July 28, 2008 — Extremely obese patients are posing logistical and safety challenges for interventionalists, and many hospitals don't know what to do when it comes to treating patients who exceed the ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement providing cardiologists, cath lab directors, and hospital leadership guidance for ...

(UPDATED) In a hospital system designed to activate the cardiac catherization laboratory following a prehospital ECG or emergency department diagnosis of STEMI, 65% of lab activations are ultimately ...

A heart problem rarely arrives very silently. Chest discomfort, breathlessness, or an abnormal stress test can suddenly bring unfamiliar medical terms into everyday conversations. Among the most ...

Ghazala Yasin is professional cardiology caregiver in Buckinghamshire, near London. She cares for patients. She performs coronary angiography. Her study aimed to show that nurses can be taught to ...

The Wenlock Hospital, with the assistance of KMC Hospital, commenced operations of the new cath lab, located in the cellar of Wenlock Hospital’s Medicine Block building, on Sunday. Health and Family ...

A $5 million overhaul of Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab means doctors can do more complex and advanced heart and vascular procedures with state-of-the-art technology ...

However, for procedures in the catheterization lab, fasting may not reduce aspiration risk and there are downsides, such as patient discomfort, water depletion, poor blood sugar control and ...

WASHINGTON—A survey conducted by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and ...