New observational data suggest that discussions amongst the heart team aren’t happening nearly as often as they should be for stable patients with multivessel or unprotected left main coronary artery ...

Patients with unprotected left main disease who receive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are more than twice as likely to be rehospitalized within 4 years as those who undergo coronary artery ...

Odessa, Texas-based Medical Center Hospital has earned reaccreditation for its cardiac catheterization lab with percutaneous coronary intervention from the American College of Cardiology, according to ...

Activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory for primary percutaneous coronary intervention increased steadily since 2007, with up to 40% of activations not requiring emergent cardiac ...

The American College of Cardiology has recognized Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients who come to a cardiac cath lab for care, including ...

A left radial artery approach to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) confers no greater risk for complications than right radial access and may be associated with an early stroke benefit, UK ...

CMS recently announced the final Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule for fiscal year 2019, invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures join the ranks of the newest procedures to be conducted in the ...

Ten-year extended follow-up of the PRECOMBAT trial demonstrates no difference in the incidence of major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events regardless of whether patients with unprotected left ...

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Among patients undergoing left heart catheterization, those with a body-mass index (BMI) below 20 were most likely to die or be readmitted soon after the procedure, in a large US ...

The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to ...