Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure that cardiologists, or heart specialists, use to evaluate heart function and diagnose cardiovascular conditions. During cardiac catheterization, a long ...

At baseline, there was no difference in Perceived Stress Scale scores between groups (P =.743). However, postprocedure scores were significantly lower in the stress ball group compared with controls ...

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 ...

As the demand for cardiac care in the US continues to rise, and as more patients are screened and treated for cardiovascular disease, cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention ...

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 ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

Cardiac catheterization (also called cardiac cath, heart cath, or coronary angiogram) is a procedure that allows your doctor to see how well your blood vessels supply your heart. During the test, they ...

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 ...