Skills required to perform safe and successful cardiac catheterization can be learned via mentored simulation training and are transferable to actual procedures in the cath lab, according to a study ...

March 19, 2001 — -- A doctor performing his first cardiac catheterization stands before a patient, watching an X-ray display as he pushes a catheter up a leg artery, towards the coronary artery ...

The specialist will insert a small thin tube (called a sheath) into your blood vessels, with another small thin tube inside it called a catheter. They will guide the catheter inside the sheath through ...

Dr. Cindy Grines answers the question: 'Rest After Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: How long should I rest after a cardiac catheterization? Answer: Well, the recovery period after cardiac ...

Hackensack Meridian JFK Medical Center said Monday it opened a new, state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab, offering expert care, the latest diagnostic and interventional technologies, and ...

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 ...

Doctors are now able to image the heart and coronary arteries with a CT scan, avoiding in some cases the need for an invasive test that involves snaking a catheter through the arteries themselves.

Cardiac catheterization (also called cardiac cath, heart cath, or coronary angiogram) is a procedure that allows your doctor to see how well your blood vessels supply your heart. During the test, they ...

Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that provides information on how well the heart is working. To perform this procedure, a healthcare professional inserts flexible tubing into the heart through a ...