Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

One-year findings from the Distal versus Proximal Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention (DIPRA) study were presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society ...

Doctors perform a number of different outpatient heart procedures, including angioplasty, stenting, pacemaker implantation, and others. If you have a heart condition, your doctor might recommend an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Time is heart, and time is brain,” said President and Chief Administrative Officer of Cumberland Medical Center Randy Davis. In ...

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

Catheter-based procedures are preferred over traditional surgery. The global interventional cardiology devices market is ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

Using a previously “instrumented” radial artery—one that has been used for transradial PCI or invasive angiography—as a bypass graft for cardiac surgery is not associated with poor clinical outcomes ...

When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

Mar. 31 -- MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- Giving statins just before artery-opening angioplasty procedures reduces the incidence of heart attacks and other problems, even for people who already ...