One-year findings from the Distal versus Proximal Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention (DIPRA) study were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

Doctors perform a number of different outpatient heart procedures, including angioplasty, stenting, pacemaker implantation, and others. If you have a heart condition, your doctor might recommend an ...

“Time is heart, and time is brain,” said President and Chief Administrative Officer of Cumberland Medical Center Randy Davis. In early February, the Cumberland Medical Center revealed the newly ...

Australians undergoing open-heart surgery could soon benefit from safer, simpler care and get home earlier thanks to the ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The first procedures have been successfully completed in a new cardiac catheterization lab at San Martin Hospital, which is located at 8280 West Warm Springs Road in Las Vegas.

Mar. 31 -- MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Giving statins just before artery-opening angioplasty procedures reduces the incidence of heart attacks and other problems, even for people who already ...

Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a ...