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- Cath Lab Digest - May 2008
- The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
- Cell Therapy in the Cath Lab for Heart Failure: A Look at MyoCell® Therapy and the SEISMIC Trial
- Performance Improvement Strategies Speed Up Treatment Times in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients
- Contents
- Clinical Editor’s Corner
- Commentary: Performance Improvement Strategies Speed Up Treatment Times in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients
- Ask the STEMI Expert
- Comparing Drug-Eluting Stents and Bare-Metal Stents
- SICP: The Ten-Minute Interview with… Christopher Kambak, RT(R)
- Cardiac Cath Lab Economics in a Public Hospital of a Developing Country
- Keeping Your Heart & Vascular Employees: Proven Ideas for an Effective Retention Plan
- Unspoken Words
- Ask the Clinical Instructor
- Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals
- Meetings Calendar
- Education Center
- What Do You Think?
- Clinical & Industry News
- Classifieds
- Advertisers Index

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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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- Cath Lab Digest - March 2008
- Are You Being Paid Fair Market Value in 2008? A Cardiac Cath Lab Professionals Survey by Cath Lab Digest and the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals
- Saint Joseph’s Hospital
- Invasive Imaging Tools for Optimizing Coronary Stent Deployment
- Contents
- Clinical Editor’s Corner
- A Workflow Revolution in Cath Lab Reporting
- Advantages of a New Digital Lab at Baystate Medical Center
- Cardiac Computed Tomography: What Does it Mean for the Cath Lab?
- The Latest in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Cellular Cardiomyoplasty and Cardiac Regeneration
- Intravascular Ultrasound in the Cath Lab: A Powerful — and Underutilized — Tool to Improve Patient Outcomes
- The Stentplus™ Patient Success Program
- Cardiac Cath Lab Clutter — or, Spring into Action!
- Groin Bleeds and Other Hemorrhagic Complications of Cardiac Catheterization: A List of Relevant Issues
- Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab
- What Do You Think?
- Experience with a New Guidewire: The Terumo Runthrough NS
- The Ostial Pro™ Stent Positioning System: Perfecting Aorto-Ostial Stent Placement
- Precious Minutes
- The Ten-Minute Interview with…Mark Bowles, BSN, CCRN
- Vascular Care in the Cath Lab: Planning a Smooth Transition
- Cath Laughs
- CMS 2008 OPPS Final Rule Review
- An Extensive Set of Review Courses for the CCI Basic Science, Non-Invasive Echocardiography and Vascular, and ARDMS Ultrasound Exams
- Meetings Calendar
- CEU Education Center
- Clinical & Industry News
- STEMI Interventions
- Classifieds
- Advertisers Index

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- Cath Lab Digest - February 2008
- Bay Regional Medical Center
- ENDEAVOR IV: A Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent Versus a Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in a Randomized Clinical Trial
- A 3D CT Vessel “Roadmap” Over Live Fluoroscopy for Chronic Total Occlusions
- Contents
- Clinical Editor’s Corner
- An Evaluation of Cath Lab Turnaround Time
- Commentary: An Evaluation of Cath Lab Turnaround Time
- Excerpts from Chapter 19. STEMI Interventions – Future Perspectives
- The Potential Clinical Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents
- The Ten-Minute Interview with…Debbie Charlton, RN
- The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2007
- The Cath Lab is a Business: Do You Have the Knowledge to Stay Afloat?
- Incidence and Predictors of Vascular Complications after Invasive Coronary Procedures: A Prospective Analysis
- Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for those New to the Cath Lab
- Volunteer Survey
- SICP* Section
- Meetings Calendar
- What Do You Think?
- CEU Education Center
- Clinical & Industry News
- Classifieds
- Advertisers Index

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- Cath Lab Digest - January 2008
- Central Baptist Hospital
- Contrast Media Use in High-Risk Patients
- An Ergonomic Survey of Cath Lab Repetitive Stress Injuries
- Contents
- Clinical Editor’s Corner
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, a.k.a., Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome: An Acute Coronary Syndrome Imposter
- Searching for the Key to D2B
- STEMI Intervention News
- STEMI Interventions: Commentary
- The Massachusetts Stent Study
- The Value of Educating Staff
- Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab
- SICP* Chapter Updates
- The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals Holds an RCIS Review Course at New Cardiovascular Horizons
- 18:20 To Denver — One Student’s First Clinical Experience
- CEU Education Center
- Meetings Calendar
- What Do You Think?
- Clinical & Industry News
- Classifieds
- The Ten-Minute Interview with…Heather Vardon, RN
- Advertisers Index

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- Cath Lab Digest - December 2007
- Eisenhower Medical Center
- Making STEMI a Priority: How the Challenge Differs at a Large Metropolitan Medical Center
- Polymer-free Drug Delivery to the Vessel Wall: A Drug-eluting Balloon Catheter
- Contents
- Clinical Editor’s Corner
- Letter to the Editor
- STEMI Interventions: A New Section in Cath Lab Digest
- Real-World Registry Data at TCT 2007
- Volunteer Survey
- The Heart of Your Team: Fostering Collaboration and Positive Attitude
- Cardiovascular Professionals: Leading above and beyond
- Cardiovascular Research
- The Ten-Minute Interview with Deborah James, RCIS
- What Do You Think?
- Personnel Announcements
- T’was the Night Before Christmas (in the Cath Lab)
- CEU Education Center
- Meetings Calendar
- Ask the Clinical Instructor: A Q&A Column for Those New to the Cath Lab
- SICP* Chapter Updates
- The Relentless March of Interruptions
- Facilities in the News
- Clinical & Industry news

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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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- Saints Medical Center
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia in Children and Adolescents
- Cerebral Vascular Accident Following a Pulmonary Embolism: Search for the Hidden Patent Foramen Ovale
- Contents
- Clinical Editor’s Corner
- Meetings Calendar
- CEU Education Center
- Radiation Tracking in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab
- Letter to the Editor
- Carotid Stenting: An update
- Release from Stent-jail: Beneficial Snow-Plowing?
- Patient Management Guidelines
- Searching for a Cardiovascular Position? Tips for Creating a ‘Stand-Out’ Resume
- Long-Term Implications of Short-Term Closure Decisions – The Evolution to Vascular Access Management and the Boomerang Catalyst System
- The Ten-Minute Interview with… Angie Bowles, RN, CCRN
- CMS Issues Final FY 2008 IPPS Rule
- ACVP• Membership Page
- Experience with a New Workhorse Guidewire
- Ask the Clinical Instructor: Q&A for Those New to Cath Lab
- A Glimpse of the Future of Clinical Education: Boston Scientific’s SimSuite Bus Visits Carnegie Institute
- 2007 Educational Fair Held at the Washington Hospital Center
- Research Update: Original Contribution Abstracts from The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
- What Do You Think?
- A Virtual Cath Lab Viewer (VCL): The Development of an Online 3D C-arm Simulator and Coronary Anatomy Viewer
- Clinical & Industry News
- Cost-Effectiveness of the Radial versus Femoral Artery Approach to Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization

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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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