New IVUS Codes Were Adopted October 1
On October 1, 2004, Medicare adopted new intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) inpatient ICD-9-CM procedure codes to more accurately reflect the use of IVUS in hospitals. The new coding was developed through the joint…
In the J. Gerard Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, we perform a wide range of diagnostic and interventional procedures, including right and left heart catheterization (PTCA), atherectomy, aortic and mitral valvuloplasty, coronary and periphera…
Questions for...Richard J. Gray, MD, FACC, Medical Director, Sutter Pacific Heart Centers
San Francisco, California
How has your role evolved as the center was being built and then opened to patients?
My background is that of a clinical cardiologi…
Group Members Respond to...Defining a "normal" cath
Creating in-house criteria a goal
Re: Your question 1. A lack of any significant coronary vascular disease (lesions of
Re: question 2. I've no idea on the generally accepted numbers of ‘norma…
Our facility is no exception. Florida Cath Lab is a small outpatient cardiovascular catheterization facility located in Orlando, Florida. The facility is a freestanding lab with a small staff that includes one ARRT, one RCIS, three RNs, and a registr…
Boston Scientific Announces FDA Clearance For New IQ Guide Wire
Boston Scientific Corporation has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new coronary IQ Guide Wire in the United States. The Company…
Why did you choose to work in the invasive cardiology field?
I guess I would have to say the profession chose me, or another way to say it might be that I was "raised by wolves.” I grew up in the cath lab, and have gone from transporting patients at…
With this large body of scientific literature, it is no surprise that the leading interventional cardiology professional organizations have endorsed this method as a standard of care:
ACC/AHA guidelines recognize the usefulness of fractional flow…
Some current clinical trials use late loss as a key data point. Can you help us understand what late loss is?
Late loss is the difference in millimeters between the diameter of a stented segment post-procedure compared with the follow-up angiogram a…
As a result, in 1999, I began developing what is now the ReValving system stent. After developing the initial steps of this concept, I decided to stop surgery and devote all my time to CoreValve, because I knew that if we could achieve a successful p…
