Welcome to Springhill Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Approximately 400 procedures are performed each month making it one of the busiest and most efficient catheterization laboratories (cath labs) in Mobile.

Springhill Medical Center is the only hospital in Mobile with dual-plane, full body catheterization visualization equipment. This unique state-of-the-art technology allows the doctor to see not only the heart, but veins and arteries that may be blocked in other parts of the body.

Our cath lab has four state-of-the-art procedure rooms for performing numerous heart and vessel imaging studies and treatments. In addition, we have 11 monitored recovery rooms for post-procedure care. This means cardiologists can identify, diagnose and treat a multitude of heart problems.

Springhill Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab has 25 highly trained staff members operating in teams of three. Each team consists of two registered nurses and a scrub technician. The post-procedure care team is provided by qualified nurses and a support staff. All of our nurses are certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). In addition, the cath lab has an emergency crew available 24 hours, seven days a week, with a response time under 30 minutes. Our cath lab strives to be the best lab in Mobile where our patients and physicians can rely upon our outstanding staff to provide the best cardiac services in Mobile in a courteous, caring, family-oriented manner. To help us accomplish this mission, SMC also provides the unique services of a physician-staff-family liaison.

Our cath lab offers southern Alabama the advantage of receiving outstanding cardiac care by highly trained cardiologists performing procedures to evaluate the structure and functioning of your heart. Advanced medical technology offered at Springhill Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Lab includes the following invasive procedures:

Cardiac

• Atherectomy
• Atrial Septal Defect Closure
• Balloon Angioplasty
• Coronary Stenting - Drug eluting stents, stainless steel and cobalt metal stents
• Cutting Balloon Atherectomy
• Intra-Aortic Balloon Augmentation
• Intravascular Ultrasound
• Laser Atherectomy
• Left Heart Catheterization
• Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
• Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty with Stent
• Renal Angiogram
• Right Heart Catheterization
• Temporary Pacemaker
• Vena Cava Filter

Peripheral

• Angiography
• Laser Atherectomy
• Cryotherapy
• Percutaneous Transluminal Peripheral Angioplasty (PTA) with Stent - including new balloon angioplasty and stenting technique for the carotid arteries, renal arteries and circulation in the legs

Electrophysiology

• Pacemaker
• Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
• Cardiac Resyncronization Therapy
• Electrophysiology
• Radiofrequency abalation of fast rhythms including Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy

In conjunction with our Chest Pain Clinic in the emergency room and full surgical capabilities, SMC offers the most comprehensive heart care on the Gulf Coast.