cathlabtoday.com http://cathlabtoday.com News and Discussion for the Cath Lab Specialists Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Full-Time Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab – Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare – 2/8/10 http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/full-time-manager-cardiac-cath-lab-methodist-le-bonheur-healthcare-2810/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/full-time-manager-cardiac-cath-lab-methodist-le-bonheur-healthcare-2810/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:24:49 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/full-time-manager-cardiac-cath-lab-methodist-le-bonheur-healthcare-2810/ Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is an independent, not-for-profit, health care system, comprised of six hospitals, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Serving the residents of the greater Memphis metropolitan area, Methodist Healthcare is one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the country, with 1,600 beds and over 10,000 associates within the system and discharging more than 63,000 patients annually. Methodist Healthcare has been named among the Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in the country, according to Verispan, the nation’s premier rating system

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/full-time-manager-cardiac-cath-lab-methodist-le-bonheur-healthcare-2810/feed/ 0 Virtual Histology Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Useful or Just a Research Tool? http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/virtual-histology-imaging-in-acute-coronary-syndromes-useful-or-just-a-research-tool/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/virtual-histology-imaging-in-acute-coronary-syndromes-useful-or-just-a-research-tool/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:56:41 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/virtual-histology-imaging-in-acute-coronary-syndromes-useful-or-just-a-research-tool/ ABSTRACT: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) frequently cause considerable morbidity and mortality with a high risk of further events within the following year, despite the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Numerous studies have described the concept of acute, partial or complete thrombotic occlusion of the coronary artery, which occurs at the site of a friable atherosclerotic plaque with a lipid-rich necrotic core and a ruptured overlying thin fibrous cap (“culprit lesion”).

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/virtual-histology-imaging-in-acute-coronary-syndromes-useful-or-just-a-research-tool/feed/ 0 Efficacy of Modified Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Combined with Warfarin Following Percutaneous (FULL TITLE BELOW) http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/efficacy-of-modified-dual-antiplatelet-therapy-combined-with-warfarin-following-percutaneous-full-title-below/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/efficacy-of-modified-dual-antiplatelet-therapy-combined-with-warfarin-following-percutaneous-full-title-below/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:43:53 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/efficacy-of-modified-dual-antiplatelet-therapy-combined-with-warfarin-following-percutaneous-full-title-below/ ABSTRACT: Background. The optimal combination of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting (PCI-S) among patients requiring oral anticoagulation (OAC) is unknown. Objectives

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/efficacy-of-modified-dual-antiplatelet-therapy-combined-with-warfarin-following-percutaneous-full-title-below/feed/ 0 Outcomes of Overlapping Bare-Metal Stents with Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Long Lesions in Small Coronary Vessels http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/outcomes-of-overlapping-bare-metal-stents-with-sirolimus-eluting-stents-for-long-lesions-in-small-coronary-vessels/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/outcomes-of-overlapping-bare-metal-stents-with-sirolimus-eluting-stents-for-long-lesions-in-small-coronary-vessels/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:26:36 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/outcomes-of-overlapping-bare-metal-stents-with-sirolimus-eluting-stents-for-long-lesions-in-small-coronary-vessels/ ABSTRACT: Objectives. Compare outcomes of hybrid bare-metal stent (BMS)/sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) to BMS alone for the treatment of stenoses in small coronary arteries

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/outcomes-of-overlapping-bare-metal-stents-with-sirolimus-eluting-stents-for-long-lesions-in-small-coronary-vessels/feed/ 0 Cardiac CT and Percutaneous Mitral Annuloplasty: A Vision of the Future? http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:18:36 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/ Mitral regurgitation (MR), a common valvular disorder, is a heterogeneous condition that can be broadly categorized into primary (affecting the valve apparatus) or secondary (functional) etiologies. For appropriately selected patients, surgical mitral valve repair, when possible, is the preferred strategy over mitral valve replacement. 1 The evidence for device/surgical treatment of functional mitral regurgitation is less well established for patients with severe heart failure and conveys increased operative risk

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/cardiac-ct-and-percutaneous-mitral-annuloplasty-a-vision-of-the-future/feed/ 0 The Role of Cardiovascular Computed Tomographic Angiography for Coronary Sinus Mitral Annuloplasty http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/the-role-of-cardiovascular-computed-tomographic-angiography-for-coronary-sinus-mitral-annuloplasty/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/the-role-of-cardiovascular-computed-tomographic-angiography-for-coronary-sinus-mitral-annuloplasty/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:58:22 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/the-role-of-cardiovascular-computed-tomographic-angiography-for-coronary-sinus-mitral-annuloplasty/ ABSTRACT: Background. The coronary sinus (CS) travels in close proximity to the left circumflex (LCX) artery. Percutaneously placed CS devices used to treat mitral regurgitation (MR) therefore have the potential to impinge upon the LCX arterial distribution and compromise coronary flow

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/the-role-of-cardiovascular-computed-tomographic-angiography-for-coronary-sinus-mitral-annuloplasty/feed/ 0 New Mechanical Recanalization Devices — The Future in Pediatric Stroke Treatment? http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/new-mechanical-recanalization-devices-%e2%80%94-the-future-in-pediatric-stroke-treatment/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/new-mechanical-recanalization-devices-%e2%80%94-the-future-in-pediatric-stroke-treatment/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:44:07 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/new-mechanical-recanalization-devices-%e2%80%94-the-future-in-pediatric-stroke-treatment/ ABSTRACT: Objective.

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New Mechanical Recanalization Devices — The Future in Pediatric Stroke Treatment?

]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/new-mechanical-recanalization-devices-%e2%80%94-the-future-in-pediatric-stroke-treatment/feed/ 0 Is PCI Harmful in Women? Insights in a Mixed Literature http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/is-pci-harmful-in-women-insights-in-a-mixed-literature/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/is-pci-harmful-in-women-insights-in-a-mixed-literature/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:32:23 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/is-pci-harmful-in-women-insights-in-a-mixed-literature/ read more

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/is-pci-harmful-in-women-insights-in-a-mixed-literature/feed/ 0 Decreasing In-hospital Mortality of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Persistent (FULL TITLE BELOW) http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/decreasing-in-hospital-mortality-of-patients-undergoing-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-with-persistent-full-title-below/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/decreasing-in-hospital-mortality-of-patients-undergoing-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-with-persistent-full-title-below/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:05:24 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/decreasing-in-hospital-mortality-of-patients-undergoing-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-with-persistent-full-title-below/ ABSTRACT: Background.

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]]> http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/decreasing-in-hospital-mortality-of-patients-undergoing-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-with-persistent-full-title-below/feed/ 0 On Registries and Labels http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/on-registries-and-labels/ http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/on-registries-and-labels/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:13:33 +0000 admin http://cathlabtoday.com/2010/02/on-registries-and-labels/ The outcomes that can be expected after Cypher stent implantation have been well publicized and the results from other smaller and larger registries of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantations have been reported and have highlighted the differences in outcomes in “off-label” versus “on-label” usage.

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