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Podcasts - Cardiac Catheterization - Electrophysiological Studies - Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

Videos - Cardiac Catheterization

Health Demos - Cardiac Catheterization - Coronary Angioplasty

Quizzes - How Much Do You Know About Coronary Artery Disease and Angioplasty?

Cardiovascular Services

Cardiovascular Surgery

When other medical management techniques yield little hope for improved cardiac performance or potential for improved lifestyle, open heart surgery provides new hope. Open heart surgery has provided astounding results for many patients by improving their endurance and quality of life.

Cardiac Catheterization Lab

The Cath Labs are equipped to diagnose problems and anomalies of the heart. This highly specialized area, under the direction of a cardiologist, provides such testing procedures as Cardiac Catheterization, Angioplasty and Electrophysiological testing.

Nuclear Cardiology

Radionuclide imaging of the heart, one of the many diagnostic tests available at Flowers Hospital, is a procedure which allows for safe noninvasive visualization of the heart muscle, heart chambers and pumping action of the heart.

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) has brought tremendous hope for the nonsurgical correction of coronary obstructions. This procedure, which utilizes a balloon catheter to open obstructed arteries, shows great promise in reducing the extent of damage to the heart muscle and may allow patients to defer or eliminate the need for open heart surgery.