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Monday, 12 April 2021, 12:08 pm A world-class simulation training programme developed at Waikato DHB to help a specialist cardiac unit prepare for the unexpected is drawing attention across the country and overseas. The training sessions for the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, more commonly known as the Cath Lab, is the brainchild of Waikato Hospital interventional cardiologist Dr Madhav Menon who worked alongside with colleagues from the UK, USA and Australia. The Cath Lab focuses on diseases of the heart, arteries, valves and rhythm. They are minimally invasive procedures like coronary ...
In cardiac catheterisation laboratories, known as cath labs, they carry out some complex, high-risk procedures on the heart - things like putting in stents and pacemakers. Waikato Hospital interventional cardiologist Dr Madhav Menon says most of the time it runs like clockwork, but on rare occasions things can go wrong. "We can perforate a vessel, we can perforate an artery, we can bleed around the heart, the heart valve can rupture, your pacing wire can cause holes," Dr Menon says. "It doesn't happen often, but when it happens it is a disaster." Dr Menon helped develop a training programme t...