Interventional cardiologists treat people with vascular (blood vessel) and coronary (heart) diseases. They also help those with structural abnormalities in the heart such as valve defects or septal defects.
Interventional cardiology tests include:
- Chest X-ray
- Computed tomography (CT) of coronary arteries
- Heart MRI
- Intracardiac echocardiogram
Additionally, interventional cardiology procedures include:
- Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Alcohol septal ablation
- Atrial septal defect closure
- Cardiac catheterization
- Coronary atherectomy
- Fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement
- Heart valve repair and replacement
- Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Patent foramen ovale closure
- Renal denervation
- Stent placement
- Thrombolysis
