LW Klein, et al., The Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Vascular Suite of the Future: Anticipating Innovations in Design and Function. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011;15:447-55

At a glance

Type of study

Editorial or commentary

Who was studied

Interventional cardiologists, Interventional radiologists, Electrophysiologists, Mixed lab staff

Topics

Robotic and remote systemsDose reduction techniques

Summary based on

the abstract

What it found

• The committee notes that early robotic angiography systems already separate the operator from the bedside to reduce operator radiation exposure. It anticipates a move toward remote, computer-assisted catheter navigation.

• The MultiSpecialty Occupational Health Group prepared a blueprint of the possible future lab to help influence industry to improve current laboratory designs.

• The committee predicts that seamless integration of multiple imaging modalities will be the main focus of the future interventional lab.

• The committee expects procedures traditionally done surgically, such as abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, to move to percutaneous approaches. Hybrid labs for these procedures may include multiple imaging or robotic modalities.

• The committee holds that economics will increasingly determine which new technologies are adopted, and that new techniques should replace rather than add to existing procedures.

Limits to keep in mind

This is a forward-looking expert committee opinion document with no data collection or measured outcomes. Much of the latter half of the supplied source text is garbled and fragmentary, which limits extraction.

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