Editorial Staff
Clinical EditorMorton Kern, MD
Executive Editor
Laurie Gustafson
Managing Editor
Rebecca Kapur
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Elizabeth Vasil
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Rebecca Kapur, Managing Editor, Cath Lab DigestHMP Communications, 70 E. Swedesford Rd
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February 2003
|Volume 11 Issue 2
Early Results Suggest PolarCath System May Be Better Than Conventional Angioplasty Balloon
The PolarCath System which uses a new form of angioplasty to open blocked arteries by cooling and dilating them appears to be more successful and result in…
December 2002 Question: On-Call Teams
Do any of you have access to statistics related to cath lab teams and acute interventions? Specifically, I am looking for a survey showing the number of nurses/techs composing the team.
The reason is this; curr…
We are revising our processes and relocating our pre and post cath patient care area. I’d like some ideas on staffing, training, hours, whether or not both in and outpatients pass through there, and especially whether there are patients from any othe…
In the past, patients commonly began their diagnosis in the emergency unit; today they arrive at the cath lab through varied treatment doors. They may have arrived on an emergent basis from the ER, a cardiologist’s office or heart scan clinic, or as…
My experience as an educator first began in college, when I would host Anatomy & Physiology study sessions at my house to help other students in my class. I graduated from the Armstrong Atlantic State University School of Radiology (formally, The…
March 3-7
18th Annual Interventional Cardiology 2003
Location: Snowmass Village, Colorado
Website: www.promedica-intl.com
March 7 - 8
Review Course for the Invasive Registry Exam
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Contact: Amy Ross, RCIS, FSICP
Tel:…
With the System 100, physicians specify the amount of fluid to be extracted from a patient’s blood at a controlled rate. Vascular access is established via a patient’s peripheral veins, typically in the arms. The system uses a technique called ultra…
Laissez Faire Facilities and JCAHO
Earlier this year I sent out an e-mail requesting opinions from other hospitals regarding cath lab attire: hats, masks & shoe covers. The question was printed in your December 2002 issue (Email Discussion Gro…
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?
Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) currently has three dedicated cath labs (2 single plane, 1 bi-plane). There are 22.5 FTEs budgeted for the department. Of these:
12 a…
INTRODUCTION
As a disease category, heart disease is the number one cause of death, accounting for 725,192 deaths in the United States in 1999. During that year, ischemic heart disease accounted for 73% of the deaths from all forms of heart disease…