Interventional Cardiology

Interventional cardiology uses specialised catheter-based techniques to diagnose and treat coronary artery, vascular, structural heart disease, and congenital heart diseases. Paediatric interventional cardiologists focus primarily on congenital heart conditions and abnormalities in the structure of the heart that are present at birth.

At Abdali Hospital our internationally Board-certified interventional adult and paediatric cardiologists are highly trained to perform advanced interventional cardiac procedures. They follow evidence-based clinical guidance, from diagnosis to treatment, including emergencies. We have three state of the art cath labs and the latest Electrophysiology lab.

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