Arkansas Heart Hospital’s six catheterization labs feature advanced imaging equipment, known throughout the healthcare industry for outstanding image quality and low x-ray radiation dose to both the patient and staff. The hospital is a cardiac training center for physicians from all over the world.
A cardiac catheterization or angiogram is a procedure that identifies possible problems with the heart or its arteries. During a catheterization, a thin plastic tube, called a catheter, is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin or arm. The catheter is guided up toward the heart. A special dye is injected into the catheter so x-rays can identify any artery blockage or other heart problems. This comprehensive test shows narrowing in the arteries, overall heart size, inside chamber size, pumping ability of the heart and a measurement of the pressures within the heart and arteries. This is usually performed on an outpatient basis.
- Atherectomy (coronary and peripheral)
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Balloon Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Carotid Stents
- Coronary Stents
- Drug-eluting Stents
- EP Studies – Electrophysiology
- Temporary Pacemaker
- Permanent Pacemaker
- Internal Cardiac Defibrillators
- Intravascular Ultrasound
- Laser – Coronary and Peripheral
- Myocardial Biopsy
- Peripheral Angiography
- Peripheral Stents
- PFO Closure (Patent Foramen Ovale)
- PTA – percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (balloon on peripheral vessels, renals etc.)
- PTCA – percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (balloon).
- Pulmonary Angiography
- Renal Angiography
- Thrombolytic Therapy (TPA, urokinase)