🏥 1. Cath Lab (Catheterization Laboratory)

🔍 What It Is:

A Cath Lab is a high-tech medical room used to perform minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat heart and blood vessel diseases, especially coronary artery disease.

🛠️ Common Procedures:

• Coronary Angiography – Imaging of heart arteries using contrast dye
• Angioplasty and Stenting – Opening blocked arteries
• Pacemaker or ICD Implantation – For irregular heartbeats
• Valvuloplasty – Treat narrowed heart valves
• Heart Catheterization – Measure pressures and heart function

✅ Benefits:

• Quick diagnosis and treatment
• Minimally invasive (no large incision)
• Life-saving in heart attack or cardiac emergencies

❤️ 2. 2D Echo (2D Echocardiogram)

🔍 What It Is:

A 2D Echo is a non-invasive ultrasound scan of the heart that shows real-time images of the heart’s chambers, valves, walls, and blood flow.

🩺 What It Detects:

• Heart size and structure
• Valve abnormalities
• Pumping strength (Ejection Fraction)
• Fluid around the heart
• Congenital defects or heart infections

✅ Benefits:

• Painless and safe (no radiation)
• Quick and widely available
• Helps monitor heart function over time

🏃 3. TMT (Treadmill Test or Stress Test)

🔍 What It Is:

A TMT evaluates how your heart responds to exercise-induced stress. It involves walking on a treadmill while your ECG, blood pressure, and heart rate are monitored.

🩺 What It Assesses:

• Presence of coronary artery disease (CAD)
• Exercise tolerance and heart rhythm changes
• Safe limits for physical activity
• Cause of chest pain, dizziness, or shortness of breath

✅ Benefits:

• Non-invasive
• Helps detect hidden heart problems
• Assists in treatment planning and cardiac rehab

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