PHILADELPHIA — In patients with angina but no obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), low coronary flow reserve (CFR) detected in the cath lab can provide a clear diagnosis of coronary ...

Primary aldosteronism has long been described as the hidden epidemic of cardiovascular medicine. It is the most common form ...

DALLAS, Nov. 8, 2021 — People who went into cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheterization lab were more likely to survive to hospital discharge than those who had a cardiac arrest in the intensive ...

People with heart failure often need a test called right heart catheterization, where a tube is inserted into the heart to measure oxygen levels in the blood. This helps doctors understand how severe ...

Cardiac catheterization is a radiological procedure for both diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions. It involves the insertion of a long thin flexible tube called catheter a vein or an artery to ...

Placement of a catheter for emergency peritoneal dialysis can be a relatively low-risk, low-cost procedure performed by a nephrologist at the bedside without the need for operating room resources. 1 A ...

The indications for pleural drainage are diagnostic (to collect samples for cytologic, biologic, or chemical analysis) and therapeutic (to remove large fluid collections and improve respiratory ...

Ranchi, April 23: A patient-wait will be needed to avail super-speciality cardiac services at the state’s premier health institution, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), as authorities have ...