Interventional Cardiology: Research and Practice

Interventional cardiology is a specialization in cardiology. It is concerned with the treatment of structural heart diseases by catheterization. It typically involves the insertion of a sheath into the femoral artery, a peripheral artery or vein, and the cannulation of the heart using X-ray visualization. Some of the procedures in interventional cardiology are angioplasty, valvuloplasty, coronary thrombectomy, congenital heart defect correction, etc. The main advantages of interventional ca...