Diagnostic health catheterization is the biggest core service in catheterization labs, representing 37.7 percent of overall revenue, according to a SpringBoard HealthCare report.
The "2012 Cardiac Cath Lab Performance Survey" includes responses from 359 cath lab leaders and staff members, 90 percent of whom represent hospital-based labs with the remaining 10 percent representing private practice and Veterans Affairs/government facilities.
Respondents listed the following core services as a percent of overall revenue:
• Diagnostic health catheterization — 37.7 percent
• Percutaneous coronary intervention — 19.4 percent
• Implants (PPG, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, biventricular) — 15.3 percent
• Diagnostic peripherals — 8.1 percent
• Electrophysiology (mapping, ablation, EP studies) — 7.8 percent
• Interventional peripherals — 7.5 percent
• Other (transesophageal echocardiography, tilt table testing, cardioversions) — 4.2 percent
Respondents also reported their 2012 capital expenditures:
• Imaging equipment — 38.7 percent
• Cardiovascular information systems — 23.4 percent
• Hemodynamics — 21 percent
• Ablation equipment — 17.7 percent
• All of the above — 8.1 percent
• None of the above — 24.2 percent
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The "2012 Cardiac Cath Lab Performance Survey" includes responses from 359 cath lab leaders and staff members, 90 percent of whom represent hospital-based labs with the remaining 10 percent representing private practice and Veterans Affairs/government facilities.
Respondents listed the following core services as a percent of overall revenue:
• Diagnostic health catheterization — 37.7 percent
• Percutaneous coronary intervention — 19.4 percent
• Implants (PPG, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, biventricular) — 15.3 percent
• Diagnostic peripherals — 8.1 percent
• Electrophysiology (mapping, ablation, EP studies) — 7.8 percent
• Interventional peripherals — 7.5 percent
• Other (transesophageal echocardiography, tilt table testing, cardioversions) — 4.2 percent
Respondents also reported their 2012 capital expenditures:
• Imaging equipment — 38.7 percent
• Cardiovascular information systems — 23.4 percent
• Hemodynamics — 21 percent
• Ablation equipment — 17.7 percent
• All of the above — 8.1 percent
• None of the above — 24.2 percent
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