Nason Cath Lab
Urgency is extremely important in cardiac emergencies and Conemaugh Nason Medical Center’s 2,400 square-foot cardiac catheterization (cath) laboratory offers life-saving care to cardiac patients in the Roaring Spring community when every moment matters.
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure used to diagnose and treat heart and blood vessel problems. A tiny tube called a catheter is placed into a blood vessel so that imaging dyes and small equipment can be passed through. Catheterization enables healthcare providers to examine the heart and blood vessels, and is used to look for blockages in arteries, check heart valve function, measure blood flow and even place stents in arteries when they are narrow or blocked. In a medical emergency, catheterization procedures allow physicians to quickly diagnose heart problems and provide life-saving treatments.
In addition to cardiac catheterization procedures, cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) procedures are performed in the cath lab. Vascular studies of other areas, such as patient’s legs, are also done in the cath lab.
Services
Non-Invasive
- Physiologic stress testing with or without a nuclear component
- Pharmacologic stress testing with or without a nuclear component
- Transthoracic echocardiography
- Cardioversion
- Transcutaneous cardiac pacing
- Transesophageal echocardiography
Invasive
- Transvenous temporary cardiac pacing
- Right and left heart catheterization
- Coronary and peripheral angiography
- Elective and emergent (STEMI) coronary interventions
- Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center is proud to provide heart and vascular care in its cardiac catheterization lab. A team of board-certified cardiologists uses advanced technology and techniques to diagnose and treat each patient. Recovery time for a cardiac catheterization can be quick.* Cardiac catheterization is usually very safe. A small number of patients have minor problems.**
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure used to diagnose and treat heart and blood vessel problems. A tiny tube called a catheter is placed into a blood vessel so that imaging dyes and small equipment can be passed through.
Catheterization enables healthcare providers to:
- Examine the heart and blood vessels
- Look for blockages in arteries
- Check heart valve function
- Measure blood flow
- Place stents in arteries when they are narrow or blocked.
In a medical emergency, catheterization procedures can help quickly diagnose heart problems and provide treatments. Vascular studies of other areas, such as a patient’s legs, can also be done in the catheterization lab.
* Mayo Clinic, mayoclinic.org
** American Heart Association, heart.org