Volume 16 - Issue 1 - January, 2008
Feature
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
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“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents (DES), from characteristics to techniques, to provide valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary technology. What was the...
This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents (DES), from characteristics to techniques, to provide valuable and relevant information about this revolutionary technology. What was the...
This monthly column in Cath Lab...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Carol Dombrowicki, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carol Dombrowicki, Recruitment Consul...
Happy New Year! Hopefully your new year’s resolution includes not only improving yourself, but facilitating improvement in the skills of your staff and department as well. There are so many ways you can help the educational growth of your...
Happy New Year! Hopefully your new year’s resolution includes not only improving yourself, but facilitating improvement in the skills of your staff and department as well. There are so many ways you can help the educational growth of your...
Happy New Year! Hopefully your...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
...
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists perform an ACT exam when the patient comes to the cath lab from the emergency room, and sometimes they wait and perform the test after the patient has had a heparin bolus. Why?” — CVT student, Houston,...
“Sometimes the cardiologists...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS
Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS
Case Study A 66-year-old female presented to the ED complaining of 8/10 retrosternal chest pain and dyspnea. She was triaged quickly and her initial ECG, done within minutes of arrival, showed possible lateral infarct, T wave inversion in the...
Case Study A 66-year-old female presented to the ED complaining of 8/10 retrosternal chest pain and dyspnea. She was triaged quickly and her initial ECG, done within minutes of arrival, showed possible lateral infarct, T wave inversion in the...
Case Study A 66-year-old female...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest talks with Roxana Mehran, MD
Cath Lab Digest talks with Roxana Meh...
How big of a problem is contrast-induced nephropathy in the cath lab?
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) has traditionally been somewhat ignored. Only in the last few years has there been some light shed on this complication. We knew as...
How big of a problem is contrast-induced nephropathy in the cath lab?
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) has traditionally been somewhat ignored. Only in the last few years has there been some light shed on this complication. We knew as...
How big of a problem is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Commentary: I. ‘False Positives’
In the December 2007 issue of Cath Lab Digest, I provided an editorial comment to the exceptional quality of scientific work that was performed with short door-to-balloon (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial...
Commentary: I. ‘False Positives’
In the December 2007 issue of Cath Lab Digest, I provided an editorial comment to the exceptional quality of scientific work that was performed with short door-to-balloon (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial...
Commentary: I. ‘False...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
06/19/2008
A 59-year-old man with high blood pressure has progressive angina over the last six weeks. The patient’s angina occurs while brushing his teeth as well as during easy walking. He is admitted for cardiac catheterization immediately after an...
A 59-year-old man with high blood pressure has progressive angina over the last six weeks. The patient’s angina occurs while brushing his teeth as well as during easy walking. He is admitted for cardiac catheterization immediately after an...
A 59-year-old man with high...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Department
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Nanette Jackson, RT(R), Director, Cardiovascular Services, Debbie Gatewood, RN, BSN, Cath Lab Educator, and Christine McIntyre, RN, BSN, MHA, Director of the Central Baptist Heart and Vascular Institute, Lexington, Kentucky
Nanette Jackson, RT(R), Director, Car...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Central Baptist is a 374-bed tertiary hospital. The invasive cardiology department includes 5 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology (EP) labs and a 28-bed...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Central Baptist is a 374-bed tertiary hospital. The invasive cardiology department includes 5 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology (EP) labs and a 28-bed...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
06/19/2008
Nanette Jackson, RT(R), Director, Cardiovascular Services, Debbie Gatewood, RN, BSN, Cath Lab Educator, and Christine McIntyre, RN, BSN, MHA, Director of the Central Baptist Heart and Vascular Institute, Lexington, Kentucky
Nanette Jackson, RT(R), Director, Car...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Central Baptist is a 374-bed tertiary hospital. The invasive cardiology department includes 5 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology (EP) labs and a 28-bed...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Central Baptist is a 374-bed tertiary hospital. The invasive cardiology department includes 5 cardiac cath labs, 3 electrophysiology (EP) labs and a 28-bed...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
