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 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
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