July 28, 2008 — Extremely obese patients are posing logistical and safety challenges for interventionalists, and many hospitals don't know what to do when it comes to treating patients who exceed the ...

Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published an update to its first-of-its-kind 2012 paper outlining best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement providing cardiologists, cath lab directors, and hospital leadership guidance for ...

(UPDATED) In a hospital system designed to activate the cardiac catherization laboratory following a prehospital ECG or emergency department diagnosis of STEMI, 65% of lab activations are ultimately ...

Morton Kern, MD, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in cardiology. Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of ...

Ghazala Yasin is professional cardiology caregiver in Buckinghamshire, near London. She cares for patients. She performs coronary angiography. Her study aimed to show that nurses can be taught to ...

WASHINGTON—A survey conducted by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) highlights ongoing radiation and orthopedic hazards faced by interventional cardiologists and ...

A $5 million overhaul of Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab means doctors can do more complex and advanced heart and vascular procedures with state-of-the-art technology ...