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Characteristics of cardiac catheterization laboratory directors at the 2017 U.S. News & World Report top 100 U.S. cardiovascular hospitals
Author(s) -
Murugiah Karthik,
Annapureddy Amarnath R.,
Khera Rohan,
Lansky Alexandra,
Curtis Jeptha P.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.29217
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , psychological intervention , graduation (instrument) , scopus , family medicine , medline , nursing , geometry , mathematics , political science , law
The cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) is a focal point for cardiovascular programs and the CCL director represents the key personnel. We outline profiles of CCL directors at the 2017 U.S. News & World Report top 100 U.S. cardiovascular hospitals. Methods Using hospital websites, LinkedIn , Healthgrades , Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data 2017, and Scopus , we described CCL directors (in 2017) by age, gender, years since medical graduation, international medical school graduate (IMG) status, academic rank, provider clinical focus, and Hirsch ( h )‐index. Results Nearly all CCL directors were male (97%). The median age (interquartile range [IQR]) was 53 (49–61) years and median (IQR) years since medical school graduation was 28 (23–35) years. Over a third of CCL directors (39.4%) were IMGs and 38.4% had completed fellowship training at the same facility where they were CCL director. The median (IQR) h ‐index was 11 (6–22). Of the 69.7% CCL directors who held faculty positions, 60.9% were professors and 30.4% were associate professors. From Medicare data, 45.5% performed only percutaneous coronary interventions, 41.4% performed structural interventions, 3.0% peripheral interventions, and 2.0% performed both structural and peripheral. CCL directors at the top 25 hospitals had higher h ‐indexes, and more likely to have completed fellowship training at their own institution. Conclusions There are very few women CCL directors at the top U.S. cardiovascular hospitals. A third of the CCL directors were IMGs. A significant proportion of CCL directors primarily performed structural interventions and trained at the same institution, more so at the top 25 hospitals.