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Best practices for vascular arterial access and closure: a contemporary guide for the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

With an increasing recognition of the potential merits to standardized approaches to vascular access and closure, cardiovascular societies have put forth recommendations around best practices for performing these procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratories.

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Radial vs Femoral: Redefining Success in Cardiac Catheterization Procedures

ADN Center of Excellence

Radial access, characterized by its distinct advantages, has emerged as a transformative approach, significantly impacting patient outcomes during coronary interventions. Exploring Patient Outcomes: Rigorous data analysis continues to underscore the favorable patient outcomes associated with radial access.

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Radial vs Femoral: Redefining Success in Cardiac Catheterization Procedures

ADN Center of Excellence

Radial access, characterized by its distinct advantages, has emerged as a transformative approach, significantly impacting patient outcomes during coronary interventions. Exploring Patient Outcomes: Rigorous data analysis continues to underscore the favorable patient outcomes associated with radial access.

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The Nation’s Heart: Guatemala

Global Cardiac Surgery

In Latin America, Guatemala ranks low in terms of health outcomes, and holds one of the highest infant mortality rates (24.5 Most notably, the outcomes in the UNICAR cardiac program have shown outcomes close to those seen in the United States. per 1,000 live births) and one of the lowest life expectancies at birth in the Region.

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Diagnostic performances of Nonhyperemic Pressure Ratios and Coronary Angiography-Based Fractional Flow Reserve against conventional Wire-Based Fractional Flow Reserve

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

The primary outcomes were the pooled sensitivity and specificity as well as the area under the curve (AUC) of the summary receiver-operating characteristic curve of those indices. Our results support a wider use of Angio-FFR in the cardiac catheterization laboratory to streamline our workflow for coronary physiologic assessment.

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Abstract 4137708: Implementation of a Standard Hydration Protocol Improves Compliance of Pre-procedural Hydration, Reducing the Incidence of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (CI-AKI) After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Circulation

This involved a standardized hydration protocol with direct education, continuous monitoring, and repeated internal feedback, reviewed monthly.

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SCAI Publishes Expert Consensus Statement on Managing Patients with STEMI

DAIC

This expert consensus statement will help interventional cardiologists make informed decisions and provide the best possible care in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. It synthesizes the latest evidence-based practices and provides comprehensive suggestions to enhance patient care and outcomes.

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