Recent news on Cardiac Catheterization

Clarian North Announces New Cardiac Lab  -  25 May 2007
Inside INdiana Business (press release),Clarian North Medical Center in Carmel has added a second cardiac catheterization lab to meet increased patient demand. The new lab features technology that

The open use of stents is questioned  -  25 May 2007
Baltimore Sun,...director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston and co-author of the second study.

Same-day Coronary Angiography And Surgery Safe For Many Patients  -  25 May 2007
Science Daily (press release)Mayo researchers evaluated the medical records of 226 consecutive patients who had undergone cardiac catheterization on the day of elective valve repair or

PCRMC is wary of cutbacks  -  25 May 2007
The Rolla Daily News,...which includes the recently renovated Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for $3.5 million, which performed its first procedures earlier this week.

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Cardiac Catheterization With ...  -  May 16, 2007
SYS-CON Media,During a cardiac catheterization, a physician inserts a thin flexible tube called a catheter into an artery or vein in the arm or leg, and then advances the

Sound Shore Medical Center told to stop cardiac catheterization tests  -  May 5, 2007
Remote Access,The state Health Department has given Sound Shore until early July to close its cardiac catheterization laboratory, or cath lab, which opened in June 2001.

Get to the bottom of your heart problems  -  May 21, 2007
Santa Cruz Sentinel,WATSONVILLE — A tour of the Watsonville Community Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory at 11:30 am today offers an inside look at imaging and

Methodist Hospital Adds Third Catheterization Lab  -  May 10, 2007
Core Media Group,In 2006, Methodist Hospital performed nearly 1800 procedures in its two cardiac catheterization labs, and that number is only expected to rise in the coming

Using Observational Data to Estimate Treatment Effects  -  May 15, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),4 Our instrumental variable (regional cardiac catheterization rate) was unrelated to measured patient health status. Any effect on mortality was through

WB Mason donation comes from the heart  -  May 18, 2007
Brockton Enterprise,WB Mason Co. has made a $1 million gift to Brockton Hospital's new expanded cardiac catheterization suite, which will open in part later this month.

Med students test drive PRHC  -  May 23, 2007
Peterborough Examiner,Laurie Koziar had a chance to watch a patient get an ultrasound and visit the cardiac catheterization lab at Peterborough Regional Health Centre yesterday.

syngo(R) Dynamics V.6 Leverages Diagnostics and Data to Improve ...  -  May 4, 2007
WebWire (press release),..."syngo Dynamics seamlessly integrates our clinical cardiac catheterization knowledge with user-friendly reporting to enhance our workflow and speed our

SickKids opens state-of-the-art cardiac diagnostic and ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),It conducts approximately 90 per cent of cardiac catheterization procedures for Ontario children, with 1000 catheterizations performed last year.

Hospitals hit right protocols  -  May 19, 2007
Asbury Park Press,Jersey Shore has one of the largest and most experienced cardiac catheterization labs in New Jersey, performing 10 times more angioplasties and stents than

Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'  -  May 14, 2007
innovations report,The mystery deepens in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, when the interventional cardiologist finds no blockage in the coronary arteries.

Drug-Eluting Stents May Not Be For All Clogged Heart Vessels  -  May 14, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Eighty five patients --64 men and 21 women with a mean age of 63 years--were treated with drug-eluting stents in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab of Thomas

High-resolution scanners may see increasing cardiac use  -  Apr 27, 2007
Newsday,Hecht said the cardiac catheterization costs around $6000 to $10000 per person, whereas the CT scans cost only $600 per patient. Cardiac catheterization

To your health, May 22  -  May 21, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,...when faced with an uncertain diagnosis (example: a simple treadmill stress test or a much more expensive but definitive cardiac catheterization?)

Court lets Burlco hospital expand cardiac services  -  May 10, 2007
Cherry Hill Courier Post,Services in June 2006 supported an application by Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County to offer full-service cardiac catheterization services.

Nawaloka Heartcare to offer better heartcare  -  May 9, 2007
Asian Tribune,Colombo, 10 May, Asiantribune.com): At a cost of Rs 120 million an Allura Xper FD 10 flat panel cardiac catheterization laboratory with electro physiology

New America? Old Excuses  -  May 2, 2007
Spot-OnCohn opens his book with a story about a woman who dies of a heart attack purportedly because she did not receive a cardiac catheterization, a procedure in

Drug-Coated Stents: The Real Risks  -  May 8, 2007
WebMDNeal S. Kleiman, MD, director of the cardiac catheterization lab at Houston's Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, led a study of 3323 patients at 42 different

Charles L. Tice Heart Center treats 100th patient  -  Apr 28, 2007
Sparta IndependentThe Charles L. Tice Heart Center is required to perform low-risk cardiac catheterization procedures per year and has two years to meet that requirement.

Making the cut  -  May 24, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,...remove all of the tissue and muscle and the heart will be exposed," said Shawn Balaschak, manager of St. Clair's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories.

Very Elderly Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Benefit From ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Among eligible patients, cardiac catheterization within the first 48 hours occurred in 10.8% of the older elderly vs 36.3% of the younger elderly (P < .001)

Heart Surgeries on the Internet  -  May 14, 2007
WEAU-TV 13,Internet users can watch and ask questions while doctors at Marshfield Clinic and St. Joseph's Hospital perform Cardiac Catheterization procedures.

Saving lives when every minute counts  -  May 7, 2007
Marin Independent-Journal,Mannacio was taken to the emergency department, where Dr. John Kennedy, medical director of the Kaiser San Rafael cardiac catheterization laboratory,

Court upholds approval for Virtua  -  May 9, 2007
Cherry Hill Courier Post,Services in June 2006 supported an application by Virtual Memorial Hospital Burlington County to offer full service cardiac catheterization services.

Toshiba's CorE 64 Multi-Center Study Completes Enrollment  -  May 2, 2007
Angioplasty.Org,Data collected to date from CorE 64 indicates CT holds a favorable place as a diagnostic alternative to cardiac catheterization and has the potential to

Adhering To Guidelines For Acute Coronary Syndromes Benefits Even ...  -  Apr 28, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In addition, the guidelines recommend that, within 48 hours, high-risk patients have cardiac catheterization, a procedure that allows cardiologists to see

Gender Bias in Cardiovascular Testing: Is it Due to Patient ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
AEM (subscription)Women with potential acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are less likely to receive cardiac catheterization or revascularization. It is not clear whether this

Inova Fairfax Hospital names its first chief medical officer  -  May 18, 2007
Charlotte Business Journal,...multihospital Inova Health System, in 1975 as a cardiologist and served as medical director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories for 23 years.

Low-risk stents help prevent heart attacks  -  May 5, 2007
Tucson Citizen,..."I've done tens of thousands of patients," said Dr. Karl B. Kern, director of University Medical Center's Cardiac Catheterization Lab.

Skagit Hospital can offer elective angioplasty procedure  -  May 2, 2007
Anacortes American,While Island Hospital has no cardiac catheterization lab, heart attack patients are transported to the nearest hospital able to perform a cardiac

VHA Inc. Delivers $1.4 Billion in Savings and Value to Members in 2006  -  May 22, 2007
Market Wire (press release)...its purchases in key clinical departments, including pharmacy, surgery, imaging, cardiac catheterization lab, endoscopy, respiratory therapy and lab.

Baptist Health’s starring role at nursing forum  -  May 22, 2007
Cayman Net News,...“The reality is that we are using anaesthesia in many more areas outside of the traditional operating room such as in cardiac catheterization labs,

Early repair of hemitruncus: Excellent early and late outcomes  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryAll patients’ preoperative studies, including echocardiograms and cardiac catheterization data, were reviewed. Data obtained from the preoperative

Coronary Heart Magazine and Healthworks Sign Editorial and ...  -  May 11, 2007
Newswire Today (press release),The magazine – a highly targeted publication for allied health personnel, management and clinical specialists working in cardiac catheterization and

Not right for everyone  -  May 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times,...director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston, and co-author of the second study.

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