LIMA — It may sound like the latest hip coffee house or cocktail spot, but the cath lounge is actually a new setting for heart catheterization. The “lounge” is a living room-like setting at St. Rita’s ...

Skills required to perform safe and successful cardiac catheterization can be learned via mentored simulation training and are transferable to actual procedures in the cath lab, according to a study ...

As the demand for cardiac care in the US continues to rise, and as more patients are screened and treated for cardiovascular disease, cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention ...

June 11, 2009 — Evidence-based catheter-care procedures regarding hand hygiene may significantly reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), according to the results of a ...

Cutting edge imaging, rapid PCI protocols, and patient centered follow up improving outcomes for acute coronary syndromes.

A catheter treatment is more effective than drug therapy in treating some patients with atrial fibrillation, according to new research. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm problem that ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. A new California law that took effect this year changed state regulations to ...

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced the opening of advanced Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) services at its ...

First In-Man Experience Exceeds Expectations, Cited as “Game Changer” for Below-the-Knee Procedures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced today that the first-in-man ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — It’s about the patients. That’s Karing Hearts Cardiology CEO Dr. Jeff Schoondyke’s stated rationale for a now successful effort to gain permission for a freestanding ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A relatively fast outpatient procedure helped infertile women become pregnant – without the need for pills or in vitro fertilization, researchers said here. Using micro-catheters and ...