Local health systems are investing heavily in cardiac catheterization laboratories as heart failures are expected to balloon in the coming years. According to the American Heart Association, as of ...

A small percentage of coronary interventions contribute disproportionately to the cumulative radiation exposure of operators and other cath lab staff, new data suggest. Those excessive ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

The Plainview Hospital has now treated 100 ST-elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI, patients through its new cardiac catheterization laboratory. The hospital held a celebration on May 12 to ...

Interventional cardiology has revolutionized the approach to cardiovascular diseases, particularly in the management of acute coronary syndromes, such as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).

This man’s telemetry goes haywire right before he’s transferred to the cardiac catheterization lab. What does his follow-up ...

With a new diagnostic tool used to identify and treat patients with chest pains, Hudson Regional Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab has earned New Jersey state Department of Health approval for ...

Technology incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and electrocardiogram (EKG) testing for patients having a heart attack decreased the time to diagnose and send patients for treatment by almost 10 ...

Hudson Regional Hospital announced Jan. 9 that its Cardiac Catheterization Lab earned New State Department of Health approval for a diagnostic tool used to identify and treat patients with chest pain.