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 ...

Compared with conventional training, simulator training shortens the learning curve and produces superior performance among electrophysiology fellows learning transseptal catheterization, according to ...

Technology has been driving health care since the past two decades or more and its use — the applications of artificial intelligence in particular — in improving quality, safety and accuracy in ...

Patient flow in the cath suite generally has followed predictable patterns that are evidenced in many procedure suites and surgery centers. There is a waiting room easily available upon patient ...

As the demand for cardiac care in the US continues to rise, and as more patients are screened and treated for cardiovascular disease, cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention ...

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 ...

A Swan-Ganz catheterization is a type of pulmonary artery catheterization procedure. It’s a diagnostic test used to determine whether any hemodynamic, or blood flow-related, abnormalities exist in the ...

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 ...

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 ...