Scifed International Summit on Cardiology-2018

2^nd International Congress and Expo on Cardiology

Interventional Cardiology

Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter. Interventional cardiology is a non-surgical option which uses a catheter (a small flexible tube) to repair damaged or weakened vessels, narrowed arteries, or other affected parts of the heart structure.

The common conditions treated by interventional cardiology are: Coronary Artery Disease which means a narrowing of the arteries which supply the heart muscle with blood and oxygen, Heart Valve Diseases which occurs when the valves which control blood flow into the heart’s chambers are not working correctly and Peripheral Vascular Disease which means your heart can also be affected by clogged or hardened veins and arteries which are in other parts of your body.

The main advantages of using the interventional cardiology approach are the avoidance of the scars and pain, and long post-operative recovery. Additionally, interventional cardiology procedure of primary angioplasty is now the gold standard of care for an acute myocardial infarction. It involves the extraction of clots from occluded coronary arteries and deployment of stents and balloons through a small hole made in a major artery, which has given it the name "pin-hole surgery".

Cardiology-2018 is anticipating participants from 40 and more countries across the globe and the three day conference will provoke plenary sessions, Keynote speeches, Poster, and Oral presentations. The Scientific Federation provides a platform to have open discussions, knowledge sharing and interactive sessions with field experts at Cardiology-2018.

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