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Interventional Cardiology Service

The Johns Hopkins Interventional Cardiology Service is part of the Cardiovascular Interventional Laboratory (CVIL).  The CVIL is a state of the art imaging facility performing more than 12,000 diagnostic and interventional procedures annually, and operating eight procedure rooms for three general areas: Cardiac Intervention, Electrophysiology, and Heart Failure services. Interventional Services include:

Coronary Artery Disease

  • Diagnosis of coronary atherosclerosis by angiography and intravascular ultrasound
  • Treatment of coronary artery bypass and graft blockages using Balloon Angioplasty, Intracoronary Stenting, Laser Ablation, Rotational Atherectomy, Directional Atherectomy, Extractional Atherectomy, Brachytherapy (local radiation therapy)
  • Evaluation of endothelial function and coronary blood flow
  • Novel approaches to ischemic heart disease including intracoronary gene therapy for angiogenesis, direct myocardial laser revascularization, electromechanical mapping of myocardium

Valvular Heart Disease

  • Diagnosis of valvular stenosis and regurgitation
  • Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis
  • Percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis
  • Percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis

Cardiomyopathy and Transplant and Cardiomyopathy Service

  • Diagnosis and evaluation of cardiomyopathic conditions using endomyocardial biopsy
  • Hemodynamic and metabolic assessment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using transvenous pacing protocols, percutaneous septal myocardial ablation
  • Pericardial Disease
  • Diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis
  • Drainage of pericardial effusions
  • Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy

Peripheral Artery Disease

  • Diagnosis and percutaneous treatment of carotid artery stenosis
  • Diagnosis and percutaneous treatment of renal artery stenosis
  • Diagnosis and percutaneous treatment of subclavian, iliac and femoral artery stenosis

Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology Service

  • Diagnosis of congenital heart abnormalities
  • Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects, including patent foramen ovale (PFO)
  • Percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis
  • Stenting for pulmonary artery stenosis

Aortic Disease

  • Diagnosis of aortic aneurysms including those in Marfan patients
  • Diagnosis of aortic dissection
Diseases & Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Endocarditis
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Valvular Heart Disease
Research Areas
Not currently avaialble
Clinical Team

Thomas Aversano, MD

Jeffrey Brinker, MD
David Bush, MD
Matthews Chacko, MD
Lowell Maughan, MD
Julie Miller, MD
Jeffrey Rade, MD
John Resar, MD
David Thiemann, MD
Jeff Trost, MD

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