(856) 339-6079
Memorial Hospital opened a cardiac catheterization lab in September 2006.
As a diagnostic tool, cardiac catheterization can measure pumping and valve pressures within the heart; take samples of blood; and inject dye into the heart chambers so their movements can be seen. It can also estimate the volume of blood pumped by the heart with each beat and assess heart valve problems.
And heart catheterization is a low-risk diagnostic procedure. The overall risk of major complications is 1 in 1,000 cases. The risk of death attributed to this type of procedure is 0.08 percent.
Elias “Leo” Iliadis, MD, is the program’s Medical Director. He received his medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and completed his internship and residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. He also studied cardiology on fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, and the University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.
Dr. Iliadis is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention.
Cardiologists can meet with prospective patients on an outpatient basis, usually in the hospital’s Same Day Surgery consultation area, or when they are patients in the hospital. They work with the person’s primary care physician to determine if cardiac catheterization is necessary and if that person is a good candidate for the low-risk lab at Salem.
For a full list of cardiologists on staff at The Memorial Hospital of Salem County, please see our Physicians Directory.
The cardiac catheterization lab at Memorial Hospital offers a full range of cardiac diagnostic services available to area residents. These cardio-pulmonary services include: echocardiography, stress-echo stress testing, nuclear stress testing, pulmonary function testing, EEG/EKG testing, a vascular lab, and a cardiac rehabilitation program.
For more information about cardiac catheterization, call Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab Coordinator at 339-6079.