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| Non-invasive methods of probing the mysteries of the heart were the traditional treatment of heart disease until the 1980s, when more invasive methods came into vogue, radically changing the cardiac care landscape. Interventional Cardiology as a specialty was born during this time. Listed below are "pro-active" or interventional modalities that are used at St. Francis Medical Center’s Cardiac Cath Lab to treat the No. 1 killer in the United States, plus summaries of the main points about diagnostic and pediatric cardiology. |
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