April 2007

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Volume 15 Issue 4

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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Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab
This is a popular question and has been asked at nearly every review course in which I have participated. While the exact scope of what you need to know about the catheters referenced on the exam is too much information for this short article, we can…
Carmen's Inservice: Part I
This is a story of the marriage between two very different worlds; a modern, cutting-edge cath lab and a gracious classical guitar by the name of Carmen. It also illustrates the value of such a marriage. Of how two such opposite worlds illuminate the…
SICP April 2007 Chapter News
The Emerald Coast Chapter The Emerald Coast Chapter would like to welcome all cardiovascular professionals in Northwest Florida to join us for our local chapter meetings. Please contact us at angiermark (at) aol. com See you soon! Angie Bowles,…
What Do You Think?
New Questions Free-standing Cath Labs I am looking for data on free-standing diagnostic cath lab expense benchmarks. I need this information for the purposes of doing a business evaluation of a cath lab. I was wondering if anyone has this type of…
The new Philips Ambient Experience Cath Lab was set up in the ACC exhibit hall for attendees. It is designed to provide an innovative, comforting and calming atmosphere for patient and staff during stressful interventional procedures. The suite offers a p
Selected News from the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions:March 24-27, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana
SPIRIT III Clinical Trial Demonstrates Positive Performance for Both Taxus® and Promus Drug-Eluting Stent Systems Results of the pivotal SPIRIT III clinical trial reaffirmed prior safety and efficacy data for the Taxus® Express2 Paclitaxel-Eluting C…
Clinical and Industry News for April 2007
CircuLite Closes $20 million Series B Private Placement Funding Foundation Medical Partners Led Round CircuLite Incorporated, a medical device company focused on the development of a proprietary circulatory assist technology for the management of c…
Use of a Disposable Radiation Protective Table for Reducing Operator Radiation Exposure during Cardiovascular Angiographic Proce
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Interested in Imaging and Hemodynamics? See what the SCAI has to offer.
Held at SCAI’s 30th Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, May 9, the Judkins Cardiac Imaging Symposium offers a comprehensive mix of both fundamentals and innovations from the basic need-to-know imaging facts and techniques to…
Figure 1. Pre-interventional angiogram demonstrating a severe ostial right coronary AOL.
Floating Wire Technique for Treatment of Aorto-Ostial Lesions
Case Presentation and Description of Technique A 63-year-old gentleman underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization at an outside hospital for acute coronary syndrome. He was found to have an eccentric, 95% right coronary AOL with preserved left ven…
Addressing Misconceptions About Drug-Eluting Stents
Drug-eluting stents (DES) were introduced in 2002. Why is this technology considered revolutionary for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD)? The primary reason DES have such a major impact on the treatment of CAD is the marked improvement…