Procedures

Discover how the Impella heart pump supports high-risk patients undergoing coronary angiograms and other cardiac procedures.

A computerised tomography coronary angiogram (CTCA) is a diagnostic imaging technique that provides clear, detailed pictures of the arteries supplying blood to the heart.

Cardiac catheterisation is a diagnostic procedure in which a thin flexible tube, known as a catheter, is pushed through a blood vessel and into the heart.

This is carried out after a coronary angiogram has been done and the full extent of your coronary disease is known.

A Coronary angioplasty is a procedure to open up blocked blood vessels by inflating a  balloon to widen an artery and placing a stent to keep it permanently open. It is usually done manually by highly skilled and qualified cardiac surgeons.

Radiofrequency ablation, also known as cardiac ablation, is a minimally invasive surgical treatment for heart arrhythmias. It uses radiofrequency energy to burn  or “ablate” problematic heart tissue that may be causing abnormal cardiac rhythms.

A Loop Recorder is a monitoring device that is able to continuously record your heart rhythm for up to three years.

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a condition that greatly increases your risks of cardiac events like heart attacks, strokes, and heart failures.

Calcification (deposition of calcium) of the blood vessel wall is part of atherosclerosis. It is often seen in patients who have diabetes.