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INVASIVE

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/PreventionTreatmentofHeartAttack/Cardiac-Procedures-and-Surgeries_UCM_303939_Article.jsp?appName=MobileApp

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/interventional-radiology/procedures/pta/index.html

Coronary Atherectomy/Rotoblator

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/PreventionTreatmentofHeartAttack/Cardiac-Procedures-and-Surgeries_UCM_303939_Article.jsp?appName=MobileApp

Intravascular Ultrasound

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007266.htm

Electrophysiology & Ablation

http://www.melbourneheartrhythm.com.au/learn/procedures/49-ventricular-tachycardia-heart-disease

implantable defibrillator

https://www.cardiosmart.org/healthwise/hw12/6046/spec/hw126046spec

Last Revised: September 12, 2012

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology & Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health/care/consumer/health-wellness/conditions-diseases

Left Atrial Appendage Closure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_atrial_appendage_occlusion

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/What-is-TAVR_UCM_450827_Article.jsp#.WhBwaUtrw6h

MitraClip Procedure

http://heart.ucla.edu/interventional-cardiology/mitraclip

Percutaneous ASD / PFO Closure

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1839563-overview

Van de Bruaene A, Stroobants D, Benit E. Percutaneous closure of inter-atrial communications (atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale): single-centre experience and mid-term follow-up. Acta Cardiol. 2015 Apr. 70(2):133-40. [Medline].

Ates AH, Sunman H, Aytemir K, et al. Prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale; one year follow-up study with magnetic resonance imaging and Holter monitoring. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2015 Jan. 43(1):38-46. [Medline].

NON-INVASIVE Procedures

Exercise Echocardiography

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/Testing-for-Heart-Valve-Problems_UCM_450776_Article.jsp#.WhB2H0trw6g

https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/HeartValveProblemsandDisease/Testing-for-Heart-Valve-Problems_UCM_450776_Article.jsp?appName=MobileApp

https://www.emedicinehealth.com/heart_tests_when_do_you_need_them-health/article_em.htm

Event Monitoring

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/book/export/html/4873

Signal Averaged Electrocardiogram

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/cardiovascular/signal-averaged_electrocardiogram_92,P07984

Cholesterol Reduction Program

http://heartinsight.heart.org/May-2014/Keep-Your-Cholesterol-in-Check/

Sources: Ximena Jimenez, M.S., R.D.N., L.D., registered dietitian and national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association); and Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., senior scientist and director of Tufts University’s Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory and Tufts’ Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston. Lichtenstein served as vice c hair of the expert panel that wrote the new cholesterol guidelines.

Cardio Perfusion Scan

https://www.cardiosmart.org/Healthwise/hw23/4936/hw234936

VASCULAR SERVICES

Angiography

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=hw201112

Peripheral Angioplasty

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/VascularHealth/PeripheralArteryDisease/Peripheral-Angiogram_UCM_441649_Article.jsp#.WhB-Xktrw6h

Endovascular Stent

https://www.cardiosmart.org/healthwise/abn3/549/abn3549

Rotational Atherectomy

https://www.cardiosmart.org/healthwise/hw10/1454/hw101454

Enhanced Counter Pulsation Therapy (ECP)