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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A speedy trip to the cath lab for coronary angiography is not linked to better outcomes in patients who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest but do not have ST-segment elevation on an initial ECG, ...

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 ...

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 ...