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CONSULTING EDITORS MORTON KERN, MD Clinical Editor, Cath Lab Digest Clinical Professor of Medicine Associate Chief Cardiology University of California Irvine • Orange, CA ROBERT J. BASILE, SR., RT(R) Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ A Product, News and Clinical Update for the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Specialist April 2008 vol.16 no.4 DOUGLAS S. BEINBORN, MA, RN Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN 1 HEIDI N. BONNEAU, RN, MS Highlands Consulting, Inc. • San Jose, CA Kaiser San Rafael Medical Center Peter Alt, RN, San Rafael, California 38 Navigating Tortuous Coronary Sinus Anatomy Using a Bipolar Lead Matthew Trojan, MD, Heart Failure Specialist, Oregon Cardiology, and Medical Director of the Heart Failure Program at Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, Eugene, Oregon Reprinted with permission from EP Lab Digest 2008;3(8):34,37. GEORGANN BRUSKI, RT(R), CRT, ARRT Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • Boston, MA 1 Orbital Atherectomy: A new treatment for complex peripheral arterial disease Cath Lab Digest talks with Raj Dave, MD, Director, Endovascular Medicine, Pinnacle Health/Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania JACK P. CHEN, MD, FACC, FSCAI Northside Cardiology P.C. • Atlanta, GA 20 PATTI COBLENTZ, RN, BSN Provena Covenant Medical Center Urbana, IL 1 ANDREA E. DAVIS, BA, RCIS, FSICP George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C. Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A column for those new to the cath lab Questions are answered by: Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP. Todd is the Cardiology Manager for Memorial Hermann Southeast in Houston, Texas. He also teaches an online RCIS Review course for Spokane Community College, in Spokane, Washington, and regularly presents with RCIS Review Courses. MICHELE DOUGHTY VOELTZ, MD Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia 40 The National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) Holds 9th Annual Educational Conference For Medical Imaging Physician Extenders and Mid-Level Healthcare Providers Eileen M. Ferguson, RPA, RT(R)(VI), TJUH-Methodist Hospital Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania KENNETH A. GORSKI RN, RCIS, FSICP Sones Cardiac Catheterization Labs Cleveland Clinic Foundation • Cleveland, OH 46 DEPARTMENTS 4 6 48 48 54 Clinical Editor’s Corner CEU Education Center What Do You Think? Meetings Calendar Clinical & Industry News 57 Cath Laughs 58 Classifieds 62 Advertisers Index © 2008, HMP Communications, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited. Opinions expressed by authors, contributors, and advertisers are their own and not necessarily those of HMP Communications, LLC, the editorial staff, or any member of the editorial advisory board. 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Contact HMP Communications, LLC for information. 26 STEMI INTERVENTIONS: TODD GINAPP, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP Memorial Hermann Southeast Houston, Texas STEVE GRESSMIRE, RT(R)(CV) ARRT, AAMA Mississippi The Missing Link in STEMI Interventions — Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, Miami, Florida 42 Cath Lab & Beyond: A Meeting Update Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, CNS, Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, California 43 MARSHA HOLTON, RN, BS, CCRN, RCIS Cardiovascular Orientation Programs Indian Head, MD 30 DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS: Ten-Minute Interview with… Dale Hansen RT, CVT Conroe Regional Medical Center, Conroe, Texas SICP: The GERALD LAGASSE, RCIS Borgess Medical Center • Kalamazoo, MI Predicting Stent Thrombosis Using A Clinical Risk Score This monthly column in Cath Lab Digest reviews important points of distinction in drug-eluting stents, from characteristics to techniques, to provide valuable and relevant information about this technology. This month’s column features Kenneth Baran, MD, medical director at John Nasseff Heart Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also a partner at the St. Paul Heart Clinic. 44 Sometimes, You Just Know Michele Impreveduto, RN, BA, MPA, Lead Nurse CCL, Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey MICHAEL LIM, MD St. Louis Health Sciences Center St. Louis, MO TOM MALONEY, MS, RCIS Memorial Regional Medical Center Richmond, VA JASON MONEY, RN, RCIS Elkins, AR 46 Twin Circumflex Arteries: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly M.N. Attar, MD, MRCP, Roger K. Moore, MD, MRCP, Sarfraz Khan, FRCP, FCPS, Department of Cardiology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom Reprinted with permission from The Journal of Invasive Cardiology 2008;20:E54–E55. BHAWNA OBEROI, BSRS-CBRPA, RT(R)(M) Sherman Radiology Associates Sherman, TX 30 Use of a New Guidewire: The Tigerwire Cath Lab Digest talks with Prakash Krishnan, MD, Director, Endovascular Intervention, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, about his use of the newly released Tigerwire (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN). TIM ROHRSCHNEIDER, BMSC, RT(R) Emory University Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta • Atlanta, Georgia ANNIE RUPPERT, RN, BSN Sharp Memorial Hospital • San Diego, CA HABIB SAMADY, MD, FACC, FSCAI Emory University Hospital • Atlanta, Georgia 34 JACKSON L. THATCHER, MD, FACC The Park Nicollet Heart Center at Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS: CAREER ADVICE Should I Stay or Should I Go? Weighing Options for New Opportunities Carol Dombrowicki, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania HMP Communications, LLC (HMP) is the 49 News from the American authoritative source for comprehensive inforCollege of Cardiology (ACC) mation and education serving healthcare professionals. HMP’s products include peerScientific Session and the reviewed and non-peer-reviewed medical journals, national trade shows and conferences, Society of Cardiovascular online programs and customized programs Angiography & Interventions within the clinical areas of wound care, dermatology, podiatry, cardiology, vascular, electrophysiology, long-term care, diabetes, (SCAI) Annual Scientific arthritis, and specialized primary care. 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Cath Lab Digest - April 2008 Kaiser San Rafael Medical Center Orbital Atherectomy: A New Treatment for Complex Peripheral Arterial Disease Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab Contents Clinical Editor’s Corner CEU Education Center The Missing Link in STEMI Interventions — Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Predicting Stent Thrombosis Using A Clinical Risk Score Use of a New Guidewire: The Tigerwire Should I Stay or Should I Go? Weighing Options for New Opportunities Navigating Tortuous Coronary Sinus Anatomy Using a Bipolar Lead The National Society of Radiology Practitioner Assistants (NSRPA) Holds 9th Annual Educational Conference For Medical Imaging Physician Extenders and Mid-Level Healthcare Providers Cath Lab & Beyond: A Meeting Update The Ten-Minute Interview with… Dale Hansen RT, CVT Sometimes, You Just Know Twin Circumflex Arteries: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly What Do You Think? Meetings Calendar News from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) Annual Scientific Sessions in Partnership with the ACC i2 Summit Clinical & Industry News Cath Laughs Classifieds Advertisers Index

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