Catheterization Lab
In our state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs, or cath labs, our healthcare providers perform minimally invasive tests and advanced cardiac procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease.
Our extensive cardiac catheterization/interventional labs offer non-surgical approaches to the treatment of heart and vascular disease using state-of-the-art imaging technology to view the arteries and check blood flow to and from the heart.
Treatments
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR
Procedure to treat the dilation and thinning of the abdominal aorta, through endovascular stent placement or open surgical repair.
ANGIOGRAPHY
Medical imaging technique to visualize the cardiac, peripheral and carotid vessels.
ANGIOPLASTY
A minimally invasive procedure to widen narrowed vessels.
CARDIAC DRUG ELUTING STENTS
Small mesh tubes used to reopen narrowed arteries.
CARDIOMEMS FOR HEART FAILURE
The first FDA-approved implantable heart failure monitoring system proven to significantly reduce hospital admissions.
CLOT DISSOLVING DRUGS
EMERGENCY CATHETERIZATION
ENDOWAVE INFUSION CATHETER SYSTEM (EKOS)
FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE (FFR)
A minimally invasive procedure user to determine the severity of narrowing in the coronary arteries.
INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS)
A diagnostic test utilizing sound waves to see inside blood vessels.
LASER ATHERECTOMY
Minimally invasive technique to remove plaque from cardiac and peripheral blood vessels.
LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD)
A device placed in the chest to assist the heart with pumping blood.
PATENT FOREMAN OVALE (PFO CLOSURE) REPAIR
ROTABLATER
The removal of calcified deposits in the artery.
THROMBECTOMY
Surgery to remove a blood clot from an artery or vein.
TILT TESTING
Simple test to show different positions that affect heart rate, rhythm and blood pressure.