We are delighted to present a collection of Dr. Kern’s Cath Lab Digest Clinical Editor columns by year. We begin with 2012 and go back to February 2006 — Dr. Kern’s very first column as CLD‘s Clinical Editor (check out the hot topics in 2006!).
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2012
January 2012: Accurate Hemodynamic Data Recording: Recognizing and Overcoming Hemodynamic “Glitches”
February 2012: Hypotension in the Cath Lab? Think Vagal Reaction Early
March 2012: FAME II Stopped Enrollment Early, More Events in the Medical Arm. What Does It Mean for PCI?
April 2012: 9 Straight Days of Call: Fatigue in the Cath Lab
May 2012: Radial Access Made Easy: Try Ultrasound Guidance
June 2012: Bioabsorbable Stents – Where Are We Now?
July 2012: What Will You Need to Start a TAVR Program?
August 2012: Should You Do a Radial Artery Cath in Patients Needing CABG or Dialysis?
September 2012: Serial Lesion FFR Made Simple
October 2012: Reducing Complications in the Very High ‘BMI’ Patient
November 2012: Why Is My Lab’s PCI Volume Decreasing?
December 2012: Where Does Your Cath Lab Stand? A Contemporary View of Cath Labs, 2012.
2011
January 2011: How Should We Manage Nickel Allergy in Patients Needing Coronary Stents?
February 2011: Contrast Anaphylactoid Reaction: Is There a Preventative Treatment?
March 2011: Is Radial Artery Catheterization a Tempest in a Teapot?
April 2011: Establishing a “Quality” Program for PCI in Your Lab
May 2011: My Big 4 at ACC: EVEREST II, Partner Cohort A, RIVAL, and PROTECT II
June 2011: Do You Know Your Radiation Dose During Your Cath?
August 2011: Angiographic Projections Made Simple: An Easy Guide to Understanding Oblique Views
September 2011: Evaluation of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Lesions in the Cath Lab
October 2011: ‘Conversations in Cardiology’: What to do with dual anti-platelet therapy in a young pregnant patient with an LAD stent?
November 2011: When Should You Discharge a PCI Patient From the Hospital?
December 2011: Forearm Vein Access for Radial Procedures: An Easy Method for Right and Left Heart Catheterization
2010
January 2010: Dynamic Leadership in the Cath Lab: Balancing Taking Charge and Being Part of the Team
February 2010: How Many People Do You Need to Do a Cardiac Cath?
March 2010: The STEMI Box– Shorten D2B and Cath Lab Prep in the Emergency Department
May 2010: The Armen Glove for Radial Access Prep – A Better Way
June 2010: Anti-Platelet Therapy and Resistance: How common is it and what should we do about it?
July 2010: What We Learned After Starting a ‘Radial First’ Program
August 2010: How Do We Decide When 3-Vessel CAD is Too Much for PCI?
September 2010: Treating Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Unprotected Left Main: Is PCI Better Than CABG?
October 2010: Should NPO Be the Rule Before Cath? Reexamining Pre-Procedure Routines
November 2010: The Different Presentations of Acute STEMI: What Problems Should the Cath Lab Look For?
December 2010: FAQ for FFR
2009
January 2009: Conscious Sedation in the Cath Lab: Should we use what GI uses?
February 2009: Are Vascular Closure Devices Risk Factors For Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage?
March 2009: Do I Need to Wear a Hat and Mask in the Cath Lab?
April 2009: Biplane Coronary Angiography: An old dog with new tricks
May 2009: Stimulating Medical Simulation
June 2009: Do We Need Platelet Function Testing in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
July 2009: Radial Artery Catheterization: The way to go
August 2009: What is the SYNTAX Score and How Should We Use It?
September 2009: Cost-Effective Health Care and Research: FAME Fits
October 2009: Is the Hybrid Cath Lab the Way of the Future?
November 2009: Working With Industry Representatives and Conflicts of Interest in the Cath Lab
December 2009: Changing Behavior and Culture in the Cath Lab: Addressing Motivations and the ODNT (Old Dog/New Trick) Syndrome
2008
January 2008: Your Patient Has Critical Left Main Stenosis. Do You Need an Intra-aortic Balloon Pump?
February 2008: What’s in a Label? Avoiding Medication Mistakes
March 2008: How long should it take to do a cardiac catheterization?
April 2008: New Ideas from Cardiac Cath Lab Staff
May 2008: Hemodynamic Data Collection at Square 1: From transducer to recorder
June 2008: Cath Lab Documentation: What should go into a cath report?
July 2008: Your Patient Can’t Talk After the Cath – What to Do With a Stroke in the Cath Lab
August 2008: What do you mean, you don’t have a 2.25 stent? Managing frustration with supplies in tight times.
September 2008: Do You Have a Weight Problem in the Cath Lab?
October 2008: When Is It Safe to Cath Someone on Coumadin?
November 2008: What’s Your Approach to New Technology? Early Adopter or Prisoner of Tribal Customs?
December 2008: Seven Questions for the Cath Lab From 2008 and the Studies That Answer Them
2007
January 2007: What did the FDA say? Reviewing SAT and DES
February 2007: Coronary CT Angiography: A view from the cath lab
March 2007: Radiation Exposure in Cardiology Testing: How much is too much?
April 2007: Interested in Imaging and Hemodynamics? See what the SCAI has to offer.
May 2007: Does it take COURAGE to do PCI?
June 2007: Catheter-Induced Vasospasm: A constant confounder
July 2007: When is it safe to operate on your patient with a recently placed coronary stent?
August 2007: Is Left Ventriculography Obsolete?
September 2007: Is Crossing the Stenotic Aortic Valve Obsolete?
October 2007: Your Patient Has Low Platelets. Think About Bleeding Before and After Cath.
November 2007: Paradigm Shifting: Clinical analysis impact of measuring fractional flow reserve
December 2007: Which Devices are Safe for Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
2006
February 2006 (1st column): Hot topics for 2006: Where to focus your attention
March 2006: Some Thoughts on Evaluating New Equipment and Devices in the Cardiac Cath Lab
April 2006: Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in the Cardiac Cath Lab
May 2006: Increase Efficiency in the Cath Lab — Improve Communication
June 2006: Push, Pull, Click, Stitch: Managing Femoral Punctures
July 2006: Conquering Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions: Penetrating the Frontier
August 2006: Is Seeing Believing?
September 2006: Door-to-Balloon Time (DTB) – Putting the Cath Lab’s Role in Perspective
October 2006: The Scope of Practice in the Cath Lab: Are there limits as to what cath lab staff should do?
November 2006: Attending a Cardiology Meeting? Which One and Why?
December 2006: The Year in Review and “Where to Next?” Interventional Cardiology 2007
