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Cardiac Cath Lab
Cardiac catheterization, a procedure preformed in a cardiac cath lab, involves the passage of a catheter (a thin flexible tube) into the right or left side of the heart. Generally this procedure is performed to obtain diagnostic information about the heart or its blood vessels or to provide therapeutic interventions in certain types of heart conditions. The Heart Center Cath Lab Firsts
Many patients say what they remember most about their cardiac catheterization procedures is the wait afterwards. With new technology, patients are up and around in less than an hour. At the Heart Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, our cath lab was the first in North Carolina to use two new closure devices: one that pulls needles through the artery wall and closes the incision with a suture and another than combines suturing with a plug to seal the artery.
Learn more about our cardiac cath lab and the Heart Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. |
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