Cardiac catheterization, which uses a catheter to measure pressure and blood flow in your heart MR angiogram or CT angiogram, which uses MRI or CT to make images of the blood vessels in your legs, neck, and head Echocardiogram, which is a special ultrasound that can show your doctor the st...
Visit this website for more information on the WATCHMAN procedure and whether it is a good option for you. “These are for people who suffer from atrial fibrillation and have a problem with continuing to take blood thinners,” Gardi said. “It’s a same-day procedure through the groin, in...
Coronary angioplasty and stenting.This procedure follows right after a cardiac catheterization and is done to open clogged arteries. Once the catheter reaches the blockage, the cardiologist inflates a tiny balloon at its end, which opens the blood vessel and allows blood flow to resume. At the s...
In the TAVR procedure, we do not open the chest and we do not use the heart-lung machine. We don’t stop the heart. We’re able to do about 90% of them just from catheters in the groin, like a cardiac catheterization procedure. Using x-ray guidance, we can place a new valve ...
Hana had her annual Cardiac Catheterization/Biopsy recently, on Wednesday. This is different than the other times she has had to go to the Cath Lab because once a year they go into the left side of heart as well (they usually just go into the right side of the heart) and measure press...
During a test called a cardiac catheterization—in which doctors inserted a thin, flexible tube through a blood vessel in his groin—they discovered a portion of his right coronary artery was completely blocked. They inserted another tube with a stent to open in, a procedure called percutaneous ...
as experienced during the first coronary angiography. Although a left trans-radial catheterization could have been attempted, having to deal with an uncommon and tricky lesion of the left main we felt confident to perform a ...