Emergency Angioplasty Orange Regional Medical Center has become the first hospital in Orange County to offer Emergency Angioplasty as part of its comprehensive range of cardiac services. This means most heart attack patients will not have to travel outside of our area for advanced cardiac care. What is Emergency Angioplasty? Performed in Orange Regional's Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Angioplasty, also called "PCI" (percutaneous coronary intervention), is a minimally invasive procedure in which a catheter (flexible plastic tube) with a small balloon dilates, or "opens up" a blocked artery that supplies the heart muscle with blood. In contrast to open heart surgery, PCI can be done by making a small puncture in the skin and inserting the catheter into an artery in the leg or arm. For additional information about Emergency Angioplasty and Cardiology Services at Orange Regional Medical Center, please call the Orange Regional Health Connection at 1-888-321-ORMC (6762) or visit www.ormc.org.