(UPDATED) In a hospital system designed to activate the cardiac catherization laboratory following a prehospital ECG or emergency department diagnosis of STEMI, 65% of lab activations are ultimately ...

Data from a large US registry show that most patients undergoing diagnostic catheterization as part of a cardiac assessment prior to noncardiac surgery are asymptomatic and approximately one in five ...

Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization ...

Washington, D.C. – May 1, 2025 – Analyses from the (Ergonomics in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (ERGO-CATH) study show the traditional approach using a lead apron causes 43% of interventional ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement providing cardiologists, cath lab directors, and hospital leadership guidance for ...

WASHINGTON—A survey conducted by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and ...

A survey conducted by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and cardiac ...

Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published an update to its first-of-its-kind 2012 paper outlining best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory ...

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

Interv Cardiol. 2013;5(3):335-344. In the authors' experience, CT-overlay can be particularly useful in patients presenting for paravalvular leak closure or pulmonary vein stenting. With accurate ...

Sri Lanka, June 26 -- Sri Lanka's State hospital system will receive four modern catheterisation laboratory units within the next week, marking a major step forward in the treatment of heart and ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Cath Lab Services Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global cath lab services market to grow at a CAGR of 5.64% during ...