Cardiac Catheterization

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Two Heart Surgeries Strain a Couple's Finances, but Not Their Bond  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
New York TimesShe had to have a cardiac catheterization, but complications required her to be placed under sedation for a week. Two weeks after she was sent home, ...

Philips' Ambient Experience relaxes heart patients  -  ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
CNET NewsAccording to 75-year-old Neo Bee, who was at the cardiac catheterization laboratory to have angioplasty to open her blocked arteries, "I saw birds and ...

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at TVRH treats 1000th patient  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
Villages Daily SunWith fast treatment time so vital to patients, the opening of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory 18 months ago at The Villages Regional Hospital was an ...

Seven Specialty Hospitals Listed Among Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
Hospital ReviewIt has four surgery suites, four cardiac catheterization labs. It has the only 24-hour emergency room for heart care in Indiana. A 45000-square-foot medical ...

The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Wall Street JournalHe pays $60000 for echocardiography machines, which use sound waves to create a moving image of the heart, and $750000 for cardiac catheterization labs, ...

Southeast Alabama Medical Center remodeling it's cardiac services  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
WSFAThe medical center is renovating and relocating its cardiac catheterization, vascular testing, and other support functions within the hospital. ...

Medical Tests Hit Heart Patients With High Doses of Radiation  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
U.S. News & World ReportCardiac catheterization, one of the most important procedures used by cardiologists, represented at least half of the radiation exposure from all procedures ...

Title: Patient Comprehension of an Interactive, Computer-Based Information ...  -  ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
CardiosourceStudy Question: What is the utility of an interactive computer-based information program on patients' understanding of cardiac catheterization? ...

IDPH issues Hospitals Report Card  -  ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
Mt. Vernon Register-NewsFour measures are listed on the report card in the inpatient utilization area: Incidental appendectomy in the elderly, bi-lateral cardiac catheterization, ...

BMHS HALL - Physician goes straight to the heart of matters  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
The Hour...from throughout North America for a two-day conference on non-surgical cardiac catheterization at Barnes Jewish Hospital of Washington University. ...

Pulmonary embolism: case report, firefighter fatality investigation  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Examiner.comA cardiac work up, including cardiac catheterization, revealed no evidence of heart disease. January 11 the firefighter was discharged and instructed to ...

Hospitals with or without cardiac surgery onsite had similar MI, mortality ...  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Endocrine TodayMassachusetts, similar to many other states, prohibits PCI in cardiac catheterization labs if a hospital does not perform cardiac surgery onsite (SOS), ...

Getting to the heart of it  -  ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
phillyBurbs.comThree years ago, Grand View Hospital opened a temporary cardiac catheterization unit in a former ground-floor community room. On Wednesday, it's scheduled ...

Dr. Andy: Heart attacks rise for women  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
The News-PressA number of studies have found that women were less likely to undergo cardiac catheterization than men, possibly related to our failure as physicians to ...

Thunder Bay Auto Parts Gives Back To Community  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Collision Repair MagazineTHUNDER BAY, ON -- November 16, 2009 -- Thunder Bay residents are a step closer to a new Cardiac Catheterization lab thanks to a generous donation by OARA ...

South Nassau Communities Hospital Improves Its Cardiac Care  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
Nurse.comThe cardiac center is a self-contained unit with two digital cardiac catheterization rooms, 18 dedicated preparation/recovery spaces, decentralized nursing ...

Tenet Hospitals Awarded 257 CIGNA HealthCare Quality Designations  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
ReutersPalm Springs - Angioplasty*, CAGB, Cardiac Catheterization, Caesarean Section, Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal, Gastric Bypass, Heart Attack, ...

Hershey Med to break ground tomorrow for children's hospital  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
Central Penn Business Journal...as well as five operating rooms, a cardiac catheterization lab and an eight-bed surgical recovery area, according to the medical center's Web site. ...

More heart care in more places  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
Daily Mail - CharlestonSome also argued that granting smaller hospitals permission to do cardiac catheterization would raise health care costs. For state officials, deciding the ...

At Edison, cardiovascular lessons are 'very, very real'  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
The News-PressActual cardiac catheterization procedures are performed by cardiologists who are assisted by cardiovascular technicians, such as those in training at Edison ...

Trinity gets top cardio rating — again  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Fort Dodge MessengerTrinity's Cardiac Catheterization Lab performed its first case on April 17, 2000. In the first year, 960 procedures were performed in the cath lab. ...

Perspective: The following are 10 points to remember about these focused ...  -  ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
CardiosourceIIb/IIIa receptor antagonists for patients with STEMI before their arrival in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (upstream use) is uncertain. 3. ...

Boston Scientific's mobile simulated cath lab visits Minot  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
Minot Daily News..."It also lets the public see that the procedure (cardiac catheterization) is very minimally invasive, it's very low risk. People shouldn't have to be afraid ...

Heart Catheterizations Via Wrist Easing Patient Recovery  -  ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
ThePittsburghChannel.comOne of the most common procedures is a cardiac catheterization, with more than one million done per year. About 99 percent are done through an artery in the ...

Have a heart and a cool car  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
The Huntsville Times - al.comProceeds will purchase an intracoronary ultrasound unit for Huntsville Hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab, used to treat patients with atrial septal ...

Comparison of distance measures in spatial analytical modeling for health ...  -  ‎Nov 6, 2009‎
7thSpace Interactive (press release)In this study, focusing on cardiac catheterization services, Euclidean, Manhattan, and the less widely known Minkowski distance metrics are used to estimate ...

Saint Joseph's Cardiologist Wins International Award  -  ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
Duluth WeeklyHe began his career at Emory University Hospital, where he served as director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory from its inception through 2000 and ...

Melody Transcatheter Cardiac Valve Replacement Shows Good Results in Children  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
Medgadget.comAll patients underwent cardiac catheterization with the intention of implanting the artificial valve, and 30 of the 34 underwent actual implantation ...

Doctor: I Was Fired for Fighting Hospital's Ties to Medtronic  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
Wall Street Journal (blog)...about the Lahey-Medtronic link in a conversation this summer with Thomas Piemonte, the hospital's director of cardiac catheterization at Lahey. ...

Hidden Mistakes In Hospitals  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Hartford CourantAn enzyme test indicated possible heart damage, so Faile's doctor prepared for a cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure in which a thin tube is fed ...

Winners of First Annual Rice Alliance - Brown School of Engineering Elevator ...  -  ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
Nanotechnology News (press release)Project: Developing a technology to non-invasively detect the potentially critical condition of internal bleeding during cardiac catheterization procedures ...

Pediatric care: New children's hospital is win/win for area  -  ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
Patriot-NewsThe plans include 36 intermediate/intensive care beds, a cardiac catheterization lab, a radiology unit and space for an out-patient cancer unit to support ...

Hospital suing developer  -  ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
AZ Central.comThe planned expansion would add 40 inpatient beds, an operating room and two cardiac-catheterization labs to the medical center, which now has 25 beds and ...

Texsan Heart Hospital Expands Network Agreement with Humana  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
ReutersTexsan Heart Hospital is a 190000 square-foot facility featuring four operating suites, four cardiac catheterization labs, a 10-bed day patient area and a ...

Oct. 30, 1958: Medical Oops Leads to First Coronary Angiogram  -  ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
Wired NewsOver the next few years, Sones and colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic developed the technique of cardiac catheterization, which involved inserting a ...

Speaking Out On Medtronic Ties Got Doc Fired, Lawsuit Claims  -  ‎Nov 3, 2009‎
Newsinferno.com...and was made this summer to Dr. Thomas Piemonte—director of Interventional Cardiology and the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Lahey Clinic. ...

Heart disease survivor to help kick off drive for annual Heart Walk  -  ‎Nov 11, 2009‎
Journal Gazette and Times-CourierShe was air lifted to St. John's Hospital in Springfield where she had a cardiac catheterization. “I didn't have any of the risk factors commonly associated ...

Memorial, Brigham hospitals to cooperate  -  ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
Attleboro Sun Chronicle...where appropriate, and assist with further development of Memorial's Cardiac Catheterization Lab to support an assortment of procedures and studies. ...

Seconds count  -  ‎Nov 11, 2009‎
Danbury News TimesIf that patient is suffering from a heart attack, the staff at the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab will mobilize, ready to administer balloon ...

Memorial, Brigham and Women's collaborate  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
Pawtucket TimesHe said that Memorial Hospital had been intending to upgrade its 10-year-old Cardiac Catheterization Lab anyway and had budgeted $1.5 million for this ...

Blessing buys equipment for ambulances in Adams, Pike and Brown counties that ...  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
Quincy Herald WhigDr. Steven Krause, medical director of the Blessing Heart and Vascular Center Cardiac Catheterization Lab, said staff has had to rely on someone else's ...

Hidden Mistakes  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
Hartford CourantAn enzyme test indicated possible heart damage, so Faile's doctor prepared for a cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure in which a thin tube is fed ...

Carestream Health Signs Contract to Provide Healthcare IT Solutions to ...  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
DOTmed.com (press release)...image review and reporting for echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and nuclear cardiology procedures-while its SuperPACS™ Architecture links ...

Vascular surgeons are endovascularly-trained and have better safety records  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
News-Medical.net..."Re-entry of the access artery within a short time after the initial cardiac catheterization may predispose these arteries to injury and may lead to a ...

Atlanta hospital completes RFID rollout  -  ‎Nov 3, 2009‎
FierceMobileHealthcare (press release)...of the WaveMark CIMS hospital inventory management system to keep tabs on specialty equipment in the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs. ...

Hughes: Intensive care units cheat death  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Savannah Morning NewsMy mother-in-law Nancy Hughes checked into Memorial Hospital that morning for a diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure. She had recently experienced ...

Hershey Medical Center breaks ground for Children's Hospital  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Lebanon Daily News...an eight-bed surgical recovery area, a cardiac catheterization lab for pediatric heart patients, and expanded space for pediatric intensive care. ...

Cornett, Myrick  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
Issaquah Press...in 2007 in radiography from PIMA Medical Institute. He works as a radiologic technologist in the cardiac catheterization lab at Skagit Valley Hostpital.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Honors Dr. Edward B. Diethrich  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
PR Newswire (press release)...of the first outpatient cardiac catheterization laboratory in the US, and the development of endoluminal grafting for treatment of aortic aneurysm. ...

Athens Hospital Keeps Infants Safe With TotGuard Active RFID System  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
RFID Solutions Online (press release)Athens Regional features nationally acclaimed, comprehensive cardiac, vascular and thoracic procedures including open heart surgery; cardiac catheterization ...



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