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A cardiac catheterization lab, also known as a “cardiac cath lab,” is a special hospital room where doctors perform minimally invasive tests and procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease. The procedures performed in a cardiac cath lab almost always involve tiny, flexible tubes, called catheters, which can be use instead of surgery, to access the heart and blood vessels. A cath lab has special imaging equipment used to see the arteries and check how well blood is flowing to and from the heart. This information helps the care team to diagnose and treat blockages and other problems in the arteries. The most common services offered at the cath labs includes balloon angioplasty, coronary and left ventricular digital angiography, right and left heart catheterization, rotational atherectomy, coronary intravascular ultrasound, stent implantation, bifurcation and left main stenting, and thrombectomy. These services are offered for the treatment of various indications including acute coronary syndrome, acute myocardial infarction, and adult congenital heart disease.
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