How to Plan for a Hybrid Suite As the volume of minimally invasive procedures expands, hospitals are creating hybrid cath lab/operating rooms

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The barriers that once separated interventionalists, cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons and electrophysiologists are rapidly being reduced by the convergence of transcath-eter technologies and the need for high-quality fluoroscopic imaging systems. Specialists are now using cath lab technology and finding that combining these labs with the assets of an operating room (OR) brings together the best of both worlds.However, planning for hybrid suites involves much more partnering and multiple departmental involvement than planning for an OR or cath lab alone. These rooms are used not only by surgeons and interventional cardiologists, but also by electrophysiologists, neurosurgeons, structural heart specialists and vascular surgeons. "It really takes a village when planning a hybrid suite," said David L.