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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 SUE APPLE, DNSC, RN Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies • Washington, D.C. A Product, News and Clinical Update for the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Specialist September 2007 vol.15 no.9 ROBERT J. BASILE, SR., RT(R) Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ 1 St. Dominic Hospital Nita Butts RN, BSN, Director, Cath Lab and Non-Invasive Labs, Jackson, Mississippi DOUGLAS S. BEINBORN, MA, RN Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN HEIDI N. BONNEAU, RN, MS Highlands Consulting, Inc. • San Jose, CA 1 The Genous Bio-engineered R Stent Cath Lab Digest talks with Robbert de Winter, MD, Director Cath Lab, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands This month’s column is authored by Sigmund Silber, MD, FACC, FESC, who is Professor of Medicine at the University of Munich, and is in private cardiology practice in Munich, Germany. 33 YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS: CAREER ADVICE GEORGANN BRUSKI, RT(R), CRT, ARRT Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • Boston, MA Back to School: The Value of Education in Cardiovascular Services Carol Dombrowicki, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 39 JACK P. CHEN, MD, FACC, FSCAI Northside Cardiology P.C. • Atlanta, GA 1 PATTI COBLENTZ, RN, BSN Provena Covenant Medical Center Urbana, IL ANDREA E. DA VIS, BA, RCIS, FSICP George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C. Percutaneous Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Chronic Total Occlusions: Device Options and Clinical Outcomes Jinnette Abbott, MD and David Williams, MD, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island. Reprinted with permission from Vascular Disease Management 2007;4(4):133-140. 36 The ACVP Standards and Competencies: Are you using them effectively? Peggy McElgunn, Esq., Executive Director, Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals MICHELE DOUGHTY VOELTZ, MD Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia 24 KENNETH A. GORSKI RN, RCIS, FSICP Sones Cardiac Catheterization Labs Cleveland Clinic Foundation • Cleveland, OH 17 COMMENTARY TODD GINAPP, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP Memorial Hermann Southeast Houston, Texas STEVE GRESSMIRE, RT(R)(CV) ARRT, AAMA Mississippi Percutaneous Revascularization of Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusion — Which Patients, Why, and How? Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD and Robert Dieter, MD; 1Division of Cardiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina and 2 Division of Cardiology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. Reprinted with permission from Vascular Disease Management 2007;4(4):141. 1 2 39 My Experience with Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Stroke Pam Mace, RN, President, The Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America 39 A Brief Review of Fibromuscular Dysplasia Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York DENNIS W. HOLLOWA MBA, CVT Y, Sarasota Memorial Hospital • Sarasota, FL MARSHA HOLTON, RN, BS, CCRN, RCIS Cardiovascular Orientation Programs Indian Head, MD GERALD LAGASSE, RCIS Borgess Medical Center • Kalamazoo, MI 41 A Look at On-the-Job Training: Perceptions, Reality and Our Profession Elisabeth M. Frails, BSRT, RCIS, MSA Harry T. Harper MD School of Cardiac and Vascular Technology University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia MICHAEL LIM, MD St. Louis Health Sciences Center St. Louis, MO TOM MALONEY, MS, RCIS Memorial Regional Medical Center Richmond, VA 24 Myocardial Infarction and Syncope: A manifestation of the “Raynaud-Prinzmetal Syndrome”? Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, Chairman, Department of Cardiology, Northside Hospital Atlanta, Georgia 50 DEPARTMENTS 4 Clinical Editor’s Corner 38 What Do You Think? 40 Letter to the Editor 45 CLD’s Annual Salary Survey 47 Volunteer Survey 48 CEU Education Center 49 SICP* Section 51 Clinical & Industry News *Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals •Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals Copyright© 2007 by HMP COMMUNICATIONS, All rights reserved. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and not necessarily those of their institution or HMP COMMUNICATIONS, the editorial staff, or any member of the editorial advisory board. 42 Doing the Wave: Inventory Management with RFID Kathryn Green, Senior Director Radiology Services and Cardiovascular Diagnostic & Interventional Services UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester, Massachusetts JASON MONEY, RN, RCIS Elkins, AR BHAWNA OBEROI, BSRS-CBRPA, RT(R)(M) Sherman Radiology Associates Sherman, TX TIM ROHRSCHNEIDER, BMSC, RT(R) Emory University Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta • Atlanta, Georgia 28 Essential Technical Components of the Transradial Approach Ronald Caputo, MD, Associate Director Cardiac Cath Lab, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, New York 44 The Ten-Minute Interview with… Paul Pinsker, RCIS Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, Colorado ROBERT ROTH, RN, RCIS St. Louis University Medical Center St. Louis, MO 30 ACVP• MANAGEMENT CORNER ANNIE RUPPERT, RN, BSN Sharp Memorial Hospital • San Diego, CA If You Build It, Will They Come? John Florio, Executive Director, Cardiovascular Services, University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, Kansas; President, ACVP 46 Harrisburg Area Community College Lois Schaffer, BHS, RT(R), RCIS Cardiovascular Technology Program Director, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Technology Harrisburg, Pennsylvania HABIB SAMADY, MD, FACC, FSCAI Emory University Hospital • Atlanta, Georgia DICK STUEVE, RT(R) Kansas City, KS JACKSON L. THATCHER, MD, FACC The Park Nicollet Heart Center at Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN 33 DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS Evidence-Based Medicine with Drug-Eluting Stents 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. 50 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 “We see people with myocardial bridges, but nothing is done for them. What is the bridge and what is its significance?” SANDY WATSON, RN, BN, NFESC Switzerland CHUCK WILLIAMS, BS, RPA, FSICP Atlanta, GA

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St. Dominic Hospital The Genous Bio-engineered R Stent Percutaneous Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Chronic Total Occlusions: Device Options and Clinical Outcomes Contents Clinical Editor’s Corner Percutaneous Revascularization of Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusion — Which Patients, Why, and How? Myocardial Infarction and Syncope: A Manifestation of the “Raynaud-Prinzmetal Syndrome”? Essential Technical Components of the Transradial Approach If You Build It, Will They Come? Evidence-Based Medicine with Drug-Eluting Stents Back to School: The Value of Education in Cardiovascular Services The ACVP Standards and Competencies: Are You Using Them Effectively? What Do You Think? My Experience with Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Stroke A Brief Review of Fibromuscular Dysplasia Letter to the Editor A Look at On-the-Job Training: Perceptions, Reality and Our Profession Doing the Wave: Inventory Management with RFID The Ten-Minute Interview with… Paul Pinsker, RCIS CLD’s Annual Salary Survey Harrisburg Area Community College Volunteer Survey CEU Education Center SICP* Section Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab Clinical & Industry News

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