Cath Lab Digest - December 2007 - (Page 2) 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 December 2007 vol.15 no.12 DOUGLAS S. BEINBORN, MA, RN Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN 1 Eisenhower Medical Center Dixie Lee Sargent, CVT, RCIS, Rancho Mirage, California 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 STEMI INTERVENTIONS Making STEMI a Priority: How the challenge differs at a large metropolitan medical center JACK P. CHEN, MD, FACC, FSCAI Northside Cardiology P.C. • Atlanta, GA Larry H. Brown RN, BSN, CNOR, STEMI Coordinator, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas PATTI COBLENTZ, RN, BSN Provena Covenant Medical Center Urbana, IL 13 STEMI Interventions: A New Section in Cath Lab Digest Commentary by Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, Course Director – Lumen (Vascular Interventions Symposium), Miami, Florida ANDREA E. DA VIS, BA, RCIS, FSICP George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C. 17 MICHELE DOUGHTY VOELTZ, MD Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia 1 Polymer-free Drug Delivery to the Vessel Wall: A Drugeluting Balloon Catheter Cath Lab Digest talks with Martin Unverdorben, MD, Clinical Research Institute at the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany KENNETH A. GORSKI RN, RCIS, FSICP Sones Cardiac Catheterization Labs Cleveland Clinic Foundation • Cleveland, OH TODD GINAPP, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP Memorial Hermann Southeast Houston, Texas 17 DRUG-ELUTING STENT SOLUTIONS Real-World Registry Data at TCT 2007 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 John Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine; Director of Interventional Cardiology and Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. 29 STEVE GRESSMIRE, RT(R)(CV) ARRT, AAMA Mississippi DENNIS W. HOLLOWA MBA, CVT Y, Sarasota Memorial Hospital • Sarasota, FL MARSHA HOLTON, RN, BS, CCRN, RCIS Cardiovascular Orientation Programs Indian Head, MD 26 YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS: CAREER ADVICE GERALD LAGASSE, RCIS Borgess Medical Center • Kalamazoo, MI The Heart of Your Team: Fostering Collaboration and Positive Attitude Susan Ray, Recruitment Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MICHAEL LIM, MD St. Louis Health Sciences Center St. Louis, MO 40 DEPARTMENTS 4 5 25 30 31 33 33 36 39 41 Clinical Editor’s Corner Letter to the Editor Volunteer Survey What Do You Think? Personnel Announcements CEU Education Center Meetings Calendar SICP* Chapter Updates Facilities in the News Clinical & Industry News TOM MALONEY, MS, RCIS Memorial Regional Medical Center Richmond, VA 27 ACVP• MEMBERSHIP PAGE & MANAGEMENT CORNER Cardiovascular Professionals: Leading above and beyond Peggy McElgunn, Esq., Executive Director, Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals JASON MONEY, RN, RCIS Elkins, AR BHAWNA OBEROI, BSRS-CBRPA, RT(R)(M) Sherman Radiology Associates Sherman, TX Cardiovascular Research Richard Ney, Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina TIM ROHRSCHNEIDER, BMSC, RT(R) Emory University Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta • Atlanta, Georgia 29 The Ten-Minute Interview with Deborah James, RCIS Kaiser Hospital, San Francisco, California ROBERT ROTH, RN, RCIS St. Louis University Medical Center St. Louis, MO 32 T’was the Night Before Christmas (in the Cath Lab) Neil E. Holtz, BS, EMT-P, Emory University Hospital, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiovascular Technologist, Emergency Medical Training Academy, Director of Education, Atlanta, Georgia ANNIE RUPPERT, RN, BSN Sharp Memorial Hospital • San Diego, CA HABIB SAMADY, MD, FACC, FSCAI Emory University Hospital • Atlanta, Georgia DICK STUEVE, RT(R) Kansas City, KS 34 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. JACKSON L. THATCHER, MD, FACC The Park Nicollet Heart Center at Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN *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. SANDY WATSON, RN, BN, NFESC Switzerland CHUCK WILLIAMS, BS, RT(R)(CV)(CI), RCIS, FSICP Atlanta, GA 37 SICP TEAMWORK The Relentless March of Interruptions Shirly Dawson Coffey, CVT, Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute, Eugene, Oregon * •Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals
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