Procedures
We provide all key procedures, including the following, amongst others:
- Cardiac catheterization (cardiac cath or heart cath) is a procedure to examine how your heart is working. A thin, hollow tube called a catheter is inserted into a large blood vessel that leads to your heart.
- Angiogram allows x-ray with dye, normally used to identify clogs in arteries
- Angioplasty using a balloon to stretch open a narrowed or blocked artery. It’s usually followed by Stent Placement to keep the artery open and ease the blood flow.
- Coronary atherectomy removes plaque buildup from the calcified arteries
- Fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement compares the blood flow on either side of a blockage in a coronary artery to assess the narrowing of an artery
- Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) asses vessels from the inside
- Aortic valve replacement (TAVI) of the valves that are not working.
- Atrial septal defect closure
- Thrombolysis uses drugs through a catheter or IV lines to stop blood clots, preventing strokes, embolism and heart attacks
- EP 3D mapping and ablation in our EP lab
Conditions That We Treat
- Atherosclerosis: gradual clogging of the arteries
- Heart attacks and myocardial infarction: sudden, emergent closure of the arteries.
- Angina: chest pain and discomfort due to narrowing of the heart arteries.
- Cardiomyopathy: enlargement of the heart due to weakening of the heart muscle
- Congenital heart disease: Defects in the heart structures from birth
- Heart failure: weakening of the heart muscle affecting its function
- Heart valve disease: Malfunction of the heart valves