March 2005

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Volume 13 Issue 3

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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Clinical and Industry News: Part 1
Datascope Interventional Announces the Launch of Safeguard 12 cm and the X-Site® Suture-mediated Vascular Closure Device Safeguard is now available in two sizes, 12 cm and 24 cm. Safeguard is a versatile access site management device that can b…
Clinical and Industry News: Part II
Genes Can Influence Where Plaque Happens in Heart Arteries Heredity sometimes influences where fatty deposits develop in a coronary artery, researchers reported. Different locations of disease show different degrees of inheritance, said Ulrich Bro…
Cath Lab Staff Survey: Injuries
1. Have you had to take days off from work because of an injury? Shoulder_______Arm______Wrist_____________Hand______ Neck________Back________Hips_____________Knees______ 2. Did you think this injury was work-related? 3. Did you need t…
Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion Group
Other Physicians in CCL Do any of your cardiac cath labs have physicians OTHER than cardiologists and EP physicians performing procedures in the cardiac cath lab procedure rooms? Judy Parham jparham@armc.org Standard of PP Outcomes? Hello!…
Measuring DES Efficacy
As a physician, what do you consider the most clinically significant measure or measures of efficacy in drug-eluting stent (DES) clinical trials, and why? In patients undergoing intervention, TLR (target lesion revascularization) is the most clinica…
Addiction Disorders in Allied Health Professionals: A Treatable Disease
A common misperception is that an allied health professional who is suffering from an addictive disorder to drugs or alcohol is usually clinically incompetent and easy to identify. The fact is, however, job performance is usually one of the last indi…
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers: The Past, Present and Future: Utilizing technology to adapt new healthcare strategies
In October 2003, the first phase of the Providence Heart Institute opened. The Heart Institute now offers complete, centralized cardiac diagnostic services, including echocardiography, nuclear cardiac testing, catheterization labs, electrophysiology,…
The 10-Minute Interview with...Bruce Allen, RCIS
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field? I grew up thinking that it would be good to be involved in the healthcare field. I worked my way through two years of college in the dietary department of a busy hospital and then decided…
Ask the Clinical Instructor
We did a bypass study of the RCA. It was bypassed by a RIMA. The cathing physician said it could also be bypassed by an artery from the stomach. What did he mean? The physician was referring to the gastroepiploic artery. The gastroepiploic artery f…
Minimizing Cath Lab Design Challenges
Key Issues Circulation is one of the most important issues because it greatly impacts patients and staff. Access to cath labs is usually determined through one or two circulation paths. When possible, two circulation paths are always recommended. A…