Researchers have created a new noninvasive technique for performing a type of artery bypass that may change the future of ...

Interventional ultrasound covers a broad category of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including biopsies, cyst aspirations, and drainage of fluid collections in the chest, abdomen and ...

Obese patients who have complications following gastric bypass surgery may avoid a second, oftentimes risky, surgery if interventional radiology procedures can be performed to treat these ...

Frailty is associated with reduced cardiac rehabilitation use in Medicare patients, despite these individuals deriving the greatest mortality benefit.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Following interventional radiology procedures such as coronary angioplasty, patients were more likely to be discharged home, rather than to a nursing or long-term care facility, when ...

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

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be used ...

Despite hurdles like operator training and reimbursement disparities, the adoption of interventional ultrasonography across ...

Professional societies laid out the roadmap to advanced training in interventional cardiology for the first time in a comprehensive statement of requirements. The American College of Cardiology (ACC), ...