Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - (Page Cover3) Cardiac arrest is a stressful event especially when it happens in the Cath Lab Now you don’t have to compromise between continued intervention, effective chest compressions or safety of your personnel. With LUCAS, you don’t have to choose. The LUCAS™ Chest Compression System facilitates blood circulation to supply oxygen to vital organs, such as the heart and brain. The LUCAS system: Is designed to help your team meet current AHA Guidelines as it performs 100 compressions per minute, achieves a compression depth of two inches and allows for full chest recoil Is simple and intuitive and can be applied quickly to a patient, interrupting manual compressions for less than 20 seconds Helps sustain circulation while enabling simultaneous percutaneous intervention (PCI) and catheterization Enables medical staff to perform cath lab procedures without interrupting compressions, allowing for a less stressful environment that facilitates quality decision-making Is translucent except for the hood and the piston, enabling you to capture most fluoroscopy projections without removing LUCAS For more information on the LUCAS Chest Compression System, contact your Physio-Control representative at 1.800.442.1142 or visit www.physio-control.com. See a demonstration of the LUCAS Chest Compression System at American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions, Booth #211. LUCAS is designed and manufactured by JOLIFE AB in Sweden and distributed exclusively worldwide by Physio-Control, Inc. ©2008 Physio-Control, Inc. Redmond, WA 98052 USA. LUCAS is a trademark of JOLIFE AB. http://www.physio-control.com http://www.physio-control.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 Contents First Word Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting The Death of CME as We Know It? Clinical Study Digets: Triple-Antiplatelet Therapy; Ex-Vioxx Users Beware Shockwaves Subside from the FDA's Echo Contract Warning Burning Question: Does Laser Heart Therapy for Angina Really Work? Advanced Visualization Adds New Practive Dimension Coronary Calcium Scoring Program Reaps Dividends Interventionalists Get Pumped Up About Mechanical Chest Compression Trials Force Physicians to Re-Examine Oral Anti-Diabetic Drug Protocols News & Views Calendar Reader Resources The ACC Corner Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 (Page Cover1) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 (Page Cover2) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 (Page 1) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 (Page 2) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 3) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 4) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - First Word (Page 5) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 6) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 7) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 8) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 9) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 10) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 11) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Cover Story: Practice Management Software Moves Beyond Bean Counting (Page 12) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The Death of CME as We Know It? (Page 13) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The Death of CME as We Know It? (Page 14) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The Death of CME as We Know It? (Page 15) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The Death of CME as We Know It? (Page 16) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Clinical Study Digets: Triple-Antiplatelet Therapy; Ex-Vioxx Users Beware (Page 17) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Shockwaves Subside from the FDA's Echo Contract Warning (Page 18) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Shockwaves Subside from the FDA's Echo Contract Warning (Page 19) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Shockwaves Subside from the FDA's Echo Contract Warning (Page 20) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Shockwaves Subside from the FDA's Echo Contract Warning (Page 21) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Burning Question: Does Laser Heart Therapy for Angina Really Work? (Page 22) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Burning Question: Does Laser Heart Therapy for Angina Really Work? (Page 23) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Advanced Visualization Adds New Practive Dimension (Page 24) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Advanced Visualization Adds New Practive Dimension (Page 25) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Coronary Calcium Scoring Program Reaps Dividends (Page 26) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Coronary Calcium Scoring Program Reaps Dividends (Page 27) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Interventionalists Get Pumped Up About Mechanical Chest Compression (Page 28) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Interventionalists Get Pumped Up About Mechanical Chest Compression (Page 29) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Trials Force Physicians to Re-Examine Oral Anti-Diabetic Drug Protocols (Page 30) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Trials Force Physicians to Re-Examine Oral Anti-Diabetic Drug Protocols (Page 31) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Trials Force Physicians to Re-Examine Oral Anti-Diabetic Drug Protocols (Page 32) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Trials Force Physicians to Re-Examine Oral Anti-Diabetic Drug Protocols (Page 33) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - News & Views (Page 34) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - News & Views (Page 35) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - News & Views (Page 36) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - News & Views (Page 37) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Calendar (Page 38) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - Reader Resources (Page 39) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The ACC Corner (Page 40) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The ACC Corner (Page Cover3) Cardiovascular Business - November/December 2008 - The ACC Corner (Page Cover4)
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