DONOR SUPPORT BUILDS A NEW CATH LAB P atients suffering from coronary artery disease, valve disease, and other disorders of the heart can now often be treated with catheter-
Community contributions have supported all of the heart and vascular procedures that save or improve the lives of our patients. This year, Overlake physicians completed our 1,000 th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). This minimally invasive procedure enables patients to feel better and get back to their lives after a one- to two-day hospital stay. Patients are often surprised by how quick the TAVR procedure and recovery are.
based procedures rather than open-heart surgery. In a catheterization (cath) lab, our skilled doctors make small incisions in the wrist or groin and use catheters—thin plastic tubes—to guide tiny devices through the artery to the heart. As our capabilities have increased, the demand for catheter-based care has grown. With the generous help of donors Leonard and Norma Klorfine, Overlake has built and opened a third cath lab to serve patients with chronic total occlusions, a severe form of coronary artery disease. Our expert team and new state-of-the-art cath lab help make Overlake one of the top hospitals in the country for heart care.
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