Society for Cardiovascular Angiography Interventions (SCAI)

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) represents interventional cardiology through education, advocacy, research, setting guidelines and quality patient care. SCAI provides thought leadership in cath lab procedures, new technology and policy.

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Sunil Rao, MD, FSCAI, 2022-23 President of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), and director of interventional cardiology NYU Langone, explains efforts by SCAI to address the shift in interventional procedures from hospitals to less expensive ambulatory surgical centers (ASC).

Maintaining quality is key as more cardiac procedures migrate to outpatient ASCs

SCAI President Sunil Rao, MD, discussed the group's efforts to address the shift in interventional procedures from hospitals to less expensive ambulatory surgical centers.

April 10, 2023
SCAI President Sunil Rao, MD, explains the 2022-2023 SCAI accomplishments to improve interventional cardiology.

SCAI President Sunil Rao on how the society is helping advance interventional cardiology

Rao spoke with Cardiovascular Business at ACC.23 to detail some of SCAI's biggest accomplishments from the last year. 

April 4, 2023
Images from the consensus document showing the proper left atrial appendage (LAA) sizing assessment for a transcatheter occluder device using transesophageal echo (TEE). Sizing and evaluation for pre-existing thrombus in the LAA also can be performed using cardiac CT.

SCAI and HRS release expert consensus on transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion

One of the new recommendations is to conduct baseline imaging with TEE or cardiac CT.

March 24, 2023
a patient talks with her doctor, both are women of color

Cardiologists warn Biden administration that new policies could put PAD patients at risk

SCAI and the Association of Black Cardiologists have joined forces to share a simple message: PAD patients would be negatively impacted by new CMS proposals. 

March 8, 2023
Interventional cardiologists performing PCI

New ACC/AHA/SCAI guidance highlights training requirements for interventional cardiologists

The document, which was designed to help guide both interventional cardiology trainees and program directors, was also endorsed by several other industry societies. 

February 22, 2023
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) therapy to break up calcified coronary lesions will now be reimbursed at a higher rate under new in-hospital codes the went into effect Oct. 1. Illustration of the Shockwave lithoplasty procedure using sonic waves to bust calcium without trauma.

Coronary IVL now recommended at all cath labs, even those without surgical backup

The latest SCAI guidance on the safety of PCI procedures included a key change that could expand coronary IVL utilization throughout the United States. 

February 1, 2023
Drug-coated balloons were associated with a lower risk of bleeding after PCI than drug-eluting stents, the study's authors reported. 

Interventional cardiologists can safely perform PCI without on-site surgical backup

The finding comes from a new expert consensus statement published by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Several industry societies, including the ACC and AHA, have endorsed the document. 

January 30, 2023

How intravascular lithotripsy can improve TMVR outcomes

The IVL technology developed by Shockwave Medical helped clinicians treat a TMVR patient who had previously undergone TAVR. Could this be a common use of IVL in the future?

January 12, 2023
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