CARDIAC CATH LAB - Mount Sinai Hospital

A MESSAGE FROM DR. SHARMA
Dear Colleague:
We from the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Mount Sinai
Heart take great pride in presenting our second annual outcomes
report. We offer a comprehensive overview of the work being
done at the nation’s largest and finest cardiac catheterization
laboratory in diagnosing and treating a variety of cardiac diseases.
Public reporting of quality and patient safety data is increasingly
mandated for transparency by various organizations and
stakeholders, and we present our data in comparison to various
regional and national standards. Technical achievement in
percutaneous intervention has provided a relentless drive for
procedural excellence and near-perfect results. Outcomes data
in the following pages will convince you that we at Mount Sinai
have perfected the art of PCI.
Samin K. Sharma, MD,
FSCAI, FACC
Professor Medicine, Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
& Intervention
On the following pages, details of the cardiac procedures performed
in our cath lab over the last five years demonstrate the remarkable
growth our group has achieved at a time when many cardiac centers
in the country are facing declines in volume. This remarkable
growth, despite the increasing complexity of cases, is accompanied
by declining rates of complications — made possible by dedicated
teamwork and caring for each patient as an individual. We are
also committed to developing and adopting the universal use of
innovative, evidence-based, standardized medical protocols, and
this has contributed to our extraordinary success. For these reasons,
it is not unusual for patients in the region, many who have been
deemed “inoperable for advanced care,” to come to us and be
treated successfully.
In this report we also provide details of innovations we have
developed that have contributed to our national and international
recognition. These innovations, combined with cutting-edge
research, ensure that our program remains a leader. Patients who
can benefit from ongoing trials at our center are routinely offered
the opportunity to participate with the goal of achieving the best
possible outcome; some of their stories we will share with you.
We in the Mount Sinai cath lab are practicing daily the famous
saying of Albert Einstein, “Everything should be made as simple
as possible, but not simpler,” employing innovation and technical
advancement to make PCI a safe, simple, ambulatory procedure.