Texas Health Frisco has opened a second catheterization lab for its heart and vascular care programs.

Texas Health officials held a ribbon cutting for the new lab Aug. 19.

The overview

The new lab will help Texas Health team members properly diagnose coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart valve disease and peripheral artery disease, a Texas Health representative said. The lab features intravascular ultrasound imaging and optical coherence tomography.

Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure used to diagnose and treat blockages in a patient’s artery that can lead to a heart attack. Procedures include diagnosing heart and blood vessel problems, pacemaker implantation, opening blocked arteries in the heart and evaluating blocked arteries throughout the body, according to

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