New data from the CALORI Cardiac Catheterization trial shows significant improvement in patient well-being and satisfaction without compromising safety after implementation of a liberal non-fasting ...

CMS proposed changing the definition of surgery to account for “surgery-like” procedures in the 2019 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, which could add cardiac ...

Folks undergoing cardiac catheterization procedures to diagnose heart problems may be able to safely skip the traditional pre-op fasting that's now the norm, new research shows. "Just as our ...

The cardiac MRI, part of a new catheterization suite at UPMC Children’s Heart Institute, expands treatments and research ...

Cardiac catheterization, a procedure used to diagnose heart conditions, is typically performed through the femoral artery of the groin. But, increasingly, cardiologists are instead using the radial ...

Holding patients NPO before cardiac catheterization procedures was not safer but did come with costs, a randomized trial showed. No restrictions on oral intake didn't increase the risk of the primary ...

The vascular closure device market is supported by the rising volume of catheterization procedures and growing demand for faster patient recovery and same-day discharge protocols. North America ...

An eight-year HonorHealth Research Institute clinical trial, using non-surgical techniques, showed 86% of patients with a type of usually fatal low blood pressure known as "structural shock" survived ...