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Interventional Cardiology

It can be scary to learn there’s something wrong with your heart, especially when next steps include invasive diagnostic techniques or surgeries. In the Sutter Health network, interventional cardiology specialists provide compassionate and comprehensive care to treat your heart-related problems and teach you how to improve your heart health.

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  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Removing Heart Obstructions

Your heart is a complex organ that is linked to every aspect of your health. That’s why knowing how well your heart is functioning and if it has any impediments is so important. In the Sutter Health network, interventional cardiology experts offer a wide range of diagnostic and treatment options to identify and remedy conditions that may be interfering with your heart.

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Angioplasty and Stent Placement

Angioplasty is a procedure where a blood vessel that has reduced or blocked blood flow to your heart is made wider and opened by inserting a small tube-like device called a catheter. Another short tube-like device called a stent may also be placed to offer structural support and keep the blood vessel from narrowing again. If you have a heart-related problem, an angiography may be used to examine how well blood is flowing through your arteries, or you may have a carotid or heart angioplasty and stent placement to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels. Angioplasty and stent placement is commonly used for the heart, carotid artery and peripheral arteries.

Cardiac Catheterization

One way to effectively diagnose if plaque is reducing or blocking the flow of blood to your heart is through a cardiac catheterization. During this minimally invasive test, your doctor can evaluate several different aspects of your heart, collect blood samples, or perform an angioplasty and stent placement. It’s common for doctors to conduct an angiography, where he or she guides a catheter that injects X-ray dye through your coronary arteries. While guiding the catheter, X-rays are taken that allow your doctor to see areas of plaque buildup, called atherosclerosis. Left heart catheterization can also be used to look for disease, tumors and heart defects. If a patient is very ill, a Swan-Ganz right heart catheterization may be performed to monitor blood flow and evaluate the heart’s capacity.

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery

If you have aortic regurgitation or aortic stenosis, your doctor may recommend aortic valve surgery. This once required open heart surgery, with a long recovery. Now, however, there is a minimally invasive technique called TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, that may be an option for patients at moderate to high risk from surgery. Sutter Health was among one of the first five facilities approved by the FDA to perform this groundbreaking procedure that doesn’t require removing the original valve. Instead a catheter is used to insert a replacement valve that expands and begins regulating blood flow.

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Cardiovascular Imaging and Diagnostic Services

Often heart problems go undetected until something happens that makes you wonder if everything is working as it should. If you think you may have a heart-related problem, take advantage of Sutter’s full range of diagnostic tests to accurately and quickly determine the cause.

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Eating Right for Heart Health

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Eating Better for Your Heart

By making a few easy modifications to how you cook, and some substitutions to what you eat, you’ll improve your overall health and wellness.

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Are Carbs Bad For My Heart?

Healthful carbs such as 100 percent whole grains, low-fat unsweetened yogurt, and dried beans can help you control some modifiable risks for heart disease, maintain your weight and be healthier overall.

The Mediterranean Diet

Eating healthy doesn't mean sacrificing delicious meals.

Heart Failure Research

Sutter Health Heart Failure Research
Heart failure is a life-changing and scary diagnosis. Heart failure is a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body's tissues. Several different heart-related problems can cause heart failure and it often becomes a chronic, lifelong condition.

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Doctor Profiles

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
Santosh S. Oommen, M.D.

Santosh S. Oommen, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Patricia Cavero, M.D.

Patricia Cavero, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Rajiv Punjya, M.D.

Rajiv Punjya, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Diwarkar V. Lingam, M.D.

Diwarkar V. Lingam, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

James Lai, M.D.

James Lai, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

  • Interventional Cardiology

Howard Allison, M.D.

Howard Allison, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Thomas Feeney, M.D.

Thomas Feeney, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Rajibir Sidhu, M.D.

Rajibir Sidhu, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Fiona L. Dulbecco, M.D.

Fiona L. Dulbecco, M.D.

  • Cardiovascular Disease

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