For cath lab teams, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant canceled and postponed procedures, sick and burned-out staff members, and the need for innovative and lasting ways of prioritizing safe and ...
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 ...
Dr. Reddy and Dr. Alan Nugent perform a cath lab procedure on a patient without using radiation via MRI. (Courtesy of: Children’s Health) Dallas-based Children’s Health is conducting radiation-free ...
Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) is the first pediatric hospital in the world to use a 3D intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter in the treatment of congenital heart disease in ...
The heart is an intricate plumbing system of valves, pumps and pipelike vessels which control the flow of blood throughout the body, and the doctors who specialize in its function, diagnosis and ...
Until now, if you or a family member living in the Northern Westchester Hospital community had a heart attack and called 911, chances are you’d be taken to Danbury Hospital or Stamford Hospital in ...
LANCASTER – The renovation of the Fairfield Medical Center's catheterization lab will allow the cardiovascular team to perform more complex limb and life-saving interventions for patients. The project ...
This story has been updated on July 1, 2008 to clarify the specific concerns of COCA and comments made by Steve Blades. The CMS will issue the proposed 2009 physician fee schedule within the next 30 ...