Interventional Cardiology Procedures — MediHeart Medical Center Güzelyurt
At MediHeart Medical Center Güzelyurt Cardiology Department, comprehensive interventional diagnostic and treatment services for coronary, peripheral vascular, structural heart diseases, and heart rhythm disorders are provided by Prof. Dr. Osman Beton. Below you can find a detailed list of procedures performed in our department. Which procedure is suitable for you will be decided by your physician following the examination and diagnostic tests.
Coronary (Heart Vessel) Interventional Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures
Nonsurgical interventional procedures, mostly performed via the wrist (radial access), for the diagnosis and treatment of narrowings and blockages in the heart vessels.
Radial (wrist vessel access) angiography and stenting procedure
Chronic total occlusion interventions (opening long term completely blocked heart vessels)
Chronic total occlusion interventions via antegrade and/or retrograde approach
Opening of the heart vessel with Coronary Dynamx bioadaptor (new generation stent with low recurrence rate)
Heart treatment vascular surgeries as an alternative to coronary bypass surgery
Coronary rotablation procedure (shaving off narrowings)
Intravascular lithotripsy procedure (breaking calcifications in narrowings)
Interventional treatment of bypass vessels
Ligation of side branches causing steal phenomenon in bypass vessels
Coronary drug coated balloon procedure
Closure procedure of congenital coronary fistulas
Intravascular ultrasound imaging procedure
Intravascular pressure and flow values
Determination of the severity of competitive narrowings detected on CT using the HeartFlow (artificial intelligence) method
Interventional Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures for Peripheral Vessels
Interventional treatments for narrowings, blockages, and circulatory disorders in neck, arm, leg, aorta, pulmonary, and renal vessels.
Radial carotid (neck vessel) angiography and stenting procedure
Radial subclavian (arm vessel) angiography and stenting procedure
Radial vertebral angiography and stenting procedure
Lower extremity (leg vessels) angiography and stenting procedure
Abdominal aorta (abdominal aortic vessel) angiography and stenting procedure
Thoracic aorta (descending aortic vessel) angiography and stenting procedure
Pulmonary (lung vessel) angiography and stenting procedure
Renal artery (kidney vessel) angiography and stenting procedure
Renal denervation therapy (resistant advanced level)
Peripheral drug coated balloon procedure
Peripheral drug coated stent procedure
Peripheral bioresorbable stent procedure
Rotablation procedure (shaving off narrowings)
Intravascular lithotripsy procedure
Interventional treatment of bypass vessels
Chronic total occlusion intervention
Intravascular ultrasound imaging of peripheral vessels
Intravascular values of peripheral vessels
Carbon dioxide (CO2) angiography
Determination of the severity of narrowings detected on CT using artificial intelligence method
Interventional Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures for Structural Heart Diseases
Diagnosis and treatment of heart valve diseases and congenital heart defects, mostly via nonsurgical (transcatheter) methods.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation — TAVI (nonsurgical aortic valve placement)
TAVI aortic valve percutaneous (nonsurgical) repair
Aortic valve balloon valvuloplasty procedure
Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation
Mitral valve balloon valvuloplasty procedure
Mitral valve transcatheter clipping procedure
Implantation or transfer for surgical or calcified mitral valve
Tricuspid valve balloon valvuloplasty procedure
Tricuspid valve transcatheter clipping procedure
Treatment of tricuspid valve disease with bicaval valve implantation
Nonsurgical closure of paravalvular leaks and defects in prosthetic valves
Nonsurgical closure of congenital heart holes (ASD, VSD, PDA, PFO)
Nonsurgical closure of the left atrial appendage in preventing ischemic events
Patent foramen ovale closure for protection against ischemic events
Nonsurgical treatment of aortic coarctation
Intracardiac echocardiography procedure
Transesophageal 3D echocardiography
Right and left heart catheterization and oximetric study
Reversibility testing for pulmonary artery pressure
Heart biopsy
Evaluation of variable heart diseases on CT/MRI using artificial intelligence method
Interventional Treatment Procedures for Heart Rhythm Disorders
Treatment of palpitations, atrial fibrillation, and other rhythm disorders through electrophysiological diagnosis and ablation methods.
Electrophysiological study (diagnostic procedure for rhythm disorders)
Supraventricular tachycardia ablation treatment
Ventricular tachycardia ablation treatment
Atrial fibrillation ablation treatment
Atrial flutter ablation treatment
Pulmonary vein isolation ablation
Cardioneuroablation treatment (for vasovagal syncope and heart blocks)
Brugada syndrome ablation treatment
Atrioventricular node ablation
3D electroanatomical mapping and ablation
Epicardial mapping and ablation
Radiofrequency (warm) ablation
Cryoablation (cold) ablation
Pulsed field ablation
Detection of intracardiac clot via transesophageal echocardiography
Intracardiac echocardiography
Electrical and/or pharmacological cardioversion
Ajmaline testing for Brugada therapy evaluation
Adrenaline testing for Long QT therapy evaluation
Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation for Heart Rhythm Disorders and Heart Failure
Permanent device implantation treatments for slow heart rhythm, risk of sudden cardiac arrest, and heart failure.
Permanent pacemaker implantation (single chamber, dual chamber)
Permanent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement
Cardiac resynchronization therapy — CRT
LOT CRT implantation procedure
Biventricular pacemaker or ICD placement procedure
Pacing of the electrical conduction system of the heart
Left bundle branch pacing procedure
Generator replacement procedure
Loop recorder placement procedure
Lead (electrode) extraction procedure
Generator pocket revision with PlasmaBlade
For Appointments and Information
Which of the above procedures is suitable for you will be evaluated following the physical examination and necessary tests. You can contact us to make an appointment with Prof. Dr. Osman Beton or to obtain information about our department.