A 360 degree view of the newest cath lab at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., located in the Chicago suburbs. This room, built in the summer of 2017, includes Cardinal Health automated inventory tracking RFID cabinets for interventional devices, ultrasound for vascular access, a new Siemens Artis Q angiography system with a smaller detector for cardiac work, FFR and iFR, and an Acist automated contrast media injector system. The room also has an Abiomed Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device console at the ready. Note the radial access board on the wall. CDH does a high precentage of it procedures using radial access.
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360 View of a Cath Lab at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital