Dr. Cindy Grines answers the question: 'What Is A Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: I'm allergic to radiocontrast dye and/or iodine and/or shellfish. can I get a catheterization? Answer: ...

Once the end of the catheter is inside the heart, a small surgical tool on its tip is used to perform the actual cardiac surgery. One problem lies in the fact that if the catheter is narrow enough to ...

No restriction of oral food intake prior to nonemergent cardiac catheterization is as safe as the current traditional NPO [nothing by mouth] strategy, results from a large, single-center, randomized ...

An AI-powered neural network, or deep machine learning model, may be as effective as catheterization at monitoring heart health, according to a study published Jan. 7 in Communications Medicine. Here ...

Routine echocardiography in cancer centers can spot severe valve disease earlier and trigger timely treatment decisions.

FDA issued a Class I recall for Medtronic's Left Heart Vent Catheters due to safety concerns. 3 injuries reported.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A catheter for mapping complex cardiac arrhythmias has been launched in the U.S. The product could help ...

The new catheter technology, developed in the U.K., enables targeted delivery of radio frequency energy to specific points in heart tissue. Kristopher Sturgis Researchers at King's College in London ...

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLSE), a company leveraging its novel nPulse™ technology using its proprietary Nanosecond ...

Atrium Medical Center is located in a community the size of Middletown and not a metropolitan city, but that doesn’t indicate the scope of its services, said Dr. Mouhamad Abdallah, medical director of ...

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