The laboratory has been equipped with a modern angiograph. The high-end equipment was presented to the invited guests by Marek Roik, MD, PhD, Head of this department. In turn, Prof. Piotr Pruszczyk, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism, told how the project was carried out and thanked everyone involved in its implementation.
The investment was made possible thanks to funds obtained from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (from an earmarked grant for the implementation of an investment related to scientific activity, i.e. for the purchase of scientific and research equipment entitled “Advanced digital angiography system with equipment”) as well as from the Medical University of Warsaw and the University Clinical Center MUW.
The importance of the event is evidenced by the fact that representatives of the university's authorities were present: Prof. Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska, Vice Rector for Clinical Affairs and Investments, Prof. Marek Kuch, Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Education, and Prof. Michał Grąt, Vice Rector for International Relations, Development and Promotion.
What the laboratory does
The laboratory performs a large range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures:
Procedures related to diagnosis, treatment of Venous Thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension:
- Diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (pulmonary artery angiography)
- Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (right heart catheterization)
- Implantation procedures of temporary and permanent filters into the inferior vena cava
- Balloon angioplasty procedures of pulmonary arteries
Procedures related to the diagnosis and treatment of coronary circulation and heart defects.
Invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease (coronarography)
Diagnosis of borderline lesions found at coronary angiography (40-70% stenosis), using transvalvular gradient assessment - FFR, IFR- Cardiac diagnostics in patients qualified for kidney, liver transplantation
- Invasive diagnostics in patients with heart defects
- Percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures
- Treatment of acute coronary syndromes of patients hospitalized in the hospital, such as in surgical clinics
Percutaneous renal artery angioplasty (PTA) procedures
