Our heart works continuously, pumping blood throughout the body and keeping us alive. When the heart functions properly, we ...

Patients successfully resuscitated after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who did not have ST-segment elevation on their electrocardiogram did not benefit from emergency coronary angiography in a new ...

SEATTLE — If you've ever worried about your heart health but scared to undergo an invasive treatment to get it checked, there’s a test that offers answers without a hospital stay or surgery. Dr.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Performing an emergency vs. delayed coronary angiogram after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST segment ...

After years of declining reimbursement, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed an increase in the amount paid to hospitals and outpatient clinics for cardiac computed ...

After controlling for known CV risk factors, all FFR-CT subgroups remained significantly associated with MI, ...

"This study presents a novel method for assessing LVEF, an important measure of heart function, during any routine coronary angiography without requiring additional procedures or increasing cost," ...

A new heart scan is faster and has lower radiation exposure than MRI and invasive angiography, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Researchers compared three ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The TOMAHAWK trial included 554 patients (median age, 70 years; 30% women) with resuscitated out-of-hospital ...

The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk group for heart problems. The American College of Cardiology and American ...

A protocol of immediate angiography provided no mortality benefit over a strategy or delayed or more selective angiography among patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and without ...