Development of a Veterans Affairs Hybrid Operating Room for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Author(s) -
Kendrick Shunk,
Jeffrey Zimmet,
Brian A. Cason,
Bernadette Speiser,
Elaine E. Tseng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1404
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , cardiac catheterization , health care , medical emergency , aortic valve , valve replacement , stenosis , surgery , economics , economic growth
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis. Developing a TAVR program with a custom-built hybrid operating room (HOR) outside the surgical operating room area poses unique challenges in Veterans Affairs (VA) institutions.
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