Forrest General's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory performs both diagnostic catheterization procedures to assess coronary artery blockages and interventional catheterization to treat heart disease. Interventional treatments for blockages in the coronary arteries include balloon angioplasty, coronary stents and removal of blood clots causing a heart attack. Some congenital problems can be corrected with catheter devices.

For more information about the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, call FGH OnCall at 1-800-844-4445, then press 1, from 2 - 10 p.m., seven days a week or send an e-mail.

Forrest General's Cardiac Catheterization staff and physicians strive to provide the most technologically-advanced equipment and procedures available. Please click here to view a news segment about three new devices being used to treat Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).