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 ...

The cardiac catheterization lab at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's has undergone a massive upgrade. With a fourth procedure room and a radial recovery lounge, the lab has grown its capacity ...

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.

WASHINGTON - Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization are traditionally instructed to follow nothing by mouth, or nil per os (NPO), as there are no current standardized fasting protocols. The ...

Last month, Winnie Marie Jones underwent a heart catheterization procedure in which three stents were placed in her coronary arteries to open blockages. Unlike her husband, Robert, who had a cardiac ...

The ICU Dilemma in Pediatric Cardiac Care With the growing complexity of pediatric cardiac catheterization, the challenge of deciding which children require postprocedure intensive care unit ...

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 ...