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Barbara Kram, Editor | March 04, 2009
"What we are seeing is endovascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, and interventional cardiologists investing in a piece of equipment in a surgery or OR environment to handle interventional procedures in a different part of the hospital," GE's Lange said. "So putting a fixed piece of X-ray equipment-a fixed lab-in an OR, whereas traditionally there was a mobile C-ARM there."
An example of a procedure performed in a hybrid suite is the experimental placement of a heart valve using a catheter-style procedure. (Read about the Edwards Lifesciences PARTNER trial at www.dotmed.com/news/story/7862.)
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"A driver is that more procedures are being performed in a less invasive way. If you think of the original one-the conditions addressed by CABG procedures are now in effect being done with a stent," Fabian said.
Finally, in the goal of reducing door-to-balloon times, some hospitals are simply moving the cath lab closer to ER. That presents a perfect time to upgrade the suite. If only reimbursement issues were sped-up as much as the door-to-balloon times, this segment would expand in no time!
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Names in boldface are Premium Listings.
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David Denholtz, Integrity Medical Systems, Inc., FL
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Dennis Giuzio, Mobile Radiology, Inc., FL
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Bill Adkins, National X-ray Corporation, FL
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John Froemke, MMI, IL
Craig Whelan, Medical Imaging International, KY
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Leon Gugel, Metropolis International, NY
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James E Bowman, Jr., US Medical Resources Corp., OH
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Michael Ruthemeyer, ApronCheck.com, TX
Robert Smith, Inter-Components, TX
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Ron de Ru, NorthWest Supply, WA
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International
Weber Gomes, Eletronmedic, Brazil
David Lapenat, ANDA Medical, Inc., Canada
Pantelis Papathanasiou, Intrahealth, Greece
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