Treating heart disease has come a long way in recent years. Today, many of the most advanced treatments for heart disease no longer require a large incision in the leg. Instead, state-of-the-art procedures involve inserting a thin catheter through a blood vessel in the wrist to open up clogged arteries, fix structural heart problems and extend a patient’s life.

UR Medicine Interventional Cardiology Group leads the region in providing the most advanced minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of heart disease.

The program features:

• Cardiologists specializing in the newest, and most effective treatments for cardiovascular disease.
• Advanced treatments, many of which are unavailable elsewhere within the Rochester region.
• Techniques that spare patients large incisions, and often have people up and walking just hours after the procedure.
• Four fully equipped catheterization labs that staffed by expert nurses and technicians.
• A team approach to care that has us working closely with other UR Medicine surgeons who specialize in Cardiac Care.
• 24/7 cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Treatments available

• Coronary artery stents and angioplasty
• Peripheral artery stents and angioplasty
• Radial artery approach for stents and angioplasty
• Percutaneous closure of Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale
• Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty and aortic valvuloplasty
• Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Percutaneous left ventricular assist device
• Endomyocardial biopsies
• Right heart catheterizations

Find out more today

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with heart disease and are considering cardiac catheterization, find out if our program at UR Medicine could be right for you. Call (585) 275-6161.