http://www.or-live.com/stmarysmadison/1994 Heart Disease: On June 14th, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. CST, the Dean and St. Mary's Cardiac Center will give viewers the opportunity to view a live heart procedure, in partnership with Channel3000.com. Viewers will get to observe a live cardiac catheterization, featuring Drs. John Phelan, Alan Singer, Daniel Danahy and Robert Tancredi, as well as a possible angioplasty and stent placement. The program will also include a taped dramatization of a Level One Heart Attack scenario, illustrating the roles of EMTs and hospital staff in getting heart attack patients to the cath lab as quickly and efficiently as possible. Throughout the program, our team of cardiologists will explain the procedure and decisions being made, and answer viewer questions. Their preeminent expertise comes from the fact that St. Mary's Hospital performs more cardiac catheterizations than any other area hospital, having performed over 2,800 cardiac catheterizations in 2006 to look for blockages in arteries. Cardiac Catheterizations In a cardiac catheterization, a catheter is inserted into an artery in the leg and up to the heart. A dye is injected into the arteries, which allows cardiologists to detect blockages on a monitor. If blockages are found, the cardiologist may perform an angioplasty, where a small balloon is inflated near the blockage to open the blocked artery and restore blood flow to the heart. In some cases, a wire mesh tube, known as a stent, may be inserted to keep the artery open. The goal of these procedures is to restore proper blood flow to the heart, preventing damage to heart muscle and relieving chest pain. Dean and St. Mary's Cardiac Center The Dean and St. Mary's Cardiac Center is the most experienced cardiac team in southern Wisconsin, and was the local leader in developing cardiac catheterization into an outpatient procedure. The Cardiac Center performs the most bypass surgeries and most angioplasties in the area. In 2006, they introd...