Interventional Cardiologist
Interventional cardiology is a subspecialty of cardiology that uses specialized catheter-based techniques to diagnose and treat heart attacks, coronary artery disease, vascular disease, structural heart disease, and congenital heart defects. Interventional cardiologists use various diagnostic tools and imaging techniques to measure cardiovascular functions including blood flow in major arteries of the heart and associated blood vessels, and pressures within the different chambers of the heart.
- Coronary Angiograms and/or Cardiac Catheterization including Left Heart and/or Right Heart Catheterizations
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
- Balloon Angioplasty
- Stent Implantation
- Atherectomy
- Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging
- Hemodynamic Assessment of Blockages in Blood Vessels Using Pressure Wires
- Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring Device Implantation
- Peripheral Angiograms (including lower extremity arterial and venous angiograms, renal or carotid angiograms)
- Emergency and Rescue Procedures in the hospital for patients coming in with heart attacks and/or cardiogenic shock: Emergency cardiac catheterizations, pericardiocentesis and/or insertion of mechanical heart pumps such as intra-aortic balloon pumps or Impella
