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Shielding for Radiation Safety in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks: Reducing Radiation Exposure in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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How to Improve Radiation Protection in Interventional Cardiology Procedures

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. In this review, we summarize recent advances in radiation protection in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and discuss the effectiveness of traditional and novel radiation protection strategies and equipment.

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Calculating Relative Lung Perfusion Using Fluoroscopic Sequences and Image Analysis: The Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. Currently, measurement of relative pulmonary perfusion can only be performed outside the catheterization laboratory. BACKGROUND:Maldistribution of pulmonary blood flow in patients with congenital heart disease impacts exertional performance and pulmonary artery growth.

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Three-Dimensional CT for Preprocedural Planning of PCI for Ostial Right Coronary Artery Lesions: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Geographic stent-ostium mismatch is an important predictor of target lesion failure after percutaneous coronary intervention of an aorto-ostial right coronary artery lesion.

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Normal ACS care, everything by the book! But normal ACS care could be much better. This post explains everything.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient was given aspirin 325 mg and laboratory workup was initiated. Summary of RIDDLE-NSTEMI: RIDDLE-NSTEMI, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2016 Limitations of conventional angiography: This patient was very lucky that the interventional cardiologist who responded to the cath lab activation is evidence based and thorough.

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