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Volume 23 - Issue 5 - May, 2015

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Cath Lab Management
Hospital and Cardiologist Alignment: What’s Next? Making a Case for the Cath Lab Purchased Services Agreement (PSA)
04/30/2015
John D. Carroll, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Adopting a dyad structure to manage their cardiovascular service line may be the best option for providers, especially for the high-cost cardiac cath lab.
Adopting a dyad structure to manage their cardiovascular service line may be the best option for providers, especially for the high-cost cardiac cath lab.
Adopting a dyad structure to...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
How to Find and Train Inexperienced Staff to Work in the Cardiac Cath Lab
04/30/2015
Michael Robbins, BSN, RN-BC
Sounds pretty easy, right? In reality, it is a very difficult task to find and train inexperienced staff to work in the cardiac cath lab.  
Sounds pretty easy, right? In reality, it is a very difficult task to find and train inexperienced staff to work in the cardiac cath lab.  
Sounds pretty easy, right? In...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Technology Pulse
The Use of iFR Measurements to Simplify Decision Making for PCI
04/30/2015
Vincent J. Pompili, MD, FACC, FSCAI
iFR assesses whether a stenosis is causing a limitation of blood flow in coronary arteries with subsequent ischemia without the requirement of running adenosine.
iFR assesses whether a stenosis is causing a limitation of blood flow in coronary arteries with subsequent ischemia without the requirement of running adenosine.
iFR assesses whether a stenosis...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest

Department

Cath Lab Spotlight
Spotlight: Osceola Regional Medical Center
04/30/2015
E. Kristine Hammer, RN, BSN
We have 4 rooms, including 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab and 2 catheterization labs utilizing GE Innova imaging, and 1 hybrid lab utilizing Philips imaging.
We have 4 rooms, including 1 electrophysiology (EP) lab and 2 catheterization labs utilizing GE Innova imaging, and 1 hybrid lab utilizing Philips imaging.
We have 4 rooms, including 1...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Letters to the Editor
Same Problem, Different Solution
04/30/2015
Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI
The recently introduced Prodigy support catheter (Radius Medical) can be utilized both with complex percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as well as in chronic total occlusion (CTO) cases.
The recently introduced Prodigy support catheter (Radius Medical) can be utilized both with complex percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as well as in chronic total occlusion (CTO) cases.
The recently introduced Prodigy...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
CLI Perspectives
When to Use Adjunctive Therapy for Common Femoral Artery Revascularization in Non-Surgical Patients
04/30/2015
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP; Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The CFA is an important site for vascular access as well as an important site for bypass surgical procedures; therefore, typically, stenting is not considered an ideal treatment, although several reports have shown excellent stent patency.
The CFA is an important site for vascular access as well as an important site for bypass surgical procedures; therefore, typically, stenting is not considered an ideal treatment, although several reports have shown excellent stent patency.
The CFA is an important site for...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Coding and Billing
ICD-10 Challenges in the Cath Lab
04/30/2015
Anne M. Pavlik
Without a doubt, the ICD-10-PCS transition will create a myriad of challenges for coding within the cath lab and throughout the healthcare industry.
Without a doubt, the ICD-10-PCS transition will create a myriad of challenges for coding within the cath lab and throughout the healthcare industry.
Without a doubt, the ICD-10-PCS...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
SICP Section
The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals New 2015 Educational Guidelines for Invasive Cardiovascular Technology Personnel in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory
04/30/2015
Jeff Davis, RRT, RCIS, FSICP
The 2015 Educational Guidelines for Invasive Cardiovascular Technology Personnel in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory standards are intended to provide a framework for invasive cardiovascular programs as they develop or...
The 2015 Educational Guidelines for Invasive Cardiovascular Technology Personnel in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory standards are intended to provide a framework for invasive cardiovascular programs as they develop or...
The 2015 Educational Guidelines...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
A Newly Demonstrated Safe Approach: The Rationale for Intravenous rtPA Used in Acute Stroke Patients with an NIHSS of 5 or Less
04/30/2015
Rhonda Long
As catheterization procedural volumes increase and the population ages, Corazon believes that preparation in the cath lab for an increased frequency of stroke is warranted.
As catheterization procedural volumes increase and the population ages, Corazon believes that preparation in the cath lab for an increased frequency of stroke is warranted.
As catheterization procedural...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Conversations in Cardiology: Should You Still Prepare the Femoral Site for Radial Cases?
04/30/2015
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; David J. Cohen, MD, MPH, MSc; Robert J. Applegate, MD; Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM; Peter Ver Lee, MD; David E. Kandzari, MD; Christopher J. White, DO, MD; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC; Samuel M. Butman, MD; Augusto D. Pichard, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Aaron V. Kaplan; Prashant Kaul, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Malcolm R. Bell, MD; Mladen I. Vidovich, MD; Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc; John Hodgson, MD, FSCAI, FACC; Michael Krucoff; Ramon Quesda; Fred Resnick
Gus Pichard, Washington Heart Center, asks, “Mort, who among the radialists has stopped shaving the groin?
Gus Pichard, Washington Heart Center, asks, “Mort, who among the radialists has stopped shaving the groin?
Gus Pichard, Washington Heart...
04/30/2015
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