Kenosha, Wis.-based Froedtert South Hospital partnered with local paramedics to implement “Straight to Cath” — a program that saves crucial time by allowing paramedics to bypass the emergency room and ...

Interventional cardiology is a specialized field of cardiology that focuses on catheter-based heart procedures. Catheter procedures use small, hollow tubes (catheters) inserted through your blood ...

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A doctor has performed a still-new procedure on a patient of the Queens Long Island Medical Group using catheters as an alternative to open heart surgery. Dr. Avini Thakore, director of cardiology for ...

Patient flow in the cath suite generally has followed predictable patterns that are evidenced in many procedure suites and surgery centers. There is a waiting room easily available upon patient ...

A catheter is a long, flexible tube that a doctor inserts into a blood vessel and then guides into your heart. Catheter ablation is a way to treat irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmias, like atrial ...

Albany, NY (WRGB) — Albany Medical Center is now offering a new procedure aimed at helping patients with resistant hypertension, a condition where traditional medications fail to adequately lower ...