Interventional Care at the Heart and Vascular Institute
To restore and renew your heart’s health, our team of caring interventional
cardiologists perform a range of treatments and procedures close to home at the
Heart, Lung & Vascular Institute interventional suites located on the Excela Westmoreland Hospital campus.
As the centerpiece of Excela Health’s system-wide cardiac expertise,
the interventional cardiac center houses our cardiac catheterization and
electrophysiology labs, along with a 64-slice CT scanner – a non-invasive
means of viewing the heart to diagnose symptoms or potential problems.
Even those with severe or other existing heart conditions can benefit
from this technology that takes just seconds to perform with little or
no image distortion. The center also houses a hybrid operating room which
is a modern surgical suite that offers the surgical team increased flexibility
during minimally invasive and open procedures. To learn more about the
hybrid OR,
click here.
Here, patients and family members gather in one of 12 self-contained pre-
and post-procedure bed areas with full cardiac monitoring. There’s
a family/patient conference room too, for you and cardiac team members
to discuss progress or next steps in a more relaxed, conversational manner.
Within the cath labs, we perform:
Diagnostic cardiac catheterizations
Coronary stent deployment
Thrombectomy
Atherectomy
Balloon angioplasty
Intravascular ultrasound
Acute angioplasty and stent for myocardial infarction
DID YOU KNOW - The Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) accreditation
continues for Excela Health’s cardiac catheterization laboratory
and angioplasty/stenting program. Excela is the first health system in
Pennsylvania and only the fifth in the nation to receive this designation,
which recognizes the commitment of clinicians and staff to quality assurance,
peer review and use of evidence-based guidelines.
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