Interventional Cardiology Service

The Johns Hopkins Interventional Cardiology Service is part of the Cardiovascular Interventional Laboratory (CVIL). The CVIL is a state of the art imaging facility performing more than 12,000 diagnostic and interventional procedures annually, and operating eight procedure rooms for three general areas: Cardiac Intervention, Electrophysiology, and Heart Failure services. Interventional Services include:

Coronary Artery Disease

• Diagnosis of coronary atherosclerosis by angiography and intravascular ultrasound and other imaging modalities
• Treatment of coronary artery bypass and graft blockages using Balloon Angioplasty, Intracoronary Stenting, Laser Ablation, Rotational Atherectomy, Directional Atherectomy, Extractional Atherectomy, Brachytherapy, bare metal and drug eluting stents
• Evaluation of endothelial function and coronary blood flow
• Novel approaches to ischemic heart disease including intracoronary gene therapy for angiogenesis,

Valvular Heart Disease

• Diagnosis of valvular stenosis and regurgitation
• Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis
• Percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis
• Percutaneous treatment of aortic stenosis

Cardiomyopathy and Transplant and Cardiomyopathy Service

• Diagnosis and evaluation of cardiomyopathic conditions with hemodynamic assessment and endomyocardial biopsy
• Hemodynamic and metabolic assessment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using transvenous pacing protocols, percutaneous and alcohol septal myocardial ablation 
• Diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis
• Drainage of pericardial effusions

Peripheral Artery Disease

• Diagnosis and percutaneous treatment of carotid artery stenosis
• Diagnosis and percutaneous treatment of renal artery stenosis
• Diagnosis and percutaneous treatment of subclavian, iliac and femoral artery stenosis

Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology Service

• Diagnosis of congenital heart abnormalities
• Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects
• Evaluation and treatment for cryptogenic cerebral vascular events including percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO)
• Patent ductus arteriosus and treatment of aortic coarctation
• Percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis
• Stenting for pulmonary artery stenosis

Aortic Disease

• Diagnosis of aortic aneurysms including those in Marfan patients
• Diagnosis of aortic dissection