2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Executive Summary

“The latest guidelines recommend additional use of IVUS and FFR, both of which represent key product lines in Volcano's broad portfolio of precision guided technologies, in patients undergoing PCI. These recommendations confirm the positive role that IVUS and FFR technologies play in the care of PCI patients.”

“Now it's a requirement because of all the emphasis on lesion assessment using FFR. It's no longer just a nice thing to have, and it's basically essential in any cath lab now.”

“We can't be in every cath lab across the country, so one way to track competency is to define and measure key outcomes. In the past, we focused mostly on cognitive competency—what does someone know. But when we talk about procedurally based skills, competency also involves the actual performance of the procedure.”