Providence Heart and Vascular Institute Interventional/Surgical Treatments- An echocardiogram (also called an echo) is a type of ultrasound test that uses high-pitched sound waves that are sent through a device called a transd...
More » - An angiogram is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera (fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow in an artery (such as the aorta) or ...
More » - IVUS is used most frequently in imaging the coronary arteries of the heart in determining both the amount of plaque build-up within the wall of corona...
More » - Angioplasty and related techniques are known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Angioplasty is a procedure in which a narrowed section of th...
More » - During a coronary artery bypass, the diseased sections of your coronary arteries are bypassed with healthy artery or vein grafts to increase blood flo...
More » - Valve replacement surgery is an open-heart procedure in which the damaged valve is removed and replaced with a new valve. View a slideshow on aortic v...
More » - If your child has a large or complex congenital heart defect, he or she may need open-heart surgery. The kind of surgery will depend on what defect th...
More » - A VAD is a mechanical heart pump that is surgically implanted in the body. The device helps a weak heart by pumping blood for the heart.
A tiny sp...
More » - Catheter ablation is a procedure used to selectively destroy areas of the heart that are causing a heart rhythm problem. During this procedure, thin, ...
More » - A laser lead extraction is the laser technique removal of one or more leads from inside the heart. Extractions are done for a variety of reasons inclu...
More » - Portland diabetes protocols are a finely tuned set of orders for intravenous insulin infusions in hospitalized diabetic patients, for use both in...
More » - An electrophysiology study, or EP study, is a test to see if there is a problem with your heartbeat (heart rhythm) and to find out how to fix it.
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More » - An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), also known as an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD), is a small device that doct...
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A pacemaker can be used to replace the function of the natural pacemaker of the heart when the heart is beating too slowly.
A pacemaker is a small,...
More » - Services include educating patients about the specifics of living with implanted devices along with regular device system monitoring and evaluat...
More » - Carotid artery stenting is a procedure that can be used to open narrowed carotid arteries. This procedure is much like coronary angioplasty, which is ...
More » - Carotid endarterectomy is surgery to remove plaque buildup in the carotid arteries. During a carotid endarterectomy: A small incision is made in the n...
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Both traditional (open) surgery and endovascular aortic repair are used to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. Talk to your doctor about which surgery...
More » - Providence Heart and Vascular Institute’s Center for the Advanced Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation is a comprehensive center caring for patients with ...
More » - A stent is a small, coiled wire-mesh tube that can be inserted into a blood vessel and expanded using a small balloon during a procedure called angiop...
More » - The Edwards SAPIEN valve is a collapsible aortic heart valve that can be introduced into the body via a catheter-based delivery system. The valve is d...
More » - The convergent procedure is a minimally-invasive approach that combines the best of electrophysiology (EP) and cardiac surgery treatments to help rest...
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