OLEAN — The interventional cardiac catheterization laboratory, typically referred to as the “cath lab,” at Olean General Hospital, will be undergoing some updates that will start next week.
The cath lab is a procedural room where physicians use a catheter to conduct diagnostic tests and treatments on the heart. Through the use of the cath lab, the cardiology team performs angiographies and interventional cardiac catheterizations.
Since the inception of the cardiac cath lab at OGH in 2013, the team has performed thousands of procedures resulting in countless lives saved over the last decade.
Though the lab was out of commission starting at 7 a.m. Monday, the cardiology team at OGH have the resources to continue to provide all the community’s cardiac care needs. The project is tentatively scheduled to last only five weeks.
Once re-opened the room will be updated with a brand-new state-of-the-art Siemens Artis Icono Lab which will give the hospital the ability to save lives due to heart complications for years to come.
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