Doors swing open to a whole New Era - Cabrini Cardiac Cath Lab opens

As the doors swung open to wheel in the first patient scheduled for our new cardiac catheter laboratory, Professor Peter Kistler looked around and couldn’t help but be impressed.

“It’s big, isn’t it?” Peter said after a successful day one in the lab that opened last week. “It already features state-of-the art equipment but having such a spacious facility gives Cabrini tremendous potential for growth and expansion to integrate new technologies, because there’s a lot happening in the treatment of heart rhythm problems and cardiology interventions.”

The new cath lab has been purpose-built and equipped with the latest technology to provide access to the growing number of patients in our community who need interventional cardiology.

“The equipment we have here at Cabrini, in this new lab, is at the cutting edge of what’s available globally,” Peter said. “You don’t need to be in the United States to get the latest innovations. We often have access to heart rhythm technologies before the US, and certainly here at Cabrini, that’s no exception. This lab offers all sorts of possibilities – the future proofing is important.”

With the opening of Cath Lab 3, which has been funded by generous donors Wendy and Carl Dowd, Cabrini now has three cardiac catheter labs operational, and once the Next Era redevelopment theatre build is complete in coming weeks, Cabrini Malvern will have a total of 30 operating theatres.