ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on tailoring treatment to individual patients, taking into account specific risk factors and comorbidities, and appropriate use of devices. A cardiac catheterization laboratory is a complex facility that integrates multiple pieces of equipment and multiple groups of clinical personnel with differing skill sets and responsibilities. This hospital component serves different roles in different institutions with different missions and, consequently, has varying degrees of complexity. The laboratory relates to multiple facilities within the greater hospital system. Clinical electrophysiology laboratories are similar to cardiac catheterization laboratories in that both are built around X-ray fluoroscopic equipment. The chapter explores three basic reasons why the architectural relationships are important. The design and layout of the control room are among the most complex and frequently overlooked tasks when designing a cardiac catheterization laboratory suite. Database server capacity is an important consideration with financial implications.
