Cath Labs Now: Navigating Today's Realities and Beyond- Resources

Introduction

In response to the accelerated pace of change in the delivery cardiovascular patient care driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, SCAI has designed the Cath Labs Now webinar series to deliver the knowledge, tools and insight needed to run your Cath Lab with efficiency, innovation, and equitable care in today’s reality and beyond.  

Recognizing the pressures that our members are currently under, the webinars are intentionally succinct: consisting of three conversations with subject matter experts, supported by visual aids, finishing with a discussion between the three guests.  

On this page you will find resources and presentations curated by the Cath Labs Now series faculty which complement the webinar series and that enable you to explore each of the webinar topics in more detail.  
 

Webinar 1: Operationalizing Efficiency, Cost-Effectiveness, and Innovation During a Pandemic  

• Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Catheterization Laboratory Considerations During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
• Clinical Pathway for Management of Suspected or Positive Novel Coronavirus-19 Patients with ST-Segment Elevation of Myocardial Infarction
• Management of acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Consensus Statement from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• Restructuring Structural Heart Disease Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: JACC Review Topic of the Week
• SCAI/ACVP expert consensus statement on cardiovascular catheterization laboratory economics: if the cath lab is your home you should understand its finances 
• The cardiac intensive care unit and the cardiac intensivist during the COVID-19 surge in New York City
• Why Fibrinolytic Therapy for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Your New Best Friend

Presentations: 

• Mechanisms to Increase Throughput and High-Quality Efficiency: Structural Heart Perspectives, Dr. Simon 
• Cost-Effectiveness Strategies in the Era of Declining Reimbursement, Outpatient Facilities, and Reduced Pandemic-Related Revenue, Dr. Aronow 

Webinar 2: Providing Equitable Care—Managing Vulnerable Populations

• Black Diabetics Lose Limbs at Triple the Rate of Others. Here’s How Health Care Leaders Are Starting to Act
• Congressional PAD Caucus | Congressman Donald Payne (house.gov)
• Heart disease, racial disparities and COVID-19: Social distancing may in fact be a privilege 
• Mississippi Delta Miracle: Angiographic Screening Yields Dramatic Reduction in Amputations 
• New Bill Aims to End Racial Disparities in Amputations
• Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities
• Rather Than Amputate Limbs, This Black Diabetes Doctor Helps Save Them  
• Ten‐Year Trends in Enrollment of Women and Minorities in Pivotal Trials Supporting Recent US Food and Drug Administration Approval of Novel Cardiometabolic Drugs 
• The Black American Amputation Epidemic
• This Doctor Is Saving Limbs in Black Patients with Diabetes
• Underrepresentation of women, elderly patients, and racial minorities in the randomized trials used for cardiovascular guidelines 

Presentations: 

• Historical Disparities of Care Across CAD in Diverse Populations, Dr. Mehran 
• PAD and Amputee Disparities, Dr. Fakorede 
• Heart Valve Procedures and Disparities, Dr. Batchelor 

Webinar 3: Maintaining a Successful Cath Lab Workforce While Maximizing Patient Satisfaction 

• Mechanisms to Evaluate and Improve Staff and Physician Wellness, Dr. Mahmud  
• Mechanisms to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Retention of Market Share, Cathleen Biga MSN, RN  

Webinar 4: A Leadership Roundtable: Where Does the Cath Lab Fit in the Cardiology Service Line and Health Network? 

• Watch the panel discussion