Description of Services
The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is a modern, technologically advanced facility where approximately 600 catheterization procedures are performed each year. The lab equipment provides excellent imaging with a minimal amount of X-ray exposure for patients and medical personnel.
Catheterization procedures performed in the lab include:
- Surveillance biopsies for heart transplant recipients
- Diagnostic studies for children with complex congenital anomalies
- Therapeutic or interventional catheterizations during which treatment is provided to the child by means of special catheter techniques
About 150 interventional catheterizations are performed each year, including:
- Balloon valvuloplasties for stenotic valves
- Balloon angioplasties for stenotic vessels, such as pulmonary arteries, coarctation of aorta, systemic veins and pulmonary veins
- Placement of intravascular stents
- Coil embolization of the patent ductus arteriosus, collateral vessels and coronary fistulas
- Device closure of the patent ductus arteriosus and intracardiac defects such as ASD, PFO or VSD
- Radiofrequency perforation of occluded cardiac valves
Complete diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiologic studies, including radio frequency ablations, also are performed in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
Referral Requirements
To make a referral for cardiac catheterization, please call 412-692-5540.
412-692-5540
412-692-5138 Fax
Locations
Main Campus, Main Tower
Purple Bulding, Floor 2
Room 2820
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Director
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD
Faculty
Gaurav Arora, MD
Lee B. Beerman, MD
Brian Fiengold, MD
Susan Miller, MD
Steven Webber, MBChB
Children’s Hospital
of Pittsburgh Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
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Performs approximately
600 catheterization procedures each year |
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Performs more than
150 interventional catheterizations each year |
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Performs complete
diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiologic studies, including radio
frequency ablations |
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