The heart is an intricate plumbing system of valves, pumps and pipelike vessels which control the flow of blood throughout the body, and the doctors who specialize in its function, diagnosis and ...

Under full anesthesia, a small metallic clip is threaded from a patient's thigh to his or her heart through a plastic tube. The clip is then attached to a valve of the heart, and left there. This ...

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 ...

Lake Mary, Fla.-based Alliance Surgery Center performed its first diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure, according to a June 29 LinkedIn post. Carlos Grullon, MD, performed the procedure, the ...

(HealthDay)—The most frequent procedure performed during hospitalization in 2010 was blood transfusion, which was common among all age groups except for infants, according to the Agency for Healthcare ...

Waco Cardiology Associates prides itself on cutting-edge heart care and expertise. Reaching a couple of milestones recently brings that message home. March 3 represented 50 years ago that the first ...

AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller underwent a cardiac catheterization procedure on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, his ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. On Jan. 6, the first heart catheterization procedure was ...

The increased use of cardiac catheterization in New York relative to Ontario appears related to selecting more patients at low risk of obstructive coronary artery disease, with the subsequent ...