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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The cardiovascular laboratory department at the hospital is centered on the care of a person's heart and blood vessel problems. The cardiac "cath lab," as it's called, has a pre- and post-procedure ...

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 ...