A doctor has performed a still-new procedure on a patient of the Queens Long Island Medical Group using catheters as an alternative to open heart surgery. Dr. Avini Thakore, director of cardiology for ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

Stereotaxis (NYSE:STXS) today announced the first patients successfully treated in the U.S. with its MAGiC system.

Peritoneal dialysis is an alternative to haemodialysis and is used to treat patients with end-stage renal disease. It involves infusing fluid into the peritoneal cavity via a catheter and leaving it ...

The use of an intraoperative catheter did not protect against the development of postoperative urinary retention (PUR) for patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair surgery, a ...

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The radiological insertion of a first peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter under fluoroscopic guidance seems to be clinically noninferior to and cheaper than catheter insertion using laparoscopic surgery ...

ROSCOE — Beloit Health System is partnering with Rockford Nephrology Associates to provide new services at the NorthPoint Surgery Center in Roscoe. Through the partnership, the NorthPointe facility ...

A catheter treatment is more effective than drug therapy in treating some patients with atrial fibrillation, according to new research. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm problem that ...

Concussions can cause a lifetime of pain. A Denton college student knows that well, after a 90 mile-per-hour fastball to the head ended his baseball career. But a new treatment is providing some much ...