Treatments
Cardiac catheterization allows our cardiologists to treat certain types of heart conditions. For example, they can:
- Open upf a clogged blood vessel
- Open a blocked heart valve
- Dilate obstructed arteries in the heart
- Repair holes in a blood vessel or other types of heart defects
Minimally invasive heart procedures
Cardiac catheterization is a minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment option. Because it doesn't require surgery, you recover faster, with less pain and fewer complications. Patients who have an interventional treatment, such as placement of a stent, can usually go home the next day.
About 10 percent of patients who undergo catheterization need open heart surgery immediately. At MedStar Heart Institute, we have cath labs that are fully equipped operating rooms, so we never have to move patients in the middle of a procedure.
Learn more about cardiac catheterization and the many other diagnostic tests and procedures we perform for:
Coronary artery disease:
- Angiogenesis
- Angioplasty
- Atherectomy
- Cutting Balloon
- Intracoronary Radiation Therapy
- Rheolytic Thrombectomy
- Stenting
- Analysis of Lesions
- New Imaging Technologies
Valvular heart disease:
- Balloon Valvuloplasty
- Percutaneous Valves
- Closure of Perivalvular Leaks
Structural heart problems:
Location:
MedStar Heart Institute
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
110 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010
For information or appointments, please call DOCtorsLine at 202-877-DOCS (3627).