Our nationally recognized team provides the most innovative and minimally invasive treatments and diagnostic testing.
Englewood Hospital’s interventional cardiology program provides the most innovative, minimally invasive treatments and diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease, valve disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
These interventional catheter-based procedures may offer an alternative to more invasive treatment options. Our highly trained doctors will recommend the most appropriate treatments for you based on your medical history, symptoms, and testing.
Our interventional cardiology team at Englewood is leading the way in innovative, high-quality cardiac care. Every day, there are new devices, new treatments, new therapies, that are all designed to help patients recover quicker from cardiac disease, and the ability to provide that to patients is unparalleled.
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Ramin S. Hastings, MD, Interventional Cardiologist and Medical Director, Structural Heart Program
Interventional Tests and Procedures
Cardiac Catheterization
This is a procedure that allows a cardiologist to see your coronary arteries (the vessels that bring blood and oxygen to the heart muscle) and how well blood flows through them. This test is performed by inserting a thin, hollow tube called a catheter into a blood vessel that leads to your heart. During the catheterization, the cardiologist may also evaluate the valves in your heart to check for abnormalities. A cardiac catheterization can be a planned test or performed during emergency treatment for a heart attack.
Englewood Hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab (or cath lab) features the latest transcatheter treatments and imaging capabilities to provide accurate diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of cardiovascular diseases.
Related: Scheduled for a diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure? Download our patient guide to learn what to expect.
Angioplasty and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Stent Placement)
When your heart’s arteries become blocked or narrowed from cholesterol or plaque, angioplasty can help. During a balloon angioplasty, we insert a thin tube (catheter) into a blood vessel in your arm, groin, or neck and extend it to your heart (as in a routine cardiac catheterization). Then, we inflate a very small balloon in the artery to open it and restore blood flow. A laser angioplasty uses a laser instead of a balloon to break down any blockage found.
A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an angioplasty with a stent placement.
Valve Repair and Replacement
Our interventional cardiology team works with other heart experts to repair or replace the heart's valves. Some of the interventions offered through our Structural Heart and Valve Disease Program are:
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for the treatment of aortic stenosis or aortic regurgitation
- MitraClip implant, a procedure to repair the mitral valve
- TriClip implant, a procedure to repair the tricuspid valve
- Valvuloplasty, a procedure that widens a narrowed valve with a balloon
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), also known as left atrial appendage closure, is a procedure that reduces the risk of blood clots from the left atrial appendage entering the bloodstream, which can lead to a stroke. Our interventional cardiology team offers the WATCHMAN and Amulet devices.
Alcohol Septal Ablation
This catheter-based procedure is typically used to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle. Ethanol alcohol is injected into an artery that supplies blood to the thickened part of the heart muscle. This causes the cells to die and shrinks the diseased tissue.