An angiogram is a diagnostic test that uses X-rays and a contrast dye to visualize the blood vessels in the body, including those in the brain. This test can help diagnose a brain aneurysm. An ...

In the UK, pacemaker implantation is one of the most common types of heart surgery, with many thousands of pacemakers fitted each year[1]. To support the growing demand for these procedures, ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used for revascularization of unprotected left main coronary artery disease. Whether intravascular ultrasonographic (IVUS) guidance during ...

Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

A routine strategy that assesses function of all epicardial vessels at the time of diagnostic angiography in patients with new-onset chest pain doesn’t cost any more than conventional diagnostic ...

Coronary angiography could wait among people successfully resuscitated from cardiac arrest in the absence of ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI), longer-term results from the COACT trial confirmed.

As a second test after the exercise ECG, CT angiography may improve risk stratification for people with suspected stable angina, according to a post hoc analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial. For people ...

Long Beach, Calif. – May 2, 2024 – New insights from the AI-ENCODE study showed artificial intelligence (AI) successfully allowed the automated extraction of key functional and physiological data from ...

Pulmonary angiography is an X-ray procedure that looks at the blood vessels leading to and from your lungs. The X-rays produced are called pulmonary angiograms, which may show blood clots in and ...

Assessing intermediate coronary lesions with an intracoronary pressure wire improves clinical outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).