This is a branch of cardiology that focuses on catheter-based treatment of structural heart diseases, including angioplasty and stent.
The process of introducing catheters into veins or arteries, then into either the left or right side of the heart.
This opens the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. A stent is a tube that expands inside the coronary artery.
The blocked area of the peripheral artery is removed through an inflated balloon within a catheter.
A catheter-based closure of the patient foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD).
Special catheter-guided lasers help free the lead from the surrounding scar tissue.
This surgery treatment uses a catheter with a sharp blade to remove plaques of fatty material from blood vessels.