In cardiac catheterization (cardiac cath), the cardiologist can examine the valves, arteries, and chambers via the use of contrast dye and a catheter inserted into the groin or arm. But with the ...

Following cardiac catheterization, patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have a higher risk of short-term mortality than patients with non-STEMI (NSTEMI), who have a ...

Even in CON-restricted states, cardiac catheterization labs are gaining momentum. In Virginia, for example, Richmond-based Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists recently opened the state's first ...

The use of ionizing radiation is associated with a risk of inducing malignant disease and causing skin or eye damage to the patient and the personnel. This article focuses on the role of the ...

Richmond-based Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists has opened the state's first freestanding, Medicare-certified outpatient cardiac catheterization lab within VCS' Heart and Vascular Center, an ASC.

The cardiac catheterization laboratory at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital is at the cutting-edge of care for blood clots in the ...

The findings are consistent with prior research showing that counties lacking these services have poorer CV outcomes.

The Uganda Heart Institute on Tuesday unveiled a catheterization laboratory (CathLab), a specialised heart theatre in which minimally invasive procedures are performed to diagnose and treat ...

The technique represents an advance in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) used in conjunction with ... benefit from getting an invasive heart catheterization procedure." ...

Cardiologists Eugenia Gianos and Binita Shah debunk 12 myths about the heart. They cover the effects ... of research at NYU Langone's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. She specializes in using ...