Nine leading medical societies have issued a call for updated safety standards in fluoroscopy laboratories, where clinicians ...

Is protecting clinicians actually causing harm? Experts call for a rethinking of radiation safety that also tackles the ...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. George Adams, Director, Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Research, Rex Hospital; Associate Professor, Cardiology, UNC School of Medicine. Here, he discusses ...

Performing PCI with the assistance of a robotic system may be one way that cardiac cath lab personnel can minimize risks of contracting SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases, a proof-of-concept ...

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 ...

Morton Kern, MD, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in cardiology. Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of ...

People who went into cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheterization lab were more likely to survive to hospital discharge than those who had a cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit (ICU), yet less ...

One of the most important aspects of a successful catheterization involves decision of access entry point. Several presentations covered case studies with different entry points. One of the most ...

It was feasible to perform intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) insertions in the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) without transferring patients to the catheterization laboratory, according to Italian ...