GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. For most people in rural western Colorado, the prospect of having a heart attack is a scary thought. Hospitals in the region, while offering quality care, are singularly ...

Dr. Cindy Grines answers the question: 'What Is A Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: What is a cardiac catheterization, what does it show my doctor, and what are the dangers? Answer: ...

Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

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 ...

The odds of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest that occurs in the cath lab vary significantly from one hospital to another, in some cases by more than 70% between patients with identical ...

In Georgia, a teenage girl critically ill with COVID-19 complicated by fulminant myocarditis, heart failure, and multiorgan clots needed to get on extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) if she was to ...

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 ...