Interventional Cardiology
What is Interventional Cardiology?
Interventional Cardiology refers to various non-surgical, invasive procedures for treating cardiovascular disease. Interventional cardiologists treat narrowed arteries often caused by coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, or peripheral vascular disease. They use catheters, thin, flexible tubes, to get inside blood vessels for diagnostic tests or to repair damaged vessels or other heart structures, often avoiding the need for surgery. Interventional cardiologists can also close holes in the heart, open narrowed heart valves, take biopsies of the heart muscle, and treat blockages in vessels in organs besides the heart.
