Interventional Radiology

Invasive or interventional cardiology is the practice of using a catheter to treat structural heart diseases. Procedures include:

The widening of an obstructed blood vessel with a special, tightly folded balloon

The widening of a narrowed heart valve without requiring open heart surgery

Repairing ventricular or atrial septal defects, occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus, angioplasty of great vessels

Removing blood clots from blood vessels

A special metal tube inserted to widen a blood vessel