[TXnMA]

"To me, it's a nightmare waiting to happen," said Dr. Nissen, who is calling for strict guidelines overseeing use of the new machines

What are the chances that the good Dr. Nissen has been making a high-dollar living in the cath lab -- doing angiograms...?

[elmer fudd]

I don't know, but it seems damn strange to me that any professional would consider an improved diagnostic tool to be a liability.

[neverdem]

What are the chances that the good Dr. Nissen has been making a high-dollar living in the cath lab -- doing angiograms...?

"Dr. Steven Nissen, head of clinical cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, has a very different opinion."

As head of clinical cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Steven Nissen isn't going to the poor house if he does his work at the cath lab pro bono. Third party insurers, the gov't and everbody else with an interest in the cost of medicine better get a handle on it. Lord knows the trial lawyers will. This isn't just a pissing contest between interventional cardiologists and radiologists.

[boycott]

What are the chances that the good Dr. Nissen has been making a high-dollar living in the cath lab -- doing angiograms...?

You're so right. The cath lab is too profitable to give up. I am sure they would be in favor of this if it was more profitable for them.