Implementation of certain technical and clinical practice changes resulted in reduced patient and provider radiation exposure during pediatric cardiac catheterization procedures, according to data ...

A cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology lab is open in the Children’s Tower. The new lab is the first dedicated cardiac procedure suite of its kind in the region. The lab allows for minimally ...

A broad spectrum of procedures ranging from basic diagnostic cardiac catheterization to transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) has progressed to the point where such techniques are ...

Minutes can mean the difference between life, severe disability or death, when there’s a catastrophic breakdown in the human body’s blood-flow system. Now due to the latest wave of hospital ...

Ochsner Health System has opened a new Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Lab at its flagship campus in New Orleans for its smallest patients. The 1,250-square-foot cath lab at Ochsner Medical Center ...

Modern cardiac catheterization laboratories bear scant resemblance to the cath labs of a decade ago. An updated consensus statement released today offers physicians guidance on how to excel in this ...

Dr. Reddy and Dr. Alan Nugent perform a cath lab procedure on a patient without using radiation via MRI. (Courtesy of: Children’s Health) Dallas-based Children’s Health is conducting radiation-free ...