Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

An angiogram is a diagnostic procedure to detect conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. An angioplasty is a curative procedure to treat conditions relating to arterial plaque buildup. An ...

Under a canopy of eight heart-monitoring screens in a cardiac catheterization lab on a recent Monday, Mayo Clinic doctors briefly paused a procedure treating atrial fibrillation to inspect a new tool: ...

MUMBAI: A 15-year-old Mumbai boy with a congenital heart defect is the city’s first to receive the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve—a cutting-edge valve-replacement procedure, where an expandable ...