Interventional cardiology
![Coronary angiography and angioplasty in acute myocardial infraction (left: RCA closed, right: RCA successfully dilated)](/Images/godic/202501/20/HWI_PTCA0350.jpg")
Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter.