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Cardiac Cath Lab

Cardiac Catherization Lab at AmeriMed American Hospital- Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

For the first time Los Cabos residents will have the advantage of having access to cardiac and endovascular studies and treatments locally. Complications due to heart attack continue to be the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the general population.

The cardiac and endovascular department is located at AmeriMed American Hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This department is directed by the well renowned bilingual invasive cardiologist Dr. Rafael Moguel, who trained in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Moguel and his team perform diagnostic angiography, coronary angioplasty, and coronary artery stenting. He and his team also diagnosis and treat some of the most common cardiovalvular and congenital diseases of the heart. In the area of peripheral vascular diseases, he performs carotid artery stenting and peripheral vascular atherectomies, which in some cases, may prevent limb amputation. For Cardiac Catherization he utilizes the radial approach, instead of the femoral approach, which allows the patient early ambulation with much less possibilities of complications. The department also offers outpatient endovascular laser treatment of varicose veins and hemorroids, totally avoiding the need for any surgical procedure.

He and his team perform an average of two hundred of these various procedures per year, having done so for more than thirteen years. Dr. Moguel continous to keep abreast of advancements in his medical field, attending major conferences in some of the largest medical centers in the USA and Europe.

Dr. Moguel is a recognized member of the most important Latin American and International Societies of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Specialists. He is a fellow of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. He is accredited by the Mexican Council of Cardiology to perform endovascular diagnosis and treatment.