09 November 2006State-of-the-art facility brings technology that will allow Johns Hopkins Medicine experts and the Tawam Team to diagnosis and treat cardiac and vascular diseases. Tawam Hospital, the ...

Catheterization of the right side of the heart in 1957 disclosed a mitral-valve area of 1.5 square centimeters. Grade 2 to 3 apical systolic and Grade 1 to 2 apical diastolic rumbling murmurs were ...

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 choice should be an easy one to make. In short, a cardiac catheterization monitors the blood flow to the heart. Think of it as a quick and efficient way to gauge how well your heart is pumping ...

If your doctor suspects the presence of a cardiovascular condition, he or she may suggest getting a cardiac catheterization, or coronary angiogram. Cardiac catheterization is an imaging procedure ...

Guidelines for triaging patients for cardiac catheterization recommend a risk assessment and noninvasive testing. We determined patterns of noninvasive testing and the diagnostic yield of ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CALORI study calls into question the practice of fasting before cardiac catheterization. Patients not ...