Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is fully supplied with the latest and most advanced technology. It uses digital imaging technology for recording, which requires two cameras, and image analysis of Coronary Angiograms. This yields high visibility for the operator, which helps in evaluating cases accurately and thus facilitates precise and proper diagnosis and treatment.
Operations in the Catheterization Laboratory, for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, are carried out by a team of highly reputable and very experienced consultants in this field, both nationally and regionally.
Catheterization is a procedure performed:
- With Coronary Angiography, to diagnose the narrowing and blockage of coronary arteries (Diagnostic Coronary Angiography)
- -To diagnose narrowing or leakage of heart valves (left and right Cardiac Catheterization for Valvular Stenosis and Regurgitation)
- As Therapeutic Interventional Cardiac Catheterization to relieve coronary artery narrowing and blockages using balloon inflation and stent deployments (Percutenous Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting)
- With Coronary Angiography, using the radial artery (from the hand), allowing patients’ ambulation immediately after the procedure and facilitating earlier discharge from the hospital, increasing their morale
- To open narrowed valves using balloon dilatation without surgical operations (Valve Balloon Valvectomy)
- Using ultrasound examinations inside coronary arteries to specifically assess outcomes of stent implants
- To diagnose conditions of heartbeat irregularities via an Electrophysiological Study. It is also used to fix pacemaker for increasing and regulating the condition of slow heartbeats, and to implant advanced pacemaker devices that deliver electric shocks to correct serious heartbeat irregularities (Intracardiac Defibrillator Device - ICD), or to correct heart failure