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The Invasive Cardiology Unit is one of the leading centers in the country for cardiac catheterizations. The unit performs some 3000 catheterization interventions each year in its three catheterization laboratories, each furnished with state-of-the-art digital equipment. Cardiac catheterization is used to treat coronary heart disease by interventional procedures, such as:
• Balloon angioplasty (dilatation of narrowed vessels) of even the most difficult and complex lesions
• Implantation of bare metal stents (metal mesh to support the dilated vessel from within), and stents coated with different drugs.
• Carotid artery interventions.
• Directional atherectomy and Rotablation (drills to open complex and calcified lesions)
• Balloon valvuloplasty (dilatation of stenosed valves)
• Closure of atrial septal defects by up-to-date devices
• Endomyocardial biopsies to diagnose myocardial diseases and follow-up post heart transplant patients
All these procedures are performed both on elective patients and those with acute coronary syndromes. Patients with myocardial infarction undergo opening of their occluded arteries during the acute phase, as recommended by recent medical trials.
The unit team comprises seven senior catheterization specialists, and 20 nurses, technicians and support staff, all dedicated to the wellbeing of the patients through the highest level of service. All members of the team maintain a high level of academic expertise and consistently continue their clinical training, in order to stay at the forefront of the field.
The Interventional Cardiology Unit is involved in numerous clinical research activities, carried out within the unit and in collaboration with the Technion Faculty of Medicine
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