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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The TOMAHAWK trial included 554 patients (median age, 70 years; 30% women) with resuscitated out-of-hospital ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Stress Test Vs. Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: If stress tests are not 100 percent accurate, why shouldn't my doctor just order A cardiac ...

Catheterization of the right side of the heart in 1957 disclosed a mitral-valve area of 1.5 square centimeters. Grade 2 to 3 apical systolic and Grade 1 to 2 apical diastolic rumbling murmurs were ...

Cases exceeding the 90th percentile for dose, though infrequent, resulted in greater cumulative exposures for all cath lab staff.

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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 ...

BANGKOK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phyathai Nawamin International Hospital in Thailand recommends Coronary Angiogram as the best way to treat Coronary artery disease. An angiogram is one of the most common ...