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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 November 2007 vol.15 no.11 DOUGLAS S. BEINBORN, MA, RN Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN 1 Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute Kathleen Arnold, RN, BSN, RCIS Detroit, Michigan 26 Use of a Mobile Lab to ‘Test the Waters’ at a Rural Hospital Cath Lab Digest talks with John Walker, CEO, Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City, Kansas HEIDI N. BONNEAU, RN, MS Highlands Consulting, Inc. • San Jose, CA GEORGANN BRUSKI, RT(R), CRT, ARRT Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center • Boston, MA 1 JACK P. CHEN, MD, FACC, FSCAI Northside Cardiology P.C. • Atlanta, GA Treating Patients with Complex Vascular Disease with a Multi-Disciplinary Approach Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, 2Robert S. Dieter, MD, 1C. Steven Powell, MD 1 East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; 2Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 1 28 ACVP• MANAGEMENT CORNER Remembering a Cardiac Cath Lab History Imaging in the Cath Lab: Thoughts on where we’ve been and where we are going Georgann Bruski, RT(R), CRT, ARRT Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts PATTI COBLENTZ, RN, BSN Provena Covenant Medical Center Urbana, IL 12 ANDREA E. DA VIS, BA, RCIS, FSICP George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C. 1 DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS MICHELE DOUGHTY VOELTZ, MD Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia Improving Patient Compliance with Antiplatelet Medications 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 is authored by Larry S. Dean, MD, a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Director of the University of Washington Regional Heart Center at the University of Washington Academic Medical Center, in Seattle, Washington. KENNETH A. GORSKI RN, RCIS, FSICP Sones Cardiac Catheterization Labs Cleveland Clinic Foundation • Cleveland, OH 31 The Ten-Minute Interview with… Ernie Livingston, RN, BSN Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, Alabama TODD GINAPP, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP Memorial Hermann Southeast Houston, Texas 34 Who’s in Charge? Shirly Dawson Coffey, CVT Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, Eugene, Oregon STEVE GRESSMIRE, RT(R)(CV) ARRT, AAMA Mississippi 26 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 19 Cath Lab Nurse/Tech Vascular Access and Closure Using the StarClose® Device Daniel T. Lee, MD, 1Matthew T. Lee, Research Assistant, 1Patrick C. Rim, Research Assistant, 1Thomas E. Tomczak Jr., NP, 2Karen DiDonato RN, MSN, Clinical Affairs Manager 1 Bay Regional Medical Center, Bay City, Michigan; 2Abbott Vascular, Redwood City, California 1 35 Working to Eliminate Bottlenecks: Florida Hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab Achieves Greater Efficiency and Higher Satisfaction 1Barry Egolf, RN, Cath Lab Supervisor, 1Gengie Nail, BSRS, Quality Assurance Coordinator, 2Michael Donoghue, Consulting Manager, 2Carolyn Pexton, Director of Communications 1Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida; 2GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wisconsin 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 BHAWNA OBEROI, BSRS-CBRPA, RT(R)(M) Sherman Radiology Associates Sherman, TX 22 The Clinical and Economic Impact of Measuring Fractional Flow Reserve Cath Lab Digest talked with Fadi Matar, MD, of Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, about his five-year experience with this technology. 37 Preserving Left Ventricular Function during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Prithwish Banerjee, MD and Dip Card, MRCP, Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals, Coventry & Warwickshire, United Kingdom. This article is reprinted with permission from J Invasive Cardiol 2007;19:440–443. 40 DEPARTMENTS 4 Clinical Editor’s Corner 29 ACVP• Membership Page 30 What Do You Think? 33 SICP* Chapter Updates 44 CEU Education Center 45 Clinical & Industry News 48 Meetings Calendar •Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals *Society of Invasive 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. TIM ROHRSCHNEIDER, BMSC, RT(R) Emory University Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta • Atlanta, Georgia ROBERT ROTH, RN, RCIS St. Louis University Medical Center St. Louis, MO 23 FFR and Choosing an Optimal Revascularization Strategy Michael Ragosta, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Director of Interventional Cardiology, University of Virginia Health System-Charlottesville, Virginia ANNIE RUPPERT, RN, BSN Sharp Memorial Hospital • San Diego, CA 40 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 This month: The RCIS Exam 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 25 Finally! The New Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) Credential An interview with Christopher M. Nelson, RN, RCIS, FSICP Interview by Jodie Elrod This article is reprinted with permission from EP Lab Digest Oct 2007;7(10):1,6. 43 YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS: CAREER ADVICE Making the Most of Your First Impression: Interviewing Tips and Techniques Kevin Miracle, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania SANDY WATSON, RN, BN, NFESC Switzerland CHUCK WILLIAMS, BS, RPA, FSICP Atlanta, GA

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Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute Treating Patients with Complex Vascular Disease with a Multi-Disciplinary Approach Improving Patient Compliance with Antiplatelet Medications Clinical Editor’s Corner Cath Lab Nurse/Tech Vascular Access and Closure Using the StarClose® Device The Clinical and Economic Impact of Measuring Fractional Flow Reserve FFR and Choosing an Optimal Revascularization Strategy Finally! The New Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) Credential Use of a Mobile Lab to ‘Test the Waters’ at a Rural Hospital Remembering a Cardiac Cath Lab History ACVP• Membership Page What Do You Think? The Ten-Minute Interview with… Ernie Livingston, RN, BSN SICP* Chapter Updates Who’s in Charge? Working to Eliminate Bottlenecks: Florida Hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab Achieves Greater Efficiency and Higher Satisfaction Preserving Left Ventricular Function during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab Making the Most of Your First Impression: Interviewing Tips and Techniques CEU Education Center Clinical & Industry News Meetings Calendar

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