LIMA — It may sound like the latest hip coffee house or cocktail spot, but the cath lounge is actually a new setting for heart catheterization. The “lounge” is a living room-like setting at St. Rita’s ...

Once the end of the catheter is inside the heart, a small surgical tool on its tip is used to perform the actual cardiac surgery. One problem lies in the fact that if the catheter is narrow enough to ...

Patients who have experienced a stroke as a result of blockages of the arteries in the brain have better outcomes with the use of balloon-guided catheter surgery as compared to having a conventional ...

A catheter treatment is more effective than drug therapy in treating some patients with atrial fibrillation, according to new research. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm problem that ...

A team led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid has developed and clinically applied a minimally invasive technique that, ...

Cardiac surgery performed on the same day as coronary angiography is an independent risk factor for postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a study published online January 31, 2013, ...

If Michael Cannon isn’t at the bowling alley, he can be found on the golf course several times a week with a group of lifelong buddies. But the 71-year-old from Harrison Township wouldn’t be there if ...

Traditional open heart surgery remains the preferred method to repair many heart defects, according to Dr. Scott Burke, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne.

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that for the first time will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the ...