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title: Cath Lab Performance Improvement
nct_id: NCT00277966
overall_status: WITHDRAWN
sponsor: "Children's Healthcare of Atlanta"
study_type: OBSERVATIONAL
primary_condition: Congenital Disorders
countries: United States
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/agent/trials/NCT00277966.md"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00277966"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2016-08-09
last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T06:22:39.085Z"
source: ClinicalTrials.gov (mirrored, no enrichment)
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# Cath Lab Performance Improvement

**Official Title:** Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Radiology Performance Improvement

**NCT ID:** [NCT00277966](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00277966)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Why Stopped:** No enrollment as this was a retrospective review, not a clinical trial.
- **Study Type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 0
- **Lead Sponsor:** Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- **Conditions:** Congenital Disorders
- **Start Date:** 2004-01
- **Completion Date:** 2004-01
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2016-08-09

## Brief Summary

In 2004, the Cardiac Cath Lab at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta was asked to conduct a Quality Improvement Review examining radiation exposure.

## Detailed Description

In 2004, the Cardiac Cath Lab at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta was asked to conduct a Quality Improvement Review examining radiation exposure.

To perform radiological procedures with minimal radiation exposure and to ensure safe care during catheterization procedures, we conducted a chart review of all patients requiring fluoroscopy in the lab during the period of January - June, 2004.

• Based on our Retrospective Review, we were able to present Our New Standards to the Cardiac Cath Lab Committee at the end of June, 2004 with the following:

1. Diagnostic procedure time decreased from 45 minutes standard to 30 minutes standard.
2. Intervention and Electrophysiology procedure time reduced from 90 minutes to 45 minutes.

## Eligibility

- **Maximum age:** 21 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Medical charts of all patients requiring fluoroscopy in the cardiac catheterization lab at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston,during January - June, 2004.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those who did not meet inclusion criteria.
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## Locations (1)

- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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