GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. For most people in rural western Colorado, the prospect of having a heart attack is a scary thought. Hospitals in the region, while offering quality care, are singularly ...

Dr. Cindy Grines answers the question: 'What Is A Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: What is a cardiac catheterization, what does it show my doctor, and what are the dangers? Answer: ...

Cardiac catheterization (also called cardiac cath, heart cath, or coronary angiogram) is a procedure that allows your doctor to see how well your blood vessels supply your heart. During the test, they ...

Dan’s emergency came just as UH St. John completed the renovation of its cardiac catheterization lab, equipped with state-of-the-art technology for cardiac and peripheral vascular procedures. On that ...

Pulmonary-artery catheterization aids the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiovascular illnesses, including pulmonary hypertension, cardiogenic shock, mixed shock states, cardiac tamponade, and ...

Seton Medical Center Harker Heights has announced the installation and launch of its new Siemens ARTIS icono cardiac catheterization laboratory, marking a significant advancement in cardiovascular ...

The odds of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest that occurs in the cath lab vary significantly from one hospital to another, in some cases by more than 70% between patients with identical ...

In Georgia, a teenage girl critically ill with COVID-19 complicated by fulminant myocarditis, heart failure, and multiorgan clots needed to get on extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) if she was to ...

Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that provides information on how well the heart is working. To perform this procedure, a healthcare professional inserts flexible tubing into the heart through a ...