Sumner Regional Medical Center began offering interventional cardiology in 2005. Interventional cardiology is a field of heart medicine dedicated to research and technology for minimally invasive heart procedures. It is a relatively new field where traditional surgical procedures are performed during a heart catheterization. Blood vessels around the heart are treated using a balloon catheter and often a stent, which is inserted into the cardiovascular system via an artery. This subspecialty of cardiology uses stents and other devices to restore blood flow to the heart without the need for major surgery.

Tennessee Heart & Vascular Institute, a highly trained group of cardiac surgeons on SRMC’s medical staff, performs interventional procedures at the hospital. For more information about the cardiac staff at SRMC, search our physician directory.