Cardiac Catheterization Lab
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Jaweed Sayeed, M.D., heads the catheterization lab at Rush-Copley. The lab uses advanced methods to discover and treat many kinds of heart diseases. Patients benefit from a variety of tests and diagnostic methods which reveal hidden heart disease and determine the extent of more obvious heart problems.The entire team of physicians, technicians and nurses, diagnose and treat cardiovascular disorders in a state-of-the-art lab equipped with digital technology for enhanced imaging.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
When the coronary arteries are blocked, your doctor can use the catheter to open them and restore normal blood flow to your heart. This is called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The three common types of PCI are angioplasty, coronary stenting, and coronary atherectomy. These procedures can be done separately or in combination.
- Angioplasty may be done by attaching a small balloon to the catheter. Once the catheter has been guided to the proper location in a coronary artery, the balloon is inflated. The pressure from the inflated balloon presses the plaque against the wall of the artery to improve blood flow.
- Stenting usually is done along with angioplasty. Once the plaque is compressed using angioplasty, a small expandable wire tube called a stent is inserted into the artery to hold it open. Reclosure of the artery is less likely to occur after angioplasty followed by stenting than after angioplasty alone. This is the most common procedure performed.
- Atherectomy may be done during cardiac catheterization to open a partially blocked coronary artery. Once the catheter reaches the narrowed portion of the artery, a cutting device, a whirling blade (such as a rotoblade), or a laser beam is used to remove the plaque.
Peripheral vascular treatments including angiograms, angioplasty and stenting are now being introduced in the treatment of vascular or circulation problems in the legs, feet, abdomen, and kidneys.
