June 2019

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Volume 27 Issue 6

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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A Light Bulb Goes On – My First Use of the Distal Radial Artery for the Left Arm Approach
Last week, after returning from the Scottsdale Interventional Forum and hearing about distal transradial (dTRA) access, particularly for left arm cath, I decided to give it a try.
Boston Scientific Receives FDA Approval for Lotus Edge Aortic Valve System
Boston Scientific Corporation announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Lotus Edge aortic valve system. Delivered via a minimally-invasive procedure, this transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) technolo…
TherOx Receives FDA Approval for First Heart Attack Treatment Since PCI to Reduce Infarct Size
TherOx, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on improving treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted premarket approval for its SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Ther…
Diagnose Your Dialogue
Remember, there’s a patient in the room.
Interim Professionals: A Value Proposition With Results
Turnover in a hospital or physician practice setting is inevitable, but within the healthcare industry, continuity and consistency are the hallmarks of an efficient, effective service line — the foundation of all successful specialty programs. With c…
Radial and Ulnar Artery Occlusion Following Transradial and Transulnar Coronary Intervention Requiring Endovascular Revascularization
In the case presented herein, we discuss a patient who presented with right hand weakness and paresthesia following multiple previous coronary interventions using radial and ulnar arteries. She was found to have occlusion of both arteries, requiring…
Infrainguinal Revascularization Modalities
How many years have you been performing complex critical limb ischemia (CLI) revascularization?
Long-Term Clinical Safety and Efficacy: The Orsiro Ultrathin Bioresorbable Polymer Sirolimus-Eluting Stent
Can you describe the Orsiro stent?
ECG Primer for the Cath: What Does a Tall R Wave in V1 Mean? The Four Categories Approach
Your cath patient is in the lab and the electrocardiogram (ECG) shows a tall R wave in V1 (defined as an R wave amplitude that is greater than that of the S wave). What should you be thinking about and what is the differential for this finding? A ta…
Coronary Perforation Successfully Treated by Microcoil Embolization
Coronary perforation (CP) occurs in 2-8% of percutaneous coronary interventions.1-3 It is a rare but potentially fatal complication, should tamponade occur. The diagnosis is easily made by the extravasation of contrast agent from the damaged vessel d…