Cardiology

Catheterization Laboratory

The department has one Cardiac Catheterization laboratory to provide the state of art medical treatment to the patients. It is a Siemens laboratory located close to the ICCU over an area of 800 square feet. It is well equipped with all the essential pre-requisites needed for cardiac catheterization and emergency medical care. There is also a separate Electrophysiology Unit within the Cath. lab where there is the latest state of art equipment for carrying out diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology studies.

The number of catheterizations performed per year is 1600, with all types of diagnostic and therapeutic catheterizations. The procedures performed are coronary angiography 600/yr, Balloon Mitral Valvotomy 400/yr, Coronary angioplasty 300/yr, pediatric catheterizatons 200/yr, and others 100/yr. KEM is the only hospital in the city of Mumbai which caters to pediatric cardiology and various types of diagnostic and Interventional catheterizations are performed here. The pediatric interventions performed are dilation of BT Shunt, Balloon atrial septostomy, Balloon pulmonary valvotomy, Balloon aortic valvotomy, making atrial fenestration in a case of obstructed Fontans , PDA coil closure, transcatheter Device closure of the ASD, and PDA. In fact KEM has the largest series of the PDA coil closures in the Western and the southern parts of India.

The Catheterization lab is well equipped with doctors and paramedical personnel. There are always three technicians, four servants, one Chief Sister in-charge and two Staff-nurses in the Lab all the time. There is always one senior consultant, one junior consultant and three resident doctors working in the lab. The lab is functional from 8 AM to 9 PM, with most of the electrophysiology work done in the evening hours after 5 PM.

All the interventions are done with a CVTS back up in case of a complication with a very low morbidity and mortality.