Merit Health unveils new Cardiac Catheterization Lab Merit Health unveils new Cardiac Catheterization Lab By Melissa Rademaker | February 12, 2021 at 5:45 PM CST - Updated February 12 at 7:16 PM HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Just in time for American Heart Health month, Merit Health Wesley has opened a newly rebuilt Cardiac Catheterization Lab. A cardiac cath exam provides information on how well a patient’s heart works. It can identify problems and allow for procedures to open blocked arteries and combat other forms of heart disease. The $1.6 million dollar lab offers state-of-the-art technology. “It’s a high-quality imaging lab certainly,” cardiologist Allen Covin said. “One of the main benefits is there’s a lot lower radiation to the patient and to the staff, that’s probably the main benefit with the imaging and the quality.”