Establishing an endovascular therapy (EVT) program at a cardiology cath lab could be done with a minimal learning curve if operators had prior experience with carotid stenting, one tertiary university ...

Washington, DC - Thrombolytic therapy can safely reduce the impact of ischemic stroke developing after cardiac catheterization procedures, conclude researchers, who say their retrospective analysis is ...

The odds of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest that occurs in the cath lab vary significantly from one hospital to another, in some cases by more than 70% between patients with identical ...

(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 ...