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Cardiology
| Specialty |
CV Services Invasive |
| Hospital Department |
CV Services Invasive |
| Contact Person |
Bonnie Payne, Director CV Services Invasive
205-592-5624
bonnie.payne@triadhospitals.com |
| Service/Procedure |
- Diagnostic Cardiac Cath
- Coronary Intervention
- Diagnostic Peripheral
- Arteriograms
- Peripheral Intervention
- AAA Endovascular Repair (usually done in surgical suites in other facilities)
- Percutaneous PFO Closure (usually done in surgical suites or in a University setting)
- Pacemaker Implants
- AICD Implants
- EP Study w/ & w/o Ablation
- EP Mapping
- Tilt Study
- TEE
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| Comments: |
5 Rooms total ( 4 – Cath Rooms, 1 dedicated EP Room)
EQUIPMENT
- 2 "state of the art” Philips FD 20 Cath suites (purchased new in 2006)
- ILab-intravascular ultrasound (purchased new in 2006)
- Siemens Sequoia-intravascular echocardiography
- Witt hemodynamic monitoring system
- EP Monitoring Equipment:
- EP Med system recording system
- Ensite EP mapping system
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Procedure Time
Patient's are brought to the holding area for a pre-assessment before going into the procedure room. First patients for each Physician of the day are usually sent for between 7:00 and 7:30. Pre-assesment take about 10-15 minutes. typicaly the CCU patients are done first then EMA then floor patients. Physician sees patient before patient goes into the procedure room and takes about five minutes. Patient is then taken into procedure room and prepped for procedure. This typically takes about 10-15 minutes. When the patient is ready for the physician to begin procedure, the following times apply to the type of procedure. These are average times as some physicians are faster than others.
| Procedure |
Time |
| LT Heart Cath (LHC) |
30 Minutes |
| RT & LT Cath |
30-45 Minutes |
| LT Heart Cath & PCI |
1-2 Hours |
| PCI (PTCA w/ or w/o Stent) |
1-2 Hours |
| Aortogram w/Runoff |
15-30 Minutes |
| Aortogram w/Runoff & PTA |
1-2 Hours |
| 4 Vessel Arteriogram |
30 Minutes |
| Carotid PTA w/Stent |
1-2 Hours (Recovery 1 Hour) |
| Iliac PTA w or w/o Stent |
45 Minutes - 1 Hour |
| SFA PTA w/ or w/o Stent |
45 Minutes - 1 Hour |
| Renal PTA w/ or w/o Stent |
30-45 Minutes |
| Temporary Pacemaker |
30 Minutes |
| Pernament Pacemaker |
1-2 Hours |
| Lead Extraction |
2-3 Hours |
| AICD |
2-3 Hours |
| Bi-Ventricular Pacemaker or AICD |
3-5 Hours |
| Tilt Study |
1-2 Hours |
| EP Study/Ablation |
3-5 Hours |
| PFO Closure |
1-2 Hours |
| AAA Repair |
2-4 Hours |
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