Marco Costa, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Cath Lab, Director, Center for Research & Innovation, will be featured in an exclusive segment tomorrow on ABC’s Good Morning America between 7:30 and 8 am.
Dr. Costa was filmed in the Stereotaxis Lab in Lerner Tower conducting the United States’ first ever Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) procedure using the newly FDA approved C7-XR Imaging System made by LightLab. A pair of Dr. Costa’s patients will be featured in the story highlighting the speed, accuracy and new imaging technology that provides doctors faster operating times and improved accuracy.
This breakthrough intravascular imaging technology allows the clinician to readily see and measure important vessel characteristics otherwise invisible or difficult to observe with older intracoronary imaging modalities. UH Case Medical Center served as the core lab in the study prior to its FDA approval and was responsible for analyzing the study results. To date, UH Case Medical Center is the only hospital in the country where this procedure is available for patients.
