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Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Management of the Comatose Adult Patient With an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

The cardiac catheterization laboratory plays an important role in the coordinated Chain of Survival for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Over the past few years, numerous trials have clarified the role of the cardiac catheterization laboratory in the management of resuscitated patients or those with ongoing cardiac arrest.

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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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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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Artificial intelligence may speed heart attack diagnosis and treatment

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: In a study of patients in a hospital in Taiwan, artificial intelligence technology paired with electrocardiogram testing reduced the time to diagnose and transfer people with heart attacks to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

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Management of Comatose Adults With OHCA: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

The following are key points to remember from an AHA Scientific Statement on cardiac catheterization laboratory management of the comatose adult patient with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

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Impact of chest pain center quality control indicators on mortality risk in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: a study based on Killip classification

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

In Class ≥2, longer door-to-balloon (D-to-B) time, PCI informed consent time, catheterization laboratory activation time, and diagnosis-to-loading dose dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) time were associated with increased mortality risk. Results At a median follow-up of 17 months, 35 deaths were recorded.