An Israeli hospital has developed an app for iPads that provides staff, patients, and family members with real-time tracking of progress in catheterization and angioplasty procedures. The Invasive ...
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 ...
Emergencies that bring people to a hospital often involve sudden, severe heart problems like a heart attack, unstable chest pain, sudden heart failure or dangerous arrhythmias. Immediate diagnosis and ...
Morton Kern, MD, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in cardiology. Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of ...
Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H. Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375).
In a trial, a reusable catheter did not increase the UTI rate compared with single-use catheters. Reusable catheters show similar short-term safety to single-use catheters for intermittent ...
Advancements in medical technology have led to the development of innovative medical devices that are doing things once far out of reach for improved patient care and outcomes. Image Credit: Amphenol ...
The Health Sciences Centre's cardiac catheterization lab has just completed a major upgrade. It’s been a makeover five years in the making, and officials say the waitlist is already improving. "You ...