Routine use of early angiography and, if needed, reperfusion in patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is standard of care for those with ST-segment elevation. But whether the same ...

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.

After cardiac arrest, certain patients with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are denied emergent angiography due to adverse clinical factors or the judgment that ...

Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The role of immediate coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the treatment of patients who have ...

Stenting guided by intravascular imaging rather than angiography is linked to a lower risk for target vessel failure in ...

Cardiac arrest victims who receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the imaging procedure, according to a new ...

Coronary artery disease is a major public health problem. Accurate stratification of patients who present to the emergency department with acute chest pain and have no evidence of acute coronary ...

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 ...

Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology to assess disease of the cardiac valves, aorta and pericardium. This examination requires ...

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 ...

Decisions on heart stenting consider multiple medical factors beyond blockage levels. In Bangalore, angioplasty costs vary.

When Chris Abrunzo was in his early 20s, his father was struck by the kind of heart attack known as a "widow maker." The severe cardiac events are often fatal, and while Abrunzo's father survived, it ...