Interventional cardiologists perform the entire range of advanced procedures, from coronary angioplasty to complex coronary stenting, including :

CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY/PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI):

Opening stenotic, or narrowed heart arteries with a balloon to improve blood flow

BALLOON-CATHETER ANGIOPLASTY :

Placing a catheter with small balloon around it in the Coronary Artery.

ELECTIVE ANGIOPLASTY :

This procedure is not performed on an emergency basis but is the result of extensive cardiac testing that requires further diagnosis to determine if there is a blocked artery.

EMERGENCY ANGIOPLASTY :

A procedure to open clogged arteries in response to a heart attack.

STENTING AND INTRACORONARY STENT PLACEMENT :

Inserting a hollow, mesh tube into the artery to keep it open

ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY :

Breaking up solid, calcium-plaque buildup in the artery into tiny pieces

CORONARY THROMBECTOMY (ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR HEART ATTACK):

Performing a catheterization to remove thrombus, or blood clot from blood vessels

VALVULOPLASTY :

Opening a narrow value in the heart using X-ray and dye injected into the blood stream

BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY :

Using a balloon catheter to stretch a narrowed heart valve

RE-EMBOLIZING COILS :

Opening the vessel with steel coils

TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT :

The procedure in which a Replacement Aortic Valve is threaded through a catheter and placed into position within the heart.