McAllen Medical Heart Hospital's three catheterization labs feature equipment from General Electric and Toshiba, known throughout the healthcare industry for outstanding image quality and low x-ray radiation dose to patients and staff. In addition, the equipment helps lower procedure cost because the digital equipment eliminates the need for film and film processing. Some of the services performed in the labs are:
- Cardiac Catheterization
- PTCA - percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (balloon)
- PTCRA - percutaneous transluminal rotational atherectomy (rotorooter)
- DCA - directional coronary atherectomy
- PTA - percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (balloon on peripheral vessels, renals, etc.)
- Stents - both coronary and peripheral
- EP studies - electrophysiology, including ablation
- Temporary pacemaker
- Permanent pacemaker
- Thrombolytic therapy (TPA, urokinase)
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Myocardial biopsy
- Shunt and fistulagrams
- Renal angiography
- Peripheral angiography
- Pulmonary angiography
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