Interventional Cardiology Education, January 2016
5th Annual UCI Cath Lab Essentials Program

 

 
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The UCI CATH LAB Essentials Course at UCI to be held January 23, 2016. 
You may download the program brocheur and registration form now. 
We hope you will be able to attend this course in person at the Double Tree Hotel, Anaheim/Orange County, 100 The City Drive, Orange, CA  

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Medicine.  Veterans Administration Long Beach Health Care
University of California, Irvine Medical Center                                        
Email: mkern@uci.edu; mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Words on Vascular Access

It's a RADIAL FIRST world in the cath lab.   The  recently released  6th edition of the  Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, updated material includes detailed descriptions on how the procedure should flow, what steps should be learned first, how to approach patients undergoing this often frightening test, being part of the cath lab team, and similar work matters are presented. 

        The most updated material is the vascular access technique in Chapter 2.  Radial artery access has been strongly emphasized.  The newest femoral vascular closure devices are briefly presented.  Below are some of the pictures used to describe the recent Armend Glove sterile prep for radial access published in Cath Lab Digest May 2010.