Frailty is associated with reduced cardiac rehabilitation use in Medicare patients, despite these individuals deriving the greatest mortality benefit.
The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...
This surgery is ideal for patients who may be deemed inoperable or at high risk for open heart surgery. For patients like Ms.
The FDA-approved OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is a thin wire that connects an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to the heart.
Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...
St. Luke’s University Health Network has reached an important milestone in advanced heart care. Members of St. Luke’s ...
In nearly 60 years, heart transplantation has transformed from a daring vision to an established surgical procedure. Since the first adult heart transplant in the United States was performed at ...
Our Lady Of Lourdes Heart Hospital relocated its Electrophysiology Lab, expanding advanced AFib and heart rhythm care for ...
Logan Health is celebrating its 100th atrial fibrillation procedure called Pulse Field Ablation, also known as PFA.This comes ...
ATLANTA — At the Marcus Tower of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital on Labor Day, Dr. Jim Kauten had pre-op all to himself. A few moments of quiet time to look back on his most recent operations, halfway ...
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Holston Valley Medical Center (HVMC) is the first East Tennessee hospital to successfully perform a series of cardiac procedures using an innovative piece of equipment, ...