The Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology offers cutting-edge diagnostic tests and nonsurgical interventional treatments for patients with atherosclerosis and congenital heart disease. These therapies include the use of stents, angioplasty, intravascular ultrasound, embolic-protection devices and enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP). Our physicians have one of the nation's largest practices for fighting restenosis. Coronary angiography was developed at Cleveland Clinic in 1958 by F. Mason Sones, M.D. The F. Mason Sones Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory features 10 catheterization laboratories. We perform more than 45 catheterizations on a typical day. Our experts are actively involved in research of percutaneous treatments for other heart conditions, including percutaneous valve repair and percutaneous valve replacement surgery.
Each year, the staff of the Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology sees thousands of patients with almost every kind of heart disease. Our interventionalists treat people of all ages from around the world who have serious, sometimes life-threatening, cardiac conditions. We provide care for problems as common as a bout of chest pain (angina), as well as more serious conditions such as heart attack (myocardial infarction) and mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack) or as debilitating as leg pain during exercise (severe claudication).
The quality of our care and excellence of our outcomes are well-known and respected in the medical community. Almost half of our patients are referred to us by physicians at other facilities. In many cases, the referring doctors are able to do the procedure themselves, but feel it could be more safely done at Cleveland Clinic. The Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology is at the very forefront of innovation in cardiovascular medicine. We often lead clinical trials to study new techniques and devices to restore heart health with catheter-based interventions.
Resources
The following is a small selection of current articles from the Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology:
The Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology offers the latest, most technologically advanced diagnostic tests and catheter based treatments for atherosclerosis, heart valve disease, adult congenital heart disease and peripheral artery disease.
Diagnostic testing includes:
Interventional (catheter based) procedures include:
Additional programs provided include enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP), and stem cell therapy. Our physicians have one of the largest practices in the country for fighting restenosis, the reblockage of previously cleared arteries and important new procedures such as percutaneous aortic valve replacement, high risk procedures such as intervention for blocked left main or single remaining vessel stenosis, and treating difficult to treat blockages (such as bifurcation blockages and total coronary occlusion).
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Our outcomes speak for themselves. Please review our facts and figures and if you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.
Cleveland Clinic's Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology is a regional and national referral center for catheter based interventions, performing over 11,000 procedures each year.
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Our Medical Team
Invasive Cardiology Staff
- Christopher Bajzer, MD* #
- Joseph Cacchione, MD
- Leslie Cho, MD*
- Khosrow Dorosti, MD
- Irving Franco, MD*
- Frederick Heupler, Jr., MD
- Samir Kapadia , MD, * † # Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
- A. Michael Lincoff, MD, * Vice Chairman
- Ravi Nair, MD
- Russell Raymond, DO*
- Mehdi Shishehbor, MD, MPH* #
- Conrad Simpfendorfer, MD*
- E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, * † Vice Chairman
- Patrick Whitlow, MD* †
*Coronary Interventionalists
† Interventionalists who also perform percutaneous structural heart procedures
# Peripheral interventions in addition to coronary interventions
Physicians in the Section of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology hold numerous national leadership positions:
- Joseph Cacchione, MD
- American College of Cardiology (ACC) Board of Trustees
- ACC Payment Reform Workgroup
- National Priorities Partnership Advisory Board
- AQA (formerly known as the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance) Steering Committee
- Chair Partners in Quality Committee
- Leslie Cho, MD
- National Quality Forum Cardiovascular Steering Committee
- Cardiovascular Maintenance Steering Committee for The National Quality Forum (NQF)
- Stephen Ellis, MD, Section Head
- Interventional American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Writing Committee
- National Co-Principal Investigator, ABSORB 3 and 4 Trials
- Co-chair on the NHLBI Data and Safety Monitoring Board for Gene Therapy/Cell Therapy
- Member of Multiple Editorial Boards - Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), JACC Interventions, Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology
- Samir Kapadia , MD
- Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Training Standards and Program Director’s Committee
- Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) guideline committee for valve surgery and interventions
- ACC Program Committee
- PARTNER trial Steering and publication committee
- Member of Editorial Board - JACC Interventions
- A. Michael Lincoff, MD
- Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Critical Pathway Initiative
- FDA - Cardiac and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee - Chairman
- FDA - Committee to Develop Uniform Endpoints for Cardiovascular Trials
- Member of Editorial Board - JACC Interventions
- E. Murat Tuzcu, MD
- ACC Board of Governors
- Serves on various ACC, American Heart Association (AHA) and SCAI Committees
- Member of Multiple Editorial Boards - JACC, JACC Interventions, JACC Imaging, SCAI
- Member of the PARTNER Trials Executive Committees
- Patrick Whitlow, MD
- Member of Editorial Board - JACC Interventions
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