October 16th, 2013
Redefining MI After Revascularization
Beth Waldron, MA
James de Lemos reflects on a new definition of “clinically relevant myocardial infarction after coronary revascularization” from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). The SCAI proposal is published in JACC. KEY FEATURES of the NEW DEFINITION The new SCAI definition of MI after revascularization differs in several ways from the 2012 Universal Definition […]
May 13th, 2011
ProPublica Takes Aim at SCAI
Larry Husten, PHD
Now it’s SCAI’s turn. Following its investigation of the Heart Rhythm Society’s ties to industry last week, ProPublica has now focused its attention on the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). In the latest installment of ProPublica’s Dollars for Doctors series, Charles Ornstein writes that SCAI “received 57 percent of its revenues in 2009 […]
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