Cardiac Catheterization Suite

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION SUITE:
 Repairing Hearts with the Latest Technology.

Minimally invasive percutanous transcatheter techniques in the Cardiac Catheterization Suite are often the best option for treating patients with congenital heart defects. At the Floating Hospital for Children's new, state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Suite, congenital heart disease interventionalists now have a powerful new tool with which to visualize and access the blood vessels and hearts of our most complex and sometimes smallest, cardiac patients.

The newly renovated suite is outfitted with Toshiba's Infinix(TM) CF-i bi-plane cardiovascular system. The Infinix system can provide cardiologists with multiple X-ray images of the same location while exposing patients to the minimal level of radiation possible.

A new table that can tilt from side to side and up and down also makes it easier for surgeons to access the anatomy of patients. These capabilities will be important as Floating Hospital begins to offer hybrid procedures, which will involve both catheterization and open heart surgery. Plans to offer this service are currently being developed.

As one of only two hospitals that have catheterization labs designed specifically for children and patients with congenital heart disease, the Floating Hospital recognizes its critical role in treating children with cardiovascular defects.

Cardiac catheterization is frequently used for the closure of atrial and ventricular septal defects, balloon dialatation of aortic and pulmonary stenosis, the closure of patent ductus arteriosus, stent of aortic coarctation and pulmonary artery stenosis.

We work in close collaboration with our adult cardiology interventional colleagues (just across the bridge to the adult hospital) especially for cases of Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

The new suite was highlighted as part of the 15th Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium/Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium in Boston at the end of July 2011. Floating Hospital was one of five hospitals internationally that broadcast cases from cardiac catheterization suites acros the globe and the only one in Boston. Three procedures performed at the Floating Hospital were broadcasted for the 800 attendees of the conference.