The heart is an intricate plumbing system of valves, pumps and pipelike vessels which control the flow of blood throughout the body, and the doctors who specialize in its function, diagnosis and ...

Transradial catheterization—when a clinician inserts a long thin tube through the radial artery in the arm—is commonly used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. A recent analysis of ...

Interventionalists don’t often order a CXR ahead of time, but when it’s already been done, some find the added info useful.

Cardiac catheterization, a procedure used to diagnose heart conditions, is typically performed through the femoral artery of the groin. But, increasingly, cardiologists are instead using the radial ...

If you are experiencing chest pain, your doctor may recommend a cardiac catheterization (also known as a coronary angiogram) to get images of your heart and learn the cause. Cardiac catheterizations ...

CMS proposed changing the definition of surgery to account for “surgery-like” procedures in the 2019 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, which could add cardiac ...

Christus St. Catherine Hospital announced March 27 that it has performed more than 1,000 cardiac catheterization procedures. The hospital opened the first catheterization lab in Katy more than a year ...

As the US healthcare system continues to grapple with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as states begin reopening facilities for elective procedures, healthcare providers are facing ...

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An Israeli hospital has developed an app for iPads that provides staff, patients, and family members with real-time tracking of progress in catheterization and angioplasty procedures. The Invasive ...

Interv Cardiol. 2013;5(3):335-344. In the authors' experience, CT-overlay can be particularly useful in patients presenting for paravalvular leak closure or pulmonary vein stenting. With accurate ...