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SCAI and ACC Announce Individual 2009 Annual Scientific Sessions  

SCAI Awards 46 Grants for Interventional Cardiology Training Fellowships  

SAPPHIRE Trial Shows Long-Term Benefit Of Carotid Stenting As Alternative To Surgery 
 

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 2008 in Chicago, IL 

SCAI Presidents Past and Future Discuss Challenges and Opportunities Ahead  

Dr. Henry's ReachMD interview on door-to-balloon time is now airing. To listen, click here.

Ted Feldman, M.D., FSCAI, talks to ReachMD about aortic stenosis and percutaneous valve replacement. To listen, click here.

SCAI Launches Public Education campaign. New web site for Patients and Health Professionals Now LIVE: www.seconds-count.org  


Advocacy 
3/15/08 - Works to Open Coverage  Policies for DES  

2/28/08 - SCAI Supports Legislation to Avert 10.6% Medicare Fee Cuts in July  

2/25/08 - Changes Sought in Medicare Bundling Policy for Invasive Peripheral Procedures  

1/16/08 - Multisocietal Work Group Compose Response Letter to CMS Proposed NCD on CCTA  

1/13/08 - CMS Releases Proposed Decision Memo for CTA  

12/20/07 - Medicare Fee Cuts on January 1 Avoided 

12/20/07 - SCAI Concurs with CMS's Proposed Decision to Continue Covering Renal Angioplasty  

12/16/07 - SCAI Requests Expanded Medicare Coverage for Carotid Stenting  

12/2/07 - CMS Opposes Tight New Medicare Coverage Policy for PCI in Southern California  


GUIDELINES

PCI Guideline Update Stresses Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy After Treatment With Drug-Eluting Stents   

2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  

Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery


Guideline - Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction


Competency Statement - Cardiac Interventional Procedures


TTE/TEE Appropriateness Criteria
 
 
Clinical Competency Statement on Cardiac Imaging with CT/MR Update to Extend Grandfathering Clause by Two Years 

Expert Consensus Document - The Current Status and Future Direction of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Without On-Site Surgical Backup (Full-text Version) 

Task Force Statement - Late Stent Thrombosis: Considerations and Practical Advice for the Use of Drug-Eluting Stents

CAPTURE Study Shows Safety of Carotid Stenting in “Real-World” Setting  

SCAI Supports Effort to Reduce Door-to-Balloon Times 

Appropriateness Criteria Issued for Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging -

PDA Tools -

Other Guidelines and Quality Programs -

 

Education 

REGISTER NOW:  Strategies for Success XVI, June 27-29, 2008 

JUST ANNOUNCED: Winners of the SCAI FIT Grant Program  

SCAI’s 3-Step Carotid Artery Stenting Training
 

NEW CONTENT - Online Diagnostic Catheterization and Interventional Curriculum 

SCAI Cosponsored Programs 

Publications 
SCAI Journal Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Latest News:  December 2007 SCAI News and Highlights 

Read Dr. Weiner’s Upcoming President’s Page:

"Reflecting on the Power of One" -

Letter from SCAI President Appears in New York Times  

President’s Pages

SCAI's Reporter's Guide to Interventional Cardiology


 SCAI Satellite Symposium Available Online
 Fellows Summit C3
 PICS-AICS 08 - JULY 20 - 23, 2008
 
 
 PATIENT AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WEBSITE
 Core Curriculum Overview
 SCAI'S ONLINE JOB BANK
 Renew Dues
 
           

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