Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist
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A Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist or RCIS assists a cardiologist with cardiac catheterization
procedures in the United States
. These procedures can determine if a blockage exists in the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle and can help diagnose other problems.
To become registered they have to pass the registry proctured by CCI (Cardivascular Credentialing International). The exam consists of 175 multiple choice questions. Some questions involve mathematical computation as well as pictures where one must identify anatomy
and equipment. To be registry eligible, they must have worked in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for two years or have graduated from a registry eligible program. Sante Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida
has one such accredited program.
Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart. This is done for both investigational and interventional purposes...
procedures in the United States
United States
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. These procedures can determine if a blockage exists in the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle and can help diagnose other problems.
To become registered they have to pass the registry proctured by CCI (Cardivascular Credentialing International). The exam consists of 175 multiple choice questions. Some questions involve mathematical computation as well as pictures where one must identify anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
and equipment. To be registry eligible, they must have worked in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for two years or have graduated from a registry eligible program. Sante Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
has one such accredited program.