For Jeannine Lunsford of Melbourne, simply breathing became a struggle after her heart stopped in 2017; she had a pacemaker ...

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 ...

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 ...

Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve therapy was first performed in England in 2000, but wasn't approved for use in the United States until January 2010. A year later, UMC's Dr. Ricardo Samson and Dr.

The heart pumps blood around the body. If the heart does not work as it should, a person may need to undergo a heart procedure as part of their treatment. Some heart conditions are manageable with ...

For the third straight year, Henry Ford Hospital interventional cardiologist Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D. will perform a live heart procedure as part of an international interactive medical education event, ...

At the elegant Suntree Country Club, community members gathered for a well-attended lunch-and-learn centered on one vital topic: heart health.

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There was no difference in complications in patients who fasted or did not fast before cardiac catheterization procedures requiring conscious sedation, according to late-breaking research presented in ...