Cath angio labs are facilities that perform cardiac catheterization and angiography - a medical imaging technique that allows visualization of the inside of the body giving special attention to arteries, veins, and the heart chambers. These medical laboratories use a catheter, x-ray imaging guidance, and injecting contrast agent into the body to examine blood vessels and look for abnormalities. Through a team of specialists, cath angio labs can cover adult and pediatric applications such as interventional cardiology, physiology, neuroradiology, and interventional radiology. Cath angio labs can deliver diagnosis and at the same time treat patients with congenital heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease, valvular disease, arrhythmias, peripheral vascular disease, pulmonary disease, neurovascular disease, osteoporosis, uterine fibroids, liver cancer, and patients needing vascular access.
