Retrograde catheterization showed a pulmonary-capillary-left-ventricle diastolic gradient of 13 mm. of mercury, a calculated valve area of 1.0 square centimeter and no regurgitation at angiography.
Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization ...
(UPDATED) Rushing resuscitated cardiac arrest patients swiftly to coronary angiography as opposed to taking a more selective or delayed approach doesn’t save lives or improve neurologic outcomes, the ...
The Florida Institute for Angiography of Sarasota held a grand re-opening last month to celebrate the unveiling of its newly renovated Philips Azurion Cath Lab offers patients and physicians ...
New challenges can lead to new rules, or at least new protocols based on the best available data. The president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) recently ...
Morton Kern, MD, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in cardiology. Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization are generally instructed to follow nothing by mouth, or NPO, before ...
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Cath Lab Services Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global cath lab services market to grow at a CAGR of 5.64% during ...
When I recommend that a patient needs coronary angiography (synonyms: heart catheterization,coronary angiogram, cardiac catheterization, or simply “cath”) I take a moment to bring up the risks of the ...
Our heart works continuously, pumping blood throughout the body and keeping us alive. When the heart functions properly, we ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CALORI study calls into question the practice of fasting before cardiac catheterization. Patients not ...