has benefits that may result in higher cannulation success rates, fewer total attempts, and decreased procedural time.
High-Performing Labs Are Utilizing Radial Access and Same-Day Discharge Successfully
Fear of failure creates a powerful hindrance to adoption for a seasoned and respected interventionist. However, the learning curve to become a competent transradial interventionalist is neither steep nor arduous.
Single Leaflet Device Attachment Complicating Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Tricuspid Valve Using the MitraClip
We demonstrate that immediate deployment of one or more adjacent clips, particularly to the remaining attached leaflet, may stabilize the flailing clip and be a possible transcatheter treatment option for single leaflet device attachment (SLDA) in th…
Reflections on the 8th Annual AMPutation Prevention Symposium (AMP)
It was exciting to see complex CLI cases performed by some of the best CLI operators in the world, who were able to show us extreme, unique approaches to treat complex disease from the groin to the toes. 
Cath Lab Digest talks with WikiDoc creator C. Michael Gibson, MS, MD, about WikiDoc, Tweetbook, and his work as CEO of the Baim Institute for Clinical Research.
Information wants to be free. Let information flow freely from patients to doctors and from doctors to patients, and when you have free-flowing information, healthcare is enriched.
The Launch of Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions
“Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions” gives us an opportunity to offer up cases for discussion on Twitter that are both peer-reviewed and accompanied by references.
Advice: Good Management
Most staff know what to do. Our job, as management, is to lead, delegate and provide the tools to get the job done.