Performing heart surgery on the same day as angiography is now confirmed as a risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI), and hospital policy limiting the practice for elective cardiac surgery has ...

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide. The coronary angiography procedure provides the clinical standard diagnostic assessment for nearly all related clinical ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers discovered it is safe -- and much more convenient and less costly -- for many patients to undergo coronary angiography and elective valve surgery on the ...

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 ...

In modern office life, avoiding the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome might be a daily struggle. The worst case could mean needing surgery to alleviate compression of the nerves or to repair damaged ...

A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass surgery is more effective than the angiogram, which is currently used, according to research from ...

PALM SPRINGS, California — Fluorescein angiography is better than standard digital imaging for monitoring retinopathy of prematurity in the eyes of infants treated with the vascular endothelial growth ...