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Two state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization suites, used for both diagnostic and interventional procedures, allow Concord Hospital to
treat a variety of complex heart conditions without the need for open-heart surgery. In the suites, there are approximately 1,500
procedures performed a year including diagnostic catheterizations, angioplasty, and stenting to treat blocked arteries, and pacemaker
and internal cardiac defibrillator implants to treat electrical problems of the heart. A multidisciplinary team of cardiologists,
interventional cardiologists, cardiac nurses, and technologists bring a variety of skills to the suites that ensure patients receive the
highest quality and most sophisticated health care available.
The Hospital’s newest cardiac catheterization machine features digital technology and quality imaging, a generation ahead of what many
hospitals still use. The flat-panel technology is utilized at the end of an imaging sequence to output digital images of the heart on a
computer monitor. Since flat-panel imaging is designed exclusively for digital X-rays, the final product is a purer image of the heart
and arteries, and results in a decrease in the amount of radiation used.
Through the use of cardiac catheterization, cardiologists are able to visualize the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart
muscle. Cardiac intervention involves various methods of opening clogged or blocked blood vessels, promoting improved blood flow, and
relieving stress on the heart muscle.
The types of coronary intervention performed at the Center for Cardiac Care include:
Balloon angioplasty (or PTCA) is a catheter with a small inflatable balloon on the end positioned within an artery narrowed with
plaque build-up. Inflating the balloon catheter causes the balloon to push outward against plaque in the artery until it no longer
interferes with blood flow.
A drug-eluting stent is a small, coated stainless steel tube inserted into a blocked coronary artery during a procedure called
angioplasty. It remains in the artery permanently so blood may flow freely. This procedure accompanies or follows PTCA.
Atherectomy is a procedure that removes plaque build-up from the walls of arteries with a rotating blade.
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Cardiology | |
| Patrick Cassell, MD
Cardiology |  | Gerard Dillon, MD
Cardiology |  | Carl Fier, MD
Cardiology |  | Mark Klinker, MD
Cardiology | |
| Paul LaRaia, MD
Cardiology |  | Jeffrey Lockhart, MD
Cardiology |  | Ayesha Nazeer, MD
Cardiology |  | Michael Newton, MD
Cardiology |  | Alan Rosenfeld, MD
Cardiology | |
| Paul Steiner, MD
Cardiology |  | Kirke Wheeler, MD
Cardiology |
  
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