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 ...

WASHINGTON — There's no shortage of interventional cardiology protocols, but when you're called to the bedside of a 58-year-old patient with 4 hours of chest pain, stage 3 lymphoma, and ...

Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Cardiovascular Institute newest cardiac catheterization laboratory is now open at AHN Wexford Hospital, following approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

For most resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients, rushing to angiography was no help for subsequent survival and in fact produced numerically worse outcomes, the TOMAHAWK trial ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Patient well-being was better among individuals allowed more liberal oral intake before entering the catheterization lab, the randomized CALORI trial showed. Compared to standard ...

The level II cath lab opened Oct. 11 and uses angioplasty and other interventions to treat heart attacks, eliminating the need for patients to be transferred. Previously, the hospital was designated ...

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

A $19 million, 8,100-square-foot cardiac catheterization lab is now open at Plainview Hospital, which is part of the Northwell Health system. The suite features two labs to serve patients 24 hours a ...