Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory:

The GE flat panel Catheterisation lab provides state-of-the-art diagnostic and interventional coronary and peripheral vascular procedures. The flat-panel detectors help superior imaging quality and more efficient radiation dose improving the detection and intervention of cardiac disease.

GE Innova flat panel digital system - this multi-view camera rotates around the patient, allowing for different X-ray views without moving the patient. Our new cath lab features new state-of-the-art equipment. We use 40 percent less radiation, 40-50 percent less contrast dye, and the image quality is greatly enhanced with the new technology.

In a cardiac catheterization procedure, a physician guides a thin plastic tube called a catheter through an artery in the arm or leg and into the heart and the coronary arteries in the heart. Dye is injected through the catheter into the coronary arteries. This test can measure blood pressure and how much oxygen is in the blood, and detect any blockages which may need to be repaired through interventional means.

Cardiologists perform cardiac catheterizations to diagnose and treat cardiac disease, especially coronary artery disease. Depending on the severity of a patient's case, treatment may include angioplasty and stenting, as well as coronary artery bypass surgery. Accurate, high-quality images are imperative in determining the optimal path of therapy for each patient. Tiny blood vessels of the heart are hard-to-see, and its minute moving structures require an imaging system with finite resolution and distortion-free imaging techniques.

Approximately one-third of patients with coronary artery disease will undergo coronary angioplasty and stenting. Outcomes of angioplasty and stent procedures show a dramatic improvement in morbidity and mortality, as well as the treatment in myocardial infarction patients.