What is an Interventionists cardiologist?
This is a person who does the heart surgeries (such as people who do surgery after heart attacks). Interventional cardiology refers to non-surgical procedures used in the treatment of coronary artery and peripheral vascular disease and performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Balloon angioplasty, atherectomy (surgical removal of arterial plaque), eximer laser, stent deployment and direct intervention for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) are among the procedures performed by interventional cardiologists.
