CMS proposed changing the definition of surgery to account for “surgery-like” procedures in the 2019 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, which could add cardiac ...

Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that provides information on how well the heart is working. To perform this procedure, a healthcare professional inserts flexible tubing into the heart through a ...

Philips’ 3D intracardiac echocardiography catheter is ready for its close-up—its extreme, in vivo close-up, that is. A little less than a year after securing 510(k) clearance from the FDA, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

An eight-year HonorHealth Research Institute clinical trial, using non-surgical techniques, showed 86% of patients with a type of usually fatal low blood pressure known as "structural shock" survived ...

If you are experiencing chest pain, your doctor may recommend a cardiac catheterization (also known as a coronary angiogram) to get images of your heart and learn the cause. Cardiac catheterizations ...

Until now, if you or a family member living in the Northern Westchester Hospital community had a heart attack and called 911, chances are you’d be taken to Danbury Hospital or Stamford Hospital in ...

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: ...

While Intermittent fasting may sound like another dieting craze, the practice of routinely not eating and drinking for short periods of time has shown again to lead to potentially better health ...

Phillipsburg Mayor Harry Wyant Jr. is quick to deflect credit for saving the life of his longtime friend, Wayne Vivian, to emergency responders who assisted when Vivian suffered a heart attack in ...

Sidecar Health analyzes and collects sources to calculate the average cash price for every procedure, test and drug in the U.S. health system. It updates its database using local market data, ...