A cardiac catheterization laboratory, or cath lab, is an area of a hospital or outpatient clinic where patients have catheterizations done. Commonly used as a diagnostic tool, a cardiac catheterization involves the insertion of a catheter into a major vein or artery and advanced into a heart cha...
Since the year 2000, a digital catheterization lab has become the standard type of hospital cardiac cath lab. Those medical facilities with access to the most up-to-date technologies often possess catheterization labs called biplane laboratories. The term biplane refers to the fact that the lab ...